Challenging Bias in EducationPresented by: Dr. Raul Fernandez
This four-hour workshop will explore how our personal identities and experiences impact our view of the events and people around us and our work. Participants will explore the concepts of positionality, implicit bias, intersectionality, and allyship through presentations, breakout conversations, and facilitated discussions. They will learn from each other by sharing their own experiences, successes, and missteps. Participants will develop a firm understanding of their role and responsibility in advancing justice through practice and policy making.
About The Presenter:
Dr. Raul Fernandez is a Lecturer and former Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development where he studies, writes, and teaches about inequities in education. He is also an appointee to the Racial Imbalance Advisory Council of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and was recently named a Public Impact Scholar by the Initiative on Cities.
In the last few years alone, he researched and wrote a piece that helped topple a monument to white supremacy, created a film and conversation series that engaged thousands of participants in challenging dialogues on social justice issues, and trained thousands more in developing equitable policies and practices at institutions throughout the country and beyond.
Dr. Fernandez is also a member of Brookline Select Board – the first Latinx person elected to that position. He currently serves as vice chair of the Select Board as well as chair of Brookline’s Small Business Development Committee, which he founded. He also led the successful efforts to create a working group designed to better support the Brookline Housing Authority and its residents, a Racial Equity Advancement Fund, and a task force focused on reimagining public safety.
The workshop will be broken into a 2-hour learning session and a 2-hour skills workshop, with a one hour break in between.
$60 Members$80 Non-members
Equity Scholarships are available:https://www.spanmass.org/freeworkshopattendance.html
If you require accommodations to participate in one of our events, please contact us as soon as possible in advance of the event, at info@spanmass.org, so we have the opportunity to support your participation.
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