PoCC Master Class
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An Ally’s Guide to Conversations About Identity
Friday, December 6, 10:30 AM–12:30 PM MT
In this Master Class, Kenji Yoshino will discuss how to have the conversations about identity that seem both necessary and impossible in our lives as educators.He will discuss five skills: (1) how to avoid four conversational traps; (2) how to build resilience; (3) how to cultivate curiosity; (4) how to disagree respectfully; and (5) how to apologize authentically. By imparting practical tools that can be implemented immediately, this Master Class seeks to provide some guardrails to protect us from failure and some ramps up to transformative success.
Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and the director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. A graduate of Harvard (AB summa cum laude), Oxford (MSc as a Rhodes Scholar), and Yale (JD), he specializes in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. Yoshino received tenure at Yale Law School, where he served as deputy dean before moving to NYU.
He has published in major academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. He has also written for more popular publications, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. Yoshino is the author of three books. His fourth book (co-authored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice, was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2023.