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White Supremacy Culture & Its Impact on Our Well-Being
Thursday, May 5
6:00-7:15 PM ET
online event; open to all mentees, all mentors & program alum
What exactly is white supremacy culture? It’s not always obvious. At this Community Chat we’ll define white supremacy culture, consider its characteristics, examine how it manifests in the world around us, and discuss ways it impacts our own sense of well-being in our day-to-day lives.
We’ll review resources related to identifying, becoming more aware of, confronting, and resisting white supremacy culture, and share techniques for taking care of ourselves and our communities in the process. Collectively we will engage in a guided contemplative practice that we can always return to as a tool for raising our self-awareness and grounding ourselves.
Meet the Teaching Artists
Sheena Daree Miller
Sheena Daree Miller (she/they) is a writer based between Brooklyn and South Florida. Her writing has been published, or is forthcoming, in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Zone 3 Press, Split Lip Magazine, Autostraddle, Taco Bell Quarterly and elsewhere. Their writing has graciously been supported by The Seventh Wave, Aspen Words, Columbia Journalism School, and St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency for Ladies. Sheena was a 2021 Margolis Award finalist and the recipient of the Dave Family Humor Studies Award. In her faculty development role at The New School, she facilitates workshops and develops resources to support both new and returning instructors in teaching for equity and inclusion. She is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisor for Girls Write Now.
Jessica Jagtiani
Jesse Jagtiani is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and researcher of Indian-German heritage residing in New York City. Jesse earned her Doctor of Education in Art & Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, complemented by an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, and a degree in Visual Communications from the University of Arts, Berlin. Her research centers on the formative dimensions of intuition, bridging indigenous wisdom with contemporary scientific perspectives to foster a balance of the intuitive and the rational mind within Western educational paradigms. Jesse’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and her scholarly contributions extend to various publications, including chapter three of the book Developing Informed Intuition for Decision Making. Jesse has taught in (and outside of) higher education for numerous years and is passionate about supporting emerging artists, writers, and leaders on their creative, academic, and career pathways.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors and program alum