Episode 39: "It Takes A Village: Civic Professionalism in the 816" with Ajamu Webster by Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute published on 2022-08-08T20:48:18Z In this episode, Alexis Weatherspoon, a 2022 John Smart Summer Scholar intern, spoke with Ajamu Webster, a professional engineer and president of Du Bois Consultants. Ajamu started his own structural and civil engineering firm in 1988, and has volunteered countless hours to serve Black students and the Black community through his firm. With the majority of civic professionalism research focusing on education professionals shaping the community, there has been an argument that “professionalism” is inaccessible to other communities, thus giving them less agency to solve systemic injustices. What happens when professionals within the community take on the responsibility to promote civic engagement and create a “third space” that allows for unlearning, critical consciousness, and exposure to different career outcomes? Ajamu shares his personal and professional experiences while starting his career as an engineer. Genre Learning