MEETINGS & EVENTS
UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS:
Meeting Date: July 23, 2020 Evening Meeting
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Location:
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Topic:
Racism 2/3 - Institutional Racism - Completing first week's "So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo", Learn about just what Institutional Racism is and how to recognize it. & Dr Theresa McCormick will speak on "Then and Now, The Ebb and Flow of the Social Justice Movement"
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Author's Bio:
~~Dr. McCormick is Professor Emeritus of Iowa State University where she was a Professor of Education in multicultural and gender studies for 20 years. In 2006 she was awarded the Willystine Goodsell Award from the American Educational Research Association for outstanding scholarship, activism, and community building efforts that advance women, girls and education. Theresa taught art (K-12) in West Virginia before becoming a Professor. She has a BA in art education from Oklahoma State University, a Masters degree in art, and a doctorate in education both from West Virginia University.
~~In addition to being a teacher and researcher, she is a writer, authoring three books. The current one, a memoir was published June 2014: A Far Cry From Here—Growing Up and Out of Fundamentalism (UBS Press, Seattle). She also is the author of Creating the Nonsexist Classroom—A Multicultural Approach (Teachers College Press, New York); co-author of Multicultural Education—Awareness and Activities (Kendall-Hunt, Dubuque); and author of many journal articles and chapters in books on race and gender equity.
~~Theresa is also an artist. Her body of artwork includes paintings of her travels in the United States, some of which are abstract, some realistic, some expressionistic, and some whimsical. Included are silkscreen prints (serigraphs), watercolor paintings, mixed media, oil pastels, oil paintings, collages, fabric wall hangings, and pencil drawings.
~~Theresa has two children, Michelle of Seattle and Grant of Tucson; two grandsons, Logan and Jack and a tortoise cat, Abby. She may be reached at: theresamcco@comcast.net or www.theresaemccormick.com
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ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS:
August Annual Picnic
Date: August 27, 2020
Location: Home of Ann/Tony Martin
Guests: TBD
September Evening Meeting
Date: September 24, 2020
Topic: Racism - 3/3 - What Now? TBD
Speaker: TBD
October Midday Meeting
Date: October 22, 2020
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD