VOL. 21, NO. 3 | SUMMER 2018 CIVIC LEARNING FOR SHARED FUTURES A Publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities Examining the Past, Transforming the Future VOL. 21, NO. 3 | SUMMER 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS EMILY SCHUSTER, Editor BEN DEDMAN, Associate Editor ANN KAMMERER, Design 3 | From the Editor MICHELE STINSON, Production Manager Examining the Past, Transforming the Future KATHRYN PELTIER CAMPBELL, Editorial Advisor 4 | Higher Education and a Living, Diverse Democracy: An Overview DAWN MICHELE WHITEHEAD, Editorial Advisor WILLIAM C. PURDY, California State University–Northridge TIA BROWN McNAIR, Editorial Advisor 10 | Racial Healing Circles: Empathy and Liberal Education CARYN McTIGHE MUSIL, Senior Editorial GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER, Ntianu Garden: Center for Healing and Nature and formerly Advisor the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Advisory Board 14 | Freedom University: “Where You Walk in Undocumented and Leave Unafraid” HARVEY CHARLES, University at Albany, LAURA EMIKO SOLTIS, Freedom University State University of New York 15 | A Legacy of Education for Liberation TIMOTHY K. EATMAN, Rutgers FERNANDO ESQUIVEL-SUÁREZ, Freedom University and Spelman College University–Newark ARIANE HOY, Bonner Foundation 16 | The Strength of Our Solidarity: A Student Reflection SHANNA SMITH JAGGARS, The Ohio RAFAEL ARAGÓN, Freedom University and Eastern Connecticut State University State University HILARY KAHN, Indiana University–Bloomington Campus and Community Practice L. LEE KNEFELKAMP, Teachers College, 18 | Reckoning with Slavery at Georgetown Columbia University ADAM ROTHMAN, Georgetown University KEVIN KRUGER, NASPA–Student Affairs 20 | For Our Ancestors and Our Descendants Administrators in Higher Education MÉLISANDE SHORT-COLOMB, Georgetown University GEORGE MEHAFFY, American Association of State Colleges and Universities / 21 | Transforming the Negative Legacy of the Unethical United States Public Health American Democracy Project Service Syphilis Study CATHERINE MIDDLECAMP, University BETTY NEAL CRUTCHER, University of Richmond and Tuskegee University; JOAN R. of Wisconsin–Madison HARRELL, Auburn University and formerly Tuskegee University; and WYLIN WILSON, TANIA MITCHELL, University of Minnesota Harvard University and formerly Tuskegee University EBOO PATEL, Interfaith Youth Core 23 | A Descendant’s Personal Reflection RICHARD PRYSTOWSKY, Marion BETTY NEAL CRUTCHER, University of Richmond and Tuskegee University Technical College (Ohio) JOHN SALTMARSH, University 24 | Jesuits, Jazz, and Justice: Remembering the Past and Working for a More of Massachusetts Boston Just Future GEORGE J. SANCHEZ, University KARIN M. COTTERMAN and NOLIZWE NONDABULA—both of the University of of Southern California San Francisco DAVID SCOBEY, Bringing Theory to Practice DARYL SMITH, Claremont Graduate University Perspective 'DIMEJI R. TOGUNDE, Spelman College 27 | Global Indigenous Studies: The Navajo Technical University Experience ROWENA TOMANENG, Berkeley City College WESLEY THOMAS, Navajo Technical University, and AMY HOROWITZ, Indiana University KATHLEEN WONG(LAU), San José State 29 | A “Boatload of Knowledge”: New Ideas in a Would-Be Utopia University EMILY WATSON, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana For More… Published by the Association of American Colleges and 31 | Resources and Opportunities Universities, 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel 202.387.3760; fax 202.265.9532. Diversity & Democracy (formerly Diversity Digest) is published quarterly and is available at www.aacu.org. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. ISSN: 2476-0137 (print); 2476-0145 (online). The opinions expressed by individual authors in Diversity & Democracy are their own and are not necessarily those of Diversity & Democracy’s editors or of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Cover photo: From left to right, University of San About Diversity & Democracy Francisco associate professor Stephanie Sears, student Daaniyal Mulyadi, and associate professor David Holler Diversity & Democracy supports higher education faculty and leaders as they design and imple- join community activist Lynnette White and artist ment programs that advance civic learning and democratic engagement, global learning, Eugene White in the Buchanan Mall, a public space in and engagement with diversity to prepare students for socially responsible action in today’s San Francisco’s Western Addition that the community interdependent but unequal world. The publication features evidence, research, and exem- is revitalizing. The group sits below an art installation plary practices to assist practitioners in creating learning opportunities