recent presentations
U.C. Davis Faculty Retreat Presenter
The U.C. Davis Student Affairs department, through its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative, convened the second annual “Lifting Black Voices Retreat.” The retreat provided a safe space for staff to express their struggles as well as share in the collective support offered from other campus staff. The event featured a mental health focus. Dr. Darryl Brown was one of four practitioners and presented a slide adaptation to his book Thinking About Your Thinking.
Mentoring and Curriculum Development
The Bridge Builder Foundation (BBF) ‘Thriving Under the Influence’ Mentor Program is a well thought, and intentional mentoring, coaching and leadership program targeting African American youth. BBF provides culturally relevant programming to help students mitigate their life challenges. BBF has a robust pool (over 100) of professional African American men, across multiple disciplines, that provide dynamic small group, tag-team engagement. The program adopted Thinking About Your Thinking as one of the core texts for the program, providing each student a copy.
Group Facilitation
CII’s Project Fatherhood was developed to give urban, culturally diverse fathers an opportunity to connect with their children and play a meaningful role in their lives. The goal of the class was to provide a support group for men in caregiving roles – including fathers, stepfathers, foster parents and relative caregivers – to reach their parenting and employment goals. CII purchased copies of Thinking About Your Thinking for all participating fathers.
