The Nashman Center and the University Writing program cosponsored this Conversation on Community Engaged Scholarship, the first in-person Conversation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists discussed what it means to share trust between community members and scholars, co-authored scholarship, and how racial identity influences these relationships.
Brown and Ryder’s article, “Black Leadership and Shared Humanity: A Profile of Generative Reciprocity for Racial Equity,” was published in the academic journal Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric. The article subsequently received the Conference on Community Writing's “Outstanding Article Award.”
Follow this link to the video recording of the event.
The article argues that “in the journey to equity and shared humanity, concepts like generative and transformative relationships need to account for the tremendous weight of systemic racism; this can be accomplished by explicitly centering the experiences and epistemology of Black communities.”
Sister Mary Brown is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Life Pieces to Masterpieces, a DC-based youth-development organization that, "develops character and leadership, unlocks potential, and prepares Black and Brown boys and young men to transform their lives and communities, with creative expression and “each one teach one” mentoring at the core.”
Dr. Phyllis Ryder is an associate professor of writing in GW’s University Writing Program, Director of the Writing Center, and is a board member of Life Pieces to Masterpieces.
