In this video blog, I discuss Starbuck's #RaceTogether initiative and provide three recommendations for approaches to try in engaging the topic of race via productive dialogue. These are the books I mentioned in the video: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation by Dr. Derald Wing Sue: http://amzn.to/1Ouaa5c Why Are All the … [Read more...]
Black History Month in Canada
This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, I wanted to share what I've learned about Black History Month in Canada. Please watch the video below (or on my YouTube channel) and hear what I learned about how Black History Month is celebrated in Canada. Here are a few highlighted resources that I mention in the video, along with a few informative slides on the … [Read more...]
Black History Month: A U.S. or Canadian Experience?
On February 4, I attended an event celebrating Black History Month (BHM) in Canada held at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts. It was the 2013 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Black History Month Student Essay Competition Reception. RBC asked high school students applying to Canadian colleges or universities to tell their stories of how Black Canadians have … [Read more...]
Setting Pathways for Success! GEAR UP Scholar Follows “Path” to Doctoral Studies
By Kathy Backus, Centralight Central Michigan University Alumni Magazine The Summer after sixth grade Donnesha Blake visited CMU through her participation in GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) - a national initiative to prepare middle and high school students for college - at her middle school in Flint, Michigan. The week-long … [Read more...]
Celebrate and Embrace Diversity!
Diversity is a fact of life. We will find it in people that we believe ‘resemble' us and in people we believe are ‘different' from us. We are all unique and are different in some aspect - it can be in thoughts and perceptions, physical looks, cultures, or beliefs. Our perceptions play a great role in differentiating people with whom we associate. From … [Read more...]