We've changed our name! We'll always be 'the hub' but RAICES COLECTIVA reflects the work and commitments we're making to each other and to you.
Stay tuned for an announcement of all the great events we have lined up this semester!!!!
We're so excited for our second keynote speaker, Dr. Tamara Butler!!
Her talk begins at 4:30 p.m. and you can still register here: https://t.co/jumISP83ks
Drawing from Dr. Butler's work, we are using #BlackGirlCartography as our conference hashtag 🥰
As we get ready for the conference(!!), this is who we are thinking-feeling with💜:
"[T]he earth is also skin…[A] young girl can legitimately take possession of a street, or an entire city, albeit on different terms than we may be familiar with."
- @demonicground
"The vision: Black girlhood is freedom, and Black girls are free."--Ruth Nicole Brown
We cannot wait to be in conversation and community with you all. Just a few more hours!!!
We are a few days away from our inaugural (virtual) conference on Locating the Geographies of Black Girlhoods in Education Research! Thank you to our co-sponsors: @AERA_EdResearch@UNCSchoolofEd@RutgersGSE and @LehmanCollege
Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown will be delivering the first keynote address on Saturday, October 9 at 9:30 a.m. You can register for the zoom talk here: https://t.co/jumISP83ks
Learn more about her work here: https://t.co/0wHL5GHwcK
And our second keynote will be Dr. Tamara Butler (@DefyanTam), who will be joining us Saturday, October 9 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. You can register for her virtual talk here as well: https://t.co/jumISPpEc0
What happened yesterday when racists desecrated the Unsung Founders monument makes it clear that UNC must act now to address the demands issued by Black Student Movement to improve safety of Black students, faculty and staff.
📢 UNC students! Plotting out your fall schedule? How about these awesome courses taught by our very own @jose6neros & @ElaineUtin! 🥳 Both rooted in Latinidad, learning, and leadership. Interested? Email them with any questions you have! [email protected], [email protected]
🚀 Apply via https://t.co/8dqHtnry0s or share with folks who might be interested!
⚡️ We're hiring four Somos Carolina coaches for our Semillas Summer Coaching Program! Looking for folks who are deeply invested in fostering Latinx identity, leadership, and storytelling
This fall, we are hosting a virtual conference, sponsored by @AERA_EdResearch. Check out our website (https://t.co/a5esvr33Qm) for more information, and here is our Call for Papers. Please share widely and consider submitting an abstract! 3/3
Our collective seeks to bring together scholars whose work highlights the spaces/places of Black girlhoods in education research, bringing to the fore how geographies intersect with genders and sexualities in particular to shape what is known and knowable about Black girls. 2/3
The wait is finally over!
Our inaugural issue: “For the Culture: (Re)Defining the Future of Equity & Excellence in Education” has been released.
Click the link in our bio to read articles by amazing educators in the field
https://t.co/6Rf4flC80y
Who wants to form a study group for this book at the @UNCSchoolofEd?!
And, following Dr. Patel’s lead: if you’re a UNC student who wants the book but can’t afford it, dm us!
The UNC School of Ed's first Black History Month speaker on this Thursday at 11am will be the one and only Dr. S. Kent Butler, President-Elect of ACA. Please join us for what I know will be a great and enlightening conversation. Register at https://t.co/TIus8pwRjP