by Rabbi Judy Schindler Born in the shadow of the Holocaust, we hear in Charlottesville the echoes of Nazi Germany. Born in the wake of Jim Crow, we …
Love and Hate in Public Life – A Queens Community Conversation
“Love and Hate in Public Life” A Queens Community Conversation with Dr. Whalen for students, staff, faculty and the broader Charlotte community. Thursday, September 7, 2017 6:30-8:00 pm in the Belk …
White Supremacy, Charlottesville, and Us
White supremacy is sometimes easy to identify. Some who hold this ideology are aligned with groups we know well: the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. Their presence is frightening. Intimidation …
Racial Justice Advocacy Program
The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice is excited to announce that our advocacy efforts will now include a new Racial Justice Advocacy Program. We will be coordinating …
Rabbi Judy Schindler to Offer Two Classes
Judaism, Film and Literature Tuesday evenings, 6 to 9:15 p.m. August 29 through December 5 Cost: $300 Learn about Judaism through a different lens – from Woody Allen to Seinfeld …
Dialogue and Book-signing with Kate Evans: author and activist of “Threads from the Refugee Crisis”
The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and The Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies at UNC Charlotte are delighted to host author and activist Kate …
ACLU Court Observer Training Program at The Stan Greenspon Center
On Sunday, July 9th, The Stan Greenspon Center hosted the launching of the ACLU’s Court Observer Training Program in Charlotte. The room was packed as twenty eight people attended, each …
World Refugee Day, June 20th: Reflections by Queen’s University Faculty
At a time when over 63 million people are forcibly displaced from their homes around the globe, a population equal to about 1/5 of the U.S. population, we are reminded …
Then and Now
Then and now… 78 years ago today, the calls to help 937 Jewish refugees (mostly from Germany) fell on deaf ears as the transatlantic liner St. Louis was denied entry …
Religion and Relationships on the Road: A Deep South Pilgrimage
Racial justice is preoccupying many religious leaders. As in too many other cities across the country, protests erupted in Charlotte last fall following the fatal police shooting of an African-American …