Screening, Panel to Highlight Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence Project
Quiet Rooms highlights the gun violence epidemic in our country, and centers the voices of survivors, as together we seek new approaches to ending the violence.
Social Impact Studio Uses Filmmaking to Flip the Script on Gun Violence
“We want to shift the local dialogue away from the demonization of people of color and towards an acknowledgement and support of the community strength that exists within Boston’s neighborhoods,” Professor Eric Gordon said.
Nonprofit Fundraising Class Building Library for Boston School
From March 15-April 1, Emerson community members can drop off gently used books at one of 12 Tatte Bakery & Cafes, the Oak Square YMCA, or Café Mirror and help students at the Edison School thrive.
Emersonians Awarded Grants to Support Just Public Art
The grants encourage artists and creators to, “imagine and create public art that fosters more just, vibrant, and welcoming public spaces,” according to the NEFA website.
New Gun Violence Narratives Partnership Highlighted in Media Outlets
The College’s three-year collaboration with MGH’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute to transform the narratives around gun violence was featured in local and higher education media outlets, as the launch event occurred in early December.
Engagement Lab Partnership Looks to Change the Story of Gun Violence
“The stories that get told about homicide are most often sensational, and most often creating an economy of fear and objectification,” said Professor Eric Gordon.
Emerson College, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, Center for Gun Violence Prevention at MGH Announce Transformative Collaboration to Change Narratives around Gun Violence; Launch