BEYOND STEREOTYPES: REDEFINING IMAGES OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
The Cambio Group
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Location
Harborside Center West
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Relevance
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Brief Program Description
Young men of color often feel the burning glare of misperception early on in school, where teachers are more likely to perceive their actions as disrespectful or defiant. The creation of Beyond Stereotypes: Redefining Images of Young Men of Color is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of Black and Latino male students from diverse and contending backgrounds and creates a platform for the young men to represent and redefine Black and Latino male identity in America. This interactive workshop will highlight a range of complexities— insights, emotions, and aesthetics—that the public often fails to see or accept because American culture often defines these males both negatively and far too narrowly. In simple terms, there is much more to young men of color beyond the stereotypical image, and this project will provide a framework to address these important issues.
Summary
Young men of color often feel the burning glare of misperception early on in school, where teachers are more likely to perceive their actions as disrespectful or defiant. The creation of Beyond Stereotypes: Redefining Images of Young Men of Color is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of Black and Latino male students from diverse and contending backgrounds and creates a platform for the young men to represent and redefine Black and Latino male identity in America. This interactive workshop will highlight a range of complexities— insights, emotions, and aesthetics—that the public often fails to see or accept because American culture often defines these males both negatively and far too narrowly. In simple terms, there is much more to young men of color beyond the stereotypical image, and this project will provide a framework to address these important issues.
Evidence
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Learning Objectives
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Biographical Sketch
Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields is a social entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, and educator who loves to create and build with purpose. As the Co-Founder and Senior Director of Education and Innovation at the Cambio Group, and former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields has dedicated his life to inspiring adults and youth alike to pursue a higher purpose, achieve sustainable value for long-term success, and cope with adversity in order to create opportunities in their personal, professional and spiritual lives. As the Special Advisor to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Educational Equity and a recipient of the 2015 Social Innovator Award, Dr. Shields has been studying, writing about, and implementing change in schools and non-profit organizations for years. This bilingual author, master teacher, public speaker, social entrepreneur and thought leader is a dynamic presence who has appeared on NPR, ABC, NBC, CNN, and BET. Dr. Shields has decades of experience providing workshops, presentations, assessment, training-of-trainers, and other forms of consulting and staff development for k-12 schools, colleges and universities, community organizations, government organizations, and others.
Presentation Year
2017
Start Date
3-8-2017 11:15 AM
End Date
3-8-2017 12:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Shields, LaMarr Darnell, "BEYOND STEREOTYPES: REDEFINING IMAGES OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR" (2017). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 227.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2017/2017/227
BEYOND STEREOTYPES: REDEFINING IMAGES OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR
Harborside Center West
Young men of color often feel the burning glare of misperception early on in school, where teachers are more likely to perceive their actions as disrespectful or defiant. The creation of Beyond Stereotypes: Redefining Images of Young Men of Color is an innovative transmedia project that facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of Black and Latino male students from diverse and contending backgrounds and creates a platform for the young men to represent and redefine Black and Latino male identity in America. This interactive workshop will highlight a range of complexities— insights, emotions, and aesthetics—that the public often fails to see or accept because American culture often defines these males both negatively and far too narrowly. In simple terms, there is much more to young men of color beyond the stereotypical image, and this project will provide a framework to address these important issues.
