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THE PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE UNION
Imagining America in partnership with U.S. Department of Arts and Culture* presents: Once a year, the President delivers the State of the Union address to highlight important national issues from the...
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“Silence is the voice of complicity” v “That’s not what we’re talking about...
By Jennifer Shook, PAGE Co-director I hesitated about writing this blog post. I continue because my hesitation itself marks greater discomforts. I have, probably just like you, dear readers, had many...
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Ferguson and the #blacklivesmatter Movement: Practical Questions and Musings
By Enger Muteteke, PAGE 2014-2015 Fellow I am a 36 year old African American woman who serves as Associate Pastor at a predominantly Caucasian congregation just outside of Baltimore City. While our...
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Talking #BlackLivesMatter Offline and Outside of the Classrooms and Lecture...
By La Tanya S. Autry, PAGE Co-director As a PhD candidate in art history at the University of Delaware, I’ve centered my studies on objects, images, and practices of memory, public space, race, and...
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The People’s State of the Union in Central New York
Last week, the President delivered the annual State of the Union Address. Each year, this speech is meant to highlight important national issues from the past year and suggest priorities for the coming...
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Sidelines
By Naphtali Leyland Fields, PAGE Fellow 2014-2015 I stand in the cold holding the sign with numb hands. A line of us stretched along the main road of a small town in the South. ‘#blacklivesmatter’,...
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My Art Museum Mission
By La Tanya S. Autry, PAGE Co-director *The life and thoughtful words of the beloved Maya Angelou guide me as I carve a career path in the arts. Her statement: “I am working toward a time when...
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Letters of Love and Struggle
By Alexandrina Agloro, Katie Lennard, Jessica Robinson Dear Jessica and Katie, My heart hurts. I want to write everything and yet, when I start to type I don’t know what to say. Racism is crazy, and...
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“Checking Your Privilege 101”: A Social-Justice Movement in Higher Education
By Lydia E. Ferguson, PAGE 2014-15 Fellow Notre Dame and DePauw Universities have recently come under fire for promoting dialogue on current social issues such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the...
View ArticleWe Stand With Baltimore
We, at Imagining America, stand with those in Baltimore calling for restorative action and equity. A current Imagining America Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Fellow and resident of...
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