December 2011
December 15th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility, Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Unlike our brave men and women coming home from Iraq after serving and getting the job done for their country, we cannot say the same about our elected officials here at home.
In the Halls of Congress, we see our elected officials take actions that defy plain old common sense, repeatedly refusing to pass needed legislation. What are sensible ordinary citizens to do when education, facts, and an...
December 13th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, Publisher's Note with 1 Comment
How well this nation takes care of and prepares its children will define the long-term quality of life — culturally, socially, economically — in America, our ability to compete globally, and how we rank overall as a civil society on the world stage. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.And yet, have you heard one peep, one idea, one proposal in the dialogue among candidates vying to become...
December 12th, 2011
Written by Randi McCreary in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Three years ago, I celebrated my thirtieth birthday. I also celebrated the fact that I would have to start viewing life, and the choices I made very differently. A series of unbearable headaches, a serious loss of energy, and a routine blood pressure reading had determined that I had hypertension. My physician informed me that I was going to have to change my relationship with diet and exercise,...
December 12th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 8 Comments
A federal study released last week on the achievement gap between black and white students in the nation’s major urban school systems paints a dismal picture. According to the statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, considered the nation’s report card, in most major urban areas there has been little or no progress in closing the gap.Study results confirmed that in New...
December 12th, 2011
Written by Abby L. Ferber ... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 4 Comments
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.In this segment, Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo, co-authors of the book “Is Everyone...