CUE Events
Responding to Reality: Advocating for Healthy Children in Urban Communities and Schools
February 22, 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
Join CUE and the Department of Health & Physical Activity for a panel discussion and reflection examining health issues and disparities, and how they influence educational outcomes.
Lunch & Learn: Cynthia Dillard
February 8, 2018 - 11:45am to 1:15pm
We Are Still Here: Declarations of Love and Sovereignty in Black Life Under Siege
Lunch & Learn: Chezare Warren
January 25, 2018 - 11:45am to 1:15pm
We Learn Through Our Struggles: Nuancing Notions of Urban Black Male Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Success
The CUE Visiting Scholars Series presents Maisha Moses
January 18, 2018 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Maisha Moses serves as the executive director of the Young People’s Project, where she has worked in various capacities since 1991. Her work focuses on broadening the participation of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
CUE Brown Bag Series: I Am Urban
December 7, 2017 - 11:45am to 1:15pm
Exploring Black Female Teachers’ Preferences for Urban Public Schools
Responding to Reality: Athletes, Activism, and Free Expression
December 5, 2017 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Do public figures have a responsibility to challenge institutional racism? Join the Center for Urban Education for a panel discussion featuring current and former athletes, media, administrators and policymakers on the societal and cultural implications of athletes using their platforms to advocate for social justice.
Reception at 5 p.m., program at 5:30. This event is free and open to the public, though advance registration is appreciated.
CUE Brown Bag Series: Border Crossing Ballers
November 2, 2017 - 11:45am to 1:15pm
Black Athletes Navigating Race, Place & Complex Space
CUE Brown Bag Series: More Than the Black/White Binary
October 19, 2017 - 11:45am to 1:15pm
How Asian American male math teachers redefine mathematical success to resist stereotypes of themselves and their Black and Latin students
#CUEtalks: Tyrone Howard
October 5, 2017 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Dr. Tyrone Howard will deliver the fall installment of #CUEtalks, the CUE Lecture Series.
CUE Open House
September 26, 2017 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
We've moved into a new space. Join us for an open house!
The CUE Summer Educator Forum
June 20, 2017 - 8:30am to June 21, 2017 - 4:30pm
The CUE Summer Educator Forum (CUESEF) is a two-day professional learning experience designed for educators in the Greater Pittsburgh area. This dynamic forum will strengthen educators' skills for culturally responsive instructional practices, and will feature workshops with experts in the field. Teachers who complete the forum are eligible to earn 15 PA Act 48 credits.
CUESEF PreK - 5 will feature workshops with experts Terry Husband and Susi Long. CUESEF 6-12 offers workshops with Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (ELA) and Ebony McGee (math).
For more information, visit cue.pitt.edu/cuesef
Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete
October 20, 2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Presented by Jeff Duncan-Andrade, PhD
What are the material conditions that affect urban youth before they even step foot in our classrooms? What does it mean to develop educational environments that are relevant and responsive to these conditions? How should these educational spaces define success for students and teachers? Social toxins emerge from racism and poverty, and those toxins impact young people and the development of their identities. This talk closely examines those toxins and offers strategies for developing educators who are better equipped to create environments for understanding and responding to them. Drawing from 20 years as an urban educator, Duncan-Andrade explores the concept of hope as essential for nurturing urban youth. Through the voices of young people and their teachers, and the invocation of powerful metaphor and imagery, we discover critical hope’s significance for an education that relieves suffering in underserved communities.
A reception will follow the lecture. This event is free and open the public, though registration is appreciated.
The CUE Summer Educator Forum
June 23, 2016 - 9:00am to June 24, 2016 - 4:00pm
Culturally Responsive Education: Taking the Next Step
The CUE Summer Educator Forum (CUESEF) is a professional learning experience designed for Math and English language arts educators of students in grades 6 – 12 in the Greater Pittsburgh area. This dynamic forum will strengthen educators' skills for culturally relevant and responsive instructional practices in ELA and math, and will feature workshops with experts in both fields.
Suffering in Silence: Disrupting the Discourse on Gendered Discipline Disproportionality for Black Girls
April 21, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Facilitated by Bettie Ray Butler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban Education from the Universtiy of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Abiola Farinde, Ph.D., CUE Postdoctoral Fellow. For more information or to get a copy of the book chapter, e-mail cue@pitt.edu.
2016 Postdoc CUEtalks
April 19, 2016 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Come learn about transformative research, practice-centered initiatives, ideas, and projects that our postdoctoral fellows have facilitated in the 2015-16 academic year.