UK College of Education Hosts 'Navigating Your Teens in Breonna Taylor’s America'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2020) — The University of Kentucky College of Education is hosting an online discussion, “Navigating Your Teens in Breonna Taylor’s America,” beginning 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.
Focused on empowering students and educators, the discussion will be streamed live on the College of Education YouTube channel. Participants are encouraged to submit questions via email at CollegeofEdQA@gmail.com.
The discussion is designed to offer guidance to youth as they search for justice while balancing school, work, friendships, family and their personal well-being. Panelists will answer questions, such as:
- What is the “arc of justice” and why does it take so long to get there? Will we ever?
- How do I focus on school while trying to process racial traumas?
- Why does it feel like some people don’t see my pain and stress?
- How do I find my voice and where does it fit in?
- How can teachers and school leaders embrace students during painful events, such as the Breonna Taylor decision?
The discussion will be moderated by Gregory Vincent, executive director of the college’s Education and Civil Rights Initiative in collaboration with the NAACP. The initiative is based in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, where Vincent is a professor. Panelists for this program will include:
- Tiffany D. Loftin, NAACP Youth and College Division national director;
- Candice Hargons, assistant professor, Department Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology;
- Cheryl Matias, professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction;
- Kenneth Tyler, professor and chair, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology; and
- Carol Taylor Shim, director, UK’s Bias Incident Support Services.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.