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SUMMARY:Author Eve L. Ewing in Conversation at Dominican University
LOCATION:Dominican University Lund Auditorium 7900 W. Division St. River Fo
 rest\, IL
DESCRIPTION:Dominican University’s School of Education\, in partnership w
 ith Wednesday Journal\, presents an evening with writer\, scholar and Chic
 ago cultural organizer Dr. Eve L. Ewing on Thursday\, April 16. The progra
 m\, entitled “A Conversation with Dr. Eve L. Ewing: Education\, Equity a
 nd Justice from Original Sins to Superheroes\,” will be held at 7 p.m. i
 n Dominican University’s Lund Auditorium\, 7900 Division St. in River Fo
 rest. Ewing is the award-winning author of five books\, including the accl
 aimed Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and t
 he Construction of American Racism. A New York Times and USA Today bestsel
 ler\, Original Sins was named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker\, 
 Esquire\, Elle and the Chicago Public Library\, and it was longlisted for 
 the Andrew Carnegie Medal. The book explores the American school system’
 s historic role in reinforcing the idea of white intellectual superiority 
 and upholding the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing has also worked with
  Marvel Comics\, notably the Black Panther and Ironheart series\, and is c
 urrently writing Exceptional X-Men. Her first book for young people\, Maya
  and the Robot\, was published in 2021. Her play No Blue Memories: The Lif
 e of Gwendolyn Brooks\, co-written with Nate Marshall\, was presented in 2
 017 by Chicago performance collective Manual Cinema. A 2009 graduate of Do
 minican University’s Master of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Education 
 program\, Ewing has taught for many years at the elementary school and uni
 versity levels. She also holds a master’s degree in educational policy a
 nd management from Harvard University and currently teaches courses on rac
 e\, education and Afrofuturism at the University of Chicago. Dr. Ewing is 
 a periodic instructor for the Prison + Neighborhood Art Project\, a visual
  arts and humanities initiative at Stateville Maximum Security Prison. Dr.
  Sara Rezvi\, assistant professor of education in Dominican University’s
  School of Education will moderate the conversation. Dr. Rezvi’s researc
 h focuses on integrating social justice and cultural responsiveness into m
 athematics education\, addressing systemic inequities\, and exploring iden
 tity formation. Tickets for this special event are $15 for the general pub
 lic\; $10 for Wednesday Journal subscribers and donors\; and free for Domi
 nican University students\, faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased at
  dom.edu/arts-minds.\n\nhttps://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94265
URL:https://www.oprfchamber.org/events/94265
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