"The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way...people look at their reality, then you can change it."
-James Baldwin
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Highlights
TEDxSMU Women's Conference
Dallas Startup Week is a free, five-day celebration of our community that builds momentum and opportunity around entrepreneurship. The Action Research Center participated in the Education and Entrepreneurship track. To learn more about Dallas Startup Week, visit
Dr. Candice L. Bledsoe, SMU faculty and founder of Action Research Center, discussed the experiences of the underrepresented during TEDxSMU Women. TEDWomen is a TED event curated by TED that focuses on women and women’s issues. TEDxWomen events are TEDx events hosted around the live webcast of TEDWomen, and also feature live, local speakers. TEDxSMUWomen is one of many TEDx events that happened around the globe that expands on the ideas brought up at TEDWomen. For more information about TEDxSMU visit www.tedxsmu.org. To
book Dr. Bledsoe as a speaker click here.
Upcoming Events
The Collective is a creative arts group comprised of artists, singers, activists, writers, scholars, and academics. The Collective shares the stories of minoritized women in America. Through thought-provoking and award-winning performances, we aim to lift up and create space for women of color to share their voices, especially as it relates to the intersection of race, gender, and class. Our vision is to create strong communities of color whose inherent value and dignity is experienced in all aspects of society. To learn more about the Collective, click here.
October 2019
SMU
Meadows School of the Arts
Dallas, Texas
April 18, 2020, 9AM-2PM
Southern Methodist University
Cox School of Business
Collins Executive Center
Dallas, Texas
Sponsored by:
SMU MBA Diversity Initiatives
SMU Department of Community Outreach
United Nations Association-Dallas Chapter
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Academy
Second Sat. of each month
Action Research Center in the News
Learn more about the Action Research Center. Click on the following links:
How SMU Professor Candice Bledsoe is Equipping Minority Students
Dr. Candice Bledsoe: Sharing the Stories of the Collective
All in: How Candice Bledsoe ’07 shows students ‘no dream is out of reach’
Meet Dr. Candice Bledsoe of The Collective
The Race & Reconciliation Symposium Inspires Positive Change
Action Research Center participates in Our Voices Women's History Project
Dr. Candice Bledsoe speaks at Where Race Fits into #TimesUp
In America, Being Young, Gifted, And Black Is Both Blessing And Burden
2017 cohort of Dallas Public Voices Announcement-Boone Family Foundation
Mother's Day Card to Women Who Lost Their Children to Police Brutality
Women in Film-Dallas features Action Research Center in Empowerment Project
Dr. Candice Bledsoe Speaks at Dallas StartUp Week
SMU hosts Black Excellence in Higher Education and Youth Summit
SMU Alumni Among Speakers At Black Excellence In Higher Education Conference
Dr. Candice Bledsoe featured in SMU Magazine News
Texas Senate Resolution 709 for Action Research Center
USC Student Wins Award and Publishes Article
Youth Leaders on the Cutting Edge
Youth Summit to Help Students Succeed
Cutting Edge Youth Summit Provides Innovative Strategies
Dr. Candice L. Bledsoe named fellow for Texas Project for Human Rights
Dr. Richard Reddick, Assistant Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Texas at Austin, is an expert on higher education and African-American students and faculty. His research analyzes mentoring relationships between faculty and black students, including factors influencing faculty mentorship and the advising and counseling approaches utilized by faculty in mentoring black students.
Black Excellence in Higher Education
Review highlights from our recent programs.
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Keynote Address by Dr. Richard Reddick
Speech by Kelvin Beachum, Jr.
