Greenhill Participates at NAIA PoCC/SDLC Conference in Anaheim

Greenhill School had 12 faculty members along with six students attend the 2017 NAIA People of Color Conference (PoCC)/Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) this past weekend in Anaheim.
 
The Greenhill PoCC/SDLC Delegation consisted of the following faculty members:
 
Monsie Munoz '05: Lead Facilitator & Family Group Leader, SDLC
Sonja Hayes: US Student Chaperone, SDLC
Netra Fitzgerald: Facilitator, Southwest Regional Dialogue Group
Chris Bigenho, PhD.: NAIS Lead Consultant, Instructional Technology
Charlie Owens: Director, PoCC Choir & Presenter, PoCC Workshop
Aaron Timmons, Jr.: Presenter, PoCC Workshop
Karen Bradberry, Ph.D.: Accompanist, PoCC Choir
Celeste Sanders '00: Presenter, PoCC Workshop
Jing-Lan Stacy: Attendee
Lizzbeth Melendez: Attendee
Youssef Oumanar, Ph.D.: Attendee
Jacobo Luna-Cruz: Attendee
 
In addition, Greenhill had six Upper School students serve in SDLC delegation:
 
Curtis Dorsey '18
Maya LaRosiliere '18
Kameron Wilkerson '18
Yesenia Avalos '19
Mishael Khan '19
Scott Wang '19
 
Below is a list of the workshops that were led by Greenhill faculty members:
 
It's Our Space, Too: Designing Systems Needed for a Positive School Climate
Summary: Even with the push for growth in diversity, many independent schools still struggle to support faculty and students of color as they acclimate to a private school environment. When students of color grow up in or matriculate into these schools, numerous roadblocks can hinder their success. What systems are in place to support these students and who manages them? Using interview data collected from faculty and students at independent schools, investigate case studies and walk through the design-thinking process (developed by the Stanford d-School) to create or re-imagine systems that will support the needs of students of color despite a potential lack of a more diverse faculty, staff, and administration. Build prototypes of a system designed to promote positive, supportive, and understanding environments for students of color from elementary to the collegiate level.
 
Presenters: Joshua Childs, University of Texas at Austin; Carla Childs, St. Andrews School (TX); Vanessa Rodriguez, Dallas Independent School District; Celeste Sanders '00, Greenhill School
 
“Being the Right Kind of Black” in Independent Schools
Summary: While dominant culture males are viewed as confident, knowledgeable, and/or passionate, as they represent themselves in our school communities, adjectives like overconfident, arrogant, militant, belligerent, and hostile become labels used to describe black men representing themselves in myriad ways, despite there being no difference with their dominant culture counterparts. These racialized and aggressive tropes are not value neutral and impact the social and emotional well-being of our black male community as well as the overall health of our campuses. Unpack, interrogate, and analyze these projected identities and discuss why this “otherization” occurs as we strategize approaches to increase awareness and reduce the negative framing of black male identity.
 
Presenters: Charles Owens & Aaron Timmons, Greenhill School
 
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