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

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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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CRT Summer School Kicks Off, Honoring 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

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Racial justice advocates are turning out for the Fifth Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School hosted by the African American Policy Forum. The social justice think tank opened its July 28-Aug. 2 summit with a plenary titled “Tip of the Spear: Tennessee on the Frontlines of the War on Woke.”

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

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He has authored several books, including Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences , Empowering Men of Color on Campus: Building Student Community in Higher Education and Stakes is High: Trials, Lessons, and Triumphs in Young Black Men's Educational Journeys. “As

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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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 is co-founder and co-director of the Transformative Justice in Education Center at the University of California, Davis.

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

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I think the more immediate goal is to write the book,” says Morgan. There’s been a book in my head for years, and I want to sit down and write it on the other side of tenure as the demands to publish every year is somewhat lessened.”

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Public invited to virtual Ridgewater diversity and social justice events

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Our Social Justice Speaker Series is one of the ways we seek to do that. – Dr. Anton Treuer , professor of Ojibwe and author of several books, will speak for Native American and Alaska Native Heritage month. Zoom: [link]. Meeting ID: 838 2043 7575; passcode: Ridgewater. November 16, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 Zoom: [link].

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Jennifer Jones Austin Appointed Visiting Scholar at New York University Silver School of Social Work

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Jennifer Jones Austin has been appointed a visiting scholar at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. I’m trained in the law, but have worked throughout my career with social workers,” Jones Austin said. She is the author of the book Consider it Pure Joy. Lindsey, dean of the NYU Silver School. “As