The SoulFolk Collective and Department of African American Studies invite you to join us for our next Cookies with the Collective interactive workshop on Monday, November 17th.
Dr. Naomi Mae will lead the discussion with: “Solidarity Forever: Coalition Building with Communities in Community Engaged Research”—come learn and discuss the research and practice of civic education and engagement.
No RSVP necessary. Treats and beverages provided!
When: Monday, November 17th (3-4pm)
Where: Black Cultural Center (Red Gym)
Dr. Naomi Mae W. (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As an activist and community organizer for over 15 years, Dr. Mae’s current work centers youth organizers of color as they build multiracial-multiethnic coalitions to actualize educational justice in under-resourced urban districts. In studying the ecology of youth organizing (including intergenerational CBOs, youth workers, community partnerships, etc.), Mae researches how the praxis of youth organizing can serve as an exemplar of meaningful critical civic education and engagement. She engages community-based research methods, action research, and critical ethnography while leveraging youth resistance and relational race theories to inform praxis and actualize greater justice and solidarity in collaboration with young people and communities.