Sentences with phrase «perspective of communities of color»

Oakland - based spoken word and dance artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Chicago visual artist and activist Theaster Gates collaborate to create a multimedia performance and visual installation addressing environmental issues from the perspective of communities of color.

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Directed by Marie Fortune, a pastor and author of Sexual Violence, The Unmentionable Sin: An Ethical and Pastoral Perspective (Pilgrim Press, 1983), the Center has developed resources for congregational study and action, including a study guide for teen - agers on preventing sexual abuse, a monograph on violence against women of color, and a manual for congregational use in discovering and developing community resources on family violence.

The team sought to share and understand their own experiences with racial inequity in education, reflect on the perspectives of students of color who experience a lack of diversity within their teacher community, and research a range of factors that contribute to the gap, from teacher recruitment through school climate.

Jamie is interested in examining college access and success from both the local community / K -12 system and higher education perspectives; particularly focused on first - generation students, low - income students, and students of color.

We offer programs and support services to help experienced charter leaders design, apply and incubate high - quality, innovative charter schools, work to empower communities by equipping them with the training and knowledge about the education process, and seeking to recruit and train new board leaders of color and to leverage a unique lens and perspective.

and add to your reading list books like The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, Evicted by Matthew Desmond or Between the World and Me by Ta - Nehisi Coates to obtain a historical perspective on why your community is structured the way it is today and what systemic challenges people continue to face.

Changing Colors: a workshop on toning black and white photographs; Crow Shadow Institute, Pendleton, OR, April, 1999 What Geologists Call an «Explanation» - Terry Toedtemeier: on his photography, Portland Community Colleges, Rock Creek, Sylvania, and Cascade campuses, Portland, OR Peculiar to Photography, slide lecture for the exhibition, «Seeing Through Photography,» Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, March 5, 1999 About Photographing Basalt, slide lecture at Blue Sky Photography Gallery, Portland, OR February 11, 1999 Hope Photographs: Thought from an Historic Perspective, slide lecture at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR, February 17, 1999 Framing the Frontier - 19th Century Photography in the American West, slide presentation at Cheney Cowles Museum of Art, Spokane, WA, November, 1998 Photography and Censorship, slide presentation, Portland State University, Portland, OR, March, 1998 Mysteries on a Plate Glass - Early Photography of Egypt, slide presentation, the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Perspectives from the Child Welfare Community Year Published: 2003

The project was intended to gain insight into the issue of over-representation (or racial disproportionality) from the perspective of the child welfare community, including agency administrators, supervisors, and direct service workers, and to describe the strategies child welfare and child - welfare serving agencies use to meet the needs of children and families of color in the child welfare system.