How does our mission of social and ecological justice shape our educational model, our research, our community service, and our institutional policies? This is the central question that will be explored during our Courageous Conversations.
Courageous Conversations are scheduled for Wednesday morning (8:00 to 8:45); Thursday morning (8:00 to 8:45); and Friday morning (8:00 to 10:00 am). A tentative outline appears below:
Wednesday: Session I Questions: Briefly - in what ways do you think Fielding does and does not embody its social justice mission in its educational program?
Thursday: Session II Questions: Briefly - in what ways do you think Fielding does and does not embody its social justice mission in its institutional policies?
Friday: Based on our evaluation of Wednesday and Thursday we might ask Equity Council and/or Academic Senate and/or WASC committee to take up issues raised in these conversations.
Join us on Friday, July 31st for a Walking Tour of Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn led by Atlanta preservationist Hermina Glass Avery. Atlanta is called the “Cradle of the Civil Rights Movement” for good reason. At pivotal moments in history, the city has been the base for many of the most prominent leaders of the struggle for social change and the headquarters of churches, organizations and businesses key to the movement.
Since the late 19th century, a major source of African American leadership in America has been the historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) of the Atlanta University Center and the hub of much of the activism of the Movement has been a downtown thoroughfare called “Sweet Auburn.” Once called the richest “Negro Street” in the world by Fortune Magazine, it was on Auburn Avenue that African Americans transcended the barriers of segregation and racism to become successful and prosperous women who made profound contributions to the world
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For more information on Atlanta’s role in the Civil Rights Movement before the walking tour, feel free to go to the following sources:
“Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement,” content by Clarissa Myrick-Harris and Norman Harris for the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE) http://www.atlantahighered.org/civilrights/
Myrick-Harris, Clarissa. “The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta,” in Perspectives, the newsletter of the American Historical Association. Part One, http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2006/0611/0611ann5.cfm
We will be in direct contact with those who have signed-up for the tour.
