The university community has a unique opportunity to take part in meaningful conversations about true alliances in the academy among women and improving race relations. Dr. Karen Dace, author of Unlikely Allies in the Academy: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation (2012), will present a campus-wide lecture on Friday, March 4th at 7:00 pm, in the Plaster Student Union Theater. This will be the kick-off event to the Unlikely Allies Conference (UAC). The UAC was conceived by a group of Black women at MSU to promote dialogue about racial allyship as a transformative strategy for institutional change.
“As women in the academy, we have been trained to value our intellect. Yet intellect is insufficient and we too often remain stymied, frustrated and puzzled in our efforts to have conversations about difference and understand the nature of alliances.” (Chao, P. as cited in Dace, K., 2012, pp. 3-4)
Prior to Dr. Dace’s lecture, there are three opportunities to participate in a book discussion and receive a copy of the book.
FCTL Faculty Book Talk
Friday, February 25 at 11:00 am
Moderators: Drs. Marjorie Shavers and Nancy Gordon
Ozarks Room, Meyer Library Room 302
Contact FCTL@missouristate.edu to receive book and participate in this discussion
Staff Senate Book Discussion
Wednesday, February 23 at 12:00 pm
Moderators: Drs. Rabekah Stewart and Tracey Glaessgen
Glass Hall Room 486
Contact cbowles@missouristate.edu to receive book and participate in this discussion
Intersectional Student Book Club
Friday, February 25 at 12:15 pm
Moderators: Arica Lee-Anderson and Elliot Barber Mary Jean Price Walls Multicultural Resource Center PSU 101
Contact MulticulturalPrograms@missouristate.edu for additional information about the Intersectional Student Book Club
Special thanks to the following members of the Participatory Action Research Counterspace (PARC; West, 2021) at MSU for their vision and bringing the Unlikely Allies Conference to our campus: Elizabeth Atukunda; Harmauhny Faulkner; Michelle Gavel; Jorre Hadley; Azaria Hogans; Tia Latimer; Arica Lee-Anderson; Denise Lofton; Ashley Payne; Michele Smith; and Nicole West.
Dr. Nancy Gordon
Director
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
Duane G. Meyer Library, Room 204
Missouri State University(417) 836-8396
https://www.missouristate.edu/fctl/
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