Join us and for a panel discussion with award-wining educator Donovan
Livingston, literary advocate Ty Allan Jackson, psychology
professor Dr. Eden-Reneé Hayes as they examine the importance of
representation in education and media.
DONOVAN LIVINGSTON is an award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and
public speaker. In 2016, his Harvard Graduate School of Education
convocation address “Lift Off” went viral, reaching over thirteen
million views and prompting Hillary Clinton to praise, “It’s young
graduates like [Livingston] who make it clear that America’s best
days are still ahead.” His convocation address was published as a
book by Spiegel & Grau in 2017. Livingston has earned master’s
degrees from Columbia University and Harvard University, and is now a
doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina in
Greensboro.
TY ALLAN JACKSON is a children’s book author, publisher,
literacyadvocate and two-time TEDx speaker. Ty travels across the
country empowering children of all ages about the joy and power
of reading. His books have been used by companies such as Google, The
YMCA, The Boys and Girls Club, The United Way as well as numerous
financial institutions and countless schools across the country. He is
the co-founder of the Read Or Else movement, created to shine a light
on the problem of illiteracy and to provide books to children in
homeless shelters across America. You can learn more about Ty and his
mission to make the world more literate at BigHeadBooks.com
[http://bigheadbooks.com/]and ReadOrElse.com [http://readorelse.com/]
DR. EDEN-RENEÉ HAYES has taught psychology at Loyola University of
New Orleans, Tulane University, and The Pennsylvania State University.
In one of her research lines she investigates how the intersecting
identities of race and gender may influence everyday experiences and
perceptions of discrimination. She has presented papers on her
research at a number of national conferences including The American
Psychological Association, The Society of Personality and Social
Psychology, and The Society for the Psychological Study of Social
Issues. Students working with her have the opportunity to present at
conferences as well. Dr. Hayes is also involved in the Berkshire
community through sitting on boards of directors for nonprofit
organizations and volunteering. With Multicultural BRIDGE, Dr. Hayes
assists in conducting cultural competency trainings for various groups
and organizations and statistically analyzes the impact of trainings.
She has been teaching at Simon's Rock since 2009.
This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives
support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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