TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION 2022
2022 CALENDAR
JANUARY 6 - ELISHEBA JOHNSON
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
Co-Founder and Curator at Wa Na Wari, Seattle WA
THE STORY OF WA NA WARI: FIGHTING GENTRIFICATION WITH ARTS AND CULTURE
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Wa Na Wari is creating new models for Black families to fight gentrification and displacement with arts and culture. Johnson will share cases studies of how the arts are being used to create new realities for Black people to be self determined in spite of inequity.
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
Associate Professor of Psychology, Spelman College
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL OF IDENTITY SHIFTING: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BLACK PEOPLE BEING THEMSELVES AT WORK
To cope with experiences of discrimination and to contest the negative consequences associated with discrimination, Black people may alter their behaviors, speech (code switch), appearance, and perspectives, also known as identity shifting. This may include changing one's hairstyle to fit Eurocentric standards of beauty or changing how one talks by "talking White."
In this interactive talk, Dr. Dickens will break down why people from oppressed groups may feel pressured to adopt their behaviors in the workplace, the benefits of costs of shifting, and how to create inclusive working environments to lessen the need of shifting by those who are marginalized.
MARCH 3 - DANA NICKSON, PhD
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
MARCH 3 - DANA NICKSON, PhD
Assistant Professor of education equity and justice in leadership, policy, and politics at The University of Washington
CITIES, SUBURBS, AND EDUCATION EQUITY: SEEKING JUSTICE ACROSS BOUNDARIES AND BORDERS
Social phenomena, such as gentrification, Black and Latinx suburbanization, school closures, and school choice are dramatically changing U.S. metropolitan regions. What we typically think of as an urban or suburban school may fail to recognize the heterogeneity within communities and the interdependency across school systems. These norms in how we imagine place and space hinder our ability to adequately frame and solve education injustices that disproportionately harm families and communities of color.
Paying particular attention to the historic formations and contemporary politics of the Seattle metropolitan area, this talk will explore racial and socioeconomic demographic change in schools and communities, provide time to reflect on and locate our own educational experiences within unequal educational landscapes, and suggest how we can respectfully uplift and learn from the educational agency of Black and other students and families of color to contest unjust education policy.
JANUARY 6 - ELISHEBA JOHNSON
Ms Johnson will talk about the Story of Wa Na Wari: Fighting Gentrification with Arts and Culture
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Elisheba Johnson is a curator, public artist and administrator. Johnson, who has a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, was the owner of Faire Gallery Café, a multi-use art space that held art exhibitions, music shows, poetry readings and creative gatherings. For six years Johnson worked at the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture on capacity building initiatives and racial equity in public art. Johnson is currently a member of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Network advisory council and has won four Americans for the Arts Public Art Year in Review Awards for her work. She currently co-manages Wa Na Wari, a Black art center in Seattle’s Central Area that uses the arts to build community and resist displacement
Where to find Elisheba Johnson
Instagram: @wanawariseattle
FEBRUARY 3 - DR DANIELLE DICKENS
Dr. Dickens will talk about the Psychological Toll of Identity Shifting: The Costs and Benefits of Black People Being Themselves at Work
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Dr. Danielle Dickens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Spelman College. Dr. Dickens earned her B.A. in psychology from Spelman College, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Colorado State University in Applied Social and Health Psychology.
As a Black feminist social psychologist, she leads a program of research that uses quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine stereotypes, discrimination, and intersections of race, gender, class, and age in the U.S. with an emphasis on Black women, in the workplace, higher education, and STEM. Particularly, she is an expert in understanding how experiences of discrimination results in a coping strategy known as identity shifting, the conscious or unconscious process of altering how one speaks and acts in order to mitigate the negative outcomes of discrimination, particularly among Black women.
In 2018, Dr. Dickens and her colleague at Winston Salem State University were awarded a National Science Foundation grant to explore identity shifting among Black women in STEM education. In 2019, she received the American Psychological Association (APA) Teaching of Psychology of Women Award and the 2020 APA Psychology of Black Women Foremothers Mentorship Early Career Award. In all, her teaching and research aims to contextually position and understand the lived experiences of Black women in the U.S, to identify effective strategies to reduce inequalities, and improve their career development and mental and behavioral health outcomes
Where to find Danielle Dickens, Ph.D.
Dr. Dickens at Spelmen College
Twitter: @DaniDickensPHD
MARCH 3 - DANA NICKSON, Ph.D,
Dr. Nickson will talk about Cities, Suburbs, and Education Equity: Seeking Justice Across Boundaries and Borders
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Dana Nickson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of education equity and justice in leadership, policy, and politics at The University of Washington.
Dana studies the intersections of racial demographic change, politics of place (e.g. school choice policies, histories of Black placemaking, gentrification), and educational agency in U.S. metropolitan regions. Her research specifically centers Black families and students’ diverse knowledge systems and educational experiences to offer possibilities for justice-centered collaborations and practices within and across school systems. Dana is also the 2021 recipient of the American Education Research Association's Education Policy and Politics Outstanding Dissertation Award, and recently published a paper on African American mother’s educational activism in Detroit. At UW, Dana teaches courses on the Politics of Education and Family-School-Community Relationships and Equitable Engagement, among others. Dana is a proud auntie and is enjoying exploring Seattle’s beautiful parks.
Where to find Dana Nickson, Ph.D.
Dr Nickson at the University of Washington
Twitter: @amandla_awethu7
TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION 2021 RECORDINGS
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July 2021 Amanda Joy Calhoun, MD
Adult/Child Psychiatry Resident at Yale School of Medicine
BEYOND DISCUSSIONS: COMBATING ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN REAL-TIME
September 2021 Antesa Jensen
An authority in the domain of Emotional Intelligence
THE SEVEN LAYERS OF LISTENING, AND HOW TO HEAR WITH YOUR HEART
October 2021 Dr. Danielle Dickens
Associate Professor of Psychology at Spelman College
THE POWER OF PERCEPTION: THE TRUTH ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS
December 2021 Dr. Lulu
Pediatrician with 30 years of clinical experience and coach to parents of LGBTQIAP children.
THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE AND LGBTQIAP IDENTITIES FOR CHILDREN
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