As part of its MillerComm Lecture Series, the Center for Advanced Study has several exciting opportunities for students—especially students of color—to get involved when award-winning author Koritha Mitchell presents on October 7 and 8.
Private Conversation with UI Students of Color
Wednesday, October 7
4:00-5:00 p.m. CDT
Apply to participate
University of Illinois students of color are invited to join a small group conversation with Dr. Mitchell. This conversation is limited to students of color in order to engage in a safe, intimate environment with Dr. Mitchell about her own experiences as a first generation college student of color, and to invite students to share from their own experiences. The group will comprise only Dr. Mitchell and University of Illinois students. Students of color from all three UI campuses are invited to participate.
Workshop on Ethical Teaching
Wednesday October 7
7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT
Violence in U.S. Education: Approaches & Practices
Too often, instructors consider the role of violence in our society only when something ugly happens. This workshop addresses the purpose of all forms of violence (from hate speech to physical attacks) and encourages proactive strategies for creating learning environments. It will emphasize philosophical approaches teachers can adopt and offer concrete practices that put theory into motion. Register here for the workshop.
MillerComm Lecture
Thursday, October 8
7:00 p.m. CDT
Homemade Citizenship: All But Inviting Injury
Even when they embody everything the nation claims to respect, African Americans cannot count on being treated like citizens. Simply consider the black soldiers and nurses who served in the Civil War, WWI, and WWII, only to be disenfranchised and denigrated. Or consider the Ivy League-educated constitutional lawyer who rose to the office of US President, only to face demands that he “show his papers,” his birth certificate and academic transcripts. Though their success will not likely bring them the safety and respectability it should, African Americans seem to cling to all that purportedly makes one an ideal that is in, including the heteronormative nuclear family and its traditional household. What does this pattern of investing against the odds review about African American culture? The short answer: homemade citizenship. Register here for this Zoom presentation.
