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Affiliate Faculty Kishonna Gray addresses how sexual harassment and assault affect marginalized folks in gaming communities
"Gray says a mix of entitlement culture, toxic masculinity, and not having respect for others can allow harassment to fester. Another issue she explains is people may not understand what abuse looks like."
The silhouette of a city is accompanied by a photo of Civil Rights activist John Lewis with a quote that reads: Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village, and ever hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete.
Barbara Ransby writes about how today's young activists carry John Lewis' legacy
"Those who criticize young activists today as too radical or impatient should remember the John Lewis of 1963. He was the youngest speaker at the historic march on Washington, at the age of 23."
A chalkboard reads We need to listen to students and communities to create education where #Blacklivesmatter.
David Stovall Co-authored Op-ed on schooling practices and polices & its criminalization of Black youth
"Schooling has a reckoning to do: It does not enact #BlackLivesMatter in pedagogy, policy or practices."
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Barbara Ransby on why the 'White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership'
"This is not like the 1960s. White people marched in civil rights demonstrations, formed committees on interracial cooperation, and joined with the Black freedom movement, but the fire this time is hotter."
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David Stovall on what it means to Defund the Police
"When we talk about defunding the police, the issue is, how can those resources be used to do other things than fund that particular institution"
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David Stovall 'Reimagines' Student's safety in schools
“If we center our work...in the expressed needs of people who are experiencing...the oppression, then we have a greater chance to move towards a solution”
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David Stovall in a panel that discussed institutional racism in Public Education
Panelists discussed the caliber of education existing in many already underserved communities and what national and local leadership need to do to effect sustainable change.
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Chicago Tribune interviewed David Stovall to discuss Chicago's deeply entrenched issues
“You have the COVID situation, which is making it harder to get work. The same communities have been disenfranchised for an elongated period of time. They haven’t had access to quality education or quality health care."
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Barbara Ransby elected into the Society of American Historians
She joins around 400 members in the invitation-only society, which was established in 1939 at Columbia University to promote literary excellence in the writing or presentation of history.
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?
Barbara Ransby discusses the Black Lives Matter Movement with WBEZ
"In the wake of the recent police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, we've seen one of the biggest protest movements in American history calling for the protection of black lives."