Black Lives Matter / en The Carter School Welcomes Congresswoman Cori Bush as Adjunct Faculty /news/2022-06/carter-school-welcomes-congresswoman-cori-bush-adjunct-faculty <span>The Carter School Welcomes Congresswoman Cori Bush as Adjunct Faculty</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/256" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Paul Snodgrass</span></span> <span>Fri, 06/03/2022 - 11:47</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/dragland" hreflang="en">David Ragland</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/aromano7" hreflang="und">Arthur Romano</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="align-right"> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/styles/small_content_image/public/2022-06/Cori-Bush-800.jpg?itok=z-EoaSFb" width="330" height="350" alt="Photograph of Congresswoman Cori Bush" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <p>This summer, Congresswoman Cori Bush will be co-teaching a graduate-level course entitled, “The Public Pedagogy of Truth and Reparations.” Congresswoman Bush is a leadings voice for racial justice and human rights and the first Black woman to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. Congresswoman Bush is a nurse, Black Lives Matter activist, ordained pastor, and former childcare worker. In this course, students will hear directly from Congresswoman Bush and activist, writer, and activist-scholar Dr. David Ragland about their national work building infrastructure and support for reparations and locally-led truth telling processes and commissions in the US. Representative Bush and Dr. Ragland will walk through their experiences during the Ferguson protests and beyond, and introduce the truth processes they helped create to center the voices of community members that have been impacted by racialized forms of violence.</p> <p>This course will look at the creation of interrelated mechanisms: truth telling processes, participatory critical pedagogy and reparations as political and moral practices that can help address state sponsored violence against African Americans and other targeted groups while opening space for to imagine possibilities for greater racial justice in the United States and abroad. Students will meet other practitioners working on these issues from across the country and learn about cutting-edge practices being employed to address long running issues of structural violence and systemic racism. As a result, students will gain insight into the challenges and opportunities of building grassroots initiatives that support communities directly impacted by violence and gain greater fluency and competence in engaging larger policy debates and legislation at the Federal level. </p> <p>This course builds on previous efforts at the Carter School to support truth-telling and healing work in response to police violence and other forms of racial injustice. In 2014, Congresswoman Bush co-founded the Truthtelling Project (TTP) along with Dr. Ragland following the murder of Michael Brown. At that time, Congresswoman Bush and Dr. Ragland collaborated with Carter School faculty member Arthur Romano and students at the school in developing resources for hosting Truthtelling events.The Truthtelling Project model led to over 60 events nationally that impacted thousands of people and advanced national conversations about the impacts of police violence on communities across the country and the power of communities to take the lead on seeking justice. The Truthtelling Project also review a MacArthur grant for their impactful work. This course provides an opportunity for another generation of Carter School students to better understand and consider their contribution to the work of truth, reparations and reconciliation. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15931" hreflang="en">Racial Justice</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15946" hreflang="en">Truthtelling</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3331" hreflang="en">Black Lives Matter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15936" hreflang="en">Reparations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15941" hreflang="en">Structural Violence</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:47:18 +0000 Paul Snodgrass 71011 at Podcast - EP25: Gail Christopher on racial healing and overcoming a legacy of separation /news/2021-05/podcast-ep25-gail-christopher-racial-healing-and-overcoming-legacy-separation <span>Podcast - EP25: Gail Christopher on racial healing and overcoming a legacy of separation</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/266" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Damian Cristodero</span></span> <span>Fri, 05/14/2021 - 10:47</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/president" hreflang="und">Gregory Washington</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A false story has been told in this country about people of color, social change agent Gail Christopher says, and it’s time to tell the truth about the “bad idea” of the hierarchy of human value. Dr. Christopher, executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity and a senior scholar at AV, says racial healing includes building a belief system “that is grounded in a deep understanding of our interconnectedness and interdependence as an expanded human family.”</span></span></p> <p><iframe allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="150" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=qfm8i-1037b93-pb&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&rtl=0&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=7&size=150" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Gail Christopher: On racial healing and overcoming a legacy of separation" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7126" hreflang="en">Access to Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7311" hreflang="en">Access to Excellence podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/226" hreflang="en">podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/326" hreflang="en">Podcast Episode</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/416" hreflang="en">Gregory Washington</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7636" hreflang="en">Gail Christopher</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7641" hreflang="en">racial healing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/766" hreflang="en">Well-Being</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1766" hreflang="en">Center for Advancement of Well-Being</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3331" hreflang="en">Black Lives Matter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6381" hreflang="en">Black African Heritage</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 14 May 2021 14:47:42 +0000 Damian Cristodero 46081 at Reconstructing their narratives: $300,000 DOJ grant elevates Mason’s lynching research /news/2020-12/reconstructing-their-narratives-300000-doj-grant-elevates-masons-lynching-research <span>Reconstructing their narratives: $300,000 DOJ grant elevates Mason’s lynching research</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/276" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Mariam Aburdeineh</span></span> <span>Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:43</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2971" hreflang="en">Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1241" hreflang="en">Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2976" hreflang="en">John Mitchell Jr Program for History Justice and Race</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6791" hreflang="en">Justice and Race</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2206" hreflang="en">Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6796" hreflang="en">Narrative</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6381" hreflang="en">Black African Heritage</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3331" hreflang="en">Black Lives Matter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4641" hreflang="en">undergraduate research opportunities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1271" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/116" hreflang="en">Campus News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/cchavis2" hreflang="und">Charles Chavis</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span class="intro-text">Of the more than 4,000 lynchings of Black Americans that took place in the United States between 1865 and 1950, at least 43 cases occurred in Maryland. </span></p> <p><span><span>AV’s <a href="https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2020-09/masons-john-mitchell-jr-program-putting-activism-action">John Mitchell Jr. Program</a> (JMJP), housed within the <a href="https://carterschool.gmu.edu/">Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution</a>, has been helping research several of these cases since 2019 to support the <a href="https://msa.maryland.gov/lynching-truth-reconciliation/">Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission</a>. In October, they received news that they will be taking their research to the next level, thanks to a $300,000 Department of Justice grant they helped secure for the commission.</span></span></p> <figure role="group"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/styles/extra_large_content_image/public/2023-03/Charles%20Chavis%20Teaching.jpeg?itok=EJNV2SnG" width="653" height="478" alt="Charles Chavis speaking at a dialogue event. He is seated with his left arm outstretched." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <figcaption>Charles Chavis speaks at a dialogue on memorialization in December 2019. Photo provided.</figcaption></figure><p><span><span>“States, in terms of their narratives, don’t shed light on these historic traumas,” said Carter School professor <a href="https://carterschool.gmu.edu/profile/view/575191">Charles Chavis</a>, who is on the board of directors for the <a href="https://www.mdlynchingmemorial.org/">Maryland Lynching Memorial Project</a>. “We wanted to give life to the relatives of victims whose loved ones had been forgotten.”</span></span></p> <p><span><span>The grant, which is part of the <a href="https://bja.ojp.gov/program/emmett-till-cold-case-investigations-program/overview">Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program</a>, will allow the commission and JMJP to supercharge their research.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>“We work directly with the relatives in the sentence that we identify because we believe there is a direct line that can be drawn from the racial terror and lynchings of old to the existing racial terror and anti-blackness that we continue to see manifest in 2020,” Chavis said. “[With the grant] we’re now able to hire expert genealogists to help us track down the relatives [of lynching victims] so that they can be a part of the process.”</span></span></p> <p><span><span>$100,000 is set aside for the communities and families of the victims for restorative justice reform, said Chavis, who founded JMJP to address narrative change and social transformation. The rest of the funds will go toward live reconciliation-style hearings.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>“We work through each individual case in the various communities with key expert witnesses, relatives, descendants bearing witness to this history,” Chavis said. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Before that happens, Chavis said the Mason team helps with forensic reconstruction, which involves leaning on existing research and records to put together a mosaic of the case. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>The <a href="https://msa.maryland.gov/">Maryland State Archives</a> have been key to their efforts.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>“Students have been able to work directly with the research, documenting cases, doing census data, pulling death certificates, verifying biographical data and pulling together narratives of individuals,” Chavis said.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>In the process, undergraduate and graduate students are gaining hands-on activist and research experience. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>“What has been most important for me is being able to put some of what I learned about narrative approaches to racial and social justice into practice,” said <a href="https://masononline.gmu.edu/programs/conflict-analysis-and-resolution-ms/">master’s in conflict analysis and resolution</a> student Audrey Williams, who is one of five students supporting the commission. </span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>She said the project has also helped her better understand her role in creating change.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>“You have to recommit to confronting anti-Black racism every day,” Williams said. “What that means for people who already benefit from the system is committing, with humility, to listening to and platforming the voices of colleagues, friends, and community members who have been harmed, and to becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable. The best place for this entire process to start is in our own hallways, classrooms and relationships.”</span> </span></span></p> <hr /></div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2971" hreflang="en">Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1241" hreflang="en">Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2976" hreflang="en">John Mitchell Jr Program for History Justice and Race</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6791" hreflang="en">Justice and Race</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2206" hreflang="en">Conflict Resolution</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6796" hreflang="en">Narrative</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6381" hreflang="en">Black African Heritage</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3331" hreflang="en">Black Lives Matter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4641" hreflang="en">undergraduate research opportunities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1271" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/116" hreflang="en">Campus News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:43:08 +0000 Mariam Aburdeineh 43816 at Podcast - Laurie Robinson: The Ups and Downs of Policing Since Ferguson /news/2020-07/podcast-laurie-robinson-ups-and-downs-policing-ferguson <span>Podcast - Laurie Robinson: The Ups and Downs of Policing Since Ferguson</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/176" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">khanse2</span></span> <span>Fri, 07/17/2020 - 17:25</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mason professor Laurie Robinson, who during the Obama administration was co-chair of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing, explains a complicated legacy. With John Hollis.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/226" hreflang="en">podcast</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2766" hreflang="en">systemic racism</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3336" hreflang="en">policing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3331" hreflang="en">Black Lives Matter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/326" hreflang="en">Podcast Episode</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:25:11 +0000 khanse2 7436 at