BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureSpeaker Information: Dr. Estela Mara Bensimo n\, University of Southern CaliforniaEquity\, once viewed suspiciously as racially divisive and associated with the activism of social justice movem ents that academic purists disdain as “advocacy” work\, is now being enthu siastically embraced within the academic scene.\n \;\nBut does this em brace of equity signify an embrace of its critical and anti-racist foundat ions? Or does the proliferation of this term instead represent the appropr iation and dilution of equity? \;“Equity”\, however\, is much more th an a word to be sprinkled into educational discourse like one might sprink le salt to give seasoning to a bland meal. To meaningfully and intelligent ly talk about equity and equity-mindedness\, we must be clear that it is w hiteness—not the achievement gap—that produces and sustains racial inequal ity in higher education. \; The authentic exercise of equity and equit y-mindedness requires explicit attention to structural inequality and inst itutionalized racism\, and demands system-changing responses.\n \;\n&n bsp\;\nEstela Mara Bensimon is a professor of higher education at the USC Rossier School of Education and Director of the Center for Urban Education \, which she founded in 1999. With a singular focus on increasing racial e quity in higher education outcomes for students of color\, she developed t he Equity Scorecard— a process for using inquiry to drive changes in insti tutional practice and culture. Since its founding\, CUE has worked with th ousands of college professionals— from presidents to faculty to academic c ounselors\, helping them take steps in\ntheir daily work to reverse the im pact of the historical and structural disadvantages that prevent many stud ents of color from excelling in higher education. The innovative Equity Sc orecard process takes a strengths-based approach starting from the premise that faculty and administrators are committed to doing “the good.” CUE bu ilds upon this premise by developing tools and processes that empower thes e professionals as “researchers” into their own practices\, with the ultim ate goal of not just marginal changes in policy or practice\, but shifts o n\nthose campuses towards cultures of inclusion and broad ownership over r acial equity. Professor Bensimon’s critical action research agenda has bee n supported by grants from the Ford Foundation\, Bill &\;Melinda Gates Foundation\, Lumina Foundation\, Teagle Foundation\, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and The James Irvine Foundation.Cost: no chargeConta ct: Amy Summers217-333-0960arsummer@illinois.eduSponsor: College of Educat ion\, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity\, Equity and Incusio n \, and OCCRL DTEND:20190425T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260423T003829Z DTSTART:20190425T170000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,314B Illini Union SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dean's Diversity Lecture: "Reclaiming the Racial Justice Meaning of Equity\," with speaker Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon UID:RFCALITEM639124835094766115 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Speaker Information: Dr. Estela Mar a Bensimon\, University of Southern California

Equity\, once viewed suspiciously as racial ly divisive and associated with the activism of social justice movements t hat academic purists disdain as “advocacy” work\, is now being enthusiasti cally embraced within the academic scene.

But does this embrace of equity signif y an embrace of its critical and anti-racist foundations? Or does the prol iferation of this term instead represent the appropriation and dilution of equity? \;“Equity”\, however\, is much more than a word to be sprink led into educational discourse like one might sprinkle salt to give season ing to a bland meal. To meaningfully and intelligently talk about equity a nd equity-mindedness\, we must be clear that it is whiteness—not the achie vement gap—that produces and sustains racial inequality in higher educatio n. \; The authentic exercise of equity and equity-mindedness requires explicit attention to structural inequality and institutionalized racism\, and demands system-changing responses.

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Estela Mara Bensimon i s a professor of higher education at the USC Rossier School of Education a nd Director of the Center for Urban Education\, which she founded in 1999. With a singular focus on increasing racial equity in higher education out comes for students of color\, she developed the Equity Scorecard— a proces s for using inquiry to drive changes in institutional practice and culture . Since its founding\, CUE has worked with thousands of college profession als— from presidents to faculty to academic counselors\, helping them take steps in

their daily work to reverse the impact of the historical and structural disadvantages that prevent many students of color from excelling in highe r education. The innovative Equity Scorecard process takes a strengths-bas ed approach starting from the premise that faculty and administrators are committed to doing “the good.” CUE builds upon this premise by developing tools and processes that empower these professionals as “researchers” into their own practices\, with the ultimate goal of not just marginal changes in policy or practice\, but shifts on

those campuses towards cultures of inclusi on and broad ownership over racial equity. Professor Bensimon’s critical a ction research agenda has been supported by grants from the Ford Foundatio n\, Bill &\;Melinda Gates Foundation\, Lumina Foundation\, Teagle Found ation\, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and The James Irvine Fo undation.

~~Cost: no charge~~

Contact: Amy Summers217-333-0960
arsummer@illinois.edu

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