TIME: 7 PM CT/8 PM ET | PLATFORM: Zoom | REGISTER: sforce.co/33iBYbA
Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museums the the final conversation of the series. They will discuss concrete strategies to combat systemic racism, including steps to take in areas of education, housing, employment, policing, and incarceration. Building on the foundation of language, history, and personal experience developed during this series, this session will serve as a call to action for all of us to engage in this work.
About the Panelists
Julianna Bradley is a mother and educator who has spent her career seeking to dismantle white silence in the South, where she was born and raised. As a consultant, facilitator, and trainer, Bradley equips educators and community members with tools for civic change such as policy, advocacy, community organizing, and she supports white people in grappling with our persistent legacy of white supremacy, its impact on disparities today, and our roles in dismantling racism.
Mary Elizabeth (Liz) Cedillo-Pereira is the Chief of Equity and Inclusion for the City of Dallas. In this role, Cedillo-Pereira has executive leadership oversight of the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability, Office of Equity, Office of Ethics and Compliance, Office of Fair Housing and Human Rights, Office of Resilience, and the Office of Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs. She previously served as the Director of the Office of Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs (WCIA), where she oversaw the community-driven process to develop a comprehensive Strategic Welcoming Plan for the City of Dallas that was unanimously adopted by Dallas City Council in 2018 A native Dallasite, Cedillo-Pereira has more than 15 years of experience at the federal, state and local level in human rights, immigration, and anti-trafficking related matters.
Jonathan Feinstein serves as the State Director for The Education Trust in Texas, where he works with and supports partners statewide to advance education equity and justice for students of color and from low-income backgrounds. Prior to joining Ed Trust, Feinstein worked at the Commit Partnership, where he led community engagement and advocacy efforts to improve cradle-to-career outcomes for students in Dallas County. He has a background in teaching and credits his public schooling experience for instilling a deeply-held appreciation for diverse educators and peers and for exposing him to the wide, persistent opportunity gaps affecting students of color and students from low-income families. He has served as a trainer with the Center for Racial Justice in Education, which supports educators in disrupting and dismantling racism in their schools, and as a committee co-chair with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation.
Jerry Hawkins is the Executive Director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (DTRHT), part of a national initiative by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Hawkins is also a co-founder of The Imagining Freedom (IF) Institute, a thought leadership group that works with organizations to build their capacity for equity and social justice work, and co-principle of Young Leaders Strong City, a program for high school students that creates teen equity summits and councils. He is a current Presidential Leadership Scholar, a recent Leadership Arts Institute Fellow with the Business Council for the Arts, a Dallas County Historical Commission Member, and is involved in Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Advisory Council and Education Trust/ERS Resource Equity Working Group.
About the Moderator
Kamilah Collins is President of Collins Collaborations, a national consulting group. She offers more than 20 years of workshop facilitation, program management, and community engagement expertise. Collins' creative and practical strategies bridge the communication divide and encourage accountability. Her enthusiasm and commitment to partner organizations inspires hearts and minds around the country. To name a few organizations that have worked with Collins Collaborations -- Dallas Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation, Texas Women's Foundation, the National Urban League, IBM, Communities Foundation of Texas, and of course Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. Visit the Collins Collaborations website to learn more https://www.collinscollaborations.com/.