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Tema Okun: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know
Printer-friendly version 11/01/2011 6:30 pm
11/01/2011 8:30 pm
America/New York
Tema Okun has spent 25 years as a facilitator and teacher helping leaders and groups address racism and build equity. She is currently a member of the dRworks collaborative and an Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at National Louis University in Chicago. She is also active in Middle East peace and justice work with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA.
Using her recent book, The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know,Tema will share an interactive presentation about the central concepts related to teaching about race and racism and how to address privileged resistance (the reluctance of those holding privilege to "see" structural and systemic inequity).
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011, 6:30-8:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Association
Eliot Chapel, 2nd Floor
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
RSVP required - To register online please click here OR Call 617-523-0555.
Suggested Contribution $10 (more if you can, less if you can't)
About the book:
Winner of American Educational Studies Association 2011 Critics Choice Award, The Emperor Has No Clothes offers theoretical grounding and practical approaches for leaders and teachers interested in effectively addressing racism and other oppressive constructs.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.