that realize this vision. that includes a pinhole portrait of Eugene White. (Photo courtesy of the University of San Francisco) To access Diversity & Democracy online, visit www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy. 2 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES CIVIC LEARNING FOR SHARED FUTURES FROM THE EDITOR Studying the Past to Build a Better Future A decade after she announced the new legacies, programs, and practices to scholar and with her incredible warmth release of a groundbreaking report help their students and communities heal and kindness as a human being. As I on Brown University’s historical con- from the ongoing effects of injustices look back at our correspondence from nections to slavery, president emerita such as slavery, colonialism, unethical my first few months at AAC&U, I can Ruth Simmons returned to Brown to medical research, discrimination, and feel her positivity, enthusiasm, and address attendees at the “Slavery and displacement. They are enabling students encouragement pouring forth from the Global Public History: New Challenges” to conduct historical research, produce many exclamation points that dot her conference. art and media based on events of the emails. Lee inspired so many people “You can’t go back and redo history,” past, and immerse themselves in the with her dedication to fostering more Simmons said. “But you can be respon- history of local communities. They welcoming and effective learning sible for what you do today. The are also empowering individuals and environments. This issue of Diversity & ongoing process of confronting the past communities to tell their own stories. Democracy reflects her passion for cre- . enables us to imagine how succes- Our contributors describe the many ating a more caring and inclusive future. sive generations may judge us” (Brown ways they are connecting people and With awareness of the past and hope University 2016). nurturing relationships—among stu- for the future, the colleges and universi- ties that tell their stories within these pages are promoting equity, integrity, With awareness of the past and hope for the future, the empathy, civic responsibility, and human dignity. Inherent in this work is a com- colleges and universities that tell their stories within mitment to honoring voices and stories these pages are promoting equity, integrity, empathy, that have been silenced in the past. As Lynn Pasquerella, president of AAC&U, civic responsibility, and human dignity. writes, “Redressing past and present injustices mandates aligning our exper- tise as teachers, scholars, researchers, This issue of Diversity & Democracy dents, faculty, and community members; and artists in order to rewrite the examines how colleges and universi- among today’s student activists and dominant narrative that consigns to the ties are studying the histories of their veteran civil rights leaders; and among lower shelves of history the contribu- institutions and local communities, con- people of diverse backgrounds as they tions of marginalized groups that have necting history to present-day issues, and help each other heal from the nation’s shaped American society and culture in working to create a better future. This long and destructive history of racism. profound, albeit often unacknowledged, issue begins with an essay that traces As this issue goes to press, we at the ways” (2016, 20). Remembering this the history of higher education and how Association of American Colleges and history is crucial as we strive for a more it has evolved to more fully execute its Universities (AAC&U) are mourning equitable future. democratic mission and serve increas- the loss of our beloved senior scholar, —Emily Schuster, Editor, ingly diverse groups of students. Later L. Lee Knefelkamp. Among her many Diversity & Democracy in the issue, contributors confront the contributions to AAC&U and to higher sometimes painful histories of their own education as a whole, Lee served REFERENCES institutions and neighboring communi- on the advisory board of Diversity BROWN UNIVERSITY. 2016. “A Decade after Brown’s Historic Report, Scholars Convene to ties and also tell the stories of the leaders, & Democracy since its inception as Discuss Slavery and Public History.” December thinkers, activists, and social reformers Diversity Digest in 1996. 2. https://news.brown.edu/articles/2016/12/cssj. of the past who worked to transform I was lucky to have the chance to PASQUERELLA, LYNN. 2016. “Rewriting the Dominant Narrative: How Liberal Education their communities and society. work closely with Lee on my first issue Can Advance Racial Healing and With an understanding of history, as editor of Diversity & Democracy. 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