The Prison Education Project at Washington University in St. Louis is excited to announce its inaugural Maggie Garb L ecture Series. This lecture series will feature dynamic scholars\, practiti oners\, grassroots organizers\, and impacted students from across the count ry who will speak on this year’s theme\, “The Power of Higher Education in Prison.” Additionally\, this series will feature an hour-long lecture from keynote speaker Syrita Steib\, a system-impacted grassroots organizer. This virtual lecture series is made possible by the Maggie Garb Foundation.
Em Daniels is a master educator and leading expert on the impacts of tra uma on adult learning. They are a skilled facilitator and speaker\, with a n extensive background in adult education that includes alternative high sc hools\, prisons\, free college campuses\, private and non-profit organizati ons\, government institutions\, and community agencies. Their expertise fo cuses on countering the impacts of trauma on learning by expanding beyond a mental health approach and defining multiple points of entry to the work. Daniels emphasizes the necessity of addressing individual and systemic tra uma as crucial to create and sustain a just and compassionate world.
Daniels holds a Master’s of Science in Teaching\, General Arts and Letters (Portland State University)\, a B.A. in Communications (University of North Carolina – Charlotte)\, and is author of the forthcoming book “Building a Trauma-Responsive Educational Practice: Lessons from a Corrections Classroo m.” Any person who provides direct service to others\, especially those wh o may have extensive trauma histories\, can benefit from Daniels’ discussio n of praxis. Potential audiences include adult educators\, managers\, and administrators\, direct service and front line staff\, corrections and lega l professionals\, and peer mentors and leaders.
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