Dr. Charlene Désir’s academic research examines the social, psychological, and spiritual adjustment of Haitian immigrants.
Join Drs. Charlene Desir and Pamela Hall on a journey of empowerment and education through their latest book, Education & Restoration of Pan African Haitian Youth: A Guide to Building Diasporic Literature Programs. Dr. Désir is a professor at Nova Southeastern University’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. She received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Désir’s academic interests include the social, psychological, and spiritual adjustment of immigrants, specifically psycho-social trauma, and how psychosocial issues affect social, cognitive, identity, and spiritual development. She examines the racial development of immigrant students and academic development, Pan African Spirituality, and Black Psychology Qualitative Research.
Dr. Pamela D. Hall is an Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Africana Studies Program, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the College of Arts and Sciences at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from The Ohio State University. Before arriving at Barry University, Dr. Hall taught at Hampton University, her undergraduate alma mater.
Discover firsthand experiences, resources, and a dynamic framework for crafting a youth-focused Pan-African Haitian, /African-American summer program and uncover the Pan-African and Haitian epistemologies, offering fresh perspectives through ancestral, cultural, and self-reflective practices. This book illuminates the Haitian epistemological process, providing guideposts and inspiration for curriculum designers from diverse cultures.
The conversation will be moderated by Ms. Ireola Olaifa. Ireọlá serves as an education consultant whose work centers on assisting people in leading empowered lives. She focuses on building human-centered frameworks for developing an informed mind; connected to a wholistic and pragmatic sense of self and purpose.
About the African American Research Library and Cultural Center
The Broward County African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is located in the Sistrunk community, one of the oldest historically Black communities named for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first Black physicians. Opening to the public on October 26, 2002, AARLCC became the third public library of its kind in the United States dedicated to the study of Black history and culture. The 60,000 square-foot Center serves as a repository of materials related to the local, national, and international voices of the African diaspora with more than 85,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts, framed art, print, photography, audiovisual, and documents held in our Adult Services Section and Special Collections. The Youth Services Section features a special collection of Coretta Scott King Award books and the Ashley Bryan Art Collection from illustrators of African Descent. AARLCC also features a 5,000 sq. ft. museum, a 300-seat state-of-the-art theatre, and a Computer Training Center.
| Mon, Jan 13 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Jan 14 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Jan 15 | 10:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Jan 16 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jan 17 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jan 18 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jan 19 | Closed |
