Co-Curricular Events
In addition to the Annual Lecture, the Frontier Center offers workshops on issues and topics related to anti-bias and antiracist teaching and social justice advocacy in education. Some events are open to all Nazareth students, faculty, staff, alumni as well as members of the Rochester area community. Other events are designed to meet the needs of specific audiences.
Book Group: There Are No Deficits Here: Disrupting Anti-Blackness in Education (Wells 2024)
February-March 2024
Professional book circle for Nazareth Teacher Education faculty and staff
Teaching for Black Lives Summer Book Club
July 2023
The Year 2 group requested an opportunity to continue meeting during the summer. Together it was decided to have a summer read, You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey – Crazy Stories about Racism (Ruffin & Lamar, 2021), with the goal of continuing discussions about race and racism in the U.S. as well as to meet in community.
Viewing Party: The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks
March 23, 2023
Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, this 2022 documentary depicts Rosa Parks’ life-long dedication to justice. The film chronicles her childhood, her activism before and during the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, her work for Congressman John Conyers in Detroit, and her involvement in causes such as voting rights, anti-apartheid, reparations, fair housing, women’s rights, and the fight against police violence.
Book Group: Unearthing Joy (Muhammad 2023)
February-March, 2023
Professional book circle for Nazareth Teacher Education faculty and staff.
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
February 5-9, 2023
As part of the 2023 Black Lives Matter at School, the fifth-grade students from RCSD Community Rise School #106 were invited to present their individual Black Lives Matter projects at the FCUE Annual Lecture, featuring Jarvis Givens.
Teaching for Black Lives Professional Development Groups
2022-2023 School Year (Year 2)
Held bi-monthly, designed to discuss assigned chapters in the Teaching For Black Lives text as well as to consider how to integrate new understanding into our respective professional work. This work was partially funded by the Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, Teaching for Black Lives project.
Teach the Truth Week of Action
February 21-25, 2022
The Frontier Center and Urban Teacher Opportunity offered a series of designed to inform and invite participation in the national campaign to Teach Truth These events included:
Scavenger Hunt Kick-Off. Celebrating Changemakers in Our Community: How Many Rochester Activists Can You Name? (Monday, 2/21/22). Nazareth students from across the College were invited to participate in a scavenger hunt designed to both educate and celebrate activists, educators, and changemakers in our Rochester community.
Pledge to Teach the Truth, featuring Naz Acapella group Fermata Thin Air (Tuesday, 2/22/22) Nazareth students, faculty, and staff from across the College were invited to learn more about the Zinn Education Project campaign to Teach the Truth and to sign the public pledge.
Let's Talk About Anti-Bias Anti-Racist Work:
Cultivating Partnerships Between Administrators, Parents and Caregivers, and Teachers. (Wednesday, 2/23/22) Free lecture open to the public.
What We Need To Read With Our Students: A Resource Share/Lunch Session. This event was co-hosted by FCUEW and the School of Education Club at Nazareth College. **As an “entrance ticket” to the event, participants will be asked to bring a text (e.g., novel, picture book, article, trivia game, memoir, teacher resource) to share that aligns antibias work with curriculum and standards.
Banning Our Babies: A Webinar Addressing the Suspensions of Black Children throughout Early Childhood Education. (Thursday, 2/24/22) This webinar was co-sponsored by the Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement and PEACH. The webinar presented an overview of national data on school suspensions and provided a call to action to support on-the-ground efforts in teacher preparation and applied practice in schools.
Article published by Nazareth Marketing and Communications featuring the week: Education and Action on Teaching the Truth
Teaching for Black Lives Professional Development Group
2021-2022 School Year (Year 1)
Held bi-monthly, designed to discuss assigned chapters in the Teaching For Black Lives text as well as to consider how to integrate new understanding into our respective professional work. This work was partially funded by the Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, Teaching for Black Lives project.
Book Group: Cultivating Genius (Muhammad 2020)
February 2021
Professional book circle for Nazareth Teacher Education faculty and staff
Book Group: Black Minds Matter (Wood, 2020)
February 2020
Professional book circle for Nazareth Teacher Education faculty and staff
What Do K-12 Teachers Need to Consider When Preparing to Be Advocates for Culturally Diverse Students. A Breakfast Conversation with Dr. Donna Y. Ford.
April 13, 2019
Dr. Ford met with teacher education students to have an informal discussion regarding the rights of K-12 students and the responsibilities of K-12 teachers and schools.
Black Minds Matter: Advancing Success for Black Boys and Men in Education. A Live Session with Dr. J. Luke Wood, Ph.D.
February 20, 2019
A World Day of Social Justice lecture open to all members of the Nazareth campus community, designed to educate our community on social justice challenges, provide experiences that enable our community to engage with these topics, and connect students to other opportunities at Nazareth and globally that advance our collective efforts towards justice.
2018 Replay Site of Black Minds Matter: A Weekly Seminar Designated to Raise National Consciousness about Issues Facing Black Boys and Men. Created by Dr. J. Luke Wood, Ph.D.
- Foundations of Black Male Success
- Linking Black Lives and Black Minds
- Policing and Schooling Black Minds
