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The Freedom Train Rides On
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Join us in celebrating two milestones over the next year as we honor the achievements of the late Dr. Joseph L. White and rededicate ourselves to his legacy.
Dr. White pioneered transgenerational mentorship. His scholarship and service were based on a commitment to equity, access, and opportunity in higher education.
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He established the Equal Opportunity Program (EOP) across California and his leadership helped create Black studies and Comparative Cultures programs in colleges and universities across the country. He laid the foundation for UC Irvine's commitment to ensuring students from all the diverse backgrounds that make up our community thrive in the university, which is now recognized as being the country’s leader in access, affordability, and inclusion.
Celebratory events will honor the 45th Anniversary of the Cross-Cultural Center at UC Irvine and the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Dr. White's groundbreaking essay, "Toward a Black Psychology," published in Ebony magazine. This contribution set in motion the beginning of the modern era of African American and ethnic psychology and defined the discourse in the field of multicultural psychology. We will also announce the availability of the Dr. Joseph L. White Collection of personal and professional records at the UCI Libraries Special Collections and Archives Department.
Spurred on literally and figuratively by Dr. White, we hitch ourselves to what he called the Freedom Train - the long line of mentors and mentees he inspired. The founding parent of Black psychology, Dr. White wrote, taught, and demonstrated in practice the transformative power of mentorship across generations. With his passing in 2017, it is now our turn to pick up where he left off, attach our "cabooses" to the train, ride on, pulling others along with us. In recognition of students carrying forward the work Dr. White inaugurated, Student Affairs will announce and begin fundraising for the Dr. Joseph L. White Scholarship. In addition, we will dedicate an engraved plaque in the Cross inscribed with a timeline of Dr. White's achievements and contributions.
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Mark your calendars for the following dates and events, and be on the lookout for announcements preceding each with full details.
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Freedom Train Stories
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| The UCI Libraries will launch an online portal for the collection of Freedom Train Stories, and will solicit memories, stories, and materials from Dr. White's mentees, their mentees, and other friends, family members and associates of Dr. White. This portal will also allow people to deposit digital scans of photographs, letters, files, or other articles related to the Dr. White and his broad impact. The UCI Libraries will catalog and curate this material, preserving it for generations to come.
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Rededication of School Mentorship Award in Honor of Dr. Joseph L. White
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Since 2014, the UCI School of Social Sciences has annually recognized an outstanding mentor along with its outstanding teaching awards to honor the many faculty contributions to student success that often take place outside the classroom. In honor of the late Dr. Joseph White, who mentored so many members of the UC Irvine community and beyond, we rededicate this award in his name. The School of Social Sciences Dr. Joseph L. White Mentorship Award will be given annually to a social sciences faculty member who demonstrates exceptional commitment to student mentoring. The 2020 honoree will be announced in spring.
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Cross-Cultural Center 45th Anniversary Celebration and Dr. Joseph L. White Lecture
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Jan 23 | UCI Cross Cultural Center
On October 16, 1974, Dr. White joined other faculty at UC Irvine to create the first support center for racial ethnic minority students in the entire UC system. In the intervening years, the Cross has built upon its values of activism, social justice, community, education, empowerment and diversity to provide a home away from home, as well as a launching pad for students who see the dream of - and are working to actualize - a more just and inclusive future. Join us to celebrate its 45th anniversary with the Dr. Joseph L. White Lecture and other events honoring its neraly half a century of making a difference. |
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Black History Month
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| A series of events will be held throughout campus in February 2020 honoring Dr. White during Black History Month. Stay tuned for more! |
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50th Anniversary of Toward A Black Psychology
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| September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. White's groundbreaking essay "Toward A Black Psychology" published in Ebony magazine. In addition, we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Comparative Culture program at UC Irvine, which gave rise to UC Irvine's ethnic studies departments and programs. Prominent scholars will discuss Dr. White's legacy. The event will conclude with the unveiling of the Dr. Joseph L. White Collection, made up in part of contributions from the Freedom Train Stories Project, at UCI Libraries. |
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Book Launch: Mentoring First Generation Racial Ethnic Minorities in Higher Education: Riding the Freedom Train
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| Co-authored with Dr. White, this is his final published work, written with two of his celebrated mentees, Professor and Associate Dean Jeanett Castellanos and UCI alumnus Veronica Franco. The book launch will situate Dr. White’s contributions to the psychology of mentorship and provide an opportunity for Professor Castellanos to share how she is putting her own work into practice at UC Irvine, as well as outlining the agenda for future research in this area. |
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