As we head into the 10-day countdown to May Day, once again the mainstream media is snoozing its way into irrelevance. Check out today’s New York Times and you will find nary a mention of the busy preparations going on now for the day of action in New York and around the country on May [...]
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Let a million local media outlets and citizen journalists bloom
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on April 25, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/let-a-million-local-media-outlets-and-citizen-journalists-bloom/
Sparking Creativity at the 2012 Berkshire Festival of Women Writers
It’s finally snowing in Massachusetts! My afternoon meetings were cancelled, and I can settle in by the fire and enjoy the peaceful quiet that always descends when we hunker down under a good New England snowfall. This gives me a welcome chance to share something positive for a change with my blog readers. Tomorrow is [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on February 29, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/sparking-creativity-at-the-2012-berkshire-festival-of-women-writers/
A new generation rises, and with them, our hopes
Today I gave the keynote address at the regional Model UN student conference sponsored by Bard College at Simon’s Rock. On the one hand, it was heart-warming to look out and see that crowded lecture hall filled with bright, eager young faces, ready to step on to the world stage, if only in theory, and [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on January 20, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/a-new-generation-rises-and-with-them-our-hopes/
Who’s Afraid of Women’s Writing?
Last night I participated in a panel discussion on Virginia Woolf and Margaret Mead called “Who’s Afraid of Women(‘s) Writing,” with Bard College of Simon’s Rock colleagues Maryann Tebben and Asma Abbas. We were talking about how women’s writing is often oppositional, representing an outsider’s point of view to male-dominated mainstream discourse, whatever the discipline. [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 29, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/whos-afraid-of-womens-writing/
Student-driven learning: Diversity Day at Simon’s Rock
Tomorrow is Diversity Day at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, a day when regular classes are cancelled so that the whole student body can attend workshops prepared by students, with some faculty guidance, on a range of topics related to social difference. I am participating in three workshops: “Bros Before Hoes: When Male Loyalty Becomes [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on November 8, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/student-driven-learning-diversity-day-at-simons-rock/
Education at the crossroads: cookie cutter or cutting edge?
“Education has to be at the forefront of restoring this country,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein today, at a ceremony formally welcoming incoming Simon’s Rock provost Peter Laipson to his new post. “The problem with America is an absence of discipline and an unwillingness to confront unpleasant truths,” Leon continued, elegantly making the case [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on September 18, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/education-at-the-crossroads-cookie-cutter-or-cutting-edge/
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