Where does Anti-Racism live in your practice?
From creative-generation.org You told your story, now what? If this were the Registry of Multiple Voices (RMV), the enormous waiting period might cause one to give up. Artists constantly use their medium to expressive themselves, however, the feedback lacks. The very...
NIU Music Library digital exhibit: Just Give Me My Equality – A look at protest music through history
For as long as music has been around people have used it to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions. Music allows us to express ourselves in a way that speaking or writing cannot. It serves to connect people and bring them together through song and...
Race: The Power of an Illusion
An online companion to the award-winning documentary series by California Newsreel discussing the origins, beliefs and consequences of what we call race.
NIU in the news
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, NIU College of Education, Joseph Flynn in Yahoo! Lifestyle: Why It’s So Critical To Talk To Your Family About Race. Maybell Romero, assistant professor, College of Law, was recently featured in an article posted to The...
Americans for the Arts: Social Change
Fostering Civic Engagement and Social Impact through the Arts Arts and culture promote understanding and action on issues facing our communities and the world. Americans for the Arts’ commitment to creative social change is embodied by its Animating Democracy program,...
E-newsletter – Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
From the VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence e-newsletter in April: As promised, your CTLE support team (me and Tiffany) gathered and curated some resources for you on anti-racism. You will find below that the resources provided address anti-racist...
National Museum of African-American History and Culture – Being Antiracist
To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives. Race does not biologically exist, yet how we identify with race is so powerful, it influences our experiences and shapes our lives. In a society...
Webinar: Structural Racism and Health Disparities
Dr. Ayana Jordan: "COVID-19 is Terrible, But I am More Likely to Die From Structural Racism" In this webinar, Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, defines key concepts that contribute to the oppression, pain, and...
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children
This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and...
TED: Titus Kaphar “Can art amend history?”
Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a replica of a 17th-century Frans...
WQXR – Educate Yourself – Black Musicians Take to Social Media to Share Their Stories
From the WQXR Blog, New York Public Radio The classical music world has reached its reckoning moment. But the question remains whether leaders, administrators, patrons, and performers of all backgrounds will take up the gauntlet and fight together to ensure a more...