From Margin To Center: Organizing Against White Nationalism, Wed., May 3

Wed., May 3, 12:30-2 p.m., PUB 9208

This workshop provides a critical framework for understanding the rise of white nationalism in this current moment on college campuses. Grounded in an understanding of the importance of cultural organizing this workshop will explore how white nationalists have engaged culture, and participants will develop their own anti-racist cultural organizing practices. This workshop is for students who are committed to racial justice and developing on-the-ground creative and resilient organizing strategies to counter white nationalist assaults on campuses.

Kate Boyd is a public scholar whose teaching, research, and service is informed by over two decades of anti-racist grassroots community organizing experience. Kate currently teaches cultural studies-based writing and literature at Shoreline Community College.

Cristien Storm is a mental health therapist and co-founder and former Director of Home Alive, where she developed and facilitated self-defense and boundary setting curricula rooted in social justice and progressive liberation theory.

Please tell your students about the Honors College open house Thurs., May 4

Know any students who’d be a good fit for the Honors College at Shoreline? Please tell them about the drop-in Open House and Info Session on Thurs., May 4 from 12:30–6 p.m. in Room 1305. Students will be able to explore their options, meet The Honors College team, learn more about program features, and get individual support completing their application.

Faculty union May Day events for May 1-2

Join Shoreline’s faculty union in a variety of May Day events around campus Mon., May 1 and Tues., May 2. Find the full schedule of events here.
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Margin to Center: White Fright – From Redemption to Donald Trump, Mon., May 1

SLC presents Margin to Center: “White Fright – From Redemption to Donald Trump”
Mon., May 1, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., PUB 9208 

This talk focuses on the dynamics of race and racism from the Civil War through present day. It will reveal a consistent pattern in which racial progress is always followed by racial retrenchment in which the election of Trump serves is the most recent installment of the latter.

Dr. Christopher Parker is a professor of political science at the University of Washington. He is the author of “Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South” and “Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America.” Parker will be in conversation with Devin Burghart who is the Vice President of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. He has researched, written, and organized on virtually all facets of contemporary white nationalism since 1992, and is internationally recognized for this effort.

Phins sports at home this weekend

Both Phins baseball and softball play at home this Fri., April 28 and Sun., April 30. Come on out and support our Phins!

Fri., April 28
Home at Hamlin Park:
Softball vs. Pierce, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Sat., April 29
Away at Bellevue:
Baseball vs. Bellevue, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Sun., April 30
Home at Meridian Park:
Softball vs. Douglas, 12 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.
Baseball vs. Bellevue, 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.