
Report 2023 & 2022
The impetus for the 3-year ICARE4Justice Summits emerged out of a desire to develop a transnationally-informed, comparative, decolonization framework with a specific lens on anti-Blackness to advance racial equity in higher education. The initial engagement around establishing a global framework for advancing racial equity in higher education occurred during a transnational Summit in January 2020. This first Racial Equity Summit in The Netherlands was a collaboration between ECHO (Center for Diversity Policy in The Netherlands), the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for InEquality (IRISE) at the University of Denver, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and The Ohio State University. Fifteen U.S.-based scholars, including faculty, graduate students, and practitioners, partnered with colleagues from these institutions and agencies in The Netherlands to learn from our colleagues about efforts they have engaged in toward increasing access and equity at the local level. Building from the success of the 2020 Racial Equity Summit, collaborators from the University of Connecticut, ECHO, and the University of Nottingham organized the 3-year plan for ICARE4Justice Summit which was first held in the Netherlands with two of the days hosted by the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

Articles That Have Resulted from the Summit
Castillo-Montoya, M., & Madriaga, M. (2024). Decolonizing assessment of learning in higher education: the journey ahead. Teaching in Higher Education, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2024.2350006
Wright-Mair, R. Castillo-Montoya, M. (2022). Sisterhood birthed through colonialism: Using love letters to connect, heal, and transform. Meridians. https://read.dukeupress.edu/meridians/article/21/1/265/313714
Castillo-Montoya, M. Ramirez, J. Wright-Mair, R., Sotto, S., LePeau, L. A. Brooms, R. D. (2020). Movidas: Globalizing strategies for advancing racial equity. https://www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/article/15106499/movidas-globalizing-strategies-for-advancing-racial-equity
Conferences Presentations That Have Resulted from the Summit
Tuitt, F., Stewart, S., Schlabach, K. (2025, March). Embodying Transnational Radical Humanization in Higher Education. Comparative International Education Society (Paper Session). Chicago, Illinois.
Tuitt, F., Stewart, S., Keestra, M., Arruda, M., van Stapele, N., & Schlabach, K (Chair). (2022, November). Imagining a comprehensive intersectional and Anti-Blackness framework for decolonizing and humanizing higher education. Association for the Study of Higher Education. Las Vegas, NV
Stewart, S., Begum, N., Tupan-Wenno, M., van Stapele, N., Tuitt, F. (Chair). (2024, April). Advancing a transnational comparative framework for racial equity in higher education. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

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