Estela Bensimon: Police officers earn degrees through our colleges. We need to assess what police officers are taught, and if and how they're taught to exercise policing with the same respect and care they would want to be treated.

Scholars must actively help inform the creation of policies that protect unarmed black people from police killings (opinion) ihenow.com/2z6WSOy Center for Urban Education USC Race and Equity Shaun R. Harper

Check out Isis Artze-Vega's opinion piece on how colleges should commit to #equity. She highlights our recent six-part webinar series for California Community Colleges administrators, faculty and staff who strive to address racial inequities in online environments. ihenow.com/2Y1ut4P

The Case for an Anti-Racist Stance Toward Paying Off Higher Education’s Racial Debt tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

CUE helps practitioners dismantle barriers to foster better outcomes for minoritized students. These #2020grads remind us precisely why #racial #equity work is so important. Help us celebrate the Class of 2020! Tune in now: completecollege.org/article/20for20 Estela Bensimon

"To avoid racism in policies, four criteria are provided to construct anti-racist higher education policy" says Estela Bensimon in the latest Change article, "The Case for an Anti-Racist Stance Toward Paying Off Higher Education’s Racial Debt" Read more: bit.ly/EMB_Anti-Racist

How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: ‘Speak Up When It’s Hard’ chronicle.com/article/How-Hi… via The Chronicle of Higher Education Francie Diep Center for Urban Education

Community colleges are embarking on reviews of how they teach future police officers, aiming for changes at early stages of law-enforcement training. wsj.com/articles/commu… via The Wall Street Journal

"Professors developing a critical race conscious lens provide the opportunity to address racial inequities within their classes." Read Now: bit.ly/Equitypractiti… Estela Bensimon #JamesGray

"First-generation equity practitioners who acquire effective equity-minded competence seem to all share certain qualities" says @ebemsion and #JamesGray in their recent article "First-Generation Equity Practitioners: Are They Part of the Problem?" bit.ly/Equitypractiti…

"In order to teach Black, Latinx, Native American, Asian, and other racially minoritized students with fidelity, professors must develop racial literacy" - Estela Bensimon & #JamesGray in "First-Generation Equity Practitioners: Are They Part of the Problem?" bit.ly/Equitypractiti…

A new initiative will bring together USC Race and Equity and 60+ community colleges in Calif. to address issues related to race and racism: rossier.usc.edu/community-coll…

In honor of Estela Bensimon’s recent retirement announcement, a look at her work to advance racial equity in academia and #HigherEd with Center for Urban Education ecmcfoundation.org/informed/2019/…

CUE's Director Estela Bensimon & staff members @EsmeraldaH_H, @marissiko, @A__Greer & #DebbieHanson met last Wednesday to discuss how #CUE can show solidarity for Black people & the Movement for Black Lives #M4BL USC Rossier

The first action we are taking is to meet this Wednesday. Non-Black staff members will critically interrogate how anti-Black racism exists within our own institution and Center. We will continue to develop concrete action steps to move our work on racial equity forward.

We share this letter as an example of the work we still need to do, even as a center committed to racial equity. We aim to spark conversations about anti-blackness, #Juneteenth & the well-being of Black/African Americans. Estela Bensimon bit.ly/CUESolidarityL…

In full support from CUE's staff, Estela Bensimon wrote a letter to demonstrate solidarity for @marissiko & @A__Greer by providing this Thursday & Friday off in recognition of the unique collective trauma they experience as Black people. Read here: bit.ly/CUESolidarityL… USC Rossier

Two black scholars say UVA denied them tenure after belittling their work ⁦Shaun R. Harper⁩ ⁦Center for Urban Education⁩ #BlackintheIvory UVA: there is something very wrong with this picture insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/2…

This sculpture located in Copenhagen clearly depicts what Darren Walker is talking about: Racial Justice requires giving up power. Click on the link to read his op-ed titled "Are you willing to give up your privilege?" mailchi.mp/fordfoundation… Ford Foundation Estela Bensimon

Our last Design Team meeting! #20years