Visionary Activism & BlackLivesMatter

Please join the Civic Participation Project in our upcoming event on March 21st 2016: Visionary Activism: How the BlackLivesMatter Movement Challenges Us to View a World Beyond Police Body Cameras. With Vincent Warren, the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. (follow CCR on twitter: @theCCR) Monday March 21st 2016 from 5-6:30 in Horace … More Visionary Activism & BlackLivesMatter

Enhancing Data Driven Research within the Prison System: The true knowledge lies within the individual

One of our missions within the Civic Participation Project is to review the literature that focuses on transition programs for inmates who are coming back into the community. It is clear that there is a vast amount of empirical research showing the positive correlations between these programs and their participant’s ability to gain employment, utilize … More Enhancing Data Driven Research within the Prison System: The true knowledge lies within the individual

Campus Dialogues on Race, part II: Accountability, Action, and Participation

Join the Civic Participation Project on Tuesday December 8th from 1-2:30PM in Thompson 229 for a follow-up CCP Cafe discussion about racial dialogues on college campuses. Your voice and participation matters in thinking about What Comes Next. Coffee and tea will be provided. #whatcomesnextTC? The Civic Participation Project at Teachers College Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Lalitha Vasudevan, … More Campus Dialogues on Race, part II: Accountability, Action, and Participation

The 3rd Edition of The Confined Arts Opportunities & Change Art Exhibition/Conference

The Confined Arts is a platform for currently as well as formerly incarcerated visual and performing artists to showcase their talent. The organizers have also opened this platform to those artist who work in or around prisons and directly with the issues of mass incarceration, as well as those who have been affected by mass … More The 3rd Edition of The Confined Arts Opportunities & Change Art Exhibition/Conference

Racial Literacy Rountables Youth and Well-Being Series: Masculinity and Race

Please join us for our upcoming Racial Literacy Roundtables: Youth and Well-Being Series. We will be exploring the intersections and experience of masculinity and race. The conversation will be led by Jeffrey Garrett, the Director of Leadership Development Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, and Catherine DeLazzero, a Doctoral Candidate and Instructor in the English Education … More Racial Literacy Rountables Youth and Well-Being Series: Masculinity and Race

Let’s Talk About What YOU Want To Talk About: Unstructured Cafe This Thursday

The Civic Participation Project at Teachers College Columbia University invites you to participate in an Unstructured Cafe this Thursday October 22nd from 12:00-1:30PM in room 103 Russell Hall. This is a space provided for the TC Community to talk about what YOU want to talk about. We look forward to seeing you there. Coffee and … More Let’s Talk About What YOU Want To Talk About: Unstructured Cafe This Thursday

You are invited to the first Racial Literacy Roundtable of the 2015-2016 academic year!

Greetings Racial Literacy Participants! We look forward to seeing you at the first Racial Literacy Roundtable of the 2015-2016 academic year: “Masculinities and Race: Exploring Intersections and Experience“ on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Teachers College, Columbia University in Horace Mann 150 from 6:00 – 8:00. Pizza and refreshments start at 5:30 p.m. Flyer is attached. Youth and Well-Being Series: For the third year in a … More You are invited to the first Racial Literacy Roundtable of the 2015-2016 academic year!