Center for Equity & Social Justice
Contact Information
Momodu C. Taylor, Ph.D.
Vice President of Institutional Equity
Marple Campus
Founders Hall, Executive Suite, M3590
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Related Offices and Initiatives
Diversity at the College
Institutional Diversity Committee
Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Dialogues for Diversity Series 2023-24
Dialogues for Diversity Series 2022-23
Dialogues for Diversity Series 2021-22
The Center for Equity and Social Justice at Delaware County Community College will contribute to dismantling systems of racism and social injustice within our community by providing ongoing opportunities for meaningful dialogue that creates awareness, promotes education and understanding and leads to transformative change, equity and social justice for all people.
Dialogues for Diversity Series 2024-25
Our signature Dialogues for Diversity series acts as a convener for important and timely topics.
Radical Origins Revived: Harnessing Community-
Engaged Curriculums for Social Change
with Dr. Jennifer Naccarelli, University of Delaware, Department of Women &
Gender Studies
Thursday, March 21 | 12 - 1 p.m.
Virtual: Register Here
How did a radical movement fighting violence against women become part of state bureaucracies? How can community-engaged learning projects build upon and revive these feminist origins? In honor of Women’s History Month, this talk explores the histories of the “battered women’s movement” and service learning in higher education to think forward about the ways that community-engaged curriculums contribute to social justice transformation.
The experience of a feminist academic program focused on gender-based violence is used to demonstrate how such curriculums are particularly suited not only for transformational academics and practice but also for workforce development.
Autism and Success in the Classroom
with Erin Clemens, Alumnus, DCCC Class of 2019
Tuesday, April 2 | 3-5 p.m.
In person on the Marple Campus | Academic Building | Small Auditorium
Light Refreshments will be provided
Virtual: Register Here
Hear from Erin Clemens, Class of 2019 alum, about achieving academic success at DCCC.
Trajectories of Arab Cultural Institutions in America
with Dr. Alexa Firat, Temple University, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies
Tuesday, April 16 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Virtual: Register Here
From the 1920s Pen League (al-rabita al-qalamiya) in New York City to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI, Arab communities have built significant cultural institutions to celebrate and support their artistic endeavors. This talk will journey through these historical and contemporary institutions with an eye to shedding light on their enduring legacies and significance to their communities.
American Jewish Women’s Long Legacy as Changemakers
with Dr. Melissa R. Klapper, Rowan University, Women’s & Gender Studies
Thursday, May 2 | 11 a.m. -12 p.m.
Virtual: Register Here
Author of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 (2005); Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in the United States, 1880-1925 (2007); and Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940 (2013), which won the National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies. Dr. Klapper's most recent book is Ballet Class: An American History (2020) and she will present on American Jewish women's involvement in the first wave feminism (suffrage, birth control, and peace) and the antisemitism they often encountered in social movements.
An Asian Proposal for Overcoming Racism:
Perspectival Shift from Dualism to Nondualism
with Dr. Shigenori Nagatomo, Temple University, Department of
Religion
Wednesday, May 8 | 11 a.m. -12 p.m.
Virtual: Register Here
Dr. Nagatomo, professor of Comparative Philosophy and East Asian Buddhism at Temple University, will talk about the notion of a conceptual paradigm which shapes how we percieve our lives and those around us. Dr. Nagatomo will discuss two such conceptual paradigms, namely, dualism and nondualism and why dualism has a tendency to foster racism, while nondualism does not. This engaging, reflective talk will make us aware of our own conceptual paradigms and how we have been shaped by them.