DREAM Collective to Host Webinar on Institutional Racism in U.S. Higher Education
The DREAM (Dismantling Racism through Education, Advocacy and Mobilization) Collective at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will host a webinar featuring Jim Scheurich, PhD, at 1 p.m. (CT) Thursday, July 16. Scheurich is an anti-racist, community activist scholar committed to addressing the institutional and structural inequities and injustices within educational and community contexts.
Scheurich formerly led the doctoral program in Urban Education Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Prior to serving IUPUI, he was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin for 12 years and at Texas A&M University for 8 years. His research interests include anti-racism, equity, and inclusion in schools and communities.
Register for the webinar at siue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yu9MRviOS6qrmQMVIpgvsg.
Scheurich helped start and now serves as president of the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) Community Coalition, a local organization committed to local control of IPS and the success of its students. He has also worked with the Indianapolis-based Kheprw Institute, a Black-led grassroots community organization committed to youth and community empowerment, for nearly seven years.
This is the third public offering coordinated by the DREAM Collective. The Collective is committed to serving the southern Illinois and greater St. Louis area through supporting community members, educational organizations and professionals in the process of naming, addressing and dismantling racism through education, advocacy and mobilization.
Its team of faculty activists seek to create effective programming and foster cultural competency in responsive educators and community members. Members include education faculty Jennifer Hernandez, PhD, Jessica Krim, EdD, J.T. Snipes, PhD, Nate Williams, PhD, and SEHHB Dean Robin Hughes, PhD.
For more information, visit the DREAM Collective on Facebook at @DREAMCollective20, Twitter at @DREAMcollect20 or Instagram at @DREAMCollective20, or email TheDREAMCollective@siue.edu.
Photo: Jim Scheurich, PhD, will be the featured speaker in a webinar hosted by the DREAM Collective.
