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CRE 151 Black Women Activists and Harvard

  Black women have historically played a key role in protecting voting rights and urging their communities to vote. Deborah Scott Atlanta help found Georgia Stand-Up -nonpartisan civic engagement organization Harvard’s provide leaders with tools to run their organization, navigate spaces that often are unwelcoming. 1.       The program, -Power, Innovation and Leadership -executive education program out of Harvard Of the 24 women, in the inaugural cohort some ran community organization, some led wealth equity projects, others were involved in politics. 2.       LaTosha Brown -national civil rights activists founded the program 3.       Their work focused on the South -historically a hostile environment for Black people, slow to address disparities 4.       Took place January 2023 in person Harvard orientation, followed by weekly online sessions, lasting four months, as women returned to campus for intense sessions, and soul stirring dinner event and uplifting closing ceremony 5.       T
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CRE 298: UsToo: A #MeToo Conversation with Five Asian American Writers

  1.       Different women of color experience different set of experiences, while the vast majority of those in the #MeTOO sexual assault stories are white women. 2.       But is this because fewer women of color submit or do they feel pressure to represent and tell their own stories fall by the wayside? 3.       For some the challenge of being assaulted stem from her multiple identities..as a nonbinary femme and queer and Muslim and Bangladeshi means bringing a gretter set of issues to the table. 4.       At times gathering people who shared marginalized identities, some feel that they cannot access that space a.       Feels more intense when Jordan shares her story with queer Muslim community that she was assaulted in that space because everyone knows each other and will talk b.       Having people that believe her makes a difference in how she creates new communities c.       Working through therapy -the content ofher experiences (writing and reading apiece about sexual
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CRE 151 Key Findings about Black immigrants in the U.S.

  CRE 151 Key Findings about Black immigrants in the U.S. 1.       Black immigrant population climbs to 4.6 million   in 2019 from about 800,000 in 1980. a.       Accounted for 19% of overall growth of Black population which increased by 20 million during same period b.       Projected to account for roughly a third of Black populations growth through 2060 2.       Sizeable share of Black Americans have recent immigrant connections a.       In addition to 12% of Black people born in a foreign country -9% more are second-generation Americans (meaning they were born in U.S., with at least one parent foreign-born) b.       These two groups account for 21% of the Black population, but still lower than foreign born Hispanic or Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 3.       About half of all black immigrants arrived in U.S. after 2000 a.       31% came to U.S. between 2010 and 2019 b.       27% between 2000-2009 c.       Compared to all immigrants where about half have immigrated to u.s. sin
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questions 2025

 Questions What challenges do you think students and universities may face in the implementation of Project 2025? It calls for dismantling the agency and putting an end to loan forgiveness. It details plans to overhaul the accreditation system and roll back  new Title IX protections  for LGBTQ+ students and sexual assault survivors while ending all ongoing investigations into reported Title IX violations.   Republicans’  push   against  diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the federal government, calling for stripping DEI requirements and references to sexual orientation and gender identity, among other terms, from “every federal rule, agency regulation, contract, grant, regulation, and piece of legislation that exists.” The most significant piece of the plan for higher ed is its call to break up the Education Department and disperse the management of federal education programs—those that would still exist, that is—across multiple agencies. For example, the Office for Civil
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