[Psychmasters] Fwd: Diversity Reader Forum Event

Thu Feb 18 09:34:16 CST 2021

Hey folks, I hope you all are faring okay and that your needs for warmth, water, and food are either being met or soon will be. Along with the university being closed tomorrow, the Diversity Reader event is also being postponed. Please stay tuned for more news about it being rescheduled.

Craig

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From: "Henderson, Craig" <CEH003 at shsu.edu>
Date: February 18, 2021 at 8:54:16 AM CST
To: "Pruitt, Bernadette" <HIS_BXP at shsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Diversity Reader Forum Event

I’m so sorry, Bernie; I know this was a tough decision to make.

Craig

On Feb 18, 2021, at 2:03 AM, Pruitt, Bernadette <HIS_BXP at shsu.edu> wrote:

Dear Friends:

April and I have canceled Friday's Diversity Reader Forum but will reschedule for late March. We will keep everyone posted. I hope everyone is well. Please stay safe and well. Let us lift up our entire university family and state during this difficult period.

Sincerely,

Bernie

PS: If you have time, do not forget about the Excellent in Service Award and Excellence in Staff Award nominations. Peace, love, and safety.

Bernadette Pruitt, Ph.D.
(Pronouns: She, Her, and Hers)
Associate Professor of History
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Phi Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Department of History
Sam Houston State University
Suite 441 Academic Building Four, Departmental Office
459 AB4, Personal Office
PO Box 2239
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2239
936-294-1491, Personal Office
936-294-1475, Departmental Office
936-294-3938, Fax
his_bxp at shsu.edu, Email Address
________________________________________
From: Pruitt, Bernadette
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 2:50 PM
To: Pruitt, Bernadette; Elkayam, Jessica; ONeal, Eryn; Owens, Erin; Henze, Kristin; Shemak, April; Dowdey, Diane; Wang, Xiaobo; Weathers, Melinda; Patane, Christopher; Li, Chien Pin; Henderson, Craig; Chen, Yixin; Botero Jaramillo, Maria; Bouamer, Siham; Bias, Jeanine; Gruesser, John; Obrien, April; Barker, Maria; Salami, Temilola; Littlejohn, Jeff; Chang, Jordan; Thibodeaux, Terry; Sanford, Glenn; Gallo, Joseph; Stokes, Shantha; Tomes, Yuma; Oyugi, Willis; Arrington, Michael; Saumell Munoz, Rafael; Feu Lopez, Montse; Varela, Heather; Demiroz, Fatih; Zahrawi, Samar; Serrano, Stephanie; Zimpfer, Mariah; Anglesey, Leslie; Lopez, Donnie; Eaton, Paul; Asaka, Jeremiah; Owens, Rhonda; Blevins, Jacob; Hargrave, Chad; Cox, Thomas; Cashion, Robert; Demson, Michael; Gillette, Cathi; Lutterschmidt, William; Hendrickson, Ken; Mass, Sarah; Hyams, Aaron; Fox, Lydia; Bluth, Stephanie; Mitchell-Yellin, Benjamin; Elmore, Maggie; Montz, Zachary; Gaskamp, Katherine; Strickland, Susan; Hubrig, Adam; Epps, Nu'Nicka; Doleshal, Brandy; Duan, Xiaoman; Padilla, Lillie; dis034 at shsu.edu; bealey at shsu.edu; Brown, Aaron; Galicia, Betsy; Long, Tessa
Subject: FW: One More Item. . .

Friends, I forgot to send Benita's fabulous 5 10 Inclusive Dialogue scheme in the College of Education. See her message below.

