The Criticality of Women of Color in Leadership Roles

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This symposium will bring together stakeholders from various educational organizations to engage in an intergenerational presentation and conversation about the history, present, and future imperatives when women and youth of color lead education. Historical figures such as Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Anna Julia Cooper, and Ida B. Wells were all leaders of education, both of political pedagogy and public pedagogy to shift the mindset of who counted as human and deserving of respect and dignity. Drawing from historical examples and on-going challenges for women of color, this symposium features senior scholars, foundation leaders, and youth leaders to consider the legacies and possibilities for education impact from women of color leaders. This symposium will offer participants opportunity to engage with each other and with the panelists about identity, intersectional social locations, and WoC leaders’ legacies.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University

Papers

• Black Girl Magic: Leadership for a New Era - Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation

• She Came, She Saw, She Slayed: A Womanifesto for Educational Leadership - Lori Patton Davis, The Ohio State University

• Facilitating With Youth and Adults at the Intersections in Which I Live - Latifat Odetunde, Boston College

• Hamer, Roy, Wells, Cooper: The Legacy and Criticality of Womanist Leadership - Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh

Discussant

• Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University