Please join us the evening of May 11 for a powerful documentary film, Racist Roots, and a panel discussion with community experts and advocates, followed by dessert and coffee. The …
Black/Jewish Alliance Seeks to Bring Light and Unity to a Divided World
by Mary Eshet In 2020, against the backdrop of George Floyd’s murder and a rapid rise in antisemitism, Rabbi Judy Schindler was alarmed about the rising hate and division in …
Soul Food Shabbat – Dinner, panel and table conversations about race and antisemitism: Jim Crow and Nuremberg Laws
For years, Queens students have sponsored a Soul Food Shabbat bringing together the Queens Black Student Union and Queens Hillel for a celebration of Shabbat and an exploration of commonalities …
Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Racial Profiling
By JB Mayfield The criminal justice system is supposed to protect people—but the opposite seems to be happening when it comes to people of color. Justin Nix, a criminologist at …
Part-Time Job Opportunity: Principal Investigator for Research in Social Justice and Community Organizing
Principal Investigator for Research in Social Justice and Community Organizing SUMMARY: The Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center at Queens University seeks a principal researcher to join the …
Fall Social Justice Series – What is the journey from systemic racism to truth and reconciliation?
Join us for our Fall Social Justice Series titled “What is the journey from systemic racism to truth and reconciliation?” Tuesday Evenings, September 6, 13, 20, 27 from 6:30 to …
A Call to Action for Us All
On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the first day of Black History Month, twelve HBCUs received bomb threats. Administrators notified students and locked down their campuses. Students sheltered in place. Police …
Sevone Rhynes: Personal Reflections on Systemic Racism in Mecklenburg County Government
A new report was recently published by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library on “Systemic Racism in Mecklenburg County Government”. Sevone Rhynes, who is part of our Coalition on Truth and Reconciliation shares …
Time to Break the Silence by: Frances Hamilton
It has been totally disregarded, or begrudgingly noted with the least amount of recognition, for too long. It’s been threatened, degraded, forced out, pushed aside, silenced, unappreciated, criticized, downplayed or …
Looking Back: 100 Years Since Tulsa
By Hannah Eccleston The events of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which occurred 100 years ago on June 1st, 1921, are seen historically as one of the single worst incidents of racial violence …