Events (all Pacific Times)
Final Info Session: Texas Learning Tour
This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth. Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.
This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke. Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.
David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001. The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation. There will also be a question and answer session.
More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses: david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org
Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth. Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.
This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke. Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.
David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001. The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation. There will also be a question and answer session. Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:
· Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM
· Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM
· Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM
More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses: david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org
Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth. Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.
This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke. Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.
David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001. The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation. There will also be a question and answer session. Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:
· Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM
· Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM
· Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM
More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses: david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org
Info Sessions: Texas Learning Tour
This Common Power 2022 learning tour in Texas will (a) examine varied aspects of the state’s history and how scholars, activists, and others are ensuring that historical truths are taught and preserved, and (b) teach us about our own power to create a more inclusive democracy by saving voting rights and preserving the truth. Texas is one of the 7 core Common Power states of long-term investment, and with this learning tour, we seek to further understand the past in order to better shape our future.
This learning tour will be led by AJ Musewe, Dr. Terry Scott, the CP We the People Public Scholar Fellow, and David Domke. Civil rights hero Bob Zellner will join us for the entire trip. Dates for travel will be February 17 through February 22.
David, AJ, and Dr. Scott will host information sessions on this https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85881173001. The sessions will cover information about learning tour goals, itinerary, costs, and preparation. There will also be a question and answer session. Please choose one of the following options to join us for a session:
· Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 6 PM
· Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:30 PM
· Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10 AM
More detailed info here: https://commonpower.org/learningtours. If you have questions we might address, please contact David or AJ at the following email addresses: david@commonpower.org, aj@commonpower.org
AJ and Dr. Scott Present: Stories behind the Great Migration - Life in a New City (New York, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta)
Join us in this second lecture as we explore the lives of Black migrants in five cities: New York, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta. We will examine how African Americans reestablished community in these cities. Where did they work? What businesses did they create? How did they gain political power? What were their leisure outlets? We will answer these and many other questions.
One ticket will be good for BOTH lectures!
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AJ and Dr. Scott Present: Stories behind the Great Migration - Why They Left
While restructuring their economic, social, spiritual, and cultural communities, Black migrants often found themselves at the hub of contestation over physical, social, and political space. Black residents frequently became targets of white animosity in cities across the country and were subjected to varied modes of racialized social control, from the legal to the extra-legal to the categorically violent. Nonetheless, millions of Black people created new worlds and found success, changing America forever.
Join us for two ninety-minute lectures/discussions as we explore the dynamics of Black migration and work to understand what made people reestablish life elsewhere. We will examine how their courage and perseverance provide lessons for us all.
One ticket will be good for BOTH lectures!
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AJ and Dr. Scott Present: Office Hours
Similar to your school days when you had extra questions to ask your teacher or professor, we want to offer the same support to you off-campus. AJ and Dr. Scott Present: Office Hours! This program will be a chance for folks to ask questions about any of the lectures that have already occurred, topics that have not yet been covered in the lecture series, or topics related to current events that are tied to the larger historical conversation.
This is a free event! To register for this event, please use this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc-6vpzMiGtN5DmMWjKfa7oNlK8shx91z
Use this Google Form link to submit your questions so we are able to collect them all in one place: https://forms.gle/BvFuQBSgNZSVCPqP9
AJ and Dr. Scott Present: The Post Civil War South - The Rise of Jim Crow
Reconstruction in America was marked by triumphs and tragedies that collectively worked to usher in a century of Black sovereignty as well as legal and extralegal expressions of white supremacy. Join us as we explore the varied contours of Reconstruction, with particular attention paid to Black freedom expressions and the building of community.
One ticket gives you access to all three lectures!
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-post-civil-war-tickets-143246649585
AJ and Dr. Scott Present: The Post Civil War South - Reconstruction Triumphs
Reconstruction in America was marked by triumphs and tragedies that collectively worked to usher in a century of Black sovereignty as well as legal and extralegal expressions of white supremacy. Join us as we explore the varied contours of Reconstruction, with particular attention paid to Black freedom expressions and the building of community.
One ticket gives you access to all three lectures!
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-post-civil-war-tickets-143246649585
AJ and Dr. Scott Present: The Post Civil War South - Black Existence, Post Civil War
Reconstruction in America was marked by triumphs and tragedies that collectively worked to usher in a century of Black sovereignty as well as legal and extralegal expressions of white supremacy. Join us as we explore the varied contours of Reconstruction, with particular attention paid to Black freedom expressions and the building of community.
One ticket gives you access to all three lectures!
Buy tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-post-civil-war-tickets-143246649585
AJ and Dr. Scott Present: Resistance and Abolitionism
What forms did resistance to slavery take in America? How did abolitionism function as an early form of civil rights activism?
Register here! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrde6sqTMpG9B-RD7BM3KEU_VGnWDxQFH6
AJ and Dr. Scott Present Slavery in America: Freedom was not a Passive Act - The American Civil War
This lecture series surveys the struggles and accomplishments of people of African descent in the United States. While some attention will be paid to African origins, the three sessions in this series will analyze the historical path from importation through the Civil War and the process of freedom. Through a largely, but not exclusively, chronological approach, this series will emphasize how African Americans have worked to determine the trajectory of their own lives. Areas of exploration will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of racial identity and alterity, the slave family and community, the domestic slave trade, resistance and the process of freedom.
One ticket will be good for all three lectures!
Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-slavery-in-america-tickets-138054614067
AJ and Dr. Scott Present Slavery in America: The Largest Migration Hidden in Plain Sight
This lecture series surveys the struggles and accomplishments of people of African descent in the United States. While some attention will be paid to African origins, the three sessions in this series will analyze the historical path from importation through the Civil War and the process of freedom. Through a largely, but not exclusively, chronological approach, this series will emphasize how African Americans have worked to determine the trajectory of their own lives. Areas of exploration will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of racial identity and alterity, the slave family and community, the domestic slave trade, resistance and the process of freedom.
One ticket will be good for all three lectures!
Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-slavery-in-america-tickets-138054614067
AJ and Dr. Scott Present Slavery in America: How Did Black People Become Slaves in North America?
This lecture series surveys the struggles and accomplishments of people of African descent in the United States. While some attention will be paid to African origins, the three sessions in this series will analyze the historical path from importation through the Civil War and the process of freedom. Through a largely, but not exclusively, chronological approach, this series will emphasize how African Americans have worked to determine the trajectory of their own lives. Areas of exploration will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of racial identity and alterity, the slave family and community, the domestic slave trade, resistance and the process of freedom.
One ticket will be good for all three lectures!
Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aj-and-dr-scott-present-slavery-in-america-tickets-138054614067