Lessons and Reflections From Ghana: Toward Justice and Freedom in the U.S. Education System

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This research paper symposium is intentional in theorizing liberatory education practices and research in the United States toward justice and freedom. One of the essential ways of dismantling racism, and creating educational possibilities is to seek models and frameworks beyond the US context. The symposium includes nine Black scholars who experienced Ghana. The scholars will discuss their experiences in Ghana and the importance of embracing and (re)claiming their identity and conducting research to dismantle anti-Black racism across the educational landscape and in greater society.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Tyrone C. Howard, University of California - Los Angeles

Participants

• Cynthia B. Dillard, Seattle University

• Jaleel R. Howard, University of California - Los Angeles

• Earl J. Edwards, Boston College

• Tr’Vel Lyons, University of Southern California

• Gene F. McAdoo, University of California - Los Angeles

• Demontea Thompson, University of California - Los Angeles

• Kenyon Lee Whitman, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Keara L. Williams, University of California - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Cynthia B. Dillard, Seattle University