Election 2024: What Now? A Conversation with Hess Scholars Melissa Murray, Paul Ortiz, and Barbara Smith

Hess Scholars Melissa Murray, Paul Ortiz, and Barbara Smith discuss our post-election landscape

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Paul Ortiz – Hess Scholar-in-Residence Exhibit

An exhibit located in the main entrance of the Brooklyn College Library that will highlight the works and legacy of Paul Ortiz.

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Hess Week – A Social Movement History of the United States

Professor Ortiz delivers the 2024 Hess Memorial Lecture based on his forthcoming book, A Social Movement History of the United States.

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Hess Week – Blueprint for Solidarity: Black, Latinx, and Asian American Freedom Struggles

The panel will explore lessons to be learned from Black, Latinx, and Asian American freedom struggles.

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Hess Week – Union Power! Academic Freedom and the Future of Higher Education

The panel will explore the role of academic labor unions in defending academic freedom in the current political moment.

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Hess Week – Bearing Witness and Taking Action in an Age of Rising Fascism: Oral History in the Field and in the Classroom

Professor Ortiz will deliver a talk drawing on his personal experiences as an oral historian.

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Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Teach

This panel will explore current political attacks on K-12 and college teachers’ freedom to teach and imagine ways forward.

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Hess Week – Our History, Our Voices: Oral History to Change the World

This panel takes inspiration from Paul Ortiz’s work as President of the Oral History Association and Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

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Hess Week – Defending the Freedom to Learn

This panel explores how book bans and curriculum gag orders deny K-12 and college students’ freedom to learn and access to education.

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Hess Week – President’s Welcome Ceremony

Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and the Brooklyn College community welcome 2023-24 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Paul Ortiz to campus.

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02.15.2024
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Charles Thompson