Join The Possibilities Project for a convening on Black education on March 28 at the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. A networking reception will begin at 3:00 p.m. followed by the convening from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The event is dedicated to exploring limitless possibilities in Black education. It will feature a keynote conversation between Chezare Warren; associate professor of leadership, policy, and organizations, principal investigator at The Possibilities Project, and author of Centering Possibility in Black Education; and Bettina Love, William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and author of the New York Times bestselling book Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. Love’s book will be available for purchase at the event.
The convening will also feature a special guest musical performance and panel of local education leaders, graduate scholars, and grassroots organizers to discuss the state of Black education in Nashville, moderated by Jerome Moore, a Nashville native, creator of the celebrated podcast Deep Dish Conversations and author of a book of the same name published by Vanderbilt University Press.
“The convening brings the education research community into meaningful trans-institutional dialogue with faith leaders, grassroots organizers, education practitioners, and community members. Our purpose? To network and meaningfully engage on an issue of shared and sustained interest: Black student success and well-being. It will be a night to remember,” Warren said.
Please RSVP to take part in this opportunity to network, connect and learn. The event is free and open to the public.
About The Possibilities Project
The Possibilities Project is an arts-informed knowledge hub committed to improving Black students’ well-being in education and beyond. Housed at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development, The Possibilities Project generates, accumulates, and disseminates knowledge useful for advancing evidence-based Black education solutions. TPP is a resource for—and convener of—policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and others doing work that extends and/or is informed by Black children’s possibility. This initiative leverages art, social networks, and diverse stakeholder expertise to further the Black freedom struggle for more humane education conditions.