Talkings

19 January 2021:

Dr Estrella-Luna discusses the legal and ethical differences between various types of uprisings with a focus on constructive versus destructive rebellion.

In a community conversation wth the College of St Rose, Dr Estrella-Luna provides perspective on the January 6th insurrection in Washington D.C. and guidance on moving forward as a community.

The audio of this talk can be obtained from this link.

22 September 2019:

Dr. Estrella-Luna argues that we must learn to talk about Whiteness in order to create cultures of equity, inclusion, and belonging in our organizations and communities. This requires building skills in listening, communication, and emotional management as well as learning in racial affinity group spaces.

13 July 2020

East Boston

 Hard Conversations on Racism – You can do it!

 In the US, there is no conversation harder to have than anything that is about race. White people report being afraid of offending someone. People of color are afraid their experiences and perspectives will be dismissed or ignored. But these are conversations that are long overdue and we all need to develop and practice being in dialogue with each other in order to move forward together.

26 April 2020

First Church of Boston

A discussion with Laura Wagner (UU Mass Action), Rebecca Herst (Sustainable Solutions Lab), and Maureo Fernández y Mora (Clean Water Action) moderated by Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna to help people how COVID-19’s impact on the most vulnerable communities intersects with the climate crisis and the implications for the world that we will create coming out of this pandemic. 

10 March 2020

Boston, MA

Inclusive Classrooms

Everyone has experiences and histories that are different than yours and likely unknown to you. We facilitate the success of our students when they belong as they are. Your students are likely different than you. Because of this, we have to be mindful and attentive to the environment we create through our actions and interactions.

23 January 2020

Salem State University

A book dialogue with campus community members to discuss content from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s book, “How to Be an Antiracist,” facilitated by Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna. Dr. Estrella-Luna will provide a summary of the book’s main arguments as well as a critique of some of its arguments and frames. Participants will engage in dialogue about questions raised by the book in relation to our racial equity and inclusion efforts at Salem State.

18 September 2019

Merrimack College

Belonging as we are,

Creating cultures of inclusion and belonging for social justice.

Organizations that do service, activism, and advocacy may also perpetuate inequities in it’s own policies and practices. In this talk, I discuss those problems, provide a positive definition of inclusion and equity, and challenge future leaders committed to social change to put the values that motivate our work into action in their organizations and communities.

18 September 2019

Salem State University

 Latinidades 

“So as we spend this month celebrating who we are, let us remember, there is not one Latinidad. There is only Latinidades.  These Latinidades will have different shades and flavors. Different languages and accents. Different histories and current lived realities.  What connects us across Latinidad … is that we all walk in two and sometimes three worlds.

18 June 2019

WACA TV

 Book Talk – Promises Made: The Resettlement of our Allies

A wide ranging discussion of our recently published book about the Special Immigrant Visa and the refugee resettlement process.

You may click on image for video or also click on the following link: https://vimeo.com/343518207