Providence, RI 2/27/15 Race Today: A Symposium on Race in America

Race Today: A Symposium on Race in America

Friday, February 27, 2015
Pembroke Hall, Room 305
172 Meeting Street
8am-6pm
In partnership with the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America

This day-long symposium brings a group of the nation’s most respected intellectuals on race, racial theory and racial inequality together to consider the troubling state of black life in America today.

What are the broader structural factors that shape race today? How do these factors work on the ground and institutionally and what are the consequences? What are the ideas about race, and racial identities that enable the normalcy of stark racial differences today? In particular, what role do key ideas such as “colorblindness” and “post race” play in shaping perception and outcomes? What can be done to challenge ideological and structural impediments to a racially egalitarian society?

Presented by the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA). Co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of Institutional Diversity.

Full Schedule:
Come to one, some, or all of the presentations!

Source: Brown University

http://brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/race-today-symposium-race-america

New York City Half Marathon For Brotherhood SisterSol

Hello Friends and Family,

BENEFITING: THE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC

ORGANIZER: RAHSAN-RAHSAN

EVENT DATE: MAR 15, 2015

You are a Team Member

THE STORY:

Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay wrote -

In 3 weeks, I will once again be running the NYC Half marathon. While I see it as a personal challenge, I also use it as an opportunity to do some good. The purpose of this fundraiser is to bring much needed support to an organization I hold near and dear, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol. BHSS is a NYC based comprehensive youth development organization that is a model for programs like it across the country.

In this, its 20th year, BHSS is endeavoring to serve more young people than ever before. With programs that include environmental study, summer leadership, summer camp, creative writing, study abroad and youth organizing among other programs, Bro-Sis is widely recognized as one of the best organizations in the country for youth development and education.

I'm asking people to either pledge a flat amount of an amount per mile. As a reminder, half marathon's are 13.1 miles! :-) In addition, I am hoping you will pass this link on to others whom you believe would support an organization like The Brotherhood/Sister Sol.

To donate, please go to: https://www.crowdrise.com/nychalfforbhss20th/fundraiser/rahsanrahsanlindsay

Peace & blessings,

Rahsan 

DONATE

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BYP 100: Comprised of 100 black activists from across the country convened by the Black Youth Project to mobilize communities of color beyond electoral politics.

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Girls of Color Face Disproportionately Harsh Discipline at School #BlackGirlsMatter

New Report from Columbia Law School's Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies Recommends Including Girls of Color in Policies to End School-to-Prison Pipeline

Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu

New York, February 4, 2015—Girls of color face much harsher school discipline than their white peers but are excluded from current efforts to address the school-to-prison pipeline, according to a new report issued today by Columbia Law School’s Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies and the African American Policy Forum.  

The report, Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected, is based on a new review of national data and personal interviews with young women in Boston and New York. 

“As public concern mounts for the needs of men and boys of color through initiatives like the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper, we must challenge the assumption that the lives of girls and women—who are often left out of the national conversation—are not also at risk,” said Columbia Law School Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, the report’s lead author and the director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies.

Crenshaw, a leading authority in how law and society are shaped by race and gender, argues that an intersectional approach encompassing how related identity categories such as race, gender, and class overlap to create inequality on multiple levels is necessary to address the issue of school discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.

#BlackGirlsMatter

Read more online at Columbia University or African American Policy Forum, Inc.

Improving Educational Outcomes for Young Men of Color

Improving Educational Outcomes for Young Men of Color

JPMorgan Chase is committed to helping disadvantaged young people gain access to 
the knowledge, skills and experiences they need to compete in a challenging global economy.

About the Fellowship Initiative

Too many young people face daunting odds as they attempt to navigate the challenges of high school and the prospect of college and the workplace. For young men of color, particularly those from economically distressed communities, poor educational opportunities and few positive professional role models can put high school graduation and the economic promise of a college degree out of reach.

Beginning in 2010, JPMorgan Chase launched The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) in New York City to see if the right combination of intensive academic and leadership training could help young men of color complete their high school educations prepared to excel in high quality, four-year colleges and universities. This pilot demonstrated that with a comprehensive enrichment program, these students were able to rise to the challenge, work hard and expand their own expectations of what they could achieve.

Recognizing the power of TFI to change lives, JPMorgan Chase decided to continue the program in New York, expand it to two new cities – Chicago and Los Angeles – and grow the number of young men served in each city to 40.

Source: JPMorgan Chase & Co. via Imani Farley & Andrea O'Neal 

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/the-fellowship-initiative.htm

NYC 2/27/15 - My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening

SAVE THE DATE
YOUNG MEN’S INITIATIVE
My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening
Friday, February 27th, 2015
8:30am-3:00pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
Between 135th and 136th Streets
On February 27th, you are invited to join the NYC Young Men’s
Initiative for the My Brother’s Keeper Community Convening at
the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This event
will provide a unique opportunity for community members,
elected officials, and partners from across the city to discuss
strategies for engaging young men of color.
Formal invitation to follow. We look forward to your attendance.
For more information contact: ymiconvening@cityhall.nyc.gov

Hands-on Engineering Class At Columbia University In Harlem

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The Digital Media Training Program in Harlem has launched GRAEP, the Green Ready Alternative Energy Program, at ColumbiaUniversity.

