The Canisius College Center for Urban Education and the National Urban Alliance (NUA) co-hosted a symposium entitled “A New Racial Literacy for Educational Equity” on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
“The partnership between NUA and Canisius College is a natural one,” said Jeffrey R. Lindauer, PhD, dean of the School of Education & Human Services. “Canisius has a long history of preparing educators. Most recently, the School of Education has invested more time and resources in preparing educators to work with students in urban settings. And our campus’ location – in central Buffalo – makes us an ideal place to house such an innovative center.”
“We bring gifted education and neuroscience strategies into schools for all students, with the goal of eliminating the gap between a child’s potential and how that child is actually performing,” said Eric J. Cooper, president and founder of NUA. “Working with Canisius College is a perfect way to do what we do best – Use cultural competency and a racial equity lens to bridge the worlds of K-12 and higher education, in order to distill successful strategies for teacher recruitment, training and retention.”
Also participating were keynote speaker Jabari Mahiri, PhD (professor of education and the William and Mary Jane Brinton Family Chair in Urban Teaching at the University of California, Berkeley and senior scholar for the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education) and Yvette Jackson, EdD (senior scholar, National Urban Alliance for Effective Education).
See photos of the event here