We invite our Queens Community – students, faculty, staff, alumni and neighbors – to reflect, to heal, to offer prayers, to light a candle, to write condolence cards, and to …
Holocaust Education: It’s not just for schools anymore!
When the Greenspon Center opened its doors, our goal was to provide meaningful Holocaust education throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. We began by creating unique opportunities for educator professional development and quickly …
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 …
Spiral of Transformative Change: A Liberatory Approach to Racial Equity, March 28th at 7:00 pm
If you have spent the past year reading everything you can on racial justice and racial equity, then this is the workshop for you. The Greenspon Center is excited to …
Nostra Aetate: The Seminal Catholic Document in the Fight against Antisemitism
“In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship …
Harm & Repair – Our Listening Project Workshop Series
Holly Roach Knight presented her research on internal conflict and social change. While many of us might get discouraged from confronting conflict in organizing, Holly taught us that conflict is …
Setting your intention for 2022
We stand at the cusp of the new year of 2022. Milestones in time are ideal moments for reflection and for setting intentions that lead to change. The past two …
Pop-Up History with the Levine Museum of the New South March 4 – 21, 2022
All of history is stories When we realize that personal narratives shape and define our larger shared history, individuals and the community gain perspective. This is the goal of our newest …
Harm & Repair: Embracing Conflict as Social Change, Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 7:00 pm
Raise your hand if you’ve experienced hurt in a social justice context. Organizing for social change can be fraught with conflict, reactivity and even, sometimes, lasting brokenness that weakens the …
Listening Project to learn from 80 years of Charlotte Social Justice Organizing gets Launched
On Monday, October 25, 2021, we gathered to launch our “Listening Project to learn from 80 years of Charlotte Social Justice Organizing: wins, losses and learning.” We were blown away …