Jul 8, 2016 | Black Lives Matter
I’m sitting with this…this feeling of sadness and anger. Yet again, my blackness has given another individual enough fear to take an innocent life… Those who know me well know that I show up in love. Even when it gets hard, I try. But I need to address something....
Jul 7, 2016 | Black Lives Matter
It is hard to find the right words to express the anger, grief, and sadness many of us are feeling today. Alton Sterling and Philando Castile are now counted among the 509 people who have been killed by police in the United States in 2016. As student affairs...
Jul 7, 2016 | Black Lives Matter
I watched the footage maybe 4-6 times last night. I then drank a glass of wine and I went to bed at 9:30 p.m. I share those details because that isn’t my typical pattern. I just shut down. I don’t want to be silent yet I don’t know what words will...
Jul 7, 2016 | Black Lives Matter
Below is a growing list of resources related to the Black Lives Matter movement. Please check back regularly for updates to this list. #blkSAPblackout List of Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G9iGnw36kZC7gFINmqKxKmxfiJvY8DRKU1BN43NhKt4/edit FREE BOOKS in...
Jun 10, 2016 | ACPA Senior Scholars
Sherry K. Watt Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs Program University of Iowa ACPA Senior Scholar The Revolution has started. Many are pushing back against our systems of traditional dominant-culture values, White supremacy, gender binary, heterosexism and...
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