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February 2020
Sacred Music: A Journey to Freedom
Register for A Journey to Freedom Trainer: Dr. Ruth Bass Green, educator, piano and voice teacher, and church musician, is the founder and president of the Hazelle Catherine Bass Institute for the Arts (HCBInstituteforthearts.org). For…
Find out more »Colored Conventions in the 21st Century: Recovering the Black Protest Tradition
This is a four‐part series. Participants are expected to attend all four sessions: February 29 + March 28 + April 11 + May 2 Register for Colored Conventions: Recovering the Black Protest Tradition GOING DEEPER: SERIES CLASS…
Find out more »The Life of the Prophet Muhammad
Register for the Life of the Prophet Muhammad Mirza Yawar Baig This is a two‐part series. Participants are expected to attend both sessions. Saturday, February 29 + Saturday, March 7 GOING DEEPER: SERIES CLASS Trainer: Mirza Yawar…
Find out more »March 2020
Screening of Dawnland and Panel Discussion
Register for Dawnland Screening Dawnland is an Emmy‐award winning documentary, created by the Upstander Project, that tells the story of the forced removal of Native American children from their homes, and the first official U.S. Truth…
Find out more »Intergenerational Trauma in Indigenous Communities and Movements for Indigenous Cultural Survival
Register for Indigenous Cultural Survival Trainers: Mishy Lesser, Ed.D., Learning Director for Upstander Project and Education Fellow at the Dodd Research Center at UConn; and Anthony Melting Tallow, (Blackfoot Nation of Siksika, Alberta, Canada), visual…
Find out more »Powerfully Peaceful
Register for Powerfully Peaceful Trainer Tem Blessed Tem Blessed is a socially conscious hip‐hop artist, spoken work, keynote speaker and professional emcee. Listen to latest track “Hold Up! We Go Higher” on iTunes. Class Description Come…
Find out more »ACT: Treasure Both the Minds and Hearts of Students
Register for Treasure Both the Minds and Hearts of Students Please bring a bag lunch Trainers: Susan Kennedy Marx, an activist, life‐long educator, and trainer in the field of social change and social justice, holds an EDD…
Find out more »Educator and Community Leader Workshop: What is the Relationship Between the Taking of the Land and the Taking of the Children?
Register for Educator & Community Leaders Workshop This class is limited to 20 participants; pre‐registration is required. Trainer: Mishy Lesser, Ed.D., is the learning director for the Upstander Project and Education Fellow at the Thomas…
Find out more »Preparing to Run for Office: A Workshop for Potential Candidates and Their Support Teams
Register for Preparing to Run for Office Trainers: Tahirah Amatul‐Wadud is an attorney and Commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. In the 2018 primary, she was a Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts…
Find out more »Who is Hip Hop? I am Hip Hop!
Register for Who is Hip Hop? Tem Blessed Trainer: Tem Blessed is a socially conscious Hip-Hop Artist that has been making relevant music with a message for over a decade. My music and message is about…
Find out more »Leading Volunteers? Resist Doing ALL of the Work!
Register for Leading Volunteers Pamela Marsh-Williams Trainer: Pamela Marsh‐Williams, Retired University Administrator for Academic Affairs, Strategic Planner & Financial Manager, Student Academic Success Coach, and Gardener Class Description: There are challenges and joys to being…
Find out more »Circle Practice 2.0
Register for Circle Practice 2.0 Tasondra Jardine Trainer: Tasondra Jardine, a student of the universe and all her creations; Tasondra is a Reiki master who was trained in circle practice by a Reiki circle, has…
Find out more »Disability 101
Register for Disability 101 Dr. Madeline Peters Trainer: Dr. Madeline L. Peters has worked in higher education for the past 38 years. For 30 of these she has served as the Director of Disability Services at UMass Amherst. Dr.…
Find out more »The Art of Deliberate Inclusion: Building the World that We Want
Register for the Art of Deliberate Inclusion LaDonna Sanders Redmon Trainer: LaDonna Sanders Redmond is an activist and freedom fighter. Working on a range of issues from reproductive justice to developing alternatives to incarceration for first‐time drug offenders, to…
Find out more »The Art of Songwriting, Recording and Performing
Register for the Art of Songwriting, Recording & Performing Tem Blessed Trainer: Tem Blessed is a socially conscious Hip-Hop Artist that has been making relevant music with a message for over a decade. My music and…
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