Race

Grand Challenge for Social Work - Eliminate Racism

The Grand Challenges for Social Work, the flagship program of the American Academy of Social Work...

NC State Subcommittee for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice

NC State Subcommittee - State Advisory Group focused on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice.

Race Matters for Juvenile Justice/UNC Charlotte Community Partnership

UNC Charlotte is a community partner of Race Matters for Juvenile Justice. Race Matters for Juvenile Justice (RMJJ) formed in 2010 as a leadership collaborative working within their community to reduce disproportionality and disparate outcomes for children and...

Racial Equity Skill Building Caucus

Create community and provide healing/support Study and strategize within the context of the organization’s mission Resolve conflict and solve problems collectively Plan, discuss, debate, draft recommendations to help the organization move towards its goals of...

UNC Charlotte Racial Equity Skill Building Caucus

The RESB Caucus is open to staff, students, administrators, and faculty of UNC Charlotte who have attended the 2-day Phase 1 Racial Equity Workshop. RESB purpose: Create community and provide healing/support Study and strategize within the context of the...

SPCD DEI Committee

The Department of Special Education and Child Development established a department-level DEI committee this year which meets monthly to plan for our department's strategic plan goals and objectives.

Carver College: Fates Intertwined Event & Exhibit

Carver College was a 2 year junior college for African Americans in Charlotte. NC that was the sister school of Charlotte College. After integration was enforced. Carver merged with a local industrial school which later became Central Piedmont Community College....

Charlotte Teachers Institute

Charlotte Teachers Institute is committed to racial equity. Through its mission to strengthen teaching and learning in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, CTI is focused on racial equity in three primary ways: (1) offering content-rich, effective professional development...

Additional course focus and assignments

I added a section to Scene Design I that focuses on African American centered play – "Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege." Students were required to use one of the short plays for their scene design final project. We engaged in course...

Opera as a Weapon: Zitkála-Šá's 'The Sun Dance Opera'

A doctoral dissertation and lecture recital featuring highlight's from Zitkála-Šá's 'The Sun Dance Opera'. Premiered in 1913, the opera is a musical depiction of the sacred Sun Dance ritual that was outlawed at the time by the US government. A writer, musician,...