Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.
Event Date:
October 20, 2017 (All day) to October 21, 2017 (All day)
Location:
Center City
University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Education is please to sponsor Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.’s visit to UNC Charlotte from Wednesday, October 19 through Friday, October 21, 2016. Dr. Moore will present specifically to the UNC Charlotte College of Education faculty and staff on Wednesday, October 19 and will facilitate presentations and discussions for the UNC Charlotte faculty, staff, and students on October 20 and 21.
Community stakeholders are also cordially invited to participate in a reception honoring Dr. Moore on Thursday, October 20 at 7 p.m.
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. has pursued and achieved success in the world of academia, business, diversity and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity and cultural competency trainings and workshops for K-12 schools, community organizations, businesses, colleges and universities all across the world. Dr. Moore has presented at national and international conferences focusing on issues of diversity, youth, community, education, cultural competency, leadership, white privilege and other forms of oppression. Eddie is a dynamic, personal diversity consultant and public speaker. His presentations are interactive, fun, challenging, informative and practical and he is recognized as one of the nation’s top motivational speakers and national educators, especially for his work with students K-16. Please contact the Office of Educational Outreach, 704-687-8998 or ed.outreach@uncc.edu if you have any questions.
We look forward to your participation!!!
Co-Editor of Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories
Co-Editor of forthcoming book, A White Woman’s Guide to Teaching Black Boys
RSVP IS CLOSED. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE WELCOME TO REGISTER ON-SITE.
THE OCTOBER 20 SESSION AT 9:00 A.M. IS BEYOND CAPACITY AND IS CLOSED.
THE OCTOBER 21 SESSION AT 11:30 A.M. IS BEYOND CAPACITY AND IS CLOSED.
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Program
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
UNC Charlotte College of Education Faculty/Staff Only….Lunch Provided
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—UNC Charlotte Center City Building Room 901
America Is Changing: Are You Ready?
This full-day session moves beyond foundational understandings and provide an opportunity for a Moore in-depth examination of diversity, oppression, privilege, supremacy and Moore. Explore individual bias, systemic oppression and why they persist and how they can be disrupted and undone. Participate in discussions about leadership, networking, community organizing and taking action.
1. Unconscious Bias: Where does it come from and who has it?
2. Diversity: The new challenges and expanded definitions necessary for the 21st Century: Integration w/o preparation does not work!
3. Understanding, Respecting and Connecting: Courageous leadership and relationship building is key!
4. Inclusion vs. Exclusion Skills: Preparation (skill building) is difficult and complex work everyone has to do.
5. Power, Systems and Privilege have a huge impact and influence on people, places and policies.
6. Closing Thoughts, Questions and Action-Planning
Thursday, October 20, 2016
UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.—UNC Charlotte Cone University Center Lucas Room
Exploring the Influence of Diversity and Unconscious Bias: The Research, the Impact, and Strategies to Override
This session will introduce us to findings from key research studies on unconscious bias, including the potential impact of unchecked bias on professional interactions, employment practices, and everyday interactions. We will also discuss concrete, evidence-based strategies for use in our organizations and our individual lives to decrease the impact of bias and increase all of our ability to be effective in diverse environments.
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.—UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
UNC Charlotte Cone University Center Lucas Room
I Am Zimmerman: Exploring Ferguson, BLM, #SayHerName, and Moore Through the Lens of White Supremacy, White Privilege, and Oppression
Participants will examine these challenging topics, issues and other forms of oppression in this session. We will explore the recent headlines and the various emotions, conversations, interactions, cross cultural and institutional responses/practices. We will engage in some challenging conversations to deepen understanding and engagement, especially when viewpoints differ and tensions run high. Explore not only where we have been and where we are, but also how to prepare gain new insights, skills and tools to empower your activism as a friend, colleague, family member, role model and agent for social and institutional transformation. Come learn to engage in courageous conversations designed to deepen understanding and strengthen relationships, especially when viewpoints differ and tensions run high. Participants will gain skills and insights necessary to advocates for peace, equity, justice and institutional change.
