Exploring girlhoods, Black scholars connect, imagine and heal
Corridor working group's mission brings Black female scholars, activists, community workers and educators together to reflect on their childhoods and find community – all in order to better serve the Black girls with whom they work.
Cornell hosts "Black Girl Futures” workshop Nov. 11
Jamila Walida Simon grew up in a time and place where children were expected to be largely seen and not heard; as an adult, she wanted to correct that, providing space for Black girls to express themselves, their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and aspirations. Now, as part of a working group that spurs and supports the self-reflection of Black women who work with Black girls, Simon has found that space for herself.
“Whatever we’re feeling and believing about ourselves bleeds down into our work,” said Simon, a doctoral candidate in global development who mentors Black girls in Tompkins County and serves as associate director of innovation in youth programming at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research in the College of Human Ecology and the NYS 4-H civic engagement specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension. (Read the full Cornell Chronicle article...)