PhD Candidate in Sociology
During her short time in Madison, Ruby has made a lasting impact in her department, campus, and broader community. As a critical scholar, her research on race, gender, and education has shaped her ability to offer suggestions to her department which, like other departments, is committing itself to improving the experiences of historically marginalized students. Ruby is also the current president and previous social chair of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) at UW–Madison. Through her role as president Ruby worked with BGPSA’s executive board to organize general body meetings and several social and academic events. Ruby’s involvement in the BGPSA is instrumental for building community amongst and improving the retention of Black students. Although she does not consider it a service to speak out against racism or emotionally support a friend, Ruby’s unpaid service is particularly notable. Ruby is a Black woman whose emot
Are we really doing this?
Yes yes, we are.
It’s interesting how a society’s morality can change.
Just when you think we’ve got it right, a new revolution can shake the Etch-A-Sketch.
Forty years ago, a particular wisdom prevailed: It is wrong to view people according to the color of their skin.
The moral high ground of the day: being colorblind.
But on the road to progress, we littered: That went out the window.
Now in our vehicle of virtue: the trending term CNN defines below.
Being anti-racist means more than ridding yourself of racist attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. It means you’re also actively fighting that reprehensible trinity as it manifests in your life on a daily basis.
Will Kirk (JHU Media)
Kali-Ahset Amen, of Johns Hopkins University, said efforts like this West Baltimore community mural a Black heritage/neighborhood beautification project done in collaboration with African American churches will be enhanced with Mellon funding.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday announced about $72 million in total grants for 16 different humanities-based projects focused on issues of racial justice.
The “Just Futures” grants of up to $5 million each will “support multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative teams producing solutions-based work that contributes to public understanding of the nation’s racist past and can lead to the creation of socially just futures,” according to the foundation.