Kathy Evans, professor of education, will be a keynote speaker at University of Wyoming’s Shepard Symposium on Social Justice in April. She will be joined by Judy and Dennis Shepard, the parents of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered outside of Laramie during the 1998 fall semester, and University of Wyoming education professor Angela Jaime. This is the 20th anniversary of Shepard’s death; the annual symposium honors him. ... read more about Education professor to speak at Shepard Symposium on Social Justice from University of Wyoming
In 2017,Gwendolyn Myers was elected to the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Advisory Council for governance and accountability. The forum nominated her among 5,000 leading experts engaged by the forum to shape a global agenda. She is also a member of the Working Group on Youth for Gender Equality coordinated by the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development. ... read more about Gwendolyn Myers shares about shaping a global agenda for peace from Sierra Leone Times
A black woman and a white man have been on what they call “a healing journey.” They have written a book that describes her as a “daughter of slavery” and him as “a son of the slave trade.”
“You have to tell the truth,even when it gets ugly,” says Sharon Leslie Morgan. She wrote a book with Thomas Norman DeWolf about their physical, emotional, and spiritual journey uncovering their roots on either side of the slave trade.
... read more about CTTT’s DeWolf and Morgan share their ‘healing journey’ in Florida from Altamont Enterprise
