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Summer2018Vol.21No.3

Examining the Past, Transforming the Future

This issue of Diversity & Democracy examines how colleges and universities are studying the histories of their institutions and local communities, connecting history to present-day issues, and working to create a better future. The colleges and universities featured in this issue are working to promote equity, integrity, and civic responsibility by strengthening campus/community relationships and creating new programs, practices, and legacies.

Table of Contents

From the Editor: Studying the Past to Build a Better Future

By Emily Schuster, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Examining the Past, Transforming the Future

Higher Education and a Living, Diverse Democracy: An Overview

By William C. Purdy, California State University–Northridge

Racial Healing Circles: Empathy and Liberal Education

By Gail C. Christopher, Ntianu Garden: Center for Healing and Nature and formerly the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Freedom University: “Where You Walk in Undocumented and Leave Unafraid”

By Laura Emiko Soltis, Freedom University

A Legacy of Education for Liberation

By Fernando Esquivel-Suárez, Freedom University and Spelman College

The Strength of Our Solidarity: A Student Reflection

By Rafael Aragón, Freedom University and Eastern Connecticut State University

Campus and Community Practice

Reckoning with Slavery at Georgetown

By Adam Rothman, Georgetown University

For Our Ancestors and Our Descendants

By Mélisande Short-Colomb, Georgetown University

Transforming the Negative Legacy of the Unethical United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study

By Betty Neal Crutcher, University of Richmond and Tuskegee University; Joan R. Harrell, Auburn University and formerly Tuskegee University; and Wylin Wilson, Harvard University and formerly Tuskegee University

A Descendant's Personal Reflection

By Betty Neal Crutcher, University of Richmond and Tuskegee University

Jesuits, Jazz, and Justice: Remembering the Past and Working for a More Just Future

By Karin M. Cotterman and Nolizwe Nondabula—both of the University of San Francisco

Perspective

Global Indigenous Studies: The Navajo Technical University Experience

By Wesley Thomas, Navajo Technical University, and Amy Horowitz, Indiana University

A “Boatload of Knowledge”: New Ideas in a Would-Be Utopia

By Emily Watson, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

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