College of Education Difficult Dialogues

Please join the College of Education for our second spring 2022 college-wide dialogue of a 3 part series: "From Ally to Co-Conspirator: The Collective Work of Dismantling Racist and Oppressive Structures within COE." On Monday, March 7, we will come together to challenge the notion of allyship, moving us from a frame of passive support to one of active, engaged and ongoing solidarity that enables us to become co-conspirators and accomplices towards racial justice. How do we collectively strive towards dismantling the current and historical reaches of white supremacy within the COE? We will begin the dialogue with a facilitated panel conversation between Dr. Richard Shin, Associate Professor, School Counseling, and Dr. Melanie Killen, Professor and Director of the Human Development Program, on shifting from allyship to conspiratorship and how we take responsibility for our power in transforming the conditions within COE. We will have smaller break out discussions that will interrogate the meaning of allyship and help build a mutual understanding of what it means to be a co-conspirator.

This event is part of the College of Education's Difficult Dialogues on Antiracism for Transformational Institutional Change. In this dialogue series, we take on difficult conversations around antiracism with the intention of sharing, learning, healing, and being spurred into personal and collective action around topics of importance in our College. We hope for many different decision-makers and roles to be present, from students, staff and faculty to University policymakers. We believe that change is embodied in our engagement in hard conversations across our differences and that dialogue strengthens our consciousness as individuals and as a College community.