2024-2025 Connecticut’s African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino Course of Studies

Cohort 4 Training Series – Newly Added Dates

All educators are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a curriculum instructor to participate.

Semester 1, Units 1-3

Friday, March 21, 2025, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
SERC / 175 Union Street, Waterbury, CT 06706

Topics:
  • Mansa Musa, Mali, and the Impact of World Civilization – Dr. Benjamin Foster, Content Expert, Central Connecticut State University
  • Black American History Mapping – Sherma Rismay, Founder, BluePrint Publishing
  • Inquiry Into Black and Latino Studies: A Genealogical Perspective – Sandra Taitt-Eaddy, Genealogist
  • Strategies for Implementing CT’s New Social Studies Standards – Dr. Beryl Irene Bailey, Founder, From Pages to Pedagogy

Semester 1, Units 4-6

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
SERC / 175 Union Street, Waterbury, CT 06706

Topics:
  • A Family’s Perspective Regarding Tuskegee Airman Experience – Dr. Patricia Pheanious, Executive Director, Witness Stones Project
  • Engagement of Black People in Politics and Relevance for Today’s Youth – Dr. David Canton, Director, African American Studies, University of Florida
  • Hip-Hop and Civil Rights: Past to Present – Khaiim Kelly, The RaPoet
  • Strategies to Effectively Launch & Support Implementation – Dr. Tawana Graham-Douglas and Kevin Szydlo, Plainville, CT

For questions: Heather Dawes, Project Specialist
dawes@ctserc.org / (860) 632-1485 x263

Register for one or both sessions today: https://25-06-111-2.eventbrite.com/