Mon, Jan 22
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Race, Rurality, & College Access in New Mexico
Edited By Tyler Hallmark, Sonja Ardoin, Darris R. Means. Contributors to the book, Tobe Bott-Lyons and Hanna Levin will be in conversation with Deputy Secretary for Higher Education, Patricia Trujillo.
Date, Time & Location
Jan 22, 2024, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This is an in-store event and will be live-streamed to Zoom, register for Zoom here.
""Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity" is a perfectly timed book highlighting areas of need in our rural communities. Seeking to significantly change the narrative of monolithic rural communities and spotlight the unique opportunities and challenges of rural students of Color, this book is an essential read for policymakers and leaders of higher education institutions." -- Allen Pratt, Executive Director of the National Rural Education Association, USA
Contributors Tobe Bott-Lyons and Hanna Negishi Levin will be in conversation with Deputy Secretary of Higher Education, Patricia Trujillo to discuss the role of education in bridging the rural/urban opportunity gap. This conversation will interrogate myths and misconceptions about race, place, and higher education and explore innovative and homegrown approaches to supporting New Mexican students. Their chapter “Urbanormativity, College Access, and Rural First-Generation Students of Color…