One State, One Film: Let the People Decide FILM WATCH & DISCUSSION Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:00pm – 8:15pm with Gavin Guerra Writer, Producer & Director of Let the People Decide David Dennis Civil Rights Icon featured in Let the People Decide Maxien Robinson-Lewin NAACP GH Chapter President Zal Shroff Clinical Lecturer in Law Senior Liman […]
Encounters: American Dreams
DODD HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT is proud to co-sponsor AMERICAN DREAMS It’s a Game. It’s a Show. It’s America Imagine a world where the only way to gain U.S. citizenship is by competing in a live online game show. Welcome to American Dreams where each night, you, the audience gets to choose who will become your […]
One State, One Film: Just Mercy
One State, One Film: Just Mercy FILM WATCH & DISCUSSION Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00pm – 8:15pm with Renee Montgomery 2x WNBA Champion and Activist James Jeter TOW Fellow, YPEI at Dwight Hall at Yale Jonathan Kubakundimana Program Manager at the Equal Justice Initiative Join members of the Connecticut Collaborative on Poverty, Criminal Justice & […]
DAWNLAND: Screening and Discussion
DAWNLAND VIRTUAL FILM WATCH & DISCUSSION Thursday, October 1, 2020 4:00pm – 5:30pm with gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag) Maine-Wabanaki TRC Co-Chair Gail Werrbach Maine-Wabanaki TRC Member Adam Mazo Co-Director, Dawnland Mishy Lesser Learning Director, Upstander Project For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. […]
How to Teach Difficult Subjects to Young People
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT AMERICAN DREAMS CLICK HERE Meet the author of the winning book, Kip Wilson Tuesday, October 13, 2020 7:00pm – 8:30pm and join the discussion on How to Teach Difficult Subjects to Young People To register: CLICK HERE All participating educators will receive a free copy of White Rose […]
UNSPOKEN TRUTHS: Third Public Forum
Our Third Public Forum on the Murder of George Floyd, Race Relations & the Journey Toward Equity with Kimberly Kersey, Shanna T. Melton, Daryl McGraw & Tiheba Bain Moderated by Joelle A. Murchison Thursday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. REGISTER HERE Presented in collaboration with the Charter Oak Cultural Center, The Amsitad Center for Arts […]
UNSPOKEN TRUTHS: Second Public Forum
Our Second Public Forum on the Murder of George Floyd, Race Relations & the Journey Toward Equity with Neville Brooks, Miriam Gohara, Brian Syms & Jay Williams Moderated by Joelle A. Murchison Thursday, July 23 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. REGISTER HERE Presented in collaboration with the Charter Oak Cultural Center, The Amsitad Center for […]
July 15, 2020 – Open Letter to International Students
July 15, 2020 Open letter to UConn International Students: UConn’s Office of Global Affairs stands with you. Yesterday, in a Massachusetts court room, the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed to rescind its July 6th rule for international students. It was a win not only for international students but also for the United […]
July 13, 2020 – Statement by Institute Directors
The Africana Studies Institute, the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, the American Studies Program, the Center for Judaic Studies, El Instituto (Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies), the Human Rights Institute, the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), Dodd Human Rights Impact, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, […]
UNSPOKEN TRUTHS
A Public Forum on the Murder of George Floyd, Race Relations and the Journey Towards Equity A panel conversation featuring Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar; Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.; Donessa Colley, Ayesha R Clarke MPH MSW. Moderated by Joelle A. Murchison Tuesday, June 23 at 7:00 pm REGISTER HERE Presented in collaboration with Charter Oak Cultural […]