Speaker Series: “Making 'America' Possible" with Andrew Grant-Thomas
Date & Time: March 8, 2017, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
Location: Greg Sutliff Auditorium, Lewis Katz Building, University Park, PA, 16802
Making ‘America’ Possible: A Conversation about Building Community and Embracing Race with Andrew Grant-Thomas
At a time of substantial racial turbulence in the United States, 80 percent of young U.S. adults, including 50 percent of millennials of color, say they rarely or never spoke about race in their childhood homes.
Andrew Grant-Thomas is the co-director at EmbraceRace, an online community of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, teachers and guidance counselors, day care providers, young people, and caring adults. Andrew was previously the director of programs at the Proteus Fund; deputy director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University; & researcher at the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.
Co-Sponsored by the Child Care Center at Hort Woods, the Bennett Family Center, and the Law and Education Alliance at Penn State
Participants can receive two (2) hours of Professional Development Credit via offering your PA KEYS Registry Number at the session. For more information, or for participants who wish to receive credit via webcast, contact Heather Kimble at hmo106@psu.edu.
Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, women, veterans, disabled individuals, and other protected groups. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations or who have questions about physical access may contact Susan Bass at sgb13@psu.edu in advance of the program. U.Ed. EDU 17-32
The Center’s speaker series and brown bags encourage dialogues about important civil rights issues in education and connects interested members across Penn State and other campuses.