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Youth Summit at Clark explores race, class, education and identity; draws h.s. students from across state

More than 100 high school students from across Massachusetts attended the second   annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University, April 9. Students from high schools in Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, and Worcester gathered in Tilton Hall for a daylong program focusing on…

Clark holds first annual youth summit on race, class, and education

Eighty-seven high school students from across Massachusetts recently attended the first annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by Clark’s Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education. For six hours, high school students focused on the topic of how race and class shapes the educational experiences of young people across the nation. The program…

Clark English professor co-authors book on interracial adoption

Drawing from her experience adopting a child from another race, Clark University English Professor Fern L. Johnson has co-authored “The Interracial Adoption Option: Creating a Family Across Race” (Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013), a book that provides insight into the many issues and situations white parents face when they embark on the journey of creating a…

MLK Jr. Convocation lecture explores challenges ‘after Obama’

Professor Devon Carbado, of UCLA, will deliver the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation lecture, “After Obama: three ‘Post-Racial’ Challenges,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 24, in Tilton Hall of the Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street. Professor Carbado’s lecture will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King, address “the evolution of blackness,” and…