Dr. Tanya Maloney and Dr. Bree Picower to Present Watch Group Process at America to Me: Real Talk Montclair
September 30, 2020, via Zoom from 6:30 – 9:00 pm
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Dr. Tanya Maloney, Assistant Professor, and Dr. Bree Picower, Associate Professor, both in the Teaching and Learning Department, will take part in America to Me: Real Talk Montclair, the second round after a successful spring session. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, via Zoom from 6:30 – 9:00 pm.
The event on September 30th will set the stage for the next three-month Real Talk Montclair Watch Group process. The process uses the America to Me docu-series as a springboard for deepening racial literacy and to spark individual and collective action to disrupt racism. The films examine racial inequities in a Chicago suburban high school that looks and feels a lot like Montclair High.
Watch Group participants engage in deep personal reflections around race and a broader understanding of systemic racial injustice using the films and other resources, like the podcast Nice White Parents, as common texts, and make connections to events in Montclair and the nation. At the September 30th event, Dr. Picower and Dr. Maloney, who co-created the curriculum and who train the Watch Group Leaders, will present an overview of the Watch Group process, and an invitation to sign-up to participate as a leader or member.