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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fenwick, dean emerita of education at Howard University and the author of the Jim Crow’s Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership. That local community outreach in the host country of the conference, Lewis added, is critically important. “We Past keynote speakers have included Drs.

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Dr. Toby S. Jenkins, University of South Carolina

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jenkins other community outreach initiatives won awards from the President of the United States and the Governor of Maryland. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institutions Center for Community Wellbeing and a faculty trainer with the University of Southern Californias Race & Equity Center.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. The mission is the same, bringing many people together in one community. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr., And have a good time doing it.’”

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