Martin Luther King Jr. Event & Reception 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. Event & Reception 2018 Presenter: Dr. Cheryl Matias

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Event and Reception is our annual celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

During the program, our keynote speaker, Dr. Cheryl Matias, will speak about how her work on race, ethnicity, and feminism and on how whiteness impacts education supports the continued dream of racial equity and collective liberation that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr spoke about during the March on Washington in 1963 in his “I Have a Dream” speech.

We will also award the Creating the Dream Award, our annual award designed to recognize those at Suffolk who go above and beyond in their outstanding efforts to support students, faculty, and staff of color. Please consider nominating a student, staff, student organization, department, or faculty member at bit.ly/suffolkdream18.

Reception with light appetizers immediately to follow. Please RSVP to both the presentation and reception. Limited space is available at the reception.

This event is open to the Suffolk University community including faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Please bring your Suffolk ID and tickets to the event.

About Our Keynote Speaker

Dr. Cheryl E. Matias is an Associate Professor in the School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) at the University of Colorado Denver. She is the faculty founder of Research Advocacy in Critical Education (R.A.C.E.) a collaborative think tank that brings together local community activists, educators, students and community members in the pursuit for racial and social justice in education. Her research focuses on race and ethnic studies in education with a theoretical focus on critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, critical pedagogy and feminism of color. Specifically, she uses a feminist of color approach to deconstruct the emotionality of whiteness in urban teacher education and how it impacts urban education. Her other research interest is on motherscholarship and supporting woman of color and motherscholars in the academy.

Some of her publications can be found in Race, Ethnicity, and Education, Teacher Education Quarterly, Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, Equity and Excellence, Journal of Teacher Education and Multicultural Perspectives. Recently, she finished her first solo-authored book entitled Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education which just earned the 2017 Honorable Mention for the Society of Professors of Education and will be awarded at 2017 AERA. She is a motherscholar of three, including boy-girl twins, an avid Lakers fan, and Bachata ballroom dancer with her partner.