HR!Day624 - Systemic Racism Day 4: A Conversation with Black Men About Their Educational Journeys

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This Week: Shedding The Shackles of Systemic Racism

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Education has often been touted as one of the primary means for shedding the shackles of systemic racism, particularly for Black men.  Yet, all too often the challenges of systemic racism have landed a disproportionate number of Black men behind prison walls rather than into the hallowed halls of higher educational institutions.  In that light, the Black men who have managed to traverse the journey to higher education and beyond have unique stories to tell.  As part of the commemoration of Black History Month (February), and in alignment with the initiatives of the newly formed Bowdoin College Black Alumni Association, the intention of this session is to have a conversation with Black male alumni of Bowdoin College.  Through this conversation, the hoped-for outcome is to co-create a space for sharing some things about their unique educational journeys to and experiences while at Bowdoin College. The conversation is also intended to get a glimpse into how these Black male Bowdoin College alumni have also uniquely used their higher educational experience to constructively chart varied and highly valued professional journeys beyond college life in their desire to make a difference at individual and collective levels.

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Today's panelists all graduated from this school.

Convener

Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College. He has been President or Co-President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology for many years, making history in 2006 as the first African American and first person of color to be President of this national Association since its founding in 1962 by world-renown psychologists in the field like Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. He is a tenured Full Professor and former Dean at University of Massachusetts-Boston, currently serves as Human Services Program Director and Human Service Internship Coordinator, is a co-founder of two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc. and Associates in Human Understanding), is a co-founder of Massachusetts’ historic Commonwealth Diversity Fellows Program, has been a clinical practitioner for over 35+ years, is a member of a number of boards, is a human relations, multicultural, and organizational development consultant, and workshop facilitator, is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and is a published author of books, articles, and other writings (e.g., Evolving The Human Race Game; A New Perspective on Race and Color; Transitions in Consciousness from an African American Perspective; and Innovative Approaches to Education and Community Service).

Featured Guests

Dr. Michael H. Owens, MD, MPH, VFACPE, CPE: A physician executive and practicing physician with greater than 40 years of experience as the former and 20 years the latter, whose range of experience extends from hands on clinical care taking care of the poor to being a corporate 100 Vice President and senior physician executive in public health entities. Dr. Owens is an intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial expert who has functioned as a turnaround consultant, operational officer and executive officer with a particular predilection for organizations serving Medicaid and other governmentally funded entities. He has a MD and MPH in Hospital Administration from Yale University Schools of Medicine and Public Health.  He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is a Vanguard Fellow of the American College of Physician Executive (now Physician Leaders) and a Certified Physician Executive.

Richard (Rick) Adams served as an administrator at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) for 36 years (1985-2021). At the College he served as an Assistant Dean, Assistant Vice President, and the Special Assistant to the College President.  He is currently president of Primary Care Health Services Inc. (PCHS) which operates ambulatory care centers in Allegheny County. He is a Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) and is Co-Convener of the Western Pennsylvania Black Political Assembly and is a founding member of the Bowdoin College Black Alumni Association. Through a lifelong commitment to community, he has served variously as a member of the Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission, an elected member of the Pittsburgh School Board, a radio talk show host for over 25 years and writes a periodic Cyber column entitled “Just A Thought.”  He is a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh’s East End. A graduate from the city’s Westinghouse High School, he received a B.A. from Bowdoin College with a double major in Government and Afro-American Studies and earned a Master of Arts in Business Communications from Jones International University.

Eric Bell was born in 1971, in NYC to Hazel and Wesley Bell, as the youngest of 4 children. Growing up in NYC during the 70’s, 80’s helped him become the person he is today, a fighter. Growing up surrounded by poverty, drugs, violence, and despair helped him to recognize that there was more to life than what he witnessed on a daily basis. For over 25 years Eric Bell has been an advocate for Children and Families living in impoverished situations. Directly following his graduation from Bowdoin College in 1993, Eric spent the next 10 years as a Director at the Harlem Children’s Zone in NYC, where he was fortunate to be mentored by Geoffrey Canada, George Khaldun and Rasuli Lewis, all Bowdoin Graduates. During that experience, Eric helped to create several of the organization's signature Programs, The Harlem Peacemakers Program and The Children’s March for Peace. The Peacemakers Program worked in collaboration with the NYC school system providing teacher assistants and positive mentors to work alongside certified teachers to address low academic performance and behavioral issues, while helping to prepare youth for college and beyond. After leaving the Harlem Children Zone, Eric spent 3 years working as a national Recruiter with a pilot program named New Leaders for New Schools, where he helped identify, recruit and train the next cadre of public school principals to help address the inequities in public school education. Always wanting to learn, grow and do more, directly following his time at New Leaders for New Schools, Eric began working as a Director at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club in NYC.  At Madison, he was afforded the opportunity to refine both his leadership and employee development skills, while leading a staff of 100 employees in delivering high quality after-school and weekend programming for over 250 youth daily. To ensure that success, he built connections with multiple community-based organizations, schools, local churches and local politicians and a plethora of funders. For the past 6 years, Eric has worked at the Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene County, in Hudson NY, as its AmeriCorps Director. Eric and his team of 60 members work to support youth and families in poverty, all with documented mental health issues. Eric accomplishes this by providing positive role models/mentors and advocating for their rights and mental well-being, just as he did when he began his career. Throughout his career, Eric has served on many boards, received multiple commendations and certificates. Here are a few that he is most proud of: Member of Mike Bloomberg’s Council for Community Leaders; Certified Conflict Mediator through the ICCCR from Columbia University; We are the Bronx Fellow: Named the top young Community Leader in the Bronx, of the year; Former Board advisor at Lehman College. Working to empower youth and families in impoverished communities has become a life’s passion for Eric. Having the opportunity to train and prepare a successor generation of leaders is where he enjoys spending his energy and attention. Eric is married and has three beautiful children who he adores. When he is not working to serve the community, he spends his time travelling and being with his family.

Co-convener:

  • Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University

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