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Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a four-part program series on race and racism in our community. Through this series of virtual public programs, we hope to foster an increased understanding of racism in both a historical and contemporary context and an awareness of concrete steps that can be taken to disrupt systemic racism. For these conversations, we will convene a diverse group of experts to share their knowledge, their stories, and their ideas. In this session, we will offer space for personal testimony. Centering and honoring individual experiences, we will hear about the direct impact of racism.

Presented By: 

Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine and Gabe Sunshine 

Series Sponsor:

IMA Financial Group

Speakers

• Dr. Candice L. Bledsoe is a member of the faculty at SMU Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education. She serves as the executive director of the Action Research Center, and leads the Collective, a group comprised of activists, writers, scholars, and academics who share the stories of minoritized women in America. Her research focuses on the experiences of students of color at predominantly White institutions, women of color faculty in higher education, and narratives of the underrepresented. Dr. Bledsoe has received numerous fellowships including: SMU Hunt Institute, The National Endowment of Humanities, the New Leadership Academy, National Center of Institutional Diversity, University of Michigan, and Boone Family Foundation. She is a proud member of the 2017 cohort of Dallas Public Voices.

• Hector M. Flores is the Executive Director of the Association of Hispanic School Administrators of Dallas (AHSA), Executive Director of the National Latino Law Enforcement Organization (NLLEO), and President & CEO of HF Texas Enterprises, LLC, a consulting company that specializes in Intergovernmental Relations. A fifth generation Mexican-American, Flores previously served as a San Antonio police officer, an Administration and Justice Specialist and Conciliation Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice’s  Community Relations Service, an Opportunity Specialist with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, and spent 23 years working with Dallas ISD. He has also served on a number of prestigious local, state and national boards, including as the National President of LULAC.

• Jin-Ya Huang is a social impact, community development, and creative innovator with a focus on the intersection of human-centered design, equity, diversity and inclusion. She is the founder of Break Bread, Break Borders (BBBB), a catering-with-a-cause social enterprise empowering refugee women economically through the storytelling of cooking, food, and culture. Huang is an expert in sustainable global supply chain and an acclaimed interdisciplinary artist. Her work examines her Asian identity and diasporic immigrant experience. With an eye towards new approaches to entrepreneurship, empowering women, and improving race relations, she works with the OpEd Project, DISD/Racial History Board, LiftFund, SMU Hunt Institute Economic Inclusion Consortium, and City of Dallas Task Force of Welcoming Communities of Immigrant Affairs (WCIA). 

• Demetria McCain has been with the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) since its inception and presently serves as its president, overseeing operations and advocacy efforts that further ICP’s mission. Conceived by Demetria, ICP’s “Voices for Opportunity” initiative provides advocacy training for low-income renters and neighborhood groups fighting for fair housing and neighborhood equity. McCain, a native Dallasite, is the recipient of the 2015 Texas Houser Award and a sought after panelist and commenter on issues relating to affordable fair housing. Previously, she worked as staff attorney at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C. and as an Equal Justice Works Fellow and staff attorney at the National Housing Law Project in Oakland, CA. 

• J. Scott Moore is PwC’s Greater Texas Managing Partner. Moore has more than 32 years of public accounting experience during which he has provided extensive tax consulting services to his clients, including income tax planning and compliance, representing taxpayers on income tax examinations, and supervision of tax staff. His recent civic and community affiliations include The YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, SMU Athletic Forum, Dallas Regional Chamber, The Catholic Foundation Board of Trustees, The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, and Dallas Theater Center. 

• Dr. Brian Williams led the trauma team that treated police officers ambushed by a sniper on July 7, 2016, the largest loss of life for US law enforcement since 9/11. He is a military veteran now serving as an Associate Professor of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the University of Chicago. In his remarks after the sniper attack, Dr. Williams lamented that we lack "open discussions about the impact of race relations in this country," leading him to become an international spokesperson for racial justice. In 2017, Mayor Rawlings appointed him as Chair of the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board. Williams is also a renowned keynote speaker, a guest opinion writer featured in the Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, and Newsweek, and hosts the podcast “Race, Violence & Medicine”.

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's 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/.

About the Series

Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a four-part program series on race and racism in our community. Through this series of virtual public programs, we hope to foster an increased understanding of racism in both a historical and contemporary context and an awareness of concrete steps that can be taken to disrupt systemic racism. For these conversations, we will convene a diverse group of experts to share their knowledge, their stories, and their ideas.