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Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Launch Institute, to Host Convening

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institute for Leadership, Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment and Social Justice (NCBCP TWD Jr. By uniting the power of the ballot, the book, and the buck, we are laser focused on rebuilding hope, justice, equity, and equality in Black America." Dortch, Jr., Institute) at CAU.

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Dr. Derrick Brooms Appointed Executive Director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Derrick Brooms will become executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College, effective Aug. Dr. Derrick Brooms Brooms is currently associate department head of Africana studies and professor of Africana studies and sociology at University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G. She has been an active member of AERA since 2000.

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Using the Law to Help Shape Public Policy - Jamelia N. Morgan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gowder, a Professor of Law and associate dean of research and intellectual life at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law. Having served as an associate director of the African American Policy Forum and research assistant to prominent legal scholar Kimberlé W. I think the more immediate goal is to write the book,” says Morgan.

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. And that’s in part because she sees herself as an activist — someone looking to challenge society’s prevailing injustices. “I

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two sessions continued on Thursday during the second and final day of the Black Men Research Institute’s (BMRI) Spring Symposium. There are so many things being thrown at them from multiple parts of their lives, family, friends, and social justice, and it’s all about sustainability,” Watkins said. “We Funded by a $1.4

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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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You can never take a break from social justice work.” Graves, chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Graves is the chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Kelisha B.