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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As his reputation grew, Williams was recruited by Northwestern University, where he served as assistant dean of diversity and inclusion between 2017 and 2021, and then until 2022 as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lead of Northwestern’s Public Health Program.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mapp and Bergman (2021) in The Carnegie Reporter , and Good Reason Houston share several: 1. We spend an hour with parent/family liaisons and community outreach coordinators who instruct us on the importance of reading at home to overcome vocabulary gaps or how to navigate systems at school.

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

children rose 50% between 2019 and 2021. He currently facilitates workshops focused on trauma and gun prevention and said that more needs to be done to educate young people about the dangers of firearms. According to the Pew Research Center, gun deaths among U.S. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the U.S.