Providence Black Studies Syllabus

Who should take a PBSS workshop… and why?

• Middle and High school principals wanting professional development (teacher training) and enhanced curricular foundations in Black history for their entire school.

• Colleges seeking to fill student gaps in African American history, theory, and engaged scholarship left by insufficient academic course work.

• Community-based organizations aiming to level-up the Critical Race Theory (CRT) analysis of their members and staff.

• Community members hungry for a deeper look into the blueprint of the Black organizing tradition before the Non-profit Industrial Complex sprawled into our cities.

• Faith communities who need to help their members historically contextualize the intersection of religion and racial justice.

• Teachers and educators desiring to disrupt white supremacist culture in education by learning how to build a knowledge-base around critical African and African American (Diasporic) history.

• Parents searching for ideas, resources, and instructional support that advances the development of the critical thinking skills of their children around race and history.

• Social, Art, and Environmental Justice organizations seeking community-facing research and scholarly advisement in the Black Radical Tradition for their culture creators, influencers, artist, organizers, and members.