Critical and Embodied Literacies: Narrations of Unforgetting by Intergenerational Women of Color

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

For this symposium, we gather as Women of Color across the academic spectrum to illuminate the intergenerational, critical literacies we have acquired and embody through our lived experiences within and beyond academic contexts. Despite the hostile political climate aiming to steal our knowing(s), we remain committed to unforgetting critical literacies that have shaped who and how we are in the world. As Women of Color within the professoriate, and navigating doctoral and undergraduate programs, we resist the illusion and allure of safety perpetuated by repressive forces that demand our silence and complicity in erasure. By centering Black Feminist Thought, critical literacies, and testimonios, we invite you into narrations of unforgetting where we center and speak our truths to power.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Writing and Literacies

Chair

• Jessica Reed, Michigan State University

Papers

• Do Not Grow Weary: Wholehearted Dimensions of Unforgetting - Jessica Reed, Michigan State University

• Unforgetting Black Literacies: Historical Embodied Practice Beyond School Walls - Chelsea Jimenez, University of South Carolina Beaufort

• Affirming Identity & Sustaining Students’ Sense of Self - Adrianna Foladare, Colgate University

• Unforgetting: A Promise Worth Keeping - Camilla J. Bell-Ferdinand, Colgate University

• The Battle of Self-Exploration - Kylee Lopez, Colgate University

• ESL: Erased, Silenced, Labeled - Amanda Escalona, Colgate University

Session Organizer

• Camilla J. Bell-Ferdinand, Colgate University

Discussant

• Camilla J. Bell-Ferdinand, Colgate University