This page is designed to disseminate resources to advance understanding and analysis of anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion at Hampshire College.
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Title Policing and Other Ways Professors Bully the Academic Staff
Most of us have had at least one encounter with the sort of professors who go out of their way to put us in what they imagine to be our place.
Yellow Peril Teach-In Resources
Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Political Anxieties Over China’s Coronavirus As a university professor and program administrator I recognize the need to be able to respond to the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of the contemporary situation. As we continue to track th...
The Purple Shirt Brigade
The only way forward.
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Don't miss Beverly Daniel Tatum in conversation with Ximena Zúñiga this Saturday night at 7pm at Hooker Auditorium, Mt.Holyoke College. The talk is free and open to the public and part of the the 3rd Biennial Intergroup Dialogue Conference.
TODAY! Join us at noon in the FPH Lounge for the First on the Journey lunch featuring graduating students, Tasheena Stewart and Mario Serrano. Come hear their stories, learn from their experiences, and celebrate their accomplishments! There will be a delicious lunch! i
Join us for FIRST Week events, March 18-23rd, to celebrate the accomplishments of Hampshire's first generation college student community!
"I decided to adopt a compromise solution for this semester: I explained my concerns and said that students should list their pronouns along with their names only if they were so inclined. I also said that as a class we will refer to one another by our first names (community building) or the pronoun “they” (grammar evolves!)."
At some colleges students introduce themselves by name, followed by a string of preferred pronouns. But the ritual is discomfiting.
“Sometimes innovation requires no power cords or wireless network upgrades; rather, it requires the hard task of acknowledging how inequality has shaped and continues to shape our students’ lives, and doing something about it.”
An experimental course exposes first-generation students to the unwritten rules and unspoken expectations of an elite university.
Join the First Network for our last talk of the semester on Tuesday May 8th from 12-1pm in the Prescott Tavern. Graduating Div III, Graciela Rodriguez, will speak on her experience as a first gen student at Hampshire. Join us to hear Graciela's story, celebrate in her accomplishments, get fed, and reflect on being first gen @ hampshire.
Today at noon in the FPH lounge, Prof. Tammy Owens will give the First on the Journey talk! This event is part of FIRST Week- a week of events dedicated to highlighting the contributions and accomplishments of Hampshire's first generation college student/graduate community.
ODME and the Knowledge Commons are facilitating a faculty/staff reading group based on the Loretta Ross' seminar, "White Supremacy in the Age of Trump." Join us in for a brown bag lunch discussion of "The First White President" on Friday, February 16th at 11:30am in the Knowledge Commons Classroom.
6 Things Our White Friends Can Do to Be Better Allies
Ask when you don’t know — but do the work first.
Waking Up White Book Discussion Group: 5 Mondays
Book Discussion group with Lore Detenber & Molly Keehn 5 Mondays, September 11 - October 9, 2017; 7:00 - 9:00pm This series, utilizing the book Waking Up White: Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving, is designed to provide a supportive, educational environment for white people to expl...
If you are - or work with- a graduating first gen college student at Hampshire, make sure you reserve your graduation honor cord. There is still time!
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These (maroon) cords serve as graduation gifts for first generation college students graduating this year. The last day to reserve a cord is May 1st. Students should pick up their cord at the end of the year celebration brunch taking place in the FPH Faculty Lounge on May 9th at 10:00 AM. Email valv...
Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America
Hampshire’s Creative Writing Program, South Asian Studies, the Eqbal Ahmad Initiative, and their cosponsors announce “Islamophobia and Its Discontents,” a panel discussion, on Wednesday April 5, at 6 p.m. in the West Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall. It will feature Pakistani American filmmaker...
Smithsonian Curator to Speak about 'For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People'
Michelle Joan Wilkinson, a curator with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, will visit campus this month to discuss her book and exhibition, For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People, which she curated in 2014 while working at the Reginald F. Lewis Mus...
IMMIGRATION LAW TEACH-IN
Hampshire College, Main Lecture Hall
Thursday, Feb 9, 5:30pm
"The only safe community is an organized community, and we all can play a role in protecting vulnerable individuals and communities - from the race-based hatred that has been unleashed, from deportation, from acts of violence."
Two days after the recent elections, I had the privilege of attending the national Facing ...
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On June 19th, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a web version of a mock college syllabus that sought to explore the deep historical and political roots of Donald Trump’s political success during the 2016 Presidential campaign. The syllabus suffered from a number of egregious omissions and inacc...
