“….we must address injustices that are occurring in our world, and we must determine ways to interrupt injustices in order to situate education — in our schools, on our university campuses, in our communities, across the world — within critical, welcoming, engaged, and loving spaces that affirm our humanities in interconnected ways.” from Necessary Disruptions, Dr. Valerie Kinloch

Education is traditionally seen as a means to ‘success.’ This session will explore, and perhaps explode, assumptions about what ‘success’ means and how education — and educational systems — must disrupt injustice and oppression if we are to fully become who we have the potential to be as individuals, as communities, and as a society.

This Pitt Diversity Forum 2021 session will be led by Dr. Valerie Kinloch and feature a distinguished panel of scholars, students, and educational activists. 

Panelists:

Dr. Valerie Kinloch, Pitt School of Education Dean

Dr. Charlene Dukes, Interim President, Montgomery College

Dr. Jason Irizzary, Dean of the Neag School and Professor at UCONN and faculty associate in El Instituto: Institute for Latina/a, Caribbean and Latin American Studies

Dr. Tyrone Howard, UCLA

Register for Building a Just Educational System

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at diversity@pitt.edu by July 21

This session is a part of the 2021 Diversity Forum.