Keynote Speaker DR. CRYSTAL FLEMING

The goal of this conference is to create an educational environment where students can engage in learning that will raise awareness and promote action-oriented dialogue about racial, cultural and social issues that impact how students experience life on campus, in communities and in society.

RUBY JONES completed the Bachelor Program in teaching at West Chester State College. In 1961, she was the first Black faculty hired at West Chester State College in 1961. Professor Jones was a K-12 educator prior to becoming a professor at WCU. She was actively involved with the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), the YWCA, the American Association of University Women and the National Association of Colored Women’s Club. She was also an active member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated and Phi Delta Kappa.

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