Understanding the Social, Emotional and Learning Lives of Black Male Students
Wheelock College
October 30-31, November 13-14, January 16-17, March 13-14

In its second year, the Education of Black Male Youth seminar series will inform and engage the local and national communities with five free lectures and full-day workshops addressing the education crisis affecting Black male youths.

Each free lecture is open to the public and will take place in Wheelock’s Lucy Wheelock Auditorium at 180 The Riverway, Boston.

The full-day workshops have a registration fee of $175 each ($750 if you register for all five at the same time) and will take place at Wheelock’s Brookline Campus, 43 Hawes Street.

Schedule of Topics and Presenters

Yes We Can, If We Choose: De-Traumatizing Black Boys
Free lecture: Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
All-day workshop: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Boyz to Men? Teaching to Restore Black Boys’ Childhood
Free lecture: Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 4:30-6:30 p.m
All-day workshop: Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Playing with Anger: Engaging the Emotional Lives of Black Boys in Schools
Free lecture: Monday, December 10, 2007, 4:30-6:30 p.m.  
All-day workshop: Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Why Black Males are So Over-Represented in School Discipline Systems and How This Can Be Changed
Free lecture: Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 4:30-6:30 p.m.  
All-day workshop: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

To Be Male, In School and Black: Connections and Consequences of Teacher Beliefs and Practice
Free lecture: Thursday, March 13, 2008, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
All day workshop: Friday, March 14, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

For detailed information, presenter bios and to register for a lecture and/or workshop, visit www.wheelock.edu/atlas.