ICARE for Social Justice

Summer Summit Conference 2024 (#ICARE4Justice)

July 6th-13th · University of Nottingham, England

The Intersectional and Comparative Advancement of Racial Equity for Social Justice

The purpose of the Global Summer Summit is to bring together a group of transnational critical scholar-practitioners to analyze, assess and design important considerations for establishing a global strategy and framework for advancing equity for racially and ethnically minoritized communities in education research, praxis and policy. Participants in the summit will have the opportunity to share best practices with each other as they present their diversity and inclusion research related to the promotion of access and equity for racially and ethnically minoritized communities in higher education. Participants will also have the opportunity to cultivate global frameworks centered on racial equity.

The overall plan is for this summit to result in several conference deliverables to disseminate the global framework cultivated including a podcast series, a white paper outlining the framework, a transnational grant, symposia panels, and a special research journal issue. The Intersectional and Comparative Advancement of Racial Equity for Social Justice is a program designed to advance graduate students, faculty, policy makers and community organizers interested in global issues related to racial equity, intersectionality, social justice, decoloniality and anti-colonialism.

Arrival Day – Saturday, July 6

TIME DESCRIPTION
3:00 PM Hotel Check-in (The Orchard Hotel)

Day 1 – Sunday, July 7th Immersion: Situating Ourselves in Nottingham

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast on your own
10:00 am Advisory Board Meeting
12:00 pm Session 1: Community BBQ
1:30 pm Session 2: What's this Summit for and about? A Call to Action for Educational Equity
2:30 pm Session 3: Community/Cultural Immersion

 

6:00 pm Session 4: Breakin' Bread - Dinner

 

 

Day 2 – Monday, July 8 Radical Accountability: Owning The Past and Current Responsibility

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration
9:30 am Welcome and Overview
10:00 am Session 1: Dialoguing Through Hard Truths 
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Session 2:  Current Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Climate
2:45 pm Wrap up and Reflections
3:15 pm Coffee/Tea Break
3:30 pm Keynote Lecture
4:30pm - 5:00 pm UoN Summer School for Rising Researchers Awards Ceremony
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Breakin' Bread - Dinner (TBD)

 

Day 3 – Tuesday, July 9

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 1 - Introductions and Reflections in Teams
10:00 am Session 2: Solidarity with Justice Uprisings: Challenges & Opportunities
11:30 am Coffee Break
11:45 am Session 3: Advancing Equity for Intersectional Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Immigrant Students
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Session 4: Community-Engaged Excursion
4:00 pm Session 5: Self-Care Engagement
6:00 pm Depart for Dinner
6:30 pm Breakin' Bread- Dinner

 

Day 4 – Wednesday, July 10

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00 am - 8:15 am Breakfast
8:30 am Depart for Regional UNott Campus via Hopper Bus
10:00 am Session 1: Reflection in Teams
11:00 am Session 2: Self-Care as Resistance: Racial Healing while Navigating Racism, Anti-Blackness, and Coloniality in Higher Education
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Knowledge Cafe Strategy Session and Break into Knowledge Cafés (Three 30 minute rotations)
4:00 pm Wrap up and Closing
4:30 pm Travel back to University park campus
6:00 pm Breakin' Bread - Dinner

 

Day 5- Thursday, July 11

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Research Culture Conference
12:00 pm Lunch at Conference Center
Post Lunch Free Day
5:30 pm Dinner in Nottingham on your own

 

Day 6 – Friday, July 12

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 1: Reflection in Teams
10:30 am Session 2: Knowledge Cafe
12:30 pm Session 3: Lunch
1:15 pm Session 4: Prep Time for Knowledge Cafe Presentations
2:00 pm Session 5: Knowledge Cafe presentations and debrief
6:00 pm Session 6: Breakin' Bread - Dinner and Guided Reflection

 

Day 7 – Saturday, July 13 Departure Day

TIME DESCRIPTION
11:00 am Hotel Check out Time