Extension Engaged - WSU Extension’s Diversity Initiative

Guests: Extension Diversity Director, Mary Katherine Deen, Thurston County Extension Director Cliff Moore and Melynda Huskey, from the WSU Office of Equity and Diversity. Learn about the background and importance of WSU Extension’s diversity initiative; about the CASE project and Catalyst teams; take part in some diversity training from WSU’s Office of Equity and Diversity and learn about some specific programs underway in Extension to reach underserved audiences.

Extension Engaged - "Privilege, Power and Difference"

Guest: Allan Johnson, Author
A Conversation with author Allan Johnson on the concepts expressed in the latest version of his book, “Privilege, Power, and Difference.” Johnson is also author of the book, “The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy.” Join host Scott Fedale for a stimulating discussion with author Allan Johnson about his theoretical model for thinking about systems of privilege and difference in today’s society and how we can affect these systems.

Privilege, Power, and Difference; An interview with author Allan Johnson

Dr. Johnson has worked on issues of privilege, oppression, and social inequality since receiving his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He has authored a number of books, including "The Gender Knot: Unvraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy (1997); The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise (1997), and "The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology."
Program host Scott Fedale will be interviewing Dr. Johnson about his latest book, "Privilege, Power, and Difference" in which he teaches us how to think critically about inequality and oppression without getting mired in guilt or despair