Is Justice Just? Conversation on Systemic Racism and Bias


October 13  6:00pm - 7:30pm CST



Part A: 6:00-6:45 Central     Understanding bias and systemic racism

Part B: 6:45-7:30 Central     Creating strategies that empower change

 

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Presenter

Professor Natasha L. Robinson, Esq.

Facilitator(s)

Joann Horton

Why?

This session provides a foundational understanding of bias and systemic racism in order to improve work opportunities and student learning opportunities. We all must be held accountable for our actions and inactions. Before there is accountability, there must be transparency. This open conversation seeks to unpack our understandings and experiences in an authentic and transparent manner in collaboration with fellow members of the Academy of Process Educators.

Resources

From Inclusion to Equity: Pedagogies that Close Achievement Gaps (this reading will take approximately 10 - 12 minutes)

Plan

Before the session:

  1. Read the assigned article.
  2. Answer these Exploration Questions on the forum for the session before the session begins.
    1. In your opinion, what is the difference between racism and prejudice?
    2. How do your current course content and classroom practices enhance or dismantle substantive and procedural systemic racism and bias?
    3. In the words of the author of the article, Dr. Amy Mulnix, how can you “infuse equity into your syllabus, assignments, and course content?”

Part A (Discussion)

During the session:

  1. Welcome/introduction of guest speaker (2 min)
  2. Goals for the session (3 min)
    • To consider our current understandings of systemic racism and bias
    • To collect evidence of understandings and experiences in order to formulate equity-informed pedagogy and practices
    • To create particularized equity-informed pedagogy and practices for our learning communities
  3. Address responses people to the exploration questions (5 min)
  4. Lecture: understanding bias and systemic racism (20 min)
  5. Q&A about topic/reading (10 min)

Note: Critical Thinking Questions that evolve out of Part 1 discussion will be integrated into Part 2

Part B (Strategies)

During the session:

  1. Explain activity logistics: creating strategies that empower change (5 min)
  2. Activity: breakout groups discuss 3-5 "Critical Thinking Questions" (20-25 min)
    3. (forum link for CTQs)
    1. Considering the four broad strategies that Dr. Mulnix cites as being important for ensuring inclusion and equity in the classroom, what adjustments can you make to strengthen inclusion and minimize bias in your classroom?
    2. How do students benefit from connecting course content to their life experiences?
    3. Why do diverse student values matter in constructing your curriculum?
    4. Identify two strategies that you can use to minimize systemic racism and bias so that students feel that they belong.
    5. How do the strategies in this article relate to Process Education principles?
  3. Teams report top insights gained from discussions (5-10 min) (forum link for insights)
  4. Closure: participant reflections on value of learning experience (5 min)
  5. Session assessment (5 min)

Note: This session (Part 2) is designed to provide participants with a series of strategies that they can use to empower change in their classrooms

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