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Decolonizing the Future: Creating Brave New Worlds
Possibilities and Alternatives for Promoting Justice and Equity
Information about the January 2024 Virtual Conference
January 10, 2024, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm via Zoom
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“Creating Brave New Worlds” suggests a focus on imagining new possibilities and alternative futures that challenge existing structures of power and privilege, an opportunity for agere contra (an Ignatian idea meaning to act against), and evolve our teaching to advance humanizing, opportunity-centered teaching and learning projects of impactful consequence.
Featuring a keynote from Dr. Matt Miller, PhD and sessions from Loyola University Chicago scholars, the January 2024 FOTL conference invites attendees to explore putting Ignatian values into action, orienting our teaching and learning toward greater equity and justice. Loyola's annual conference is open to colleagues across the country and around the world.
To prepare for FOTL, review this "An Introduction to Praxis in an Ignatian Context" document, written by Justin D. Wright, FCIP’s Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies Specialist, to learn more about how to put theories, values, and beliefs related to education and social justice work into practice.
9:00-10:30 am Opening Session with Dr. Matt Miller |
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Matthew J. Miller (he/him) is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Loyola University Chicago where he directs the Race, Culture, and Health Equity Lab, and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Counseling Psychology. This conversation will explore how Matt, a cisgender heterosexual Korean American male who has spent the latter half of his life trying to understand the many ways in which he has participated in and perpetuated White Supremacy, anti-Blackness, racism, and interrelated systems of oppression including sexism, heterosexism, classism, ableism, and toxic masculinity, has begun the process of unlearning academia and seeking to decolonize his work. Find out more about Dr. Miller's keynote address. |
10:45-11:45 am Concurrent Sessions A
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10:45-11:45 am |
"Rewriting the Canon: Revisionary Approaches to Classic Texts" Description: “In the papers on this panel we will show ways that we have approached the canon to allow for reimaginings, revisions, "fan fic" approaches, student voices, binary busting. Greek tragedy rewrites Homer, Vergil rewrites Homer, Dante rewrites Vergil, painters revise prior works, and we, too, can engage in rewriting the canon even as we teach canonical texts.” |
Dianne Rothleder, Courtney Tomaselli, and Kathryn Swanton of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program |
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10:45-11:45 am |
"Strengthening an Educator's Culturally Responsive Lens: A Focus on Diverse Identities and Perspectives" Description: "This workshop aims to enhance culturally responsive pedagogical practices to promote equity, inclusion and empathy in the classroom. The session incorporates social and emotional learning activities to cultivate critical reflexivity and self-awareness, with the goal to further positive student growth and development." |
Elizabeth Moran of the School of Education |
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10:45-11:45 am |
"How to be Fair and Equitable to a Class of 1,000" Description: "As a college instructor it is critical to be fair and equitable to all of your students, but how do you accomplish this in a course of 1,000 students? In our session, we will discuss how the senior General Biology Lab staff manages the challenge of delivering an equitable experience to freshmen students." |
D Megan Helfgott and Jeremy Ritzert of the Biology Department |
12:00-1:00 pm Concurrent Sessions B
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12:00- 1:00 pm |
"Building Community Through Art and Conversation" Description: “In this session, you will learn about a few arts-based techniques to engage your community in conversation around the values of individuals you work alongside and how to apply them to your community’s setting. The activities shared can be used in professional or academic settings with faculty, staff, and students.” |
Dian Squire of the School of Nursing |
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12:00- 1:00 pm |
"Humanizing the Humanities: Tools and Activities for Decolonizing Primary Source Analysis" Zoom Link Description to come |
Noël Sucese and Hannah Lahti of the History Department |
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12:00- 1:00 pm |
"Crafting Cultures of Care: Facilitating Human-Centered Dialogue in an Ever-Polarizing World" Description: This workshop is intended to engage educators in what it means to cultivate their pedagogical spaces as spaces of “care” and dialogue. The workshop also provides educators with actionable tools around fostering and facilitating such environments, with a practical eye toward the Ignatian values of reflection and discernment. |
Justin D. Wright of the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy |
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