Unmasking Racism and Violence: Co-Creating a University Statement and #BLM Social Justice and Advocacy Series

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This session describes the process our university took to answer the call from Black Lives Matter by collectively stoking the fire and harnessing our energies to sustain the momentum for impactful change. The faculty and students co-created a solidarity statement that exemplified the engaged, compassionate, and ethical leadership outlined in our university mission and vision to ensure sustainability through the intentional infusion of social justice tenets into teaching, learning, research, community engagement, and work of the university. Using the materials and topics curated through our #BLM Social Justice and Advocacy Series along with lessons learned from developing this series, session attendees are encouraged to dialogue about intentional support of Black lives and identify deliberate actions to dismantle the current systems.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 1: Education and Place, Space, Time

Chair

• Rebekka Joanne Jez, University of San Diego

Papers

• Co-Creating #BLM Action Plan: Living Social Justice as Activism - Rebekka Joanne Jez, University of San Diego

• Co-Creating a Solidarity Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter - Joseph Lathan, Ph.D, University of San Diego

• Social Justice Across Campus: Inspiring Reading and Research in the Black Lives Matter Movement - V Dozier, University of San Diego

• #BLM Social Justice and Advocacy Series: Educating Educators About Juneteenth, Policing, Protesting, School, and Healing - Raketa Ouedraogo-Thomas, University of San Diego

• #BLM Social Justice and Advocacy Series: Artistic Expression Salon and Website Design - Zulema Reynoso, University of San Diego

• #BLM Social Justice and Advocacy Series: Addressing White Fragility Book Club - Kelly C. León, University of San Diego