Student California Teachers Association Presents
Dr. Jeff Duncan Andrade
Dr. Duncan-Andrade is Associate Professor of Raza Studies and Education
at San Francisco State University and
Director of the Educational Equity Initiative at the Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational, and Environmental
Design (ISEEED). In addition to these
duties, he continues as a high school
teacher in East Oakland where for the
past 21 years he has practiced and
studied the use of critical pedagogy in
urban schools. He is also the author of
two books, lectures around the world,
and provides support and consultation
to numerous stakeholder groups on the
conditions of urban education, urban
teacher support and development, and
effective pedagogy in urban settings.
Note to All: Hope Required When
Growing Roses In Concrete
Friday, April 10, 2015
Storm Hall West, Room 12
4:00 pm to 7:00pm
The title of the talk references a Tupac Shakur poem called “The Rose That Grew
From Concrete”, which became a song of the same name. Dr. Duncan-Andrade uses
this poem from Tupac to illustrate the concept that some urban youth are growing up in
conditions that cause stress to body and mind. Rather than lamenting the deficits that
children may exhibit we should celebrate their tenacity, their grit and will to keep on
going (despite their ‘damaged petals’).