We are preparing to launch Black Minds Matter, a course originated by Dr. Luke Wood and his team at San Diego State University and adapted by SF's Office of Access and Inclusion for the college community. The course is currently being reviewed and modified by the Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee and will be available on Canvas for SF faculty and staff in the spring of 2019. You can read more about the course here.
Course Schedule
The course schedule is subject to change.
SESSION 1
Foundations of Black Male Success
SESSION 2
Linking Black Lives and Black Minds
• Speaker: Ryan Smith, The Education Trust We s t
• Interviewee: S. Lee Merritt, Civil Rights Attorney
• Speaker: Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matters
SESSION 3
Policing and Schooling Black Minds
• Speaker: Luke Wood, San Diego State University
SESSION 4
Foundations of Black Male Research and Practice
• Speaker: Frank Harris III, San Diego State University
• Interviewee: Shaun R. Harper, University of Southern California
SESSION 5
Ascription of Intelligence
• Speaker: Fred A. Bonner II, Prairie View A&M University
• Interviewee: Donna Ford, Vanderbilt University
SESSION 6
Assumptions of Criminality
• Speaker: Tyrone C. Howard, University of California Los Angeles
• Interviewee: Pedro Noguera, University of California Los Angeles
• Speaker: Nesha Savage, San Diego City College
SESSION 7
Campus Climates and Non-Cognitive Outcomes
• Speaker: Terrell L. Strayhorn, DoGoodWork LLC
• Interviewee: Kimberly A. Griffin, University of Maryland
SESSION 8
Promising Practices for Teaching and Learning
• Speaker: Ilyasah Shabazz, Educator & Daughter of Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz
• Speaker: Chance Lewis, University of North Carolina Charlotte
• Interviewee: Jawanza Kunjufu, African American Images
SESSION 9
Holistic Support for Black Male Learners
• Speaker: Eboni Zamani Gallaher, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• Interviewee: Robert T. Palmer, Howard University
• Speaker: Vanessa Moore, Moms of Black Boys (MOBB) United
SESSION 10
Advancing Black Male Policy, Support and Research
• Interviewee: Ivory Toldson, Howard University
• Speaker: Robert Simmons, Campaign for Black Male Achievement
• Interviewee: Jerlando F. L. Jackson, University of Wisconsin Madison
Video Releases
- “Police Brutality and Black Males” Interview with S. Lee Merritt, Attorney for the Family of Jordan Edwards
- “Black Minds Matter” Contributions by Jonathan Butler, Ronald Walker, Keith Curry et al. Video Montage
- “Teaching Men of Color” Interview with Frank Harris III San Diego State University