ICARE for Social Justice
Summer Summit Conference 2022 (#ICARE4Justice)
July 7th-13th · Amsterdam & The Hague, Netherlands
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.
For information about the 2023 ICARE4Justice Summit, visit this page.
Co-Leads:
Frank Tuitt, Ed.D.
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
University of Connecticut
Saran Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Director of Global Education
Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut
In-Country Co-Leads:
Maria Arruda, PhD
Head of Researcher Development,
Financial & Business Services
University of Nottingham
Mary Tupan-Wenno
Executive Director
ECHO Center for Diversity Policy
University of Connecticut Participants:
Lewis Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head, Philosophy
University of Connecticut
Ayaa Elgoharry, M.S.
Graduate assistant
Ph.D. Student, Leadership & Education Policy
University of Connecticut
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, Ph.D.
Professor, History and Latino & Latin American Studies
University Campus Director, UConn Hartford
University of Connecticut
Christina Ross Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
She/Her/Hers
University of Connecticut
Joylette Williams
Doctoral Student, Educational Leadership
University of Connecticut
Diandra Prescod, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Counselor Education and Program Coordinator
University of Connecticut
Michael Bradford, M.F.A.
Vice Provost for Faculty, Staff, and Student Development
University of Connecticut
Luz Burgos-López
Assistant Dean of Students
Ph.D. Student
University of Connecticut
Omar Romandia
Graduate Assistant, Department of Educational Leadership & Office for Diversity and Inclusion
Ph.D. student, Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut<a
University of Nottingham Participants:
Sharida Briscoe-Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Sociology
University of Nottingham
Lucy Donaldson, Ph.D.
APVC for Researcher Academy
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
Stacy Johnson, M.NursSci, M.Sc.
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences
Creator of the REMEDY Reverse Mentoring Framework
University of Nottingham
Eli Todorova, M.A.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Coordinator
University of Nottingham
Neema Begum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in British Politics
University of Nottingham
Onyeka Nubia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts
University of Nottingham
Lopa Leach, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Vascular Biology
Director (Strategy) for PGR, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham
Pearl Agyakwa, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
Jane Wellens
Head of the Graduate School, Financial & Business Services
University of Nottingham
ECHO Participants:
Naomi van Stapele, PhD
Professor in Inclusive Education
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Pravini Baboeram-Mahes
Program Manager, Trainer
Echo Center for Diversity Policy