PA Speaker Series- Robin DiAngelo: "Seeing the Racial Water"
Classrooms - Seldin Center (SPAC) - SPAC
Please join us to hear Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington, discuss what it means to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? Dr. Robin DiAngelo will address:
- the way race shapes the lives of White people
- explain what makes racism so hard for White people to see
- identify common White racial patterns that prevent us from moving towards greater racial equity
Weaving information, analysis, stories, images, and familiar examples, Dr. DiAngelo will help provide the community with the framework needed to develop white racial literacy. This event is co-hosted with Division Heads Liz Perry (Upper School) and Amber Berry (Middle School). Light refreshments will be available starting at 6:00pm. Dr. DiAngelo will begin here remarks at 6:30pm.
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 35 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Center for Leadership builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
