Podcasts about promoting racial literacy

Podcast Synopsis: Dr. Howard C. Stevenson: The Racial Dance.   Recently, I spoke with Dr Howard Stevenson about racial literacy, prayer and protest, and the psychology of proximity. We discussed the integration of his work as a psychologist within the frame racial threat, the need for racial socialization, and how people deal with situations of racial threat.   Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative at Penn, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, community and justice institutions.   He is a nationally recognized clinical psychologist, writer, and researcher on negotiating racial conflicts using racial literacy for independent and public K-12 schooling, community mental health centers, teachers, police and parents. Two National Institutes of Health funded research projects he leads examine the benefits of racial literacy and culturally responsive interventions. The PLAAY (Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth) Project uses basketball and group therapy to help youth and parents cope with stress and trauma from violence and social rejection and Dr. Stevenson co-leads the SHAPE-UP: Barbers Building Better Brothers Project with Drs. Lorretta and John Jemmott, which trains Black barbers as health educators to teach Black 18-24 year old males to reduce their risk of -- HIV/STDS and retaliation violence -- while they are cutting hair.   Backed by a $12 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at REC, Howard also co-directs Forward Promise, a national philanthropic office that promotes a culture of health for boys and young men of color, to help them heal from the trauma of historical and present-day dehumanization, discrimination and colonization.   Dr. Stevenson is the recipient of the 2020 Gittler Prize, by Brandeis University, for outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic, and religious relations. Also, recently, he was listed in the RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings of the top university-based scholars in the U.S. who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy.   His recent best-selling book, Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make  a Difference, is designed to reduce racial threat reactions in face-to-face encounters. His brother, Bryan Stevenson, wrote Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. He is the father if two sons, Bryan and Julian.

In this episode of Third Space Howard Stevenson and I discuss racial literacy, empowering parents, and teachers to talk about race, the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, the health implications of racism, the recent death of Ahmaud Arberry, and more. Listen to this episode and follow his work at www.lionsstory.org and www.forwardpromise.org.Dr. Howard Stevenson, Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative at Penn, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, community and justice institutions. He is a nationally recognized clinical psychologist and researcher on negotiating racial conflicts using racial literacy for independent and public K-12 schooling, community mental health centers, teachers, police, and parents. Two mental health research projects he leads are funded by National Institutes of Health examine the benefits of racial literacy. The PLAAY (Preventing Long-term Anger and Aggression in Youth) Project uses basketball and racial socialization to help youth and parents cope with stress from violence and social rejection. Dr. Stevenson also co-leads with Drs. Lorretta and John Jemmott, the SHAPE-UP: Barbers Building Better Brothers Project which trains Black barbers as health educators. Backed by a 12 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at REC. Howard also co-directs Forward Promise. Dr. Stevenson is the recipient of the 2020 Gittler Prize and RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings of the top university-based scholars in the U.S.Author of Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make a Difference, is designed to reduce racial threat reactions in face-to-face encounters. Howard’s research and clinical work have been funded by W.T. Grant Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, and the National Institutes of Mental Health and Child Health and Human Development. He is the father of two sons, Bryan and Julian.www.lionsstory.org

REPLAY from 04/09/18:  Howard C. Stevenson is an expert on psychology, racial literacy, and racial trauma.  His Book, Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools:  Differences That Make a Difference focuses on how parents, educators, and others can resolve racially stressful situations like profiling and more.He has also studied the effects of racism on our society and has found some interesting facts and we look forward to our discussion with this scholar. In addition to this, he has studied the impact of living in at-risk neighborhoods on our youth. 

Elizabeth Denevi, PhD, is the associate director of East Ed, a non-profit agency that works with schools nationally to increase equity, promote diversity pedagogy, and implement strategic processes for growth and development. She has served as both a classroom teacher and senior administrator in several PreK-12 schools. She is also the co-founder of Teaching While White, a blog and podcast series that looks at the issues of whiteness and racism in US schools.Books referenced are Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference by Howard C. Stevenson and The Guide for White Teachers Teaching Black Boys edited by Eddie Moore, Jr., Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks

One cannot know what it’s like to walk in another’s shoes.  We can have sympathy and empathy, but each path is unique. I want to raise children who are comfortable and confident advocating for themselves and others, who fight for equality across race, gender, socioeconomics, mental and physical ability, etc. In order to dive into how to address race in early childhood I brought in racial socialization expert, Dr Stevenson.  He and I dove into what our role is in talking about racial differences and realities, and how we can bring that conversation to the tiny humans. Dr Stevenson is brilliant, and has done research in the field for 30 years. This episode is so vital for moving forward together to support everyone on this journey. You can find Dr Stevenson’s book: Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference on Amazon today! Head over to Instagram @seed.and.sew to share your feedback on this episode! https://seedandsew.org/ Music by: https://www.bensound.com/

Dr. Howard Stevenson visits The Context of White Supremacy. The Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Stevenson constructs practical strategies to teach "emotional and racial literacy skills to families and youth." His areas of expertise include: African-American psychology, racial/ethnic socialization and negotiation, racial literacy and violence prevention. We'll examine his 2014 book, Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference, which provides a process to "resolve face-to-face racially stressful encounters that reflect racial profiling in public spaces, fuel social conflicts in neighborhoods, and undermine student emotional well-being and academic achievement in the classroom." A C.O.W.S. listener was recently in attendace for Dr. Stevenson's Missouri lecture and asked the professor if he thought Dr. Frances Cress Welsing's definition of White Supremacy was accurate. INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# #AnswersForMiriamCarey The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

Our guests tell us that many families avoid at home discussions about race for vraious reasons. Tune in to learn why the ability and practice of talking openly to your teens about race is so critical. Follow: @DrHoward_REC @Annie_Fox, @bamradionetwork.com Deborah Rivas-Drake, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Howard Stevenson has served for 30 years as a clinical psychologist working conducting family therapy in low resourced rural and urban neighborhoods across the country and author of "Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make a Difference." Annie Fox, M.Ed. is an educator and award-winning author, including, :Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating; Too Stressed to Think?"

Our guests tell us that many families avoid at home discussions about race for vraious reasons. Tune in to learn why the ability and practice of talking openly to your teens about race is so critical. Follow: @DrHoward_REC @Annie_Fox, @bamradionetwork.com Deborah Rivas-Drake, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Howard Stevenson has served for 30 years as a clinical psychologist working conducting family therapy in low resourced rural and urban neighborhoods across the country and author of "Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make a Difference." Annie Fox, M.Ed. is an educator and award-winning author, including, :Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating; Too Stressed to Think?"