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AAASE October Author of the Month | Dr. Yanica Faustin

Cultural & Special Programs October 24, 2019

Elon University pre-doctoral fellow in Public Health Studies, Yanica Faustin will be presenting her dissertation research titled “An Exploratory Study of Identity and Discrimination Among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Black Mothers in New York City.” While we have knowledge and documentation of differing preterm birth rates within the Black population by nativity, we do not quite […]

Teaching & Learning Technologies March 8, 2019

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Blackface Then and Now | Charles Irons and Tyrone Jean

Teaching & Learning Technologies March 8, 2019

Several universities and colleges have begun the necessary process of acknowledging and atoning for historic anti-Black racism. The use of Blackface to promote anti-Black racism has a long embedded history in the US. This talk and discussion will be an opportunity for our community to learn more about the history of Blackface or “minstrelsy” and […]

Reflections on Authentic Identities | Rabbi Sandra Lawson

Truitt Center for Religious & Spiritual Life November 21, 2018

Elon’s Rabbi Sandra Lawson talks about the impact of recent violent acts of hatred and bigotry, shares her personal faith journey, and expresses hope for /olam chesed yibaneh/, “building a world of love.” Recorded 2018-11-01 at Elon University (197)

On Not Standing a Chance: Black Life and (the Problem of) the Object | Biko Mandela Gray

Cultural & Special Programs November 21, 2018

Biko Mandela Gray delivers the Fall 2018 Ferris E. Reynolds Lecture in Philosophy. Gray offered the following overview of his lecture: Tamir Rice never stood a chance— in life or death. Timothy Loehmann’s statement demonstrates, the 9-1-1 call’s “description was of a black male,” who, once Loehmann saw Rice, “appeared to be over 18 years […]