The Racial Empowerment Collaborative

So enjoyed giving the Walter N. Ridley Distinguished Annual Scholar Lecture at the University of Virginia (UVA). Dr. Walter Ridley was the first African American in the US to receive a doctoral degree from a Southern White College or University. Thanks to Dr. Stephanie Rowley (Dean), Dr. LaRon Scott (Associate Dean), and Assistant Professor Dr. Wintre Foxworth (PennGSE alum), and the staff, students, and faculty of the UVA Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Wonderful engaging conversations on racial literacy and how to fight back against HATE. https://bit.ly/48T1Rgt The Racial Empowerment Collaborative The Lion's Story

Meet Sean Plaskett, one of the doctoral students at REC.

Sean is an educator by profession, having taught grades 6-9 math and science for four years in Houston, TX from 2011-2015 before transitioning to graduate school at Penn GSE for education research in developmental psychology.

At Penn, Sean was a T.A. for two of Dr. Howard Stevenson's Afropsych courses - "Psychology of the African American", and "Psychoeducational Interactions with Black Males". He also served as lead instructor for the "Developmental Theories and Applications with Adolescents" course through GSE's Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program, as well as an adjunct psychology professor teaching "General Psychology" through Eastern University's Prison Education Program for inmates at SCI-Chester working toward their Associate's degrees.

Sean's research interests are reflected in his involvement with the SIGs for:
⭕️Mentorship and Mentoring Practices
⭕️Adolescence and Youth Development
⭕️Stress, Coping, and Resilience
⭕️Spirituality and Education
⭕️Caribbean/African Studies in Education
⭕️Studying and Self-Regulated Learning
⭕️Social and Emotional Learning

What is CLCBE?
During racial stress, use it as a way to regulate your emotions:
Calculate: what are three feelings you’re experiencing? How intensely are you feeling them?
Locate: locate where in your body you feel those feelings. What does it feel like?
Communicate: what thoughts come to mind while processing events? What images do you see?
Breathe: inhale slowly for 4 seconds
Exhale: exhale slowly for 6 seconds

Our Instagram has been a bit quiet (we apologize), so we are reintroducing the amazing executive director of REC, Dr. Howard Stevenson.
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"Racial Literacy Calisthenics" with the family at . Powerful leaders who want to use their hearts, bodies, minds and souls to speak up against racial injustice in schooling! We boomerang, therefore we are! https://twitter.com/nonithomaslopez/status/1415521602880606213?s=19

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Dr. Howard Stevenson on Twitter “"Racial Literacy Calisthenics" with the family at . Powerful leaders who want to use their hearts, bodies, minds and souls to speak up against racial injustice in schooling! We boomerang, therefore we are! https://t.co/tADEZSnpJi”

One of our senior doc students is on a panel discussion tonight 7pm EST about the experiences of Latina Mother-Scholars. Register at AngelJonesPhD.com

"The New Should Not Be Normalized" Discussing Racial Literacy, COVID-19 and remembering Ahmaud Arberry With Howard C. Stevenson

Dr. Howard Stevenson highly acclaimed professor, advocate, researcher, author, TedTalk speaker, and much more joins Third Space. We discuss racial literacy, empowering parents and teachers to talk about race, the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, the health impacts of racism, the recent death of Ahmaud Arberry, and more. Follow his work at www.lionsstory.org and Forward Promise.

Dr. Howard Stevenson a Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Executive Director of The Racial Empowerment Collaborative, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, community, and justice institutions.

Howard 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. Author of Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences that Make a Difference, is designed to reduce racial threat reactions in face-to-face encounters. For full bio https://thelionsstory.org/about/team-members/dr-howard-stevenson

Third Space is available on all podcast apps, iTunes, iHeartRadio, and the web https://www.spreaker.com/user/voicedradio/howard-stevenson