November 15, 2012

Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 Greenwood Avenue

Keynote Speaker:

Barbara J. Love, Ed.D., is Professor Emerita of Social Justice Education in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

She is a member of National Training Laboratories and is on the Board of Directors of the National Black Women’s Health Initiative and The Equity Institute. She works with the Black Liberation and Community Development Project of the International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities. She has worked with organizations in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean on issues of diversity, inclusion, and liberation.

Dr. Love is a regular presenter at NCORE, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. Her research focuses on personal, organizational and societal transformation and strategies for liberation. She has co-authored chapters in Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, including “Knowing Ourselves as Instructors,” “Racism,” and “Ageism and Adultism.”

Dr. Love’s remarks:

“The Reconciliation of Tragedy and Triumph: Dialogue and Action Strategies for Community Healing”

A special thanks to our community partners OSU Tulsa and OSU Institute of Technology for their generous support