HR!Day625 - Systemic Racism Day 5: A Conversation with Black Men About Creative Visions for the Future (All in The Family)

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This Week: Shedding The Shackles of Systemic Racism

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Creativity

Day2

Resilience

Day3

Passion

Day4

Education

Day5

Visions

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One of the soul-centered Archetypal Energies that we can all access, if we allow ourselves to do so, is what is called Vision.  As an Archetypal Energy, Vision is an energy aspect of authentic essence or a soul quality that nurtures the birth of and supports all seed thoughts for manifestation, seeing, and synthesizing all relevant energies that may be desired and/or required for a creative enterprise.  In this light, Vision functions to give birth to and to support one’s creative imagination and is thus seen as one of the principle underlying energies that is important to tap and to use in accord with the art of manifestation.  Vision also gives a person a sense of destiny and meaning. Throughout the centuries, therefore, many Black men have had to and have been able to tap in their Vision(s).  To shed the shackles of systemic racism, they have called up their Vision to see beyond the shackles of systemic racism, to invent things for the common good, to become activists in the community, to create art and songs that nurture themselves and others, to stimulate and engage others in critical thinking in educational settings and non-educational settings to broaden perspectives.  The purpose of this session, therefore, is to have a conversation with some Black men who use Vision for their unique work in the world.  This conversation may also be viewed as an aspirational conversation about the future, as viewed through the lens of some Black men conceived of as “All in the Family.”

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. Joseph E. Cooper is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.  He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University as well as a law degree from that institution.He has been a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts-Boston (UMB) for over 20 years, starting his career at UMB in the College of Community and Public Service where he taught courses in law, economics, and statistics. Presently, he teaches calculus and statistics in the College of Science and Mathematics at UMB.

Daniel B. Ferguson is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. A native of Greensboro, NC, he is also a double graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a BS in Journalism & Mass Communication and an MS in Leadership Studies & Adult Education. Daniel's desire to create a better world started at an early age, under the tutelage of his mother: a civil rights activist.  Daniel is a solutions’ engineer. While at the forefront of the changes in his community, he often pondered how the world might improve. He hopes that through a more critical pedagogical approach, "the next generation of leaders and social innovators" will be birthed: one conversation at a time.

Dr. Joseph N. Cooper is the inaugural Dr. J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Prior to UMass Boston, he served as an associate professor at the University of Connecticut in the Sport Management program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Neag School of Education. He earned his undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Recreation Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, master's degree in Sport Administration in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and doctorate in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management and Policy from the University of Georgia. His research agenda focuses on the intersection between sport, education, race, and culture with an emphasis on sport involvement as a catalyst for holistic development. He is also the faculty founder of Collective Uplift, an organization designed to educate, empower, inspire, and support individuals to maximize their holistic potential both within and beyond athletic contexts. He has presented research at international, national, and regional conferences and published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, edited books, and op-ed contributions. As a result of his research, he has been cited in various media outlets including the New York Times, Boston Globe, ESPN, Le Monde, ABC News, Yahoo, and Diverse Issues in Higher Education. He is the author of From Exploitation Back to Empowerment: Black Male Holistic (Under)Development Through Sport and (Mis)Education (Peter Lang).  On the UMass Boston campus, Dr. Cooper serves now as the Special Assistant to the Chancellor on Black Life.

Nikolaus Knight is a recent graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. He received his Bachelors’ degree in Political Science. The majority of his work is centered around social justice, community organizing, and civic engagement. Nik did work with many other student organizers on A&T’s campus to spread awareness about the racial gerrymandering that occurred in 2016. Those efforts led to more visibility on the issue as well as a 51% increase in voter turnout from A&T’s student population. Some other organizations he has worked with are Ignite NC, Beloved Community Center, Black Liberation Collective, and Black University. Currently, Nik Knight resides in Memphis, TN where he serves as Customer Success Manager for Nearpod, an Educational Technology Company. Nik's life's work has been grounded in finding ways to make equitable education and adequate resources accessible to all people. His current work is grounded in significantly improving student achievement through meaningful engagement to shift the life outcomes of students within the communities he serves.

Co-convener:

  • Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University

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