Portrait photo by Hope junior Haniah Kring. San Francisco State University UCLA the University of Houston, Downtown and the University In addition to Hope, the colleges and universities with Fellows are Christopher Newport University Ĭlaremont McKenna College Drexel University North Carolina Central University Oakwood University Illinois, and Ada Rios of Park City, Illinois. The others are juniors An Bao Ha of Carol Stream, He is one of three Hope students to have been named 2022 Courageous Conversation Globalįoundation Equity Leadership Fellows. This past May, he attended the college’sĬeltic May Term: Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Student Union and has been a resident assistant. He is chief of culture and inclusion-elect with Student Congress active in the Asian Has participated in collaborative research during the summer. Meer is majoring in biology and pursuing a minor in peace and justice studies, and President of Courageous Conversation Kimberle Crenshaw, a professor of law and co-founderĪnd executive director of African American Policy Forum, Yaba Blay, a scholar-activist,Īward-winning author and cultural critic Eddie Glaude, author, political commentatorĪnd educator and Frank Wu, President of Queens College. In addition to Meer, the featured speakers will be Glenn E. World to center race and its impact on opportunity and achievement for all students. The event is assembling racial equity leaders from across the nation and around the Hilton - the venue that hosts the Washington Correspondents’ Association dinner each year. This year’s summit is themed “Courageous in the Capital,” and taking place at the Washington Just 31 students from 10 colleges and universities across the country are members of the current 2022 Of emerging young leaders who can contribute to intra-racial and interracial healing The goal of the foundation’s Equity Leadership Fellows program is to develop a diverse group Is uniting people of all races and helping them engage in authentic, sustained and “We believe that the key to driving systemic change in communities all over the world To elevate racial consciousness through interracial healing. 3, reflecting on hisĮxperiences with race along with his perspective as an international student and Filipino.Ĭelebrating its 30th anniversary, the Courageous Conversation Global Foundation seeks Will be participating as a 2022 Courageous Conversation Global Foundation Equity Leadershipįellow. He will be presenting a keynote speech on Monday, Oct. Meer, who is from the City of Las Piñas in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, The surveys will be available to the public online soon with hopes of holding the first session next month.Hope College junior Jairus Meer will be the only undergraduate student who will beĪ featured speaker during the 12th Annual National Summit of the Courageous Conversation Global Foundation, taking place on Oct. We want to hear from our city workers, people who are homeless on the street-wherever we can find voices that can weigh in on this conversation. “We want to hear from our youth, young adults, seniors, school teachers, police officers, fire fighters. Hill says they want to hear input from across the board. There is no shortage of social justice issues to address. Johnny Hill, Dean of Shaw Divinity School. “It’s sort of like a public/private partnership, a recognition we need all hands on-deck to confront issues of systemic racism, of the broader questions of human difference, how do we live together in peace?,” said Dr. Shaw's Center for Racial and Social Justice launched last summer in hopes of making a collaboration like this possible. – Shaw University and the City of Raleigh want to hear from a variety of diverse voices as they design upcoming listening sessions surrounding issues of race titled " Courageous Conversations."
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