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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Shawn Ginwright

Role
  

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Occupation
  
Author, University Professor

Books
  
Black Youth Rising: Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America

Education
  
San Diego State University, University of California, Berkeley

Shawn ginwright at the how kids learn iv conference


Shawn A. Ginwright is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University and author. A nationally renowned expert in youth development, youth activism and youth engagement, In 2004, he joined the faculty at San Francisco State University where he works with students, parents, schools and community-based organizations and local, state and national offices on urban youth related issues. His research examines the ways in which youth in urban communities navigate through the constraints of poverty and struggle to create equality and justice in their schools. Ginwright has also been noted for his studies in hip hop academics.

Contents

2016 Dare to Disrupt! Keynote - Shawn Ginwright, Ph.D.


Career

Ginwright earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Education at the University of California at Berkeley in 1999. He completed his Master of Arts in Communication at San Diego State University in 1992, and he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication at San Diego State University in 1989.

Ginwright is the co-founder and previous executive director of an organization called Leadership Excellence Inc., a non-profit organization for urban communities located in downtown Oakland, California.

Ginwright has also been openly critical of Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby for their comments that "further demonstrate class warfare taking place within the Black community".

References

Shawn Ginwright Wikipedia


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