
Vershawn Ashanti Young
@youngvershawn
Diversity consultant, university professor, professional actor, writer, PhD, Juris Doctorate (focus on alternative dispute, especially family mediation). Lives!
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09-06-2020 10:55:37
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It's been an intense 4 weeks since June 28th University of Waterloo and I want to send a big shout out to my EDI-RO team for handling this challenging time with care, grace, and compassion. For more information on the EDI-RO, who we are and what we do, please visit uwaterloo.ca/equity-diversiā¦


I am pleased to announce that I am the recipient of the National Communication Association 2023 Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication. Here's what the committee thought about my scholarship: "Dr. Andre E. Johnson exemplifies the essence and spirit of



Attention #CLAScholars--The Department of English at Morehouse College is hiring an Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2024. Visit the CLA website for the full listing. #AcademicJobs #HBCU


āThe dilemma is the restriction and reduction of the possibilities of what it means to be Black. Itās not 1, 2, or 3 - itās like 15 million." Hear more from Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young on the film "American Fiction" and pop-culture stereotypes ofĀ Blackness: bit.ly/3uYCY4H



Grief that catalyzes a movement via Briarpatch Magazine briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/ā¦


Congratulations to UWaterloo English PhD student Rency Luan, who has received a 2024 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication!

š Save the date: Tuesday February 6, 2024 for "On Blackness and Belonging" Join @debthompsonphd in conversation with Vershawn Ashanti Young, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.


@debthompsonphd Vershawn Ashanti Young Debra's memoir, The Long Road Home, provides an uncompromising account of how racism slips and mutates across the Canada-US border. An associate professor of political science at McGill and born and raised in Canada, Debra brings a perspective from having lived in both countries.

@debthompsonphd Vershawn Ashanti Young Centre for Free Expression Vancouver Public Library epldotca Toronto Public Library This is a FREE, online event and no registration is required. Find the Zoom link and more information about this and other CFE events, here: buff.ly/47rxDBk


