[Book Talk-Rescheduled] Resisting Racism and Promoting Equity

1200 L B Landry Ave,New Orleans LA 70114

18 January, 2023

Description

You are invited to join Dr. Luis Miron, Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Holy Cross and co-author of the newly released book Resisting Racism and Promoting Equity Through Community-Engaged Social Action – Challenging the Big Lies for a timely, engaging, solution focused conversation about issues impacting our society on a daily basis. Dr. Miron will be joined by four contributing writers/collaborators representing the Doctorate in Executive Leadership Program at The University of Holy Cross: Dr. Kendall McManus-Thomas – Chapter 1: Stepping Out of Our Lanes: The Big Picture and the Big Lies (Plural) Dr. Donaldo Batiste – Chapter 5: Education Policy and Leadership – Resisting the Shift to Neoliberalism in New Orleans Ms. Gail Lazard – Chapter 8: Throwing out the Good with the Bad – A Counter Narrative of the New Orleans School “Revolution” Dr. Ronicka Harrison-Briscoe – Chapter 9: Traditional Leadership Theories Reframed – Moving African-American Women Leadership Experiences from “Margin” to “Center” Book Description This book challenges pre-service and in-service educators to reflect critically on their assumptions and engage in praxis promoting racial and social equity. Grounded in policy contexts, historical understandings, and critical theories, this book describes innovative community-engaged approaches to resisting racism and promoting equity and features reflections and personal narratives from partners in change—including on-the-ground activists, voices from younger and older generations, educators, and first-time writers. Fueled by the ideology of white supremacy for over four centuries that whites matter more than Blacks, the authors argue that racial inequities exacerbated during the Trump administration and the legacy of neo-liberal policies dating to the "New Federalism" fiercely necessitate invoking community-engaged strategies to advance equity. This book advocates for collaboration among schools, community organizations, businesses, university centers, and community activists to address historically pressing issues, including systemic racism, declining educational opportunities, limited access to ongoing health care, and the decline of civility in public life.