Social Connections and Loving Kindness: An Online Conversation with Dr. Ferial Pearson

Monday, March 16
11:30 am CST
Online Zoom Event: https://zoom.us/j/4029342955

Join Tri-Faith Program Director, Amanda Ryan, and Dr. Ferial Pearson for a discussion about social connection and kindness in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. 

This is a virtual event through Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/4029342955

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Dr. Ferial Pearson Biography
Dr. Pearson earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts Literature Teaching from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2001 and subsequently taught English and Reading at Omaha South High School for ten years. She earned her Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Graduate Certificate in Urban Instruction from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2009. She worked at the Avenue Scholars Foundation at Ralston High School for two years and then began her current position as an Instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the College of Education. She has earned three national and several local awards for her work in education and social justice, most recently, in 2016, she was the recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher award. She is the founder of the Secret Kindness Agents Project, which is the subject of a published book, her doctoral dissertation, and her TEDx Talk. The project is in over 400 K-16 schools across the United States and in Canada and has been highlighted by Hallmark, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, and SPLC’S Teaching Tolerance Magazine. In 2017, Ferial earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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Time: Mar 16, 2020 11:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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