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Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet鈥攁n abolitionist organizer, educator, minister and community-engaged, interdisciplinary scholar, whose work centers on the practice of examining 鈥渓ove, study and struggle鈥� rooted in Black radical tradition and prophetic spirituality鈥攚ill deliver the keynote address during the campus鈥檚 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation 2024.听

Jones Jolivet holds a doctoral degree in education from Claremont Graduate University and is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences at Azusa Pacific University, where she teaches doctoral-level courses on equity and social justice, leading change and research inquiry.

The theme of this year鈥檚 convocation is 鈥渇rom rest to revolution: Dr. King re-membered.鈥� Jones Jolivet鈥檚 talk will help attendees construct an accurate historical understanding of King and the civil rights movement, apply King鈥檚 work and ministry to the contemporary context, and discuss how healing from intergenerational trauma is critical to actualizing King鈥檚 vision of a 鈥渂eloved community.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 so pleased that Dr. Jones Jolivet will be sharing her message with 彩民宝典 as we recognize the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,鈥� said Chancellor Phil DiStefano. 鈥淚鈥檓 hopeful that her words will spur thoughtful reflection and connection across the campus community.鈥�

The convocation will take place on Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom and is free and open to all students, staff, faculty and Boulder community members. Sponsors include the Center for African and African American Studies (the CAAAS), the Leeds School of Business and the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

鈥淐urating sacred space to pause and reflect on Dr. King鈥檚 legacy is critical to tapping into the ancestral rhythm of justice that is central to any movement toward justice and liberation,鈥� said David Humphrey, associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion for 彩民宝典.

鈥淒r. Jones Jolivet will contribute to our convocation with a presentation that will be enlightening, provide opportunities to connect with one another as a community, and wrestle with a question Dr. King posed more than 56 years ago that still echoes from eternity: Where do we go from here?鈥澨�

Sonia DeLuca Fern谩ndez, senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, agreed the event would be 鈥渁n important opportunity for the 彩民宝典 and broader Boulder communities to unite on campus to reconsider and revisit, honor and remember King鈥檚 life while examining how his legacy informs social justice discussions that take place in communities across the country today.鈥�

Other speakers will include Donna Mejia, theater and dance professor and the inaugural chancellor鈥檚 scholar of health and wellness for the R茅nee Crown Wellness Institute; Russell Moore, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs; and Reiland Rabaka, ethnic studies professor and founder and director of the CAAAS.

Speaker bio

Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, PhD, (she/her) is an abolitionist organizer, educator, minister, community-engaged and interdisciplinary scholar whose praxis of 鈥渓ove, study and struggle鈥� is rooted in Black radical tradition and prophetic spirituality. She holds a doctoral degree in education from Claremont Graduate University.

Jones Jolivet is an associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences at Azusa Pacific University, where she teaches doctoral-level courses on equity and social justice, leading change, and research inquiry. She specializes in the intersectional study of cultures and systems of domination; abolitionist and liberatory pedagogies; sacred resistance and social movements; and building life-affirming institutions and societies.