ASHE HBCU Community Engagement Day

ASHE, with generous support from the Lumina Foundation, will host HBCU Day on Wednesday, November, 14th, from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ASHE will sponsor a screening of “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.” The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring HBCU leaders. The panel discussion will focus on how HBCU Presidents lead and promote postsecondary attainment despite discourses that question their relevance. The second panel will feature ASHE scholars whose research expertise focuses on HBCUs. These scholars will discuss their own experiences as students at HBCUs, their research agenda on HBCUs and translate those findings for the larger audience of attendees. We will host approximately 400 high school students for the series and an HBCU College Fair.  We are recruiting interested ASHE members to facilitate workshops, host tables during the HBCU College Fair, and provide general assistance throughout the day to make it a success. 

GOALS OF THE COLLABORATION
The screening is designed to hone in on, and uplift, a discussion of institutions committed to development of minoritized students, and to promote local engagement with minoritized communities during the ASHE 2018 conference. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring HBCU leaders. The panel discussion will focus on how HBCU Presidents lead and promote postsecondary attainment despite discourses that question their relevance. A subsequent panel will feature ASHE scholars whose research expertise focuses on HBCUs. These scholars will discuss their own experiences as students at HBCUs, their research agenda on HBCUs and translate those findings for the larger audience of attendees. 

ASHE HBCU Day Volunteer Application

For more information on the HBCU initiative, please contact Dr. Devona Foster Pierre dfpierre@usf.edu.
 
ASHE COLLABORATORS
Devona Foster Pierre, Ph.D
University of South Florida
 
Jamila Lee Johnson
University of Wisconsin Madison
 
Jacqueline Forbes
University of Wisconsin Madison
 
Shanalee Gallimore
Indiana University Bloomington