Books, Film, and Social Media
Among many great examples, this week’s #SaturdaySchool is inspired by the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. His life, death, and resurrection have become symbols of the Civil Rights Movements precisely because he gave himself up to the movement. In this sacrifice, Dr. King increased his power to change society exponentially. Today’s #SaturdaySchool builds upon [...]
In a USA Today article writer Sharon Jayson asks whether or not feminism is as influential today as it was 45 years ago to young women. The article comes before the presentation of an oral history project at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, documenting the stories of the first organizers of the National Organization of Women. [...]
The DREAM Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be left behind by Democrats in the previous session of the U.S. Congress. Unable to wrangle members of the Senate Democratic Caucus into passing the bill, Harry Reid left a huge gap in the Party’s ability to garner the support they need [...]
The UT Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice is seeking graduate students to work at least half-time (20 hrs/week) as 2011 summer fellows. Projects may include: Work with human rights archives at UT to develop online exhibits and programming. Work on the publication of Center’s 2010-2011 Annual Review by writing and [...]
I know and greatly appreciate many educators who work hard to teach tolerance — and celebration — of diverse cultures in their daily classroom routines. The Teaching Tolerance campaign, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is currently accepting applications from teachers of students in grades pre-K though 12th who effectively incorporate teaching tolerance [...]