HYBRID - Global Legacies of Racial Injustice: Global Exchange - South Africa & Kenya
HYBRID - Global Legacies of Racial Injustice: Global Exchange - South Africa & Kenya
Virtual Exchange Program
College of DuPage
Thursday, March 17 & Thursday, March 24
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on ZOOM or In-Person at Mock Courtroom, Homeland Security Education Center (HEC)
This program is FREE for College of DuPage students.
Students who complete this experience and submit a reflection as part of their portfolio will earn a "GLOBAL LEADERSHIP" designation on their Living Leadership Program Certificate.
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College of DuPage students are invited to participate in a Virtual Exchange Program hosted by the Living Leadership Program in partnership with EDU Africa!
What is the topic?
Colonization, colonialism, and anti-colonial movements are key parts of Africa’s past and present. Colonialism penetrated almost every aspect of life in African countries that were colonized – economic, political, social, and cultural – restructuring, reformatting and often fragmenting the key indigenous institutions that governed identity and social relations along the way. Since independence, African societies grappled with the legacies of colonialism in different ways and with various effects. But the challenges these societies face in confronting legacies of the past — such as systemic racism, poverty, oppression, police brutality, corruption, and injustice — are not unique to the African context alone.
The Black Lives Matter movement in the USA, for example, demonstrates the need to confront not only domestic but global legacies of colonialism and racism in order to dismantle the systems that perpetuate them. This session engages participants with historical and present-day issues of racial injustice in particular, placing students in conversation with local activists in Kenya and South Africa. Using the past as a lens to explore present-day international manifestations of racism, participants will engage with responses to social injustices through collaborative problem-solving.
What is a Virtual Exchange Program?
This program consists of two virtual meetings (1 week apart) where students will be speaking directly with contributors engaged in racial justice work - you will be able to hear their stories first-hand, their successes, and their challenges. Participation in BOTH sessions is REQUIRED.
What will we learn?
By the end of this experience, participants should be able to:
Identify instances of these in local and global contexts (past and present)
Devise ways to overcome these oppressions at a global level
Participation Requirements
Students will be provided with materials to review in advance of session 1 in order to fully participate in the session. Information will be provided in the registration process.
Attendance is required at both sessions. Space is LIMITED to 25 students.
More information: Dr. Stephanie Quirk (quirks@cod.edu)
Living Leadership Program: http://cod.edu/livingleadership
Students participating in this program should be aware of and be prepared for the following:
Open to participants of any discipline or background
Must have access to reliable, high-speed internet connection and device from which to connect
Willingness to collaborate synchronously (in real time)
Good command of English language
Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to different accents and ways of speaking in English
Willingness to collaborate asynchronously