The program is free to 7th through 12th graders who live in Harlem’s Community District 9. The goal is to teach math, science and engineering while students construct windmills, fuel cells, solar panels and electric cars. The instructor is Professor Brett Sims Munajj, a researcher and educator with a PhD. in applied mathematics.

This program is run in cooperation with Digital Media Training Program in Harlem, Munajj Enterprises, the Riverside Church’s Children, Youth and Families Ministry, the Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry and Columbia University School of Continuing Education. West Harlem Development Corporation provided the funding.

They still have a few seats open for your son and/or daughter. If you know of eligible students, please have them contact Melvin McCray at (917) 748-1222.

Source: Harlem World Magazine.   Courtesy of Dallas Lee Bell

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Releases Call for Proposals Due 3/18/15

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Deadline: March 18, 2015 (3 p.m.) This program offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to support physicians and dentists from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants should be committed to developing careers in academic medicine and dentistry and to advancing the understanding and elimination of health disparities by serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. More details and how to apply > Total Awards Funding up to ten four-year awards in this grant cycle. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000 each, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant toward support of research activities.

Internship Deadline 2/15/15: Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)

Short-Term Research Experience for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP)

About the Program

The STEP-UP Program provides hands-on summer research experience for high school and undergraduate students interested in exploring research careers. The overall goal of STEP-UP is to build and sustain a biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social science research pipeline focused on NIDDK’s core mission areas of  diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases.

The STEP-UP Program provides research education grants to seven institutions to coordinate three High School STEP-UP Programs and four Undergraduate STEP-UP Programs. STEP-UP is particularly interested in increasing the participation of students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis, including individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with disabilities.

Program Highlights

• 8 to 12-weeks of full-time research experience 
• Students receive a summer research stipend
• Students are assigned to a STEP-UP Coordinating Center (PDF, 357 KB) to help coordinate and monitor their summer research experience
• Students are paired with experienced research mentors at institutions throughout the nation
• Students are encouraged to choose a research institution and/or mentor near their hometown or within commuting distance of their residence. Students are not required to relocate in order to conduct their summer research.
• Students receive training in the responsible conduct of research
• All-paid travel expenses to the Annual STEP-UP Research Symposium held on NIH’s main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Students are given the opportunity to conduct a formal oral and poster presentation.

The STEP-UP Program is a federally funded program managed and supported by the Office of Minority Health Research Coordination (OMHRC) in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).​​​​​​

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Please read the STEP-UP Application Instructions (PDF, 802 KB) before applying.

Source: The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

 

National Diversity Summit, March 6-8, 2015 at Brown University

The Scholarship of Diversity and Inclusion in the Academy: Lessons Learned and the Work Ahead for Universities in the 21st Century

As we approach the end of the Brown 250+ Celebration, please join us on campus for the Brown 250+ Diversity Summit. At this special convening of students, faculty, staff, alumni, thought leaders and innovators, we will explore how higher education engages in the work of developing and sustaining an increasingly diverse and inclusive academic community. Through plenary panel discussions, workshops, interactive seminars, and networking activities, we will engage in critical discussions that consider the broad range of identities, perspectives and experiences (race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, etc.) represented in higher education institutions today, and how relevant research and scholarship informs the work of advancing diversity and inclusion in the academy. 

For further information, please contact institutional_diversity@brown.edu or (401) 863-2216 

Source: Brown University, Institutional Diversity

2/20/15 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership presents Black History Month 2015

AFFILIATE EVENT: Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership presents Black History Month 2015

Take an insightful look at women artists of the black Brooklyn renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, as profiled in Brooklyn Boheme, the recent HBO documentary by Nelson George. Writer Lisa Jones and writer/composer/performer Alva Rogers discuss the black women’s Fort Greene arts collective Rodeo Caldonia in a conversation facilitated by cultural critic Greg Tate.

Alva Rogers is a Brown alumna, MFA '98, and a member of the Executive Board of The Brown Club in NY.

For more information, visit http://www.myrtleavenue.org/event/remembering-rodeo-caldonia-lisa-jones-alva-rogers-conversation-culture-critic-greg-tate/

Date:       Friday, February 20, 2015
Time:      6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue:  Pillow Cafe-Lounge 505 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn

 

Sources: Brown University Club of New York & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

2/24/15 "Broken Windows, Broken Schools: A Panel on Education Justice" at Columbia University

2/24 "BROKEN WINDOWS, BROKEN SCHOOLS: A PANEL ON EDUCATION AND JUSTICE" @IRAASColumbiaU https://t.co/KGZyIoOyAC pic.twitter.com/mp9pdCBqpC
— IRAAS Alumni Council (@IRAASalumni) February 4, 2015

Many times schools are looked at as a solution to an inequal society. This panel brings together a range of experts on the connections between schools and communities to highlight what policies and practices be undertaken to make both more just.

February 24, 2015

6:00pm- 8:00pm

3rd Floor Lecture Hall-

Columbia School of Journalism

Free & Open To the Public 

**PANELISTS **

• Zakiyah Ansari, Advocacy Director, Alliance for Quality Education
• R. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy - Associate Professor of Sociology, City College of New York
• Carla Shedd - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
• Jose, Luis Vilson - NYC Public School Teacher and Author 

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Source: Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies