Violin in one hand, a container of white rice in the other and a math club hat slightly askew, I was ready. I walked out into the pouring rain, ready to take on the day.
The night before, I remember...
On Tuesday, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participated in her first national TV interview since announcing her candidacy three months ago. As promised, this interview covered a vast number of...
A panel of student activists reflected on their personal stories, inspirations and visions for the future of student activism in the Healey Family Student Center Monday evening.
The event, titled...
Panelists reflected on racial and class-based inequality in the first event in a three-part series titled “Ignite the Dream: Race and Socioeconomic Class in America” held Thursday evening in the Intercultural...
One year after President Barack Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative promoting education of young men of color, an initial White House report reflecting on the program’s first year concluded...
Last Wednesday, the Office of the Provost sent an email urging students to attend a series of events called “Ignite the Dream,” an initiative that aims to facilitate a conversation about race, equality...
This February, my students are joining their peers across the country to celebrate Black History Month.
They saw the movie “Selma”, shared their personal stories and have been asked to discuss...
Federal Bureau of Investigation Agency Director James Comey spoke at Gaston Hall last Thursday on the relationship between law enforcement and race, noting that national dialogue on this issue has unfortunately...
When Patricia Brauer visited the dental clinic at Georgetown, she discovered she had a problem.
Patricia was black, and at the time, the clinic served only white patients. Brauer, who enrolled at Georgetown...
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award-winning 2012 essay in The Atlantic, “Fear of a Black President,” sought to explain why Barack Obama has stayed nearly silent on the topic of race, even with his access to...
It’s a question not uncommonly heard on Georgetown’s campus, asked by tour groups, visitors and even the random Georgetown student wondering why she has to walk to Rosslyn.
Why doesn’t Georgetown...
Continuing campus dialogue about recent police brutality and protests in Ferguson, Mo., faculty and students discussed race and the law on a panel in Copley Formal Lounge on Wednesday.
The panel...
