Tim Wise set it on fire at Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred

Educator/activist Tim Wise acknowledged at the outset of his hour-long talk on Thursday that he was yes, a white, straight man who was going to talk about race. And then he did. He quoted stats. He told stories. He made the crowd laugh, cheer, and generally come away filled with the possibilities. This was CCSU’s …

Hope to see you at Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred

Festivities start in one hour at Memorial Hall on Central Connecticut State University’s New Britain campus. This is the cap of a semester spent looking at wealth and income inequality through the prism of race. We’ll have students’ work on display, a light meal, and then we’ll all settle in to listen to Tim Wise. …

Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred at CCSU tomorrow

The Central Connecticut State University communication department is hosting “Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred,” the cap event for our semester spent looking at wealth and income inequality through the prism of race. Tim Wise is our keynote. If you didn’t get your official invitation, we really didn’t send out many. Consider yourself invited. Tim …

I’m done.

This semester, which began in late August, I taught five college courses — one at Central Connecticut State University, and four as a full-time faculty member at University of New Haven. I counted up once, and that meant that — unless there was a rare holiday — I stepped into a class prepared to lecture, cajole, …

CT Forum on racism is sold out

Thursday’s CT Forum on racism is sold out, and here’s what you’ll miss if you didn’t get a ticket: Antonio Villaraigosa, former Mayor of Los Angeles Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wes Moore, social justice advocate and acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore Jessica Williams,Daily Show correspondent, actress and comedian NPR’s …

Give this a listen

Yesterday, three CCSU students appeared on WNPR’s “Where We Live” with John Dankosky. They discussed their work this semester in the realm of wealth and income inequality, through the prism of race in the run-up to our big Dec. 10 event, Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred. There was no professor with them, and no …

Listen to “Where We Live” today and hear some incredible students.

At 9 a.m. this morning, three CCSU students — Lindsay Grant, Signe Lambertsen, and Jackson Rioux — are appearing on WNPR’s “Where We Live” to talk about our Dec. 10 event,  Bridging the Gap: A Dream Deferred. You can listen here. The CCSU communication department has spent the last semester looking at wealth and income …

On being grateful

Last night, I sat down to grade my CCSU class’s blog posts. We are writing a blog, and the students mostly appear to take it seriously. It’s hard to describe how much grading takes over your life, when you’re a teacher. It can start to feel rote and when I start to feel that way, …

Check out my CCSU class’s inequality blog

Right here. The class, COMM 345, Writing for Electronic Media, is studying wealth and income inequality through the prism of race. We’re capping the semester with a Bridging the Gap event on campus,  and you’re invited: 5 p.m., a buffet dinner 5:30, live judging of students’ work (writing, photography, videography) 7, keynote speaker Tim Wise, …

So it’s the Democrats’ turn tonight…

…and I’m all a-tingle. Not really, but the Democratic presidential candidates will debate tonight on CNN, and here’s the line-up. The New York Times says there aren’t wide gaps between the candidates, just subtle divides. So. Any hope for the entertainment we gleaned from the Republicans? Any name-calling, d’ya think? Any one suggesting indentured servitude or commenting on …