Links and Resources… Legacies links for January 9, 2023: independent colleges (and others) explore the afterlives of slavery 9 Jan 2023 We’re back with new links for a new year (but reaching back into late 2022, while we were on a break). As always, we encourage you to share this post.…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for November 28, 2022: News from CIC members and other curated links 28 Nov 202228 Nov 2022 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link here does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. In 1937, Japanese émigré Eitaro Ishigaki…
Featured Video Academic Disciplines Confront Racist Histories 16 Nov 20226 Nov 2022 https://vimeo.com/713009870/7b6100543d Daniel Martinez HoSang discusses how the histories and practices of some academic disciplines—from psychology to art history—make it more difficult for scholars to confront racist legacies. HoSang is Associate…
Featured Video Will We Lose Donors for Uncovering Institutional Wrongs? 2 Nov 20222 Nov 2022 https://vimeo.com/713024155/7cf522415a Do colleges run the risk of losing donors if they embrace an honest reckoning with race? Perhaps—but Leslie Harris (Northwestern University) argues that forward-looking institutions are much more likely…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for October 31, 2022: Halloween, Partner updates, and other links 31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022 A mixed bag of links this week. As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link here does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent…
Links and Resources Legacies links for October 24, 2022: echoes of slavery, at home and abroad 24 Oct 202223 Oct 2022 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link here does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. “Moving Chains,” sculptor Charles Gaines’s installation…
Reflections Lessons Learned: Legacies of Slavery on a Southern Campus 18 Oct 202214 Oct 2022 Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a CIC member institution. Our guest contributor today is Daniel Fountain, Professor of History at Meredith College. For the past two years, I…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for October 17, 2022: Black Poetry Day 17 Oct 202217 Oct 2022 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link here does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Phillis Wheatley was captured in West…
Featured Video Diverse Colleges for a Diverse Future: Meeting People Where They Are 12 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 https://vimeo.com/713027996/f6558a8ff6 In this clip, historian Leslie Harris (Northwestern University) explains how American colleges and universities of all sorts—from public flagships to small private institutions—can contribute to public understandings of diversity.…
Featured Video Bringing Antiracist Practices into the College Classroom 5 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 https://vimeo.com/713006712/b1d5bc7b63 Daniel Martinez HoSang challenges faculty members at colleges and universities to bring antiracist practices to what they do best: teaching and learning. HoSang is Associate Professor of Ethnicity, Race,…
