Teachers College has appointed Ernest Morrell as the new director of its Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME). Morrell previously was on the faculty in the Urban Schooling Division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He has assumed a tenured full professorship at TC and the directorship of IUME offices, succeeding the Institute's founding director, Edmund W. Gordon. Read More...
Recapping our final IUME Colloquium with Barry Goldenberg
Wrapping up the IUME Colloquia series for the 2011-2012 academic year on April 27th, graduate student Barry Goldenberg, a M.A. student in History and Education, spoke out his experiences working and living in Cape Town, South Africa, for two months. Upon colleagues and community members, Barry spoke critically and from the heart, about issues of race through a reflective presentation. Thank you to all who attended!
Make sure to visit our "Photo Gallery" to see a few pictures from the event (as well as Dr. Morrell's birthday cake as it was his birthday on the 27th, too!) as well as stay tuned to our YouTube channel to see a video recording of it in the near future.
The New York State DREAM Act at Teachers College
On April 10th, IUME, along with the Latino/a and Latin American Faculty Working Group, sponsored an event featuring NY State Senator Bill Perkins and NY Assemblyman Guillermo Linares who spoke at Teachers College in Milbank Chapel. During the event, they each introduced the New York State Dream Act to the community following by discussion by a panel of Teachers College professors.
Thank you for those who attended this very important event that is critical to the goals of the Institute. Don't forget to check out the photo gallery for some pictures from the event as well as here for the original details.
Learn More About IUME's Literacy Teachers Initiative
IUME is excited to announce the launch of the Literacy Teachers Initiative (LTI), which partners with dynamic teachers from the community in an effort to collaboratively work toward finding increased pedagogical methods for students. LTI is led by Dr. Jodene Morrell of Teachers College and in partnership with Community School District 5 of the New York City Department of Education. The inaugural Teacher Fellows have been selected and will begin visiting the IUME offices and working with staff and most importantly, each other, very soon.
Check out our LTI page for more information and check out the biographies of the Teacher Fellows here!
Tucson Teachers Speak Out! Screening of Precious Knowledge at TC
IUME is extremely excited to announce that in partnership with a host of other activist-scholar institutions in New York City, the huge success of the "Tucson Teachers Speak Out" event! Centering on a screening of the critically-acclaimed and immensely powerful documentary Precious Knowledge, the plaintiffs of Arizona HB 2281 spoke to a jam-packed, standing-room-only crowd inside Milbank Chapel at Teachers College. It was an incredible event and thank you to those who were a part of it--we raised both money and awareness for this injustice of human rights.
Don't forget to check out our Photo Gallery to see some great pictures of this event!
Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Maisha T. Winn at Teachers College
Our second Visiting Faculty Fellow--Dr. Maisha T. Winn--spoke at Teachers College in front of a packed group of teachers, students, and community members on March 19th. Dr. Winn is a professor of Language, Literacy and Culture of Educational Studies at Emory University and has been published in array of journals and the author of three books. Dr. Winn shared her important scholarship with the audience that aligns with the goals and missions of IUME.
Click here for details of this event and check out the picture from the event HERE!
IUME Culture Circle on African-American Literacies
Our second IUME Culture Circle, led by Graduate Student Fellows Crystal Belle and Jamila Lyiscott, focused on African-American Literacies and discussed issues relating to this topic at our IUME campus in Harlem. Crystal and Jamila engaged participants--open to all students and the public--in critical dialogue through a powerful spoken word performance, group discussions, and facilitator-led collaboration.
Check out our YouTube channel to see Jamila and Crystal perform, empower, and inspire while checking our our "Blog" to read the recap. And, as always, check out our photo gallery to see a bunch of great pictures from this event!
Recap of IUME Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. David Wall Rice
The Institute for Urban and Minority Education was proud to host its inaugural Visiting Faculty Fellow speaker Dr. David Wall Rice of Morehouse College, on February 2nd, 2012, at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Rice, a Professor of Psychology, discussed his talk entitled, "Black Men, Black Boys, and Popular Spaces: Identity and Authentic Engagement in the Everyday" as well as his research on African Americans and identity. We had a great turnout on campus and a wonderful reception following the event.
Click here for a recap of the event and here for a few photos of the afternoon.
Home > Recapping IUME 2011-2012 -- A Heartfelt Thank You!
Recapping IUME 2011-2012 -- A Heartfelt Thank You!
First and foremost, thank you to all the students, teachers, activists, community members, critical thinkers, change agents and to all the beautiful people who attended our events this past year, helping make the 2011-2012 academic year a success. As you know, the 2011-2012 academic year was the Institute's first under new Director Ernest Morrell, following on the shoulders of Dr. Edmund W. Gordon, whom our IUME campus is named and whom continues to be an important voice in all of our heads (and our hearts) in the work that we do. This year, we saw the IUME campus become a powerful and sorely needed physical and intellectual space where students, teachers and the greater Harlem community can come together to discuss critical issues that are often left out of the mainstream of educational research. This year we held and/or co-sponsored a number of graduate student/post-doctoral colloquiums, "Culture Circles," campus events, and academic conferences as well as brought in two dynamic "Visiting Faculty Fellows" and continue to work with a number of community organizations and community leaders. We are humbled by not only your attendance at these events and in these partnerships, but by your support in being part of a coalition of people who are committed to improving the future for our kids and our communities.
With that being said, this year was only the beginning because while we had some accomplishments, there is much work to do--we must continue to emphasize youth, for they are the ones who should lead the way. We must continue to re-shape the educational research paradigm, creating research from the "bottom up" and not from the "top down." And we must continue to all come together in the pursuit of social justice, not for the sake of us or for the sake of the Institute, but for the sake of brilliant students are who unfairly marginalized in schools in New York and across the country every single day. Thank you for joining with us this year--we look forward to working with all of you this summer and beyond!
Yet, of course, just because school is "out" does not mean IUME is done for the year! We have an important event on Muslim youth on May 12th (you can get the details on our Facebook page) as well as introducing a week-long Hip-Hop Institute for NYC students this summer that we hope you all are a part of. Details for this event will be forthcoming, so stay tuned. And don't forget to check out some of our videos via our YouTube channel and pictures in our photo gallery from this past year (and more will be added soon).
A heartfelt thanks,
Our latest video featuring IUME Director Ernest Morrell speaking on the importance of youth as the key to the future
First and foremost, thank you to all the students, teachers, activists, community members, critical thinkers, change agents and to all the beautiful people who attended our events this past year, helping make the 2011-2012 academic year a success. As you know, the 2011-2012 academic year was the Institute's first under new Director Ernest Morrell, following on the shoulders of Dr. Edmund W. Gordon, whom our IUME campus is named and whom continues to be an important voice in all of our heads (and our hearts) in the work that we do. This year, we saw the IUME campus become a powerful and sorely needed physical and intellectual space where students, teachers and the greater Harlem community can come together to discuss critical issues that are often left out of the mainstream of educational research. This year we held and/or co-sponsored a number of graduate student/post-doctoral colloquiums, "Culture Circles," campus events, and academic conferences as well as brought in two dynamic "Visiting Faculty Fellows" and continue to work with a number of community organizations and community leaders. We are humbled by not only your attendance at these events and in these partnerships, but by your support in being part of a coalition of people who are committed to improving the future for our kids and our communities.