Archive for ‘Writing Democracy’

Feb10

Activism in Commerce (then, now)–the future looks bright, my friends!

by cartershannon on February 10th, 2012
Posted In: Converging Literacies Center, local history, Research, Teaching, Writing Democracy

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, alumnus McArthur Evans, came back to Texas A&M-Commerce to help us kick off Black History Month (I was out of state the previous week) with a 2012 version of the voter registration drive he helped organize as a student in the 1970s with the local activist group the Norris Community Club. After joining [...]

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Jan10

A Crucible Moment

by cartershannon on January 10th, 2012
Posted In: Writing Democracy

From Press Release (1/10/2012): “Pushing back against a prevailing national dialogue that limits the mission of higher education primarily to workforce preparation, A Crucible Moment calls on higher education and many partners in education, government, and public life to advance a twenty-first-century vision of horizon-expanding education for all students—a vision with civic learning and democratic engagement an expected [...]

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