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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST I How “Tanning” Can Upgrade Your Classroom: Engaging and Inspiring Curiosity in Today’s Learner (Faculty Only)
The Little Building, Student Performance Center | SPC Black Box
Drawing from the deep well of Dr. Jae’s TEACH WE Blueprint; this workshop is a guide for educators who aspire to inspire curiosity and a love for learning within their students. It is an artistic expression that transcends the traditional confines of education, blending the spirit of Hip Hop culture with the transformative power of empathy to craft an inclusive and dynamic classroom environment.
Facilitator
Dr. Jae Williams, Executive-in-Residence, Marketing Communication, Emerson College
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST I Keynote Address
Live-Stream on Emerson’s YouTube Channel and emerson.edu/live.
Keynote Speaker
Grace Talusan, Author and Faculty, Brown University
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST I “Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?”: A Jubilee-style discussion on race, how to discuss and not argue
172 Tremont Street, Multipurpose Room
Come meet some of our student leaders and learn how to engage in dialogue across a variety of topics as simple as “what is a sandwich” to more difficult conversations about race, racism, and the various impacts within our learning community.
Facilitators
Deans’ Fellows for Racial Equity and Leadership Development
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST I Film Screening and Dinner
Union Bank Building, Bill Bordy Theater
Synopsis of In America: The Story of the Soul Sisters: Beneath the alluring American dream, an inspiring friendship between two young women unfolds in a painful tale of immigration and intra-racial struggles in America.
Special Guest
Rahman Oladigbolu, Filmmaker
Thursday, February 8, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EST I Unlocking Learning: Education in Prison
The Little Building, Student Performance Center | SPC Black Box
This presentation highlights how access to education in prison interrupts social hierarchies to create second chances for people whom the criminal legal system has discarded. Incarcerated learners create a new normal as they have the opportunity to present themselves as students in the classroom rather than solely as people in prison.
Facilitators
Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor and Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI), Emerson College
Mac Hudson ’23, Community Liaison Coordinator, Racial Equity in Corrections Initiative, EPI
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST I These Are The Days of My Life: A Creative Writing Workshop
Walker Building, Room 417
Have you always wanted to write? We all have stories to tell. Join author Grace Talusan for a fun, low-stakes generative creative writing workshop.
Facilitator
Grace Talusan, Author and Faculty, Brown University
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST I Boundary-Crossing and Boundary-Breaking Through International Filmmaking with Rahman Oladigbolu
Piano Row, Beard Room
Navigating the intersections of your identities can be challenging and rewarding, especially when your passions for storytelling take you across the globe. Join Rahman Oladigbolu, filmmaker and director, to dream, strategize, and reflect on the boundary-crossing and boundary-breaking futures of international filmmaking careers.
Facilitator
Rahman Oladigbolu, Filmmaker
12:00 p.m. EST I The James Baldwin Writer’s Colony Presents: One Hundred Years of Baldwin
(Invitation Only)
Facilitator
Kim McLarin, Professor and Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, Emerson College
5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST I Considering Identity in Effective Course Cultivation: A Dialogue with Faculty and Students
The Little Building, The Judee Wales Watson Theater
Come meet some of our student leaders as they talk with faculty about their racialized experiences in the classroom. Join us as we consider the positive impact on student learning when social identities like race, gender, and class are considered in the development of or reimagining of course content.
Facilitators
Deans’ Fellows for Racial Equity and Leadership Development
