The International Education Policy Program at the University of Maryland
Invites you to a College of Education Social Justice Event
Bridge Builders: Successes, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps
for Indigenous/IHE Partnerships in Maryland
Friday, April 26, 4:15-6:00 PM
via Zoom: https://shorturl.at/klpU2
Featuring:
Rico Newman (Piscataway-Conoy), Elder, Choptico Band of Indians
Tiara Thomas (Piscataway-Conoy), Education and Interpretation Director, Accokeek Foundation
Kerry Hawk Lessard, MAA (Shawnee), Executive Director, Native American LifeLines, Inc.
Sherry Ayers (Lumbee/Cohaire), Research Microbiologist, FDA
Angela Stoltz (Whitetop), Assistant Clinical Professor, UMD College of Education
Join us to hear a panel of Maryland tribal elders, leaders, and citizens, along with UMD faculty,
share the success and challenges of navigating Indigenous/IHE collaborations that seek to
transform Maryland’s educational systems to collectively address local and global social and
environmental justice issues.
This event is free and open to the community. Please share widely.
Questions? Contact Dr. Zeena Zakharia
