Carlisle council votes to launch discussion on racial inequities in borough PennLive.com 3/12/2021 Charles Thompson, pennlive.com © Here, Carlisle High students participate in a Black Lives Matter rally at Dickinson College last Jun. Carlisle Borough Council has passed a resolution creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to spearhead a two-year dialogue on racial inequities in Carlisle, and to propose fixes
CARLISLE - Borough Council voted 7-0 Thursday to create and empanel a new Truth and Reconciliation Commission tasked with exploring the root causes of long-lasting racial disparities in income, home ownership, criminal arrests and other facets of life in Carlisle, and what borough policies, practices and ordinances have contributed to them.
Carlisle council votes to launch discussion on racial inequities in borough
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Can we talk about race? : Carlisle considering commission to study sources of racial problems
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Dickinson Announces Support for New Projects Connecting Learning to Community Engagement
Aisha Johnson 20 teaches Chinese to young learners at the Dickinson College Children s Center through the Russian department s internship program in 2019. The program is currently being expanded and formalized.
Twelve civic-education projects move forward with CCLA funding
This spring, the Center for Civic Learning & Action (CCLA) is supporting 12 emerging and expanding faculty- and staff-led projects that empower students to work toward the common good in a variety of ways.
The projects are funded through the college’s Civic Engagement Fund, supported by a generous Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, and they span the spectrum of subjects in the humanities, sciences and arts. Each provides a framework for students to apply what they’re learning in class to problems and projects in the local community.