Peace, love, and understanding,

Bernie

Bernadette Pruitt, Ph.D.
(Pronouns: She, Her, and Hers)
Associate Professor of History
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Phi Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Department of History
Sam Houston State University
Suite 441 Academic Building Four, Departmental Office
459 AB4, Personal Office
PO Box 2239
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2239
936-294-1491, Personal Office
936-294-1475, Departmental Office
936-294-3938, Fax
his_bxp at shsu.edu, Email Address
________________________________________
From: Brooks, Benita
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:20 PM
To: Pruitt, Bernadette; Elkayam, Jessica; ONeal, Eryn; Owens, Erin; Henze, Kristin; Shemak, April; Dowdey, Diane; Wang, Xiaobo; Weathers, Melinda; Patane, Christopher; Li, Chien Pin
Cc: Henderson, Craig; Chen, Yixin; Botero Jaramillo, Maria; Bouamer, Siham; Bias, Jeanine; Gruesser, John; Obrien, April; Barker, Maria; Salami, Temilola; Littlejohn, Jeff; Chang, Jordan; Thibodeaux, Terry; Sanford, Glenn; Gallo, Joseph; Stokes, Shantha; Tomes, Yuma; Oyugi, Willis; Arrington, Michael; Saumell Munoz, Rafael; Feu Lopez, Montse; Varela, Heather; Demiroz, Fatih; Zahrawi, Samar; Serrano, Stephanie; Zimpfer, Mariah; Anglesey, Leslie; Lopez, Donnie; Eaton, Paul; Asaka, Jeremiah; Owens, Rhonda; Blevins, Jacob; Hargrave, Chad; Cox, Thomas; Cashion, Robert; Demson, Michael; Gillette, Cathi; Lutterschmidt, William; Dena Scott; Hendrickson, Ken; Sorenson, Misti; Mass, Sarah; Hyams, Aaron; Fox, Lydia; Bluth, Stephanie; Soto, Evelyn; Mitchell-Yellin, Benjamin; Elmore, Maggie; Montz, Zachary; Gaskamp, Katherine; Strickland, Susan; Hubrig, Adam; Epps, Nu'Nicka; Doleshal, Brandy; Duan, Xiaoman; Padilla, Lillie; dis034 at shsu.edu; bealey at shsu.edu; Brown, Aaron; Galicia, Betsy; Long, Tessa; Doleshal, Zachary; Simmons, Aneika
Subject: Re: First DiveIn Meeting for Spring 2021

Greetings All,

Here's the initiative I shared in the meeting today. This is one initiative we are implementing to build an equity-centered capacity in the College of Education. We have faculty, staff and students leading the book talks. In May, we will survey all who participated in the 5 in 10 Inclusive Dialogue to select one of the books as a campus-wide reader, hosted by the College of Education.

Thank you,

Benita

Benita R. Brooks, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for The College of Education and Associate Professor of Literacy

Office Phone Number: (936)-294-1138

READ Journal's Website:https://journals.tdl.org/read/index.php/read

she/her/hers

College of Education Diversity and Inclusion Statement

The SHSU College of Education supports an inclusive learning environment where diverse perspectives are recognized as sources of strength and enrichment.  We value human diversity in all its visible and invisible dimensions including:  political views and ideologies, learning and physical ability levels, age, socioeconomic status, language, gender, race, gender identities and expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, geography, religious and spiritual beliefs, and other characteristics that have historically marginalized people.  We commit to practicing the cultural responsiveness we expect of the educators, scholars, counselors, and leaders we prepare.

________________________________
From: Pruitt, Bernadette
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 1:48 PM
To: Elkayam, Jessica; ONeal, Eryn; Owens, Erin; Henze, Kristin; Shemak, April; Dowdey, Diane; Wang, Xiaobo; Weathers, Melinda; Patane, Christopher; Li, Chien Pin
Cc: Henderson, Craig; Chen, Yixin; Brooks, Benita; Botero Jaramillo, Maria; Bouamer, Siham; Bias, Jeanine; Gruesser, John; Obrien, April; Barker, Maria; Salami, Temilola; Littlejohn, Jeff; Chang, Jordan; Thibodeaux, Terry; Sanford, Glenn; Gallo, Joseph; Stokes, Shantha; Tomes, Yuma; Oyugi, Willis; Arrington, Michael; Saumell Munoz, Rafael; Feu Lopez, Montse; Varela, Heather; Demiroz, Fatih; Zahrawi, Samar; Serrano, Stephanie; Zimpfer, Mariah; Anglesey, Leslie; Lopez, Donnie; Eaton, Paul; Asaka, Jeremiah; Owens, Rhonda; Blevins, Jacob; Hargrave, Chad; Cox, Thomas; Cashion, Robert; Demson, Michael; Gillette, Cathi; Lutterschmidt, William; Dena Scott; Hendrickson, Ken; Sorenson, Misti; Mass, Sarah; Hyams, Aaron; Fox, Lydia; Bluth, Stephanie; Soto, Evelyn; Mitchell-Yellin, Benjamin; Elmore, Maggie; Montz, Zachary; Gaskamp, Katherine; Strickland, Susan; Hubrig, Adam; Epps, Nu'Nicka; Doleshal, Brandy; Duan, Xiaoman; Padilla, Lillie; dis034 at shsu.edu; bealey at shsu.edu; Brown, Aaron; Galicia, Betsy; Long, Tessa; Doleshal, Zachary; Simmons, Aneika
Subject: RE: First DiveIn Meeting for Spring 2021

