COURSES ON History, Race & EQUITY

In this class we will discuss and analyze the content, evolution of, and controversy surrounding The 1619 Project, originally an award winning, ground-breaking series of essays, poems, short fiction, and photography featured in the August 18, 2019 edition of the New York Times. The 1619 Project, expanded to book-length in 2021, explores the legacy of slavery and race in America since the first enslaved Africans were brought to Virginia. The 1619 Project considers “what it would mean to regard 1619 as our nation’s birth year... to place... black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country.” Throughout the course we assess the implications of the 1619 Project for our identity as a country and as individual citizens. Required book: The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein (ISBN: 978-0-593-23057-2).

Start Date: July 11th, 2022 @ 6pm - 8 pm

Cost: $165

This class will meet in-person at CCAE with a limited student capacity. Please note that COVID-19 proof of vaccination is required. For more info, click on link below.

 In this five-session course, we will explore the popular impact of the work of a few of the founding scholars of Critical Race Theory such as Derrick Bell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Gloria Ladson-Billings. We will engage in a case study of an earlier media controversy. Finally, we will examine the ongoing tension between the concepts of race consciousness and color blindness, and how these concepts illuminate or hinder the ongoing American dialogue about race. 

Start Date: July 7th, 2022 @ 9:30am - 11:30 am  

Cost: $165  

This class will meet in-person at CCAE with a limited student capacity. Please note that COVID-19 proof of vaccination is required. For more info, click on link below.