Workshop Date: July 9th, 2021
Registration Deadline: June 30th, 2021
Description:
Although most equity work begins with good intentions, it is possible to find yourself doing performative or surface level work, or alternatively, taking on all your department/institution’s equity work, where departmental change originates and ends with you. In this workshop, participants will learn about equity traps and tropes and begin to enhance their current efforts or ideas to lead transformative change; that is, change focused on creating impactful organizational and personal modifications to improve work and learning environments, ensuring high outcomes and a welcoming culture for all members. This hands- and minds-on workshop will be led by equity-centered leadership development coach, Dr. Jamila Dugan. This workshop is designed to reach mathematicians involved in equity work as well as those who have the desire and motivation to lead new equity initiatives in their respective departments.
Organizers:
This workshop is organized by Dr. Julianne Vega and Dr. Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez and sponsored by the Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences.
Speakers:
Jamila Dugan is a leadership coach, learning facilitator, and author. She began her career as a teacher in Washington, D.C., successfully supporting her school to implement an International Baccalaureate program. After being nominated for Teacher of the Year, she later served as a coach for new teachers in Oakland, California. As a school administrator, Jamila championed equity-centered student services, parent empowerment, and co-led the development of the first public Mandarin immersion middle school in the Bay Area. Jamila currently serves as an equity-centered leadership development coach across all sectors including nonprofits, public school districts, charter networks, and parochial and private schools. She is an avid supporter of dual-language learning, serving on the boards of Independence Charter Spanish Immersion School in Philadelphia and Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fresno State University, a master’s degree in early childhood education from George Mason University, and a doctorate in education leadership for equity from University of California, Berkeley. Jamila is the co-author of the Corwin best seller, Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation with Shane Safir. Jamila is also a loving wife and the mother of three amazing children who remain her constant inspiration for her work.
Schedule:
This workshop will take place on Friday, July 9th from 1 PM-4PM EST.
This highly interactive workshop will have the following session outcomes:
- Open our imagination to what is possible—conjure up a vision of an equity and antiracist math department—focused on students, post docs, and faculty members of color
- Create dissonance between our intentions for equity work and our actions/impact
- Introduce 10 common traps and tropes that hinder our efforts to work toward equity and anti-racism
- Lead with action – explore ways to disrupt traps and tropes and develop a “skinny plan” to address at least one
- Practice the skill of listening to improve emotional intelligence when leading change efforts centered around equity
Registration:
Please complete the following by June 30th.