Embodying Theory – A book talk with Elizabeth Bishop

Please join us on Wednesday, Feb. 20th for a book talk with Elizabeth Bishop, co-author of the newly published book Embodying theory : epistemology, aesthetics, and resistance (Peter Lang, 2018 Embodying Theory offers a series of writings and images to make theory walk, recasting major post-structural and deconstructive thought in order to explore spheres of action in the … More Embodying Theory – A book talk with Elizabeth Bishop

An Evening about Inclusion

Presented to you by MASCLab, The Racial literacy Roundtable, The Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies and the Civic Participation Project, there will be two events that promote and explore forms of inclusion on Thursday, December 8, 2016. Event #1: A participatory screening of Una Vida dos Países, which tells the stories of transborder youth who have returned to … More An Evening about Inclusion

Summer Institute: Participatory Methods – Theory and Practice

This summer, CPP Directors Laura Smith, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, and Lalitha Vasudevan will offer a Summer Institute focused on the theory and practice of Participatory Methods. There will be a special focus on youth and wellbeing, and course participants will have the opportunity to explore new methodologies, digital tools, and participatory approaches in community-based research. IND 5199: Participatory Methods: Theory … More Summer Institute: Participatory Methods – Theory and Practice

CPP in the News: Spotlight on “Opportunity Gaps for Boys and Young Men of Color”

Last week, Teachers College professor and CPP Co-Director, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, spoke at a meeting of the New York Board of Regents and advocated for New York state to allocate funding to “coordinate a statewide version of President Obama’s 2014 My Brother’s Keeper program,” making New York the first state in the nation to answer the President’s call to … More CPP in the News: Spotlight on “Opportunity Gaps for Boys and Young Men of Color”

CPP in the News: Spotlight on Poverty and Inclusion

CPP Co-Director, Laura Smith, was cited in The Nation for her research on the widespread impact of poverty and social exclusion for communities. Here is an excerpt from the article: In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith noted that central aspects of living in poverty include marginalization from public life and suffering the stigma associated with being … More CPP in the News: Spotlight on Poverty and Inclusion