Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming

March 2021

The mission of MUSE is to heighten the awareness of underrepresented musical voices who have contributed to the tradition of Western art music and to equip the Shepherd community with the tools to address the issues specific to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Through our work, we hope to foster a healthy, safe, and proactive environment that is adaptable to the evolving field of music.

Sponsors: Shepherd School of Music & CERCL’s Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming, Rice University

March 2021

Moderator and Organizer: Travis Alexander, postdoctoral fellow in Medical Humanities, Rice Academy of Fellows

Participants:
Kelsey Whipple, assistant professor of journalism, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Robert Quigley, associate professor of practice and Innovation Director, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin

Katey Outka Psencik, adjunct in journalism, University of Texas at Austin

Sponsors by: Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry, and the Program in Medical Humanities & CERCL’s Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming, Rice University

March 2021

Can our society exist without police and policing? As we continue to reflect on the violent effects of systemic racism and police brutality, which gained mainstream attention after continued protests in support of Black Lives Matter this past summer, it is important to acknowledge the history of police in the U.S. and understand the context for calls to “Defund the Police.” This panel aims to explain what abolition entails and call attention to the current work being done within and around Rice in support of the police abolition movement.

Hosts: Malaika Bergner & Melissa Carmona

Panelists:
Andrew R. Hairston from Texas Appleseed
Ashton P. Woods from Black Lives Matter Houston
Blaque Robinson from UNC Chapel Hill
Steve Sherman from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Sponsors: Center for Civic Leadership & CERCL’s Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming,
Rice University

October 2020

The PJHC Black Lives Matter Edit-a-thon will improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics relating to anti-Black racism and racial justice.

Key aims of the Edit-a-thon are to:

Create and revise Wikipedia articles addressing the social, political, and legal contexts and issues that underlie disparities targeted by Black Lives Matter
Create articles that discuss campaigns against systemic racism.
Create articles on notable Black people and organizations
Provide free access to knowledge and information that support racial justice
Empower more students to learn how to edit Wikipedia as a means of counteracting anti-Black racism in the encyclopedia

This event is sponsored by Rice University's Program in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (PJHC) in collaboration with the Center for Women, Gender, & Sexuality, the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning, and the Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming.

February 2012

Dr. Virgil Wood, church leader, educator, and civil rights activist, served with Martin Luther King, Jr., as a member of the National Executive Board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for the last ten years of Dr. King’s life and work, and Coordinated the State of Virginia in the Historic March on Washington, April 28, 1963.