by lindaoppenheim | Jan 3, 2019 | Events
Join us for the first HVRDDG meeting of the new year! This month we welcome our friends from Hope Rises Up to continue our ongoing conversation within the community. Detective Marlon Webb will be sharing about community responsibility in building interracial/inter...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 5, 2018 | Events
Written by Kirsten Greenidge Directed by Chamari White-Mink ’20 In mid-twentieth century America, a black family can only buy the house of their dreams if their name is not on the title. The choices they make in search of a better life still echo fifty years...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 25, 2018 | Podcast, Video
Focusing on the documentary “America to Me,” about race relations at the high school in the affluent town of Oak Park, Illinois, on his program 1a, Joshua Johnson hosts: Charles Donalson Former student, Oak Park-River Forest High School in Oak Park,...
by lindaoppenheim | May 19, 2017 | Broadcast, Events
Talking about race can evoke fear, anger, misunderstanding. So it often remains the elephant in the room. This panel discussion asks the question, “What do we lose when we don’t talk about race and how could our lives improve if we did?” Why this issue? In...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 23, 2016 | Documents
In their report, researchers Anna J. Egalite and Brian Kisida outline the three theories supporting the benefit to children of color of having non-white teachers in the classroom: 1) having similar ethnic/race teachers a role models, 2) higher expectations from...