April 1, 2021 Just Imagine…Justice (Three) Josie Walden had been designated a high achiever ever since she began her career at Quality Fabrics. She quickly rose in the manufacturing facility where she worked. In twelve years,...
March 31, 2021 The Art of Facilitation and Collaboration Diane Vest was asked to teach a student-centered class where students would learn how to facilitate discussions as well as become effective collaborators in their small-group discussions. To prepare for...
March 25, 2021 Just Imagine…Justice (Two) In 1999, Kuntrell Jackson, his cousin Travis Booker, and a friend named Derrick Xavier Shields were wandering around the housing project in Blytheville, Arkansas. The projects were a violent place...
March 24, 2021 Good Words It was the 21st century equivalent of a debate competition. The focus, however, was not on a winning argument but on creative innovation--developing viable possibilities for an emerging national issue....
March 22, 2021 Dance & Conversation Please join us on Zoom for "Dance & Conversation" this Tuesday, March 23rd at noon (eastern) to watch a 1-hour dance performance and then immediately afterwards participate in a 30-minute...
March 18, 2021 Just Imagine…Justice (One) [Trigger Warning: sexual assault and violence] To say that Lisa Montgomery grew up in a dysfunctional family would be a gross understatement. When Lisa was eleven (about the age in the...
March 17, 2021 Overcoming Skepticism Professor Clorinda Delgado couldn’t believe what she was overhearing from the discussion groups she had set up in class. She had asked her class to discuss their views of Paul...
March 16, 2021 What IF. . .? Online Community Conversations – Let’s Imagine the Post Pandemic World Join us this Spring for What IF…? Online Community Conversations: Let’s Imagine the Post Pandemic World, a three-part exploratory conversation series via Zoom. Let’s explore through small group conversations what the pandemic...
March 11, 2021 Just Imagine…Opening the World Doctors who delivered Michael Cusack advised his mother not to look at him. They suggested that she send him to an institution where children with Down syndrome were cared for....