Conversations,
Workshops, and Other Public Forums |
 The SOCACT team presented
their findings and told about their experiences
during the research trip to Durban, South Africa.
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Sherrie Wiegel and Sara
Curtis led a discussion entitled, You Call Yourself Black? at the
seventh annual IUSB Conversations on Race. |
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Sara Curtis and Sherrie Wiegel led a discussion entitled,
Definitions of "Want" at the
sixth annual IUSB Conversations on Race.
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Dé Bryant, Bhumi Bhavsar, Lorie Freet, and Sherrie Wiegel presented
their paper entitled We Know What to Do, But Do We Know How?
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Cross-Cultural Communication and Community Development.
Guest lecture at the
Center for Women's Cross-Cultural Leadership at Saint Mary's
College.
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The Laramie Project panel
discussion of the psychosocial impact the Matthew Shepherd murder,
homosexuality, and homophobia hosted by South
Bend Civic Theater. |
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Art & Social
Change arts education workshop,
Center for Women's Multi-Cultural
Leadership, Wellsprings Conference, Saint Mary's College. |
Faculty Learning
Circle (FLC)
for
IU-South Bend faculty interested in social justice
and the ethics of research, using Decolonizing Methodologies.
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Looking Now Through
History, Back
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24 September 2006 & 12 October 2006The SOCACT team presented their findings and told about their experiences during the research trip to Durban, South Africa. The presentation on 24 September was to the academic community to present the findings of the action research project on building collective efficacy. The presentation on 12 October was to the local community to share their experiences living in an emerging democracy.
14 April 2004
Passing. A book discussion at the St. Joseph County Public Library exploring the psychosocial aspects faced as people of color "pass" for white. Explored the interactions between race, class, and gender using the book Passing by Nella Larson and the debate about eugenics, starting with a historical look at the movement and moving to the implication of its current return.
27 September 2004 & 14 October 2004The SOCACT team presented their findings and told about their experiences during the research trip to Durban, South Africa. The presentation on 27 September was to the academic community to present the findings of the action research project on building collective efficacy. The presentation on 14 October was to the local community to share their experiences living in an emerging democracy.
14 November 2003Sherrie Wiegel and Sara Curtis led a discussion entitled, You Call Yourself Black? at the seventh annual IUSB Conversations on Race. The session discussed the question of ethnic identity, comparing insights gained through working with youths in South Bend, IN and in Durban, South Africa.
23 October 2003Sherrie Wiegel, Charles Stoner, and Rebecca Shaffer presented a program about their work in 2001 in Durban, South Africa to the South Bend Chapter of the American Association of University Women. They talked about the project to create banners from "found objects" for public education about living with disabilities and with HIV/AIDS.
15 November 2002Sara Curtis and Sherrie Wiegel led a discussion entitled, Definitions of "Want" at the sixth annual IUSB Conversations on Race. The session discussed the ethical and philosophical impact of their work in South Africa on their own thinking as social scientists.
13 September 2002
Cross-Cultural Communication and Community Development. Guest lecture at the Center for Women's Cross-Cultural Leadership at St. Mary's College. Focus of class discussion was on decoding the stereotypes people of all races use on one another every day.
29 August 2002
The Laramie Project. Panel discussion of the psychosocial impact of the death of Matthew Shepherd, with Q&A about psychological basis of homosexuality and homophobia. The play and discussion was hosted by the South Bend Civic Theatre.
20 July 2002
Art & Social Change. Arts education workshop presented to the Center for Women's Cross-Cultural Leadership at the Wellsprings Conference hosted by Saint Mary's College. Participants worked in groups to creat banners from "found objects" to express their concerns, fears, aspirations, and triumphs. The banners were hung in the corridors for the duration of the conference for other attendees to experience and comment. The art session was a mini-Youth Community Theater, compressing the summer Art Camp into one day.
Academic Year 2002-2003
Dr. Dé Bryant convened a Faculty Learning Circle (FLC)
for IU-South Bend faculty interested in social justice and the ethics of research, using Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda T. Smith. The FLC. spent the semester examining issues such as the power of naming (the unearned positional superiority of Western knowledge), articulating an Indigenous research agenda, responding to imperatives of such an agenda, developing Indigenous methodologies. The FLC members moved the discussion to the national level by conducting a roundtable at the topic at the International Conference on Civic Education Research.
30 March 2001 -- They
liked us so much they asked us back!Dr. Dé Bryant, Bhumi Bhavsar, Lorie Freet, and Sherrie Wiegel presented their paper entitled We Know What to Do, But Do We Know How? at the University Center on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University South Bend.
1-2 March 2001Dr. Dé Bryant, Bhumi Bhavsar, Lorie Freet, and Sherrie Wiegel presented their paper entitled We Know What to Do, But Do We Know How? to the inaugural conference on the Scholarship of Engagement, Indiana University, Bloomington. Action research -- using systematic investigation to bring about planned social change -- is not a new concept. It was first proposed by Kurt Lewin in 1951 as a way to explore social systems, to think about what perpetuates them, and what causes them to change. Lewin's theories are a springboard for the methodologies of community psychology. This presentation explores the practicalities of research whose goal is to proactively address social problems.
Looking Now Through History, Back
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D. C. (1994). Fourth generation NGOs. Paper presented at
"Africa in the 21st Century: Development or disaster?,"
World Affairs Council of Michiana, 4 May, South Bend,
IN. -----@@ Bryant, D. C. (1994). Empowerment: A theoretical mystery and a research question. Seminar for Psychology Club, 6 April, IUSB. -----@@ Bryant, D. C. (1994). Community work in a foreign setting. Seminar at "Encounter with Africa," Notre Dame African Student Association, 23 February 1994. -----@@ International Student Organization. (1991). A day-long workshop between students and residents to explore differences in culture and to find common racial and national interests. Task Force for Racial Understanding, Benton Harbor, MI, 16 November 1991. -----@@
-----@@ Bryant, D. C. (1988). Historical evolution of race relations in Benton Harbor: Building on Strengths. Paper presented to the Committee on Racial Unity, 10 November, Benton Harbor, MI. -----@@ Bryant, D. C. (1987). Building interracial coalitions in Benton Harbor. Paper presented in the MSU-Benton Harbor Project Seminar Series, 20 November Michigan State University. -----@@ Bryant, D. C. (1987). The internationalized community-based organization. Invited Speakers Series, 10 February, Psychology Department, Michigan State University.
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Contact:
Dr. Dé Bryant,
Director
Social Action Project
Psychology Department, Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46634
(574) 520-4447 -- tel (574) 520-4538 -- fax
dbryant@iusb.edu