Title

The Significance of Black Lives Matter [poster]

Authors

University of Northern Iowa. Women's and Gender Studies Program.

Files

Document Type

Poster

Series 1

SWAG Forum: Sexuality, Women & Gender

Event Sponsor 1

Women's and Gender Studies Program

Lecturer

Dr. Reverend Belinda Creighton-Smith; Joyce Levingston

Information about Lecturer

Dr. Reverend Belinda Creighton-Smith is an Adjunct Instructor in Social Work and Women’s and Gender Studies and a Pastor of Faith Temple American Baptist Church. She received her Doctorate of Education in December 2019 from UNI, with her dissertation: Examining Linkages between Institutional Racism, Internalized Racial Oppression and Self-Efficacy in African American Youth. She is a lifelong social justice advocate and activist, has been an Anti-Racism Trainer for Correctional and Human Service Workers and Professionals and also a diversity and inclusion facilitator. Belinda is an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 2012, and an Executive Committee Member of the Black Hawk Chapter of NAACP since 2015.

Joyce Levingston sits on the College of Education Advisory Board at the University of Northern Iowa and Upper Iowa University. She is a student voice for minority and non-traditional students. Her latest passion is personal but she is on a quest to contribute to anti-racism work and the dismantling of systematic and institutionalized racism through her storytelling and personal narratives. She is Senior Program Director, a Graduate Research Assistant in her Ed D program at UNI, organizer of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls BLM movement, and the founder of Cedar Valley’s Little Free Pantries. Joyce has earned a number of awards for her work in the community as well.

Comments

Event

• Title: The Significance of Black Lives Matter
• Date: Feb 7, 2022
• Time: 12 p.m.
• Location: Rod Library ScholarSpace

Publication Date

2-7-2022

Publisher

Women's and Gender Studies Program, University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

Copyright

©2022 Women's and Gender Studies Program, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

University of Northern Iowa. Women's and Gender Studies Program., "The Significance of Black Lives Matter [poster]" (2022). Women’s and Gender Studies Program Documents. 72.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/wgs_documents/72