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Dr. Elyse Hambacher: Teaching Social Justice

Dr. Elyse Hambacher hasn’t forgotten the many inequities she witnessed at her culturally diverse high school in Miami and how her concern about them inspired her to become a teacher educator with a passion for social justice.

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A Revived “North Star” Emerges

Beginning next month, an updated North Star, founded by activist journalist Shaun King and edited by noted scholar Dr. Keisha Blain, will emerge online with content created by progressives seeking to agitate for justice in the spirit of Frederick Douglass and the movement he inspired.

Mutcherson Marks Three Major Firsts for Rutgers Law School in Camden

Noted bioethics and health law scholar Kimberly Mutcherson is the first woman, first African-American and first LGBT person to be named co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden.

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Solange, Black Women & Politics

Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I made the argument that we needed to add to our required courses a class that focused on women and politics. Philander Smith College mission is centered on social justice, so it made sense that in our program that we would focus on communities that are often overlooked or understudied in the academy. Therefore we adopted this course along with Black politics and African politics as part of our core curriculum.

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Scholarship at the Intersection of History, Education and Blackness

Were it not for the social tumult in Chicago in the summer and fall of 1967, Dr. James D. Anderson likely would not have walked away from the joy of teaching high school social studies, found refuge in a Ph.D. program studying the history of education and transitioned to a career in higher education.

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Black Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott College

Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network is joining the faculty of the Social Justice and Community Organizing program at Prescott College, a small liberal arts college in Arizona. Cullors, an activist, artist, educator and the author of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir will serve as […]

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TCUs: Saving Native American Education

Native Americans have the lowest educational attainment of any race. One of the ways in which mainstream institutions are failing them is by simply not addressing the values of Native American students.

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Brian Murphy Set National Standard for Inclusion

Only the third president in the history of De Anza College, Dr. Brian Murphy has set a national standard not only for educational excellence, but also for a comprehensive commitment to social justice.

International Conference to Examine Urban Education

Teachers, researchers, community members and other educational stakeholders committed to supporting youth in urban environments will gather in Nassau, Bahamas in November for the third biennial International Conference on Urban Education.

He Said, He Said: Black Male Cross-Generational Conversations on Perspective, Place and Positionality

What began as an informal chat between college faculty member and undergraduate student morphed into a complex and multi-layered exploration of topics that challenged us both to think deeply about issues ranging from diversity, equity, identity, masculinity, positionality and social justice to Trump and Wakanda.

Neurodiversity: The Next Frontier in Social Justice

The scar on my thigh reminds me of the day I almost gave up my career as a teacher. I now dedicate my career to helping children and adults with learning and behavioral challenges. These learners are the next frontier in social justice.

Renowned Social Justice Expert Is Optimistic About the Possibilities

Maya Wiley came to understand social injustice at a young age, partly by listening directly to the stories of poor Black women on public assistance in her hometown of Washington, D.C. Her career as a civil rights attorney and now a university professor and administrator has catapulted her to national acclaim.

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