Please join us on Thursday, November 1 for “Faith in Housing,” a workshop organized by the Stan Greenspon Center for congregations to share their work creating affordable housing. Our …
Holocaust Education: Something Old, Something New
Every good educator knows that the key to success in the classroom is revisiting and revising lesson plans. Each year brings new challenges and opportunities to tweak what has worked …
Oath and Opposition: Teacher Workshop
After a long day at school, I often find myself asking the question, “What am I doing here?” This is a pretty common thing among teachers. We are in the …
Setting the Stage for Social Justice – Highlights from Session One of our Marches to Movements Series
Setting the stage for Social Justice was the theme of the opening presentation of the Stan Greenspon Center’s Marches to Movements and the Tools for Social Change advocacy program. Monday …
Advocacy Initiatives Making Strides
During the past month, The Greenspon Center has made amazing strides in the area of Social Justice. We led a coalition of advocacy groups that reshaped the affordable housing framework …
A Tale of Two Octobers
In October of 1939, Adolph Hitler used the Reich Health Ministry to begin implementation of “Aktion T4.” Under this program, Nazi doctors and nurses throughout Germany began to identify infants …
Celebration and Storytelling: Greenspon’s Second Anniversary
In life we encounter many stories. Some are comic, some are tragic. Some stories are like our own in many ways. Others are similar, yet different from our own in …
Mimi’s Matzo Ball Soup – Chicken Soup for the Soul and for Queens Campus
The students, faculty and staff at Queens enjoyed a welcome respite from the demands of midterms and the fast pace of the Fall semester with Mimi’s Matzo Ball soup – …
Moving Charlotte Toward Justice
In January of this year, over 7500 women marched in Uptown Charlotte to protest government policies. In February, tens of thousands of students nationwide walked out of their schools, exercising …
“The “Lose-Lose” Choice; A Trite Substitute for Serious Thinking” by Barbara Randolph
It´s becoming obvious. As each day passes the Trump administration sets in motion a series of events that lead to crisis and more hardship for the most vulnerable in society. …