Dr. Bettina Love to Speak on Harms Done by Public School Reforms

Dr. Bettina Love, an award-winning author and education activist, will present a program on teachers' and students' fight against the injustices caused by decades-long educational reforms, at 7 p.m. April 16 at Union Baptist Church, 1200 Trade St., Winston-Salem.

Dr. Love will also share her research about repairing the harm of the past and fostering more transformative approaches to educating Black children.

Admission to the community event is free, but please register to attend: https://givebutter.com/bettinalovews. A livestream webinar will be available to residents outside of Forsyth County. To register, go to: http://tinyurl.com/LoveWSwebinar.

Dr. Love holds the prestigious William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2022 she was recognized by the Kennedy Center as one of the Next 50 Leaders who is making the world more inspired, inclusive, and compassionate.

Her most recent book is Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. Books will be available for purchase and signing at the presentation.

The presentation is made possible with contributions from a number of organizations: Every Child NC, Family Services Inc., First Baptist Church (Fifth Street), Forsyth Futures, Knollwood Baptist Church, Love Literacy, Love Out Loud, Ministers Conference (WSV), My Brother's Keeper WS, Pastors for NC Children, Salem College, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Temple Emanuel of Winston-Salem, The United Way of Forsyth County, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Triad Cultural Arts, Union Baptist Church, United Metropolitan MBC, Wake Forest University, Wake Forest University Humanities Institute, Winston-Salem Freedom Schools, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

URLs:
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2350542-0?pid=176
Sponsor: https://go.evvnt.com/2350542-2?pid=176

Price:
Free: USD 0.00

Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm