BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speaker Information: \nDr. Stephen John Quaye\, Miami Universit y\nSince 2014\, visible\, public student activism has been on the rise. #B lackLivesMatter activists\, specifically\, have used protesting\, teach-in s\, and meetings with campus administrators to call attention to racism on campuses and in the larger society. Often\, this activism is spurred by t he continued senseless killing of Black people by police officers and cont inued racism on their campuses. With social media\, it is often easier for these killings to gain attention with images of these slain Black bodies being tweeted and retweeted constantly.\nOften missing\, however\, from th e conversation about activism is how scholars engage in activism. What is the role of scholars in engaging in activism? And how do scholars practice self-care with the onslaught of media attention to Black people being kil led? In this talk\, I make a case for scholar activism\, that is\, activis m by faculty\, researchers\, or scholars\, and how scholars blend their ac tivist identities with their scholarship. I explore the possibilities and challenges of scholar activism and strategies for practicing self-care in the midst of this \;\nPart of the Dean's Diversity Lecture Series\nAcc ompanying fireside chat at 3:00 pm at 16 Education Building.\nSponsor: \nT he College of Education\, The Office of the Provost\, The Office of Commun ity College Research and Leadership\n \;\nMore Information DTEND:20170418T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T022757Z DTSTART:20170418T170000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Scholar Activism and Self-Care in an Era of #BlackLivesMatter UID:RFCALITEM639139588774174753 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Dr. Stephen John Qua ye\, Miami University

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Since 2014\, visible\, public student activi sm has been on the rise. #BlackLivesMatter activists\, specifically\, have used protesting\, teach-ins\, and meetings with campus administrators to call attention to racism on campuses and in the larger society. Often\, th is activism is spurred by the continued senseless killing of Black people by police officers and continued racism on their campuses. With social med ia\, it is often easier for these killings to gain attention with images o f these slain Black bodies being tweeted and retweeted constantly.

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Often missing\, however\, from the conversation about activism is how sch olars engage in activism. What is the role of scholars in engaging in acti vism? And how do scholars practice self-care with the onslaught of media a ttention to Black people being killed? In this talk\, I make a case for sc holar activism\, that is\, activism by faculty\, researchers\, or scholars \, and how scholars blend their activist identities with their scholarship . I explore the possibilities and challenges of scholar activism and strat egies for practicing self-care in the midst of this \;

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Part of the Dean's Diversity Lecture Series

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Accompanying fireside chat at 3:00 pm at 16 Education Building.

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The College of Education\, The Office of the Provost\, The Office of Community Colleg e Research and Leadership

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