Anti-Racist Pedagogy across the Curriculum Workshop (ARPAC)
What is ARPAC?
ARPAC is an award-winning workshop and a series of follow-up working sessions organized in collaboration between the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) and the Community Anti-Racism Education (CARE) Initiative. The purpose of ARPAC is to provide intensive training for faculty to learn how to incorporate anti-racist pedagogy into courses across disciplines and across campus. ARPAC is also designed to build a community of anti-racist educators.
The workshop takes place during the summer semester and is divided into two parts over a period of two weeks.
The first part is a three day workshop, a graduate level Dismantling Racism workshop that expands the definitions of racism, explores the three expressions of racism and presents strategies to dismantle racism.
The second part is a four-day workshop conducted by Dr. Emily Drew and Dr. Victor Rodriguez, two nationally recognized Anti-Racism educators. This section focuses on how racism and racialization occurs in higher education; what anti-racist critical pedagogy is; Anti-Racism efforts in higher education and our specific institutions; and racial and ethnic issues within our disciplines.
Since Anti-Racism organizing is a long-term project, follow-up meetings are scheduled during the subsequent semesters to provide ongoing support for faculty. The three day Dismantling Racism Seminar is a required pre-requisite. Faculty should arrange their schedule so they are present for the entire seven days.
Learn more and Register at ARPAC