The CUNY Humanities Alliance began this semester at LaGuardia Community College on Friday, February 2, 2018 with the first part of a two part Winter Institute, where fellows workshopped their syllabuses with each other and their faculty mentors, and obtained practical advice for new faculty at LaGuardia. The next institute will take place on Friday, […]
Posts tagged anti-oppression
Bystander Intervention / De(escalation) Training with the Futures Initiative
Wednesday, April 26, 5:00 – 7:30 pm Graduate Center, Room 9206 The Futures Initiative is hosting a Bystander Intervention/(De)escalation Training with trainers from the Center for Anti-Violence Education. If you plan to attend, please RSVP at Eventbrite. Here’s more information about the event from the Futures Initiative blog: “As a continuation of our recent University Worth […]
Supporting Our Students In Difficult Times
Classes have started again this month at LaGuardia Community College, and the Humanities Alliance’s Graduate Teaching Fellows are already in their third and fourth weeks of teaching this semester! Throughout the 2016-2017 year, the Fellows have been learning about and sharing strategies for student-centered pedagogy, alongside other critical pedagogical approaches, and have been discussing how […]
“Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public” – An Event Recap
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, the Futures Initiative kicked off the second year of our University Worth Fighting For series with the event, “Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: The Miseducation of the Public.” We were delighted to welcome a panel of exceptional speakers, a full audience, and an engaged group of online participants for this crucial […]