Culture & Education Conference
Thu, Jul 20
|Jackson
The Mississippi CoalThe Mississippi Coalition To End Corporal Punishment (MSCECP) and partners will host their first education convening Thursday, July 20 through Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Jackson, MS. The conference theme is “Cultural Identity Restoration and the Role of Culture in Education”.
Time & Location
Jul 20, 2023, 10:00 AM – Jul 23, 2023, 4:00 PM
Jackson, 5100 Interstate 55 North Frontage Rd, Jackson, MS 39211, USA
Guests
About the event
Participants will gain a better understanding of how exclusionary and harsh discipline policies and practices fuel the preschool to prison pipeline and their impact on students' opportunities for learning and succeeding. The targeted number of conference participants is 150-200. We hope you can join us!
Confirmed speakers are child advocate, historian, and award-winning author of “Why Whupping Black Children Won’t Save America”, Dr. Stacey Payton, Dr. James Bernard Pratt, Jr, Professor & Researcher, at Fisk University and co-author of “Historic Lynching and Corporal Punishment in Contemporary Public Schools in the South” and advocate for human rights and violence reduction. Added to this dynamic list of presenters is Dr. Marvin Haire, founder & creator of the Gourd of Wisdom Institute and recognized curriculum design specialist. Dr. Haire, along with former youth organizers from Nollie Jenkins Family Center will discuss and demonstrate NJFC’s Scholars of Peace: From Mali to Mississippi, a…