by Morgan Torcellini As a Hillel community, we love to embrace Judaism in any way we can. For some students, heading off to college can be an experience of drifting …
Why Holocaust Education Matters?
by Donna Tarney Eighty years ago Hitler “took back” the country of Austria. This was the first move in his quest to conquer all of Europe and create his Third …
Social Justice Readings for Your Passover Seder
Click here for printable Passover seder supplement The Four Children Who Survived Mass Shootings The student of Columbine, who witnessed the 1999 massacre in his high school asks: “How …
Greenspon Center Advocacy Network – February Updates
If you have ever wanted to participate in social justice advocacy, now is the time to join the Greenspon Center! Our three advocacy groups, which organize around the topics of affordable …
Dream America: First Annual Arts and Advocacy Conference on Immigration
Saturday, April 21, 2018 12:30 pm-8:00 pm Join Myers Park Baptist Church and the Stan Greenspon Center at Queens University of Charlotte 11:00 Pre-conference Interfaith Service Service led by UNC-Charlotte’s Symphony of …
What We Know About 287g in Mecklenburg County – Part I by Barbara Randolph
According to the American Immigration Council; “The 287(g) program is named for Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 287(g) became law as a part of the …
Charlotte’s and NC’s Criminal Justice System and an Extractive Economy
by Judy Schindler and Jake Sussman [This was given in response to a presentation by Dr. Walter Brueggemann entitled “God. Money. Neighbor.” delivered at First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, on …
Holocaust denial in our classroom
by Donna Tarney Stan Greenspon Center Education Coordinator We all have that student. You know, the one that makes veiled racist remarks when we teach about slavery or civil rights; …