Southern storyteller: Black ed & cities, the U.S. South, & anti-capitalist spatial imaginaries. Ontologically thique. Assistant Professor at UW-Madison.
I co-edit @AJEForum & was proud to publish this piece! To me, the focus is more how ideas about the importance of knowledge-building curriculum flow across time, space, people, organizations, and have meshed with ideas about reading instruction. (1/4)
Student encampment ends @UWMadison with an agreement between administration and students. The tents were folded at the end, each given the name of one of the 12 universities that were demolished by the Israeli war machine. #free_gaza
If you are a badger, student, staff, or faculty, still at @UWMadison or a graduate, please consider signing this letter in support of the students right to protest free of intimidation.
https://t.co/lnk2NZv6A2
Community there are many roles. to play:
-Coordinate w/ housing staff to support students.
-Donate to bail/supply fund
-Fundraise privately or publicly
Not all of these actions are public & that’s intentional & good.
Today we sent an open letter to college and university presidents across the nation outlining five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom while protecting against discriminatory harassment and disruptive conduct.
Read more: https://t.co/hfy6hmTUN0
One of my mentors (Rev. Gail Bowman) defined leadership as, “who you are, whose you are, and what you have to give others for the best possible reasons.” Wherever I go, may I carry that with me.