Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law

Are you interested in learning more about systems design and design thinking? You're in luck! There will be a design thinking workshop at our annual convening on October 16-18, 2024, at Penn State Dickinson Law. Register today to secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/gWi-PH-i

HAPPENING NOW!

I'm filled with gratitude that I get to share my book, Breaking Bias, with two incredible communities that have been a crucial part of my journey. Both of these virtual events are happening on September 19. At 2:30 pm ET, I'll join my dear friend and Beloved Community member Danielle Conway, Dean at the Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law (ADI)! I'm so inspired by the work we've been able to do together to make ADI a leader in antiracist legal education and can't wait to share more about my book with their community—and you! At 7 pm ET, I'll join the Reverend Adriene Thorne at The Riverside Church for a conversation about Breaking Bias. THANK YOU to ADI and Riverside Church for holding space for me to share my story—as well as my actionable tools for building a world where exclusion consciousness is replaced by inclusion consciousness. I would be so, so grateful if you would pre-order your copy of Breaking Bias today — and visit my Events page for more details! Pre-order my book: https://bit.ly/3Za9j5B Check out my Events page: https://bit.ly/4dQOlxg #BreakingBias #adi #riversidechurch #faith #spirituality #antiracism #wellness #meditation #inclusion #wetiko #diversityandinclusion

The ADI is proud to co-sponsor this school year's Integrating Doctrine & Diversity Speaker Series at Roger Williams University School of Law starting next week! The first conversation will be on September 10 at 12PM EST with Anu Gupta, educator, lawyer, scientist, and the founder and CEO of BE MORE with Anu. It will center on breaking bias in order to advance DEIB and wellness, drawing inspiration from his new book on the subject. Anu will also be speaking at the annual ADI convening in October! Register today: https://lnkd.in/eCKHeiuz

"It is 'in the going toward' that salvation can be found. That imaginative leap, which allows us to see beyond ourselves and to reach for another. To be vulnerable, to tend and to love, to rip off the mask that blinds us to the beauty of the human being right in front of us. To recognize the distorting and disfiguring effect of hatred and fear, and the exacting power of love." Read more from our annual convening keynote speaker, Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. below and register for the convening here: https://lnkd.in/gWi-PH-i

Keeshea Turner Roberts, Esq. is an Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University Delaware Law School and chapter contributor to the Antiracist Teaching and Learning volume of the Building an Antiracist Law School, Legal Academy, and Legal Profession book series. Professor Turner Roberts wrote the chapter entitled, "Words Matters: The Conflict Between Professional Academic Freedom and the Implementation of DEI Policies in Today’s Law Schools." She examines the usage of language and how it can have negative, long-lasting impact on students, specifically, students of color. Go to our YouTube to watch the full video of Professor Turner Robert discussing her chapter! https://lnkd.in/e59GJTgi

The ADI Annual Convening is only 51 days away, and we are getting so excited! This will be a culmination of all of the year's work, including a design thinking workshop, a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield, presentations on the interdisciplinary PODs that have come together through the scaling of the ADI, individualized cohort programming, and rounded off by a timely keynote from Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. in collaboration with the Race and Equal Protection of the Laws course at Penn State Dickinson Law. If you want to learn more about any of the three pillars of the ADI (institutional antiracism, systems design and design thinking, or critical pedagogy), you won't want to miss this event! Go to our website for more information and registration: https://lnkd.in/ehpfbphB

ICYMI, school is back in session, and we kicked it off with a bang‼️ You ever recall having a conversation or attending a talk that you didn’t know you needed? Well that’s how the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law kicked off the 2024 Fall Semester in continuation of our Centinial Speaker Series featuring the incomparable pioneer and scholar Dean Danielle Conway of Penn State Dickinson Law, and the team from the Antiracist Development Institute at Penn State Dickinson Law. A special thanks to Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz, staff, faculty, students, and volunteers for continuing to engage in and support thoughtful, intentional conversations around #authenticity, #leadership, #diversty, #equity, #inclusion, #belonging, and #accessibility in legal education and the profession! We are on the move! 🙌🏽

We had a wonderful time on the west coast last week for Dean Danielle Conway's talk on Leadership and Antiracism in Legal Education for the University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law Centennial Speaker Series! We were able to connect with our partners in Sacramento and share what the ADI is working on. Additionally, we were so excited to meet with Dean Johanna Kalb at University of San Francisco School of Law, during her first orientation week! We discussed what the ADI's presence will be at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting 2025 in San Francisco - it won't be one to miss! We wish you all luck as the start of the school year begins and hope you can lean on the ADI coalition when you need support.

Happening later today!