UK Center for Equality and Social Justice

This is a well done article, citing expert Howard Stevenson.

Black students experience trauma from racist incidents at school, experts say "I stopped loving myself because I realized the community did not love who I actually was," one student said.

This is an extremely informative and interesting explanation of Juneteenth by UK Historian Vanessa Holden.

Juneteenth Explained: ‘History Doesn’t Repeat Itself; People Do’ Today, Juneteenth — which celebrates the abolition of slavery — coincides with protests across the U.S. against racial injustice. Society has become inspired to renew their interest in African American history — a legacy filled with tragedy, inequality, resilience and survival. In a Q&A se...

Listen to comments about white privilege by CESJ Affiliate Carol Taylor Shim, Director of Bias Incident Support Services -

Perspective: A Multiracial Family From Lexington On Racism, Injustice And Protests Fifty-one-year-year old Gordon Meads is African-American. He’s sitting next to his wife Patti who is half Caucasian and half Puerto Rican and their

For research and teaching resources on racism, check out our ever-growing list at https://cesj.as.uky.edu/uk-cesj-series-race-and-policing-us-what-research-shows

Very proud of all of the UK scholars and researchers who have committed their careers (long before this week) to addressing, understanding, and reducing racism.

UK CESJ Series on Race and Policing in the US: What Research Shows | Center for Equality and Social Justice In 2016, CESJ held a day-long symposium about racial bias and police violence, entitled "Black and Blue: Critical Issues in Race and Policing in the US." At that symposium, scholars from around the country came to UK to discuss how implicit, explicit, and structural racial biases lead police officer...

Hearing the word diversity
Over and over and over
Managing diversity
Diversity hiring
Recruiting diversity

Noun or adjective
It’s only a word.
Without action
It’s only a symbol.
Without commitment
It’s only a sound.
Without strong voices in unison
It’s only a phrase without change.

Diversity is the nice word
We use now to cover up the pain
and the gut wrenching agony
The words of feelings, histories, stories We can’t stand to hear more about. Because it means we have to face the Raw, bare-boned reality that we keep leaving out the same people
over and over again —
and the loss we suffer in their absence
is too great to face.

So we don’t call it
Racism.
We don’t call it
Homophobia.
We don’t call it
Pain for us all.
We call it diversity.
We talk about it.
We talk around it.
We talk.

Diversity is an empty word
Unless
We can make it
An Action Verb.

Katie Kissinger “Diversity: Noun, Action, or Verb?”

Join us on Wednesday!

Because of difficulty in speaker travel because of travel concerns, the Decolonization symposium will be postponed until the Fall.

Applications due THIS SATURDAY!

2020/2021 Funding Opportunities | Center for Equality and Social Justice The Center for Equality and Social Justice (CESJ) is pleased to announce its May 2020 – May 2021 Award Cycle for undergraduate, graduate student, and faculty funding. Four award mechanisms will be available this year, including:

Are you conducting (or want to conduct) research that could benefit our community, or be useful to local policy makers? CESJ wants to fund you! Applications for our 2020-2021 funding cycle are due FEBRUARY 1st. Find more information at the link below, and email [email protected] with any questions.

https://cesj.as.uky.edu/cesj-funding-opportunities

2020/2021 Funding Opportunities | Center for Equality and Social Justice The Center for Equality and Social Justice (CESJ) is pleased to announce its May 2020 – May 2021 Award Cycle for undergraduate, graduate student, and faculty funding. Four award mechanisms will be available this year, including:

Dr. Engle and Grace shared details on their CESJ-funded work supporting racial justice efforts in Corbin, KY.

Casey Vázquez, CESJ Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, discussed her research on adoption, diverse family systems, and LGBTQ+ issues.

A conversation about race and KY food systems with Dr. Nancy Dawson (Russellville Urban Gardening Project); Tiffany Bellfield (Ballew Estates); Tehran Jewell (Taste of Jewell Farms); Nelson Escobar (La Minga Co-operative Farm); joined by our moderator Trevor Claiborn (Kentucky State Extension Agent, and Co-founder of BlackSoil). This was the third event in CESJ's Just Food series.

Andi Murphy, full-time radio producer for Native America Calling, and host of the podcast, Toasted Sister, joined CESJ for a talk on Indigenous food sovereignty. This event was the second in CESJ's series, Just Food.

Invited speakers Dr. Sarah Horton, Dr. Philip Rocco, Dr. Luisa Deprez, and Dr. Lisa Dodson shared strategies for engaged advocacy work within the academy.

CESJ faculty fellow Dr. Diane Loeffler discussed her community-engaged research with Appalachian HEAT Squad.

CESJ welcomed author of "So You Want to Talk About Race," Ijeoma Oluo, for two on campus events in March 2019: a book club discussion with students, and a book talk.

CESJ Faculty Fellow, Dr. Carol Mason, discussed reproductive justice in Kentucky, over catered lunch from The Jerk catering.

The first event in Just Food, a CESJ-sponsored series of events exploring race, equality, and KY food systems. The Farm Tour was facilitated by Ashley and Trevor Claiborn, founders of Black Soil.

"Stories about college hunger have been largely anecdotal, cemented by ramen and macaroni and cheese jokes. But recent data indicate the problem is more serious and widespread, affecting almost half of the student population at community and public colleges."

Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry Many routinely skip meals and take ‘poverty naps’ because they cannot afford groceries. Campus food pantries are helping, but are they enough?

The Center for Equality and Social Justice's “Policy Engagement Workshop,” was offered by Scholars Strategy Network with support from the William T. Grant Foundation. Scholars Strategy Network seeks to improve public policy and strengthen democracy by connecting scholars and their research to policymakers, citizens associations, and the media. The “Policy Engagement Workshop” was a full day of training, including breakfast and lunch.