Final Revised Version
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Zoom meeting info below:
Meeting ID: 895 5848 3403
SecurityPasscode:  181913
Invite Link: https://shsu.zoom.us/j/89558483403

Agenda Items:

1. New Business:
a. For anyone hosting a visitting speaker this semester, please complete the Division of Student Activities form. Complete for each speaker. The link is below:
Off-Campus Speaker Request Form
https://mail.shsu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?REF=hwZd3X7nolBRR5MJ34B-S4TodT_h9rwayagYMR82oVx5P-kBDMPYCAFodHRwczovL25hMi5kb2N1bWVudHMuYWRvYmUuY29tL3B1YmxpYy9lc2lnbldpZGdldD93aWQ9Q0JGQ0lCQUEzQUFBQkxibHFaaERkTnl3ZC0zY0VTRGlVUzU2eWpSSzJ1NGFDQWQ0WEpnYVRteGNEMWw3ZHNGTUdOd3BIeElscE5Ia3ktUkl5VF9BKg..
b. We must spend all our funds for this semester this semester. We can not use any remaining funds to purchase our diversity reader books for the upcoming school year. Maybe we should focus on hosting the diversity-reader events in the spring semester.
c. An undergraduate student matter

2. A Few Requests from Your Committee Chairs
a. Subcommitttee must advertise their own Events, of course, with DiveIn's resources, e.g., submit fliers to AA one week in advance, to Deanna to circulate on college site, to Brittany through the chairs for copies with Sam Press, and through the SHSU communications office
b. Please remember that April and I will be stepping down as chairs at the end of this semester, so do consider recommendations for new chairs. We will set up a Doodle poll in early March
c. For budgetary requests, please complete the DiveIn budget form at https://www.shsu.edu/academics/humanities-and-social-sciences/chss-diversity-committee/documents/diversity_and_inclusion_event_form.pdf?language_id=1.

3. Updates and Comments from University Officials
a. Dean Li
b. Associate Dean Sanford
c. Dean Hendrickson
d. Assistant Dean Benita Brooks
e. Chief Diversity Officer Jeanine Bias-Nelson
f. University Diversity Committee Chair Jeff Littlejohn
Updates from University Diversity Committee (DEI Action Plan)
g. Other Dignitaries

4. Accessibility Affairs Subcommittee Event
Screening of film ^Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution^ and a roundtable about accessibility matters

5. Latinx Subcommittee Events
a.  Marie Potts, Tue, Jan 26
b. "Conversation between David Heska Wanbli Weiden and Brandon Hobson, " the authors of ^Winter Counts^ and ^The Removed^, respectively, Author Talks, Feb 2
c. Virtual Screening of ^The Silence of Others^, April 16
d. Mestiza Rhetorics, April 23

6.Black History Month Events
a. Hagar's Daughter Booksigning, Feb 10, 4-5 PM

b. "Black Lives Do Matter: A Conversation with Huntsville Residents," Feb 15, 16, or 17, 5-7 PM
Rissie Owens, HISD School Board VP and Retired Head of Texas Department of Pardons and Parole
Rev. George Oliver, commuity activist
Councilwoman Dee Howard
Retired RN Rosalind Kelly
LaGuana Glaze, director of the Samuel Walker Houston Cultural Center and president of the Sam Houston HS Alumni Association
Sharonda Johnson, Huntsville High School Assistant Principal
Robert Bennett, Huntsville Alternative HIgh School Principal
Crystal Brown, SHSU Adjunct Professor of Socioalogy and Huntsville native
[Aneika, I would be honored if you considered moderating this panel affair]

c. Diversity Reader Forum on How to Be an Antiracist, Amilcar Shabazz and Peneil Joseph, Feb 19, 2-4 PM
[Michael A, I would be honored if you would consider moderating this affair!]

d. " Southern History of Resistance: Deconstructing the Walker County Confederate Marker Quagmire," TBA

e. To Enter Africa from America Project, Feb 22, 4-5:30 PM

f. Graduate Student Forum, Feb 25, 5-6:30 PM

g. UH Law is hosting a virtual Black History Month lecture, "Genealogical Research into America's Antebellum Past: The Challenges of Finding the Enslaved, the Free, and Enslavers” by Sherri L. Burr, Emeritus Professor of Law, The University of New Mexico School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at 5:30–6:30 pm.
You can find more information here: http://law.uh.edu/alumni/calendar/2021-0225.asp
[Glenn, do you have a flier for this affair? A lot of people will want to attend this program].

h. "Contemporary History and Psychology in Texas: Understanding Mental Illness Within the Black Community." Feb 26, 10-11:45 AM [10-11:15, panel; q&a, 11:15-11:45]

i. Crystal, April, and Jeff, would you have time to organize a BLM panel among our students?

7. Women's History Month (subcommittee chaied by Diane and Jessica)
a. Can we get volunteers to serve as subcommittee chairs? Jessica, would you be interested in taking this on for the committee (If you have time)? I have a few ideas!
b. Ideas: 1)  Domestic Violence in the Era of the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2) Celebrating Women and Transgender Alumni, 3) Women History and Politics, 4) Celebrating Women and Transgenders at SHSU

8. Indigenous Ameicans Programming
a. Adam's suggestion of Cherokee scholar Ellen Cushman to campus for a virtual lecture. Her group is  the Coalition on Community Writing's Lecture Series (here's the link to the lecture series: https://communitywriting.org/lecture-series/ ).

b. Aaron Hyams linking the Modern Civil Rights Movement to Indigenous Peoples

9. Arab/Muslim Heritage and Culture Week
a. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Craig Considine, Rice University, "The Myth of Clash of Civilizations, " March 8, 5:00 PM
Topic: The myth of clash of civilizations

b. Islamic Arts Exhibition at  the library, March 10, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

c. Arab World culture in posters
FLTA Sabine Sattouf & students of the Minor of Middle Eastern Studies  create posters, March 11, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

d. Islam in Spanish Why is Islamic faith growing among Latinx community
Jaimie Fletcher and panel, March 23, 5:00 PM

10. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events
a. Week of April 12: Lunar New Year Festival celebration & Asian cuisine (we’ll invite scholars to talk about cuisine, culture, and the rhetoric behind them);

b. Week of April 19: Asian movie series (Parasites; Farewell; any Japanese anime films; and documentaries. We’ll coordinate with librarians);

c. Week of April 26: Work and/or poem reading or sharing of Asian/Asian American literature by appropriate scholars or authors (We hope our committee members can help inviting speakers);

d. Week of May 3: Asian Social Media (a panel, Belle and Cindy will invite scholars but we welcome your suggestions).

e. Uzma Quraishi, Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston during the Cold War. New Directions in Southern Studies. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Book signing, Friday, April 26, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

11. Additional New Business?

12. Remaining Meeting Dates
Thursday, Feb 25, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Monday, March 22, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Tuesday, April 27, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Sincerely,

Bernie and April

Bernadette Pruitt, Ph.D.
(Pronouns: She, Her, and Hers)
Associate Professor of History
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Phi Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
Department of History
Sam Houston State University
Suite 441 Academic Building Four, Departmental Office
459 AB4, Personal Office
PO Box 2239
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2239
936-294-1491, Personal Office
936-294-1475, Departmental Office
936-294-3938, Fax
his_bxp at shsu.edu, Email Address
________________________________________
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