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Raleigh, NC (July 10, 2024) — Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. will be this year’s September 28, 2024 Color of Education Summit keynote. One of the nation’s most prominent scholars, Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. is an author, political commentator, public intellectual and passionate educator who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. His writings, including Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America and the New York Times bestseller Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own, take a wide look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States and the challenges we face as a democracy.
Glaude’s latest book, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, was released in April 2024. Based on the Du Bois Lectures he delivered at Harvard University, Glaude shows how ordinary Black Americans can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and pursue self-cultivation and grassroots movements to achieve a more just and perfect democracy.
In his writing and speaking, Glaude is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson, confronting history and bringing our nation’s complexities, vulnerabilities and hope into full view. Hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B. Du Bois, “not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful.”
Some like to describe Glaude as the quintessential Morehouse man, having left his home in Moss Point, Mississippi at age 16 to begin studies at the HBCU and alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He holds a master’s degree in African American Studies from Temple University and a Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University.
Glaude is known both for his inspiring oratory and ability to convene conversations that engage fellow citizens from all backgrounds — from young activists to corporate audiences looking for a fresh perspective on DEI. In 2011, he delivered Harvard’s DuBois lectures. His 2015 commencement remarks at Colgate University titled, “Turning Our Backs,” was recognized by the New York Times as one of the best commencement speeches of the year.
Combining a scholar’s knowledge of history, a political commentator’s take on the latest events, and an activist’s passion for social justice, Glaude challenges all of us to examine our collective American conscience, “not to posit the greatness of America, but to establish the ground upon which to imagine the country anew.”
Topics:
- Race & Democracy: America Is Always Changing, But America Never Changes
- We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For
- Everyday People in Leadership
- Why Diversity Matters
- The Transformative Power of Imagination
- Lessons from the Later Dr. King
- The Ethics of Anti-Racism
This year’s event will also include a virtual opening session on the evening of September 27, 2024. Admission to this event is included in ticket purchase.
Color of Education brings together people from all over North Carolina to exchange ideas and strategies that address systemic racial inequities and will include sessions focused on racial equity featuring leading experts in the field. Information will be updated on the registration site in the coming weeks. Continue to visit the page to see event developments including book signing opportunities!
Tickets are now available for this sixth annual statewide *hybrid* summit focused on race, equity and education in North Carolina. Applications for program advertisements, vendors, and the History Counts Award are open. The summit will begin on September 27, 2024 with a virtual evening opening session and the day-long hybrid sessions will be held on September 28, 2024 from 9AM until 5:00PM at the McKimmon Conference & Training Center at North Carolina State University. To register, purchase tickets, and purchase merchandise for the event please visit https://events.floodcenter.org/s/?77795-COEPRESSER
Color of Education is a partnership between the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity, Public School Forum of North Carolina, the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy.
Color of Education is grateful for the support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Peter and Sandra Conway, EducationNC (EDNC), ClassLink, Towne Bank, North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resource (NC DNCR), East Carolina University Department of Educational Leadership, First North Carolina, FlyLeaf Books, and Research Triangle Institute (RTI).
Additional sponsorship opportunities for this event are available using this link – https://floodcenter.org/color-of-education/.
Get ready to use the following hashtags and handles on Twitter to follow this year’s hybrid event @DudleyFloodCtr, @NCForum, #HistoryCounts, #FloodEquity, and #ColorOfEducation on Twitter.
Sponsorships
If you’re interested in sponsoring Color of Education 2024, please contact Deanna Townsend-Smith at dtownsend-smith@ncforum.org or visit https://floodcenter.org/color-of-education/.
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About the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity
The Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity (Flood Center) serves as a hub to identify and connect organizations, networks, and leaders to address issues of equity, access, and opportunity in education across North Carolina. The Flood Center works collaboratively to take action toward addressing issues of systemic racism by advocating for structural changes in policy and practice to build an equitable education system that meets the social, emotional, and academic needs of NC’s diverse student population. Specifically, the Dudley Flood Center exists to create an equitable education system by addressing the systemic inequities plaguing the educational system which limit opportunity and access for PK – 12 students and educators. Follow the Flood Center on Twitter @DudleyFloodCtr and visit our website at www.ncforum.org/floodcenter
About the Public School Forum of North Carolina
Since 1986, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has been an indispensable and nonpartisan champion of better schools and the most trusted source in the state for research and analysis on vital education issues. We bring together leaders from business, education and government to study education issues, develop ideas, seek consensus, and ultimately inform and shape education policy. We do that through research, policy work, innovative programs, advocacy, and continuing education for educators and policymakers. Follow the Forum on Twitter @theNCForum and visit our website at http://www.ncforum.org/
About the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects. Concerned with the economic, political, social and cultural dimensions of uneven access to resources, opportunity and capabilities, Cook Center researchers take a cross-national comparative approach to the study of human difference and disparity. Considering both global and local shortcomings, Cook Center scholars not only address the overarching social problem of general inequality, but they also explore social problems associated with gender, race, ethnicity and religious affiliation. Follow the Cook Center on Twitter @DukeSocialEQ and visit our website at https://socialequity.duke.edu/
About the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
The Center for Child and Family Policy pursues science-based solutions to important problems affecting today’s children and families. The Center emphasizes the bridge from research to policy and practice through an integrated system of research, teaching, service and policy engagement. Center research has grown to include an array of projects that touch on critical child and family policy issues. Center faculty fellows include a trio of scholars who focus on the effect of economic distress on child development. Other fellows study early childhood, the development of risky behaviors, childhood mental illness and a wide range of education policy issues including school truancy, charter schools, teacher training and education reform efforts.
Follow the Center for Child and Family Policy on Twitter @DukeChildPol and visit our website at https://childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/