EQUITYx: Lessons Learned from Somali Mothers: Implications for School Leaders
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Dr. Nimo Abdi
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5:00-6:00 pm CT
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March 28, 2024
According to the Center for Immigration Studies (2022), 20% of the K-12 student population in the U.S. live in immigrant households, and the Somali diaspora represents a particularly significant immigrant population within U.S. communities and schools. Somali immigrant families and communities bring rich cultural assets, ancestral wisdom, and diverse epistemologies (ways of knowing and being) that can enrich teaching, learning and community partnerships. Yet, most U.S. schools fail to recognize and center
these cultural assets in school
Overview
What is EQUITYx?
In the busy educational professional landscape, we can be overwhelmed by information and struggle to distill the latest research and its implications for socially just practice. EQUITYx solves for this problem by bringing you leading scholars in educational equity, antiracism and social justice in a distilled and practitioner-focused format. Each hour-long EQUITYx session includes:
EQUITYx Talk
A short, 10-15 minute presentation by our guest scholar on timely, significant research and practice related to CRSL.
Facilitated Interview + Q&A
A 30 minute interview with the guest scholar by the CRSL team, and time for YOU to ask questions and interact with our guest scholar.
Digital Downloads and Resources
We strive to bring you relevant resources, links and follow up material to help you implement ideas and practices you learn about at each event.
Nimo Abdi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University; CRSLI Facilitator
Dr. Nimo M. Abdi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University, and formerly an Assistant Professor in the department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She received her PhD from Michigan State University in Educational Administration. Her research focuses on immigrant and refugee education, particularly as it relates to cultural, racial, and religious diversity. Her primary methodological approaches are phenomenology, decolonization theory/methodologies, and discourse analysis.