by lindaoppenheim | Apr 9, 2019 | Article
The article from Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice summarizes the history of injustices suffered by Native Americans by colonizers and by the U. S. government. Includes a valuable list of resources. Click here to read the article.
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 31, 2019 | Article
On Friday, March 29, 2019, thirteen tenured professors submitted individual letters of withdrawal from the program citing “administrative disinterest in the program — including the University’s failure to recognize academic work in the field and its lack of...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 27, 2019 | Article
The movie “Green Book” has brought attention to Victor Hugo Green, the African American postman who began publishing the guide to places that welcomed African American travelers during the Jim Crow era. Victoria Martinez writes about his wife, Alma Duke...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 26, 2019 | Article
A teacher shares an approach to helping first-graders understand microaggressions. “A critical difference between microaggressions and other instances of hurt feelings is the impact—a steady, slow-burning, detrimental accumulation of biases played out with...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 23, 2019 | Article, Truth and Reconciliation
“The Association of Black Seminarians posted a petition online earlier this month as a response to a report that detailed the seminary’s history with slavery, which was released last year. So far, the group has collected more than 400 signatures on the petition,...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 18, 2019 | Article
Ramapough Chief Dwayne Perry “The Powhatan Renape Nation and the Ramapough Lenape Nation were officially recognized as Native American tribes by New Jersey beginning in 1980, according to two settlement agreements signed by the tribes and New Jersey Attorney...
