(RNS) ‘One of the things that we prioritized in our work was really reimagining religious freedom through the experiences of marginalized communities,’ said Sabrina E. Dent, the center’s president.
The January 2022 fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant was a “wake-up call” that inspired a $1 million Melon Foundation grant to Wake Forest University for the creation of
Wake Forest University has been awarded a $1 million grant for a project focusing on environmental justice. The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support the creation of a model program for teaching issues related to climate change and environmental justice. The three-year effort will be led by Wake Forest Professor of Humanities Corey D.B. Walker. Walker says the idea is to bring together educators, public officials, and community members to develop a new curriculum.
The relationship between Black and Jewish communities, an historic Civil Rights Movement alliance that has frayed in recent decades, took another hit at the hands of two African-American celebrities with
"History of Hip Hop" at Wake Forest University will be the first seminar taught by 9th Wonder, who is set to join the African American Studies program. Poet Brenda Marie