Feb 19 2025

Bettina Love & David Stovall: A Conversation on Education

Legacies of Racism

February 19, 2025

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (CT)

Address

Main Hall, Chicago Teachers Union, 1901 W. Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612

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The poster has a yellow triangle at the top with circular images of the two panelists, Dr. Bettina Love and Dr. David Stovall separated by the title of the event. Below that is the date, time, location, and registration link for the event. Under that, in a bright orange rectangle is a picture of Dr. Love's book, Punished for Dreaming. Next to that is a description of the event and brief bios of the panelists. Below that are the logos of IRRPP and CTU.

About the event: Join UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and co-sponsor Chicago Teachers Union for a conversation between education activist scholars Dr. Bettina Love and Dr. David Stovall. The first 100 people to check in at the registration desk at the event, will receive a free, signed copy of Dr. Love's book, Punished for Dreaming. Books will also be available for purchase.
This is the first event of IRRPP's 25th anniversary celebration in 2025. As part of the celebration, we will have an event with Mariame Kaba and Beth Richie on March 12th and with Nancy Krieger on April 10th. Be on the lookout as well for a couple of special events in the Fall of 2025 when we will welcome Marc Lamont Hill to UIC in September and hold a large celebration in November to cap the year of events.

Registration is required. Please use the link below to register for the event.

About the series: Events in the Legacies of Racism Series deepen our understanding of the challenges and possibilities of policy efforts to address longstanding racial inequality. Legacies of Racism events build on the themes from our State of Racial Justice in Chicago reports and explore the recent and historic origins of racial and ethnic inequities and ask questions about what it means to try to repair systematic harm done to people and communities.

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Contact

IRRPP
irrpp@uic.edu

Date posted

Jan 6, 2025

Date updated

Jan 6, 2025

Speakers

Bettina Love | William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University | University of California, Irvine

Dr. Love is the celebrated author of "Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal," a New York Times bestseller. This groundbreaking work earned her the Stowe Prize for Literary Activism, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and long-listed for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize. In 2022, the Kennedy Center honored her as one of their Next 50 Leaders for her dedication to fostering inspiration, inclusivity, and compassion, and in 2024, she was awarded the Truth Award for Excellence in Education from Better Brothers Los Angeles and The Diva Foundation. In 2024, she also received the Black Girl Magic Award at Lincoln Center in New York City. Dr. Love was a key figure in founding the task force behind the transformative "In Her Hands" initiative, which distributed over $13 million in financial support to Black women across Georgia. As a highly sought-after public speaker, she addresses topics including abolitionist teaching, anti-racism, Hip Hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, educational reparations, and the role of art-based education in fostering youth civic engagement.

David Stovall | Professor in the Departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice | University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Stovall's scholarship investigates three areas 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) the relationship between housing and education, and 3) the intersection of race, place and school. In the attempt to bring theory to action, he works with community organizations and schools to address issues of equity, justice and abolishing the school/prison nexus. His work led him to become a member of the design team for the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School for Social Justice (SOJO), which opened in the Fall of 2005. Furthering his work with communities, students, and teachers, his work manifests itself in his involvement with the Peoples Education Movement, a collection of classroom teachers, community members, students and university professors in Chicago, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area who engage in collaborative community projects centered in creating relevant curriculum.