"The professor's "blue pen was the catalyst that opened an ocean of self-doubt that I worked so hard to destroy. In front of my peers, I was criticized by a person who had the academic position I aimed to acquire. I am hurting because my professor assumed that the only way I could produce content as good as this was to 'cut and paste.' I am hurting because for a brief moment I believed them," Martínez wrote."
Blog post called “Academia, Love Me Back” raises concerns about stereotypes and inclusivity.
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NATIVE LIVES MATTER SYLLABUS
Mah-Hi-Vist Goodblanket, Christina Tahhahwah, John T. Williams, Nicholas “Sul” Concha, Corey Kanosh, Benjamin Whiteshield, Christopher J. Capps, Sarah Lee Circle Bear, Loreal Juana Barnell Tsingine, Paul Castaway. All of these individuals were Native Americans killed by police. Yet, they were rarely...
Screening of the AGRONOMIST
Tuesday, October 4 at 5:30pm in the East Lecture Hall.
Post-screening discussion led by Prof. Amy Jordan.
Pizza will be served.
CONCERNING VIOLENCE: a documentary based on Franz Fanon's, "Wretched of the Earth."
Wednesday, Sept 28th @ 4pm
Words for Violence
I ran into three of my students while walking across the quad this afternoon. We stopped to talk. I planned to wave and nod, but they wanted to talk. All three are African-American. They wanted t…
Black Lives Matter Fall 2016 Syllabus – Black Lives Matter Syllabus
From the killings of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; to the suspicious death of activist Sandra Bland in Waller Texas; to the choke-hold death of Eric Garner in New York, to the killing of 17 year old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida and 7 year old Aiyana Stanley-Jones in Detroit, Mi...
TODAY! Panel on "Love, Study, Struggle: Addressing Racism in this Contemporary Political Moment"
Staff & Faculty:
Supporting Trans* Community Members at Hampshire
Thursday, Sept. 8th, 12-1:30PM
Brown-bag lunch
Please email Emily Rimmer ([email protected]) to reserve a place in this workshop.
In this 90 minute, interactive session, we will discuss how best to support trans* colleagues and students. We'll review some information about trans* communities including challenges that trans* people may face, and identify culturally competent behaviors to communicate respect and understanding. Come with any questions you may have, and leave with resources and ideas to bring back to your work.
We ask all participants to be scent/fragrance-free to the extent that you are able, to minimize your impact on others with chemical sensitivities.
Davey Shlasko is an educator, consultant and activist whose passion is facilitating group learning about and in the context of social justice movements. Davey works in classroom, workplace and community settings, combining expressive arts, introspective exploration, academic theory and hands-on skills-building to help groups deepen understanding and practice of social justice principles. Davey has been writing and teaching about trans* issues since 2000, and earned an M.Ed. in Social Justice Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Davey’s Trans* Ally Workbook: Getting Pronouns Right & What It Teaches Us About Gender is available as a resource in the Dean of Students and CLPP offices, and more info about Davey's work is available at http://www.thinkagaintraining.com
This event is on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.
It is held at : Center for Feminisms
This event starts at 12:00pm.
This event is organized by : CLPP and the QCAc/Women’s and Queer Services
Sign up now for Queer Theory, Queer Practice: Queering Social Work. Saturday, June 18 at Smith School for Social Work, Northampton MA.Licensed social workers can earn 6 CE credits. Register here.
Welcome Dre! Hampshire is fortunate to have you join the community!
"I’m excited to meet all Hampshire students and to learn from them,” she said. “Those I’ve met are thoughtful, critical, and brilliant. I believe they have a lot to teach me about social justice and advocacy. I’m eager to work in partnership with them."
We welcome Andrea "Dre" Domingue as Hampshire's new director of multicultural and international student services. She will direct the operation of the Lebrón-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center and oversee student services for the SOURCE community.
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For White People Who Believe Black Lives Matter
A lot of well-meaning white people have asked ourselves what we would have done if we were around during the civil rights movement. It's not a hypothetic...
12 Books Of Poetry By Writers Of Color For a More Inclusive National Poetry Month
Despite popular belief, poetry isn’t exclusively the realm of stodgy white guys in tweed jackets waxing nostalgic about blades of grass and such. As one of the most visceral and versatile forms of literature, poetry is a natural medium for writers of color and writers from historically marginalized
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