9/4/24

NAACP Forum on Honesty in Education: A Clarification of Critical Race Theory, What it is, isn't....

๐๐€๐€๐‚๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐€ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ, ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก

โ€ข Professor Anansi Wilson(they/them) Dr. T. Anansi Wilson is an award-winning scholar of law, literary and cultural studies, a racial-justice strategist, and an author of creative nonfiction. Their legal research is situated in legal philosophy, critical theory, political economy, and constitutional law. Their writing and scholarship primarily focuses on the history of Black thought, art, and imagination crafted in response to, and resistance against, the social, political, and legal realities of domination in the West.

โ€ข Dr. Audrey Elegbede (she/her) Dr. Elegbede is an educator, speaker and professional coach who holds doctorate in Cultural Anthropology from Brown University and over 20 years of experience in higher education. Her work centers on Quality Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, social justice approaches and anti-oppression pedagogies. Her white privilege course was the first catalogued on the subject within the University of Wisconsin.

โ€ข Natalia Alvarez Benjamin Natalia Benjamin is Minnesota's 2021 Teacher of the Year. A Century High School teacher, she is the first educator from Rochester, Minnesota to receive the prestigious award as well as the first person of Latin American heritage to receive the statewide honor. At Century High School, she teaches multilingual students and ethnic studies and creates an open, supportive environment with mutual respect among students.

Moderated by Mrs. Barbara Jordan, Secretary of Rochester Branch NAACP Rochester Branch NAACP President: Mr. Wale Elegbede

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