Kimberly Johnson, a University of Oregon administrator and novelist, will soon have her debut book, “This Is My America,” developed as a series for the HBO Max streaming service.
The UO vice provost for undergraduate education and student success sold the rights to her award-winning novel to film production company Picturestart of Los Angeles, according to an Around the O press release.
“This Is My America” follows 17-year-old Tracy Beaumont, a Black, Gen-Z high school student in Galveston, Texas, who lives for social justice causes. As she’s fighting for Innocence X, a criminal justice organization whose mission includes her death row-sentenced father, her brother, a state track star, is accused of murdering a white classmate. Beaumont’s task doubles as she races to clear her father’s name and prove her brother’s innocence.
$4.5M grant to fund UO racial, climate justice institute
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:29 PM
Updated: Jan 19, 2021 7:30 PM
Posted By: Kennedy Dendy
EUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon has received its largest humanities grant in school history. That’s $4.52 million that will help tackle issues of racial and climate justice.
Across the campus, students said this is a step in the right direction, after the multiple issues that have sparked across the Pacific Northwest.
It’s called the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice and will be housed at the UO’s Center for Environmental Futures.
The University of Oregon has received a $4.52 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new initiative envisioning a transformative.