Monique Liston, PhD.
Dr. Monique Liston is an unapologetic Black woman that also identifies as a warrior scholar, joyful militant, evaluator, sister and friend. She is the founder of UBUNTU Research and Evaluation, a professional learning community led by Black women. If global white supremacy hadn't wrecked havoc on her existence, she would probably be a food scientist and homemaker. Her professional interests include race work, Black-centered education, and critical media studies. She is a proud alum of Howard University and currently resides in her hometown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off." - Fannie Lou Hamer
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | 8:15 AM - 10:45 AM (CDT)
Children Learn More from What You Are Than What You Teach: The Six A's for Liberating Learning for Leaders
In this interactive workshop, we push ourselves to think reflexively about who we are as it relates to being an ally, accomplice, anti-racist and abolitionist with authentic accountability in leadership positions. By centering the Black thinkers across time and space such as W.E.B. DuBois, Fannie Lou Hamer, Asa Hilliard, Ana Julia Cooper, Nannie Helen Burroughs we think about the current political context of equity in education, how we show up in that space, and we must be committed to if we believe change is possible. Participants in this session should walk away with more questions than answers but moved toward a deeper and more intentional praxis in their own spheres of influence.
