Engage Me or Enrage! Redefining Images of Young Men of Color
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
The Cambio Group and Johns Hopkins University
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Location
Harborside Center East
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
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Brief Program Description
We are losing our boys—not only academically, but also behaviorally and attitudinally—and too often, we fail to see the vulnerable young man who is hiding behind that tough-guy exterior. Boys’ under-performance— especially for boys of color and those in poverty—is one of this country’s biggest barriers to school improvement, and it is tied, at a very basic level, to the disconnect between boys’ sense of who they are and what school has to offer them. Turnaround for boys in school starts with understanding their inner lives—the social, emotional, and biochemical drivers of boys’ motivation and engagement. This interactive workshop provides the building blocks of success through a powerful examination of male-female brain differences. In addition, Dr. Shields will share his new film, “Beyond Stereotypes,” that provides a platform for male students of color to validate important parts of their identities—parts that Black and Latino boys, in American culture, have been typically pressured to silence or ignore.
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Biographical Sketch
Featured Speaker: LaMarr Darnell Shields, Ph.D., Senior Change Agent, The Cambio Group and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Presentation Year
2018
Start Date
3-6-2018 10:15 AM
End Date
3-6-2018 11:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Shields, LaMarr Darnell, "Engage Me or Enrage! Redefining Images of Young Men of Color" (2018). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 165.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2018/2018/165
Engage Me or Enrage! Redefining Images of Young Men of Color
Harborside Center East
We are losing our boys—not only academically, but also behaviorally and attitudinally—and too often, we fail to see the vulnerable young man who is hiding behind that tough-guy exterior. Boys’ under-performance— especially for boys of color and those in poverty—is one of this country’s biggest barriers to school improvement, and it is tied, at a very basic level, to the disconnect between boys’ sense of who they are and what school has to offer them. Turnaround for boys in school starts with understanding their inner lives—the social, emotional, and biochemical drivers of boys’ motivation and engagement. This interactive workshop provides the building blocks of success through a powerful examination of male-female brain differences. In addition, Dr. Shields will share his new film, “Beyond Stereotypes,” that provides a platform for male students of color to validate important parts of their identities—parts that Black and Latino boys, in American culture, have been typically pressured to silence or ignore.