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.—*Open to Students Only
UNC Charlotte Cone University Center Lucas Room
#MakeItHappen: The Challenges of Change in a System of Oppression
This interactive session challenges students to look at issues of change and progress in the 21st century. It is important to examine and understand the skills necessary to #MakeItHappen in a system designed by white people for white people. In this session, you will examine and explore the present day challenges of change, oppression and Moore. From the March on Washington to the protests in Ferguson, who and what are the keys to creating and sustaining change? What is your role in shaping the future and are you ready for the challenge?
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.—UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
Community Lecture (75 Minutes) – UNC Charlotte Cone University Center Lucas Room
Understanding Racism, Privilege, Power & Leadership: Progress?
This interactive, informational, challenging and energetic keynote examines and explores challenging issues related to race, racism, diversity, supremacy and Moore. Engage in a comprehensive exploration of racism, including privilege, bias, and power dynamics that will foster critical thinking, increase awareness and encourage solution-oriented change. We all have an excellent opportunity to be positive role models, powerful decision makers, and effective agents of change, if we have the tools. Are we making any progress?
Friday, October 21, 2016
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast Meeting hosted by Ken Lambla, Dean College of Arts and Architecture
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Special Session with UNC Charlotte College of Arts & Architecture
*Open only to the College of Arts & Architecture
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.—UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
UNC Charlotte Harris Alumni Center
N!gga(er): The Racial Realities in our Everyday Lives
Who is allowed to say the N!igga (er) word? What do we do/say when N!gga (er) is said in our classrooms, hallways, practice fields, dinner table, cafeterias and resident halls? Ignoring the N!gga (er) word is not an option anymore – You hear N!gga everywhere in the 21st century. Participants will be challenged to examine their personal/professional histories and realities with N!gga (er), when and/or how they first heard N!gga (er) and pictures/feelings associated with the word. The workshop encourages all people, but specifically young people/future leaders, to consider the ramifications of casual or uniformed usage of a powerful and troublesome word. The seminar objective is to provide a format for educators, administrators, parents and community members to critically engage the “N!gga(er)” Word and its place/impact within American culture, education, communities and mainstream society. Participants gain some skills and experience engaging different perspectives related to the word. It is complex, emotional, challenging, comprehensive and interactive – even for seasoned participants.
Participants will receive an experiential-based curriculum to substantively analyze the meaning of “N!gga(er)” in their everyday lives. Participants will receive an opportunity to engage in dialogue regarding the pain or guilty pleasure associated with the use of N!gga(er). A concrete understanding of what the “N!gga (er)” word means, the implications of its everyday use, impact, reality and concrete strategies for addressing the variety of ways it appears on campus, in literature, music, movies, communities and families.
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.—UNC Charlotte Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
UNC Charlotte Harris Alumni Center
The Challenges of Alcohol and Drug Addiction: A #Zero2Hero Story
Zero to Hero is the true-life story of Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. as he takes participants from his youth growing up facing the challenges of poverty, drugs and alcohol to his role as a national leader, educator, consultant and motivational speaker. Honest, raw and challenging, participants will hear the story of how, despite a support system, the temptations of ‘street life’ left him facing addictions, scared, insecure, lost and out of control. But this is not the story of the “Zero.” This is a story about when people believe in you, and encourage you to believe in yourself, then #anythingispossible. For those who are facing life’s many, many challenges, this is a powerful story of redemption, forgiveness, hard, work, determination and Moore. The “Hero” is about excellence, achievement, capabilities, and opportunities. The “Hero” means focus, attitude, community and excellence. These are some of the key things connected to leadership, building relationships, creating change, athletics, academics and Moore. This session is designed to leave participants enlightened and empowered to change the world, one person at a time.
Contact Us
Questions for Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. should be directed to:
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.
eddieknowsmoore@yahoo.com
http://www.eddiemoorejr.com
Questions regarding the program should be directed to:
Dr. Lisa Merriweather, Event Coordinator
UNC Charlotte, Dept. of Educational Leadership
704-687-8740
lmerriwe@uncc.edu
Questions regarding RSVP should be directed to:
Ms. Alison Siler, Office Manager
UNC Charlotte, Office of Educational Outreach
704-687-8998,
alsiler@uncc.edu
Sponsored by the College of Education with support from UNC Charlotte College of Arts and Architecture and UNCC Multicultural Resource Center