ICARE4Justice 2024 Overview

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

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

Facilitators: Saran Stewart, Mary Tupan-Wenno, and Frank Tuitt

2:30 pm Session 3: Community/Cultural Immersion: Walking Tour of Nottingham

Facilitators: MAP Consortium

6:00 pm Session 4: Breaking Bread - Dinner at the Orchard Hotel

Facilitator: Milagros Castillo Montoya and Manny Madriaga

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 at the Senate Chamber
9:30 am Welcome and Overview

  • Host Welcome: Pearl Agyakwa
  • ICARE4Justice Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Overview of Summit, Framework, Methodology (learning zones)
10:00 am Session 1: Dialoguing Through Hard Truths for Radical Humanization
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 Lecture by Dr. Jason Arday
4:30pm - 5:00 pm UoN Summer School for Rising Researchers Awards Ceremony
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner

Day 3 – Tuesday, July 9

TIME DESCRIPTION
6:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 1 - Introductions and Reflections in Teams

Facilitator: Saran Stewart

Teaching Team: Moving Beyond “Traditional” Instruction: Creating Innovative, Humanizing, and Equitable Spaces for Students, Teachers, and Faculty

Policy Team: Developing Humanistic and Longitudinal Policy Measures

Leadership Team: Reimagining Leadership Models and Cycles

Research Team: Disrupting White Supremacy in Research: “Should we even do research in the first place?”

10:00 am Session 2: Solidarity with Justice Uprisings: Challenges & Opportunities

Facilitator: Mark Overmyer Velazquez

Panelists: Kelly Schlabach-US, Simone Aumaj-Dutch, Vicky Pinheiro-Keulers-Dutch and Neema Begum, U.K.

  • Description: There have been uprisings across the globe related to multiple mass atrocities. This session will focus on the challenges and opportunities of being in solidarity with justice uprisings resisting colonialism, taking into consideration our various locations and roles in higher education.
  • Associated Research Question: How, considering our various positionalities, can we act in solidarity with justice uprisings? What are the challenges and opportunities in this solidarity?
11:30 am Coffee Break
11:45 am Session 3: Advancing Equity for Intersectional Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Immigrant Students

Facilitator: Manny Madriaga

Panelists: Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins-UK, Chinenye Anyanwu-US, Omar Romandia-US, Naomi van Stapele-Dutch

  • Description: This session prioritizes how to address racism and anti-Blackness from an intersectional perspective for the following groups: Women of Color, International Students, Native and Indigenous Communities, Immigrant-Migrant communities, Muslim communities.
  • Associated Research Question: How do we engage in research, teaching, policy, and leadership from an intersectional lens, specifically considering gender, citizenship status, Indigeneity, and religion?
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Session 4: Community-Engaged Excursion to the New Art Exchange
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 Sutton Bonnington Campus
10:00 am Session 1: Reflection in Teams

Facilitator: Saran Stewart

11:00 am Session 2: Self-Care as Resistance: Racial Healing while Navigating Racism, Anti-Blackness, and Coloniality in Higher Education

Facilitator: Amanda Chukwudozie

Panelists: Milagros Castillo-Montoya (TRHT) U.S., Pearl Agyakwa-U.K.; Glenpherd Martinus-Dutch; Sakeena Everett (US)

  • This panel would feature case examples of racial healing initiatives while navigating racism, anti-Blackness, and coloniality from an intersectional standpoint within the context of higher education.
  • Associated Research Question: How can we, as a community, support ourselves and each other in racial healing while still navigating the harmful complexities of racism, anti-Blackness, and coloniality in higher education?
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Session 4: Knowledge Cafe Strategy Session and Break into Knowledge Cafés
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 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

Facilitator: Saran Stewart

10:30 am Session 2: Knowledge Cafe
12:30 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Prep Time for Knowledge Cafe Presentations
2:00 pm Knowledge Cafe presentations and debrief
6:00 pm Breakin' Bread - Dinner and Guided Reflection
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