coe-staff: Lunch with educator, Joyce Braden Harris - Thursday, May 19

[Krista Chronister]

Dear College of Education Community:


The College of Education is pleased to co-sponsor a lunch meeting with educator, Joyce Braden Harris, on Thursday, May 19.  Please come meet Joyce and hear more about her work to create greater equity for underrepresented students in our K-12 school systems.



Best,

Krista




The Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management invites you to

Thursday,

May 19, 2016

LUNCH WITH JOYCE HARRIS

11:30 - 12:45 PM

Hendricks Hall Hearth (lunch provided)


Known as an advocate for justice and fairness, Joyce Braden Harris is an educator, speaker, writer, workshop trainer, facilitator, and community activist. She is the manager of community engagement in the executive office at Education Northwest in Portland, Oregon. Previously, Harris served as director of the Region X Equity Assistance Center for 21 years providing training and technical assistance on race, gender, and national origin in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands.
Come Meet the PPPM 2016 Outstanding Service to Oregon Recipient!


Joyce Braden Harris - Outstanding Service to Oregon
[Joyce Braden Harris]

Joyce Braden Harris is an educator, speaker, writer, workshop trainer, facilitator, community activist, and advocate for justice and fairness. She is the manager of community engagement in the Executive Office at Education Northwest. Previously, Harris served as director of the Region X Equity Assistance Center (EAC) for twenty-one years, providing training and technical assistance on race, gender, and national origin in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands.

At age nineteen, Harris cofounded a private school in Portland that she considers one of her most rewarding experiences. She has taught science clubs at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, creative writing to talented and gifted students, and wrote a baseline essay on African American traditions in language arts for Portland Public Schools. She continues to work with school districts, agencies, and community organizations on equity issues and compliance with federal civil rights laws. She recently began to provide training on culturally responsive mentoring.

She serves as co-chair of an advisory committee on Oregon House Bill 2016, focused on an African American/black student success plan, and is on the Early Learning Division's equity subcommittee. She was recently appointed to serve on Oregon's Every Student Succeeds Act statewide advisory committee.

Harris is the recipient of many awards recognizing more than forty-five years of volunteer work, including the 2014 Drum Major for Justice Award, the Woman of Excellence Award in Education, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award.

An avid collector of books and memorabilia that document the history and culture of people of African descent, her personal library contains more than 8,000 books. Harris has a bachelor of arts in American Studies from Reed College, a bachelor of science in elementary education from Oregon State University, a master's degree in educational administration from Portland State University, and has completed doctoral coursework at Oregon State University.

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Krista M. Chronister, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology &
Assistant Dean for Equity and Inclusion
College of Education
5251 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5251
https://education.uoregon.edu/users/chronister
www.access-dv.org<http://www.access-dv.org/>
(off) 541.346.2415
(fax) 541.346.6778


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