It was such a pleasure to attend day 1 of the Humanities Alliance Conference. The day started with a very informative statistical study. Then with a panel of few fellows who teach at Community Colleges in NYC. It was an interesting feel when professors as fellows described their experiences specifically after the November 2016 elections. […]
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Classrooms as a Sphere of Possibility: Workshopping Pedagogy and Social Justice
On September 13, The Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York hosted a public event entitled, Classroom and Social Justice: Why Start with Pedagogy. As an exit ticket, we asked the audience to briefly write about why they were interested in this topic. We received critical and impressive responses […]
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 […]
Panel on Teaching the Humanities at Community Colleges: Perspectives and Practices
April 24th, 6:30-8:30pm The Graduate Center, Room 9204 The Teaching and Learning Center, Futures Initiative, CUNY Humanities Alliance are co-sponsoring an event on teaching the humanities in community colleges today. Join us for a panel discussion with five faculty members—several of them Graduate Center alumnae—who will share their experiences teaching the humanities at CUNY’s community colleges. Panelists […]