You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. ― Angela Davis #juneteenth #metrosys
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To echo some of my co-fellow's (Emiyah Watkins) thoughts, please see the video posted below for a deeper look into our journeys serving with the Americorps Lead for North Carolina Program. #Ilovegoodgovernment #Americorps #LeadforNC #UNCSOG
Hello everyone! Exciting news - I have collaborated with my amazing colleague, Antonia Christou, to give you an inside look into our journeys as Americorps. Lead for North Carolina fellows. This video highlights the impact that we have made at our host cites, the challenges that we have faced in our positions, and so much more. Big shout out to Antonia for making this journey even more memorable. Enjoy! #Americorps #LeadforNC #UNCSOG https://lnkd.in/e9fABs_M
Lead for North Carolina Cohort 5 Vlog: Lowell and Ranlo Fellows Discuss a “Day in the Life”
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In this episode of #battlegrounds. H.R. McMaster and Guest author Sebastian Junger discuss the necessity of unity, the importance of the tribe, and the future of American democracy. #America #democracy Watch now: https://hvr.co/3SysAKP
War, Tribe, and Freedom: A Conversation with Sebastian Junger | Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster
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Have questions about the future of cannabis in NC? Join me at the 2024 NC Leadership conference for an in depth panel discussion on what to expect in 2024 and beyond. #legalizeNC #legalizeit #ncpol #cannabisindustry
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DECUMULATION IDEAS #57: VISIT #MONTICELLO - HOME OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BRILLIANT (AND COMPLEX) CITIZENS AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME. Visited #ThomasJefferson's home yesterday (probably my 5th or 6th visit). For those not aware, he wrote the declaration of independence (July 4 is Independence Day), wrote the law arguing for basically the separation of church and state (which sadly folks in OK and LA seem to have not read), and founded University of Virginia (Sachin Muralidhar). "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." But not so for women and African-Americans at that time - which is a strange exception given how eclectic he was, and clearly his relationship with Sally Hemings in a head-scratcher. Visiting his house, one can see how imaginative and creative he was (would have been labeled ADHD today); donated his books to the Library of Congress etc. In these weird times in this country, helps to go back and visit the home of a Founding Father to see if we can channel their wisdom and create a more perfect union. PS: Happens to be the anniversary of one of the most popular jazz singles from another brilliant American. And maybe we all need to Take 5 in this election year. https://lnkd.in/g7v6AFbB PPS: Why do we have to sully such amazing historical sites with the names of "donors" like David Rubinstein, Robert Smith on various buildings etc? While their egos may need massaging, do the historical societies not have the backbone to tell them to buzz off if they want their names on the buildings? Same with academia - why name buildings after donors and not the best academic the school has produced? What is wrong with us?
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
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Just a little over a month after Juneteenth, I am reminded of the urgency of radical imagination. Juneteenth offers a paradigm for us to continuously consider what might be and what can be when confronted with what is. It is what happens when folks refuse to stop imagining, refuse to understand themselves on white supremacist terms, and refuse to allow the conditions of the time to constrain their capacity to be present in their humanity. Juneteenth embodies an imaginative practice that recovers the possibilities and potentialities of Black life (what might be); it represents an imaginative practice that honors the ways Black folks insist on loving ourselves and each other (what can be); and it is an imaginative practice that reckons with the realities that work to violently undermine our liberation (what is). To radically imagine is to urgently love Blackness, and to value Blackness is to embrace the urgency of radical imagination. I reflect on both in my recent keynote at the University of Colorado Boulder: “Loving Blackness and Humanizing Imagination: (Re)engaging Shared Equity Leadership." I invite you to watch the address here: https://lnkd.in/gAy3bHUa How are you radically imagining today? Nancy Maingi Ngwu, College of Media, Communication and Information, Communication Department #Juneteenth
CU Boulder 2024 Juneteenth Address
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Bibi, M. (2023). Grassroots responses from the Black community towards the race riots of the 1980s. Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research, 9(1), 1-17. Abstract: Much of the literature on the topic of race relations and rioting is consumed by state narratives and those of elites as opposed to uncovering the voices of Black people who have endured, lived through, and shaped their culture and lives around these concepts. This article builds upon existing work on race relations, providing agency to the Black community to articulate their rightful lived experiences, emotions, and perceptions of the riots and issues of race relations during the 1980s. Grassroots experiences of the Black community will be compared to academic outputs relating to race relations and rioting regarding how such responses were captured in official policy, reports, and secondary literature. The following research questions were addressed: What was the cause of the race riots in the 1980s? What were the subsequent reactions? What methods of resistance were utilized by the Black community? What was the impact of government officials and policies in response to the race riots? Contrary to popular sentiments, the events of the 1980s were not due to the innate criminality and delinquent culture of Black people, but rather, humane reactions towards the poverty and criminalization afforded to Black people by the state in which they were retaliating and responding in solidarity against. By including the academic works of Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy this article incorporates emerging narratives that reiterate the points mentioned above. Through incorporating the cultural output of Linton Kwesi Johnson, John Agard, and Benjamin Zephaniah a realistic presentation is offered of the experiences of criminalization and racialization endured by Black men, their recollections, and their views on reforms.
Linton Kwesi Johnson- Sonny´s Lettah
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Check out this article about Courtney Banghart MALS '07 and her journey after Dartmouth! https://lnkd.in/eEup7Ghu
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Black History Month special: 50% off 6 CEU course "The African American Experience: Progress with Durable Inequalities." Provides an extensive history and covers Black health, well-being, hardships, progress, anti-racism, reparations, and more. February special: $30. https://lnkd.in/gufNrUVy
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With so many holidays and observances around the corner, what better way to celebrate than with our new signs of the month – “St. Patrick’s Day,” “Easter” and “National Deaf History Month." As we approach these observances, there are many ways to incorporate new signs into our vocabulary. #StPatricksDay #Easter #NationalDeafHistoryMonth #Signlanguaguetips #ASL #ASLClasses
Signs of the Month March 2024
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