Fragility, guilt, and the journey towards allyship
This SISC Book Club meeting will focus on Chapter 20 of Presumed Incompetent (2nd Edition). This gathering will be facilitated by working group member Eduardo De La Vega. In this month's reading we are examining Rachelle A.C. Joplin chapter discussing her journey as a White woman toward allyship with Women of Color. Using an honest and up front approach, she discusses how her deeply personal and painful- yet liberating- ongoing journey. Rachelle Joplin notes that to be allies, words and action must be in sync; words without actions are detrimental and work against changing the culture in academia
If you walk into a room, and there is no one that's not like you there, whether it's a woman or a person of color, anyone that's different from you, you should be able to say this is a problem. We need allies in that room to say that video, this room, this company, these ideas, this film, this whatever, this is not right - this is not good enough. ~Ava DuVernay
SISC Working Group Professional Development
The SISC Working Group prioritizes professional development as a key element of graduate training. Through the centering of social justice frameworks, these sessions strengthen our members capacity to engage in research, teaching and service addressing pressing social needs across diverse populations.
This virtual gathering will take place Tuesday August 25th from 11:00 to 12:30pm. Participation information will be sent via email to all members of the SISC Working Group. Please contact Dr. Dionne Stephens to receive event updates or webinar login information (see below).