{"id":1837,"date":"2021-02-19T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/?page_id=1837"},"modified":"2022-10-10T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:02:35","slug":"yolanda-sealey-ruiz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/yolanda-sealey-ruiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  inner-heading-area  container_wrap fullsize' style='background-color: #222222;background-image: linear-gradient(to right,#222222,#00aeef); '  ><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1837'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ketvxyew-fd2803b4eb1c14056cc10c0b4eaa89a1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ketvxyew-fd2803b4eb1c14056cc10c0b4eaa89a1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ketvxyew-fd2803b4eb1c14056cc10c0b4eaa89a1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ketvxyew-fd2803b4eb1c14056cc10c0b4eaa89a1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ketvxyew-fd2803b4eb1c14056cc10c0b4eaa89a1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock inner-landing-text av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1837'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-ketwkoae-e1350a5b61c9661c39d81c8be5fa29c7 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ketwkoae-e1350a5b61c9661c39d81c8be5fa29c7\">\n.flex_column.av-ketwkoae-e1350a5b61c9661c39d81c8be5fa29c7{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ketwkoae-e1350a5b61c9661c39d81c8be5fa29c7 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  cstm-without-video first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ketwijng-0a4d487a88da2aba98c3d645cd824347 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock inner-text-heading'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_3_wbk\">\n<div id=\"bgMedia_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_33YMf\"><strong>Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz<\/strong> is an award-winning associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee\u2019s \u201c2 Fists Up: We Gon\u2019 Be Alright\u201d, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Yolanda is also the editor of three books on education, and numerous scholarly articles and essays.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yolandasealeyruiz.com\/\">https:\/\/www.yolandasealeyruiz.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"bgLayers_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_3_wbk\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l930c3ki-c761f057af59dc31a2c9caeb2c349583\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l930c3ki-c761f057af59dc31a2c9caeb2c349583{\nheight:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l930c3ki-c761f057af59dc31a2c9caeb2c349583 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l930necx-ed717c74e8108bb3666ef0f77ea51300 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_image  av-inherit-size'><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Click &#8220;TEDx&#8221; Below to View Yolanda in Her TEDxPenn Presentation<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Truth, Love, <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Racial Literacy<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l92xlgdy-34627279c3f60f388388612c86b39df0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l92xlgdy-34627279c3f60f388388612c86b39df0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l92xlgdy-34627279c3f60f388388612c86b39df0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l92xlgdy-34627279c3f60f388388612c86b39df0 av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-V_GdpVR6NI&amp;t=32s\" class='avia_image' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-5239 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5239 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/tedx-logo-small-3.png\" alt='' title='tedx-logo small 3'  height=\"60\" width=\"200\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1v6q4vo-7777746b36a18c0a49d814ae7732933b\">\n.flex_column.av-l1v6q4vo-7777746b36a18c0a49d814ae7732933b{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-l1v6q4vo-7777746b36a18c0a49d814ae7732933b av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  cstm-without-video flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5ck9lp-d118f5881c3a6273420244ee422116ea\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5ck9lp-d118f5881c3a6273420244ee422116ea img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5ck9lp-d118f5881c3a6273420244ee422116ea .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5ck9lp-d118f5881c3a6273420244ee422116ea av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1838 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1838 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1030x687.jpeg\" alt='' title='DSC_8520 (1) (1)'  height=\"687\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1030x687.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-scaled-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-705x470.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><\/p>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-l1v6qeri-77aee3eaa900a9a38768cda163768253 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1v6qeri-77aee3eaa900a9a38768cda163768253\">\n.flex_column.av-l1v6qeri-77aee3eaa900a9a38768cda163768253{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-l1v6qeri-77aee3eaa900a9a38768cda163768253 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  cstm-with-video first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-hm97h-2570f7c9487d09333f6805149fa3288c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock inner-text-heading'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_3_wbk\">\n<div id=\"bgMedia_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_33YMf\"><strong>Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz<\/strong> is an award-winning associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee\u2019s \u201c2 Fists Up: We Gon\u2019 Be Alright\u201d, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Yolanda is also the editor of three books on education, and numerous scholarly articles and essays.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yolandasealeyruiz.com\/\">https:\/\/www.yolandasealeyruiz.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"bgLayers_comp-jp9qua59\" class=\"_3_wbk\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-avetxp-30a75f9ca9dfcb560fbf0d88a434a618\">\n.flex_column.av-avetxp-30a75f9ca9dfcb560fbf0d88a434a618{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-avetxp-30a75f9ca9dfcb560fbf0d88a434a618 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_heading  cstm-with-video flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-klcf3xix-93fb0d4da7623fb52c7d8f73581694ab\">\n.avia-image-container.av-klcf3xix-93fb0d4da7623fb52c7d8f73581694ab img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-klcf3xix-93fb0d4da7623fb52c7d8f73581694ab .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-klcf3xix-93fb0d4da7623fb52c7d8f73581694ab av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1838 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1838 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1030x687.jpeg\" alt='' title='DSC_8520 (1) (1)'  height=\"687\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1030x687.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-scaled-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/DSC_8520-1-1-705x470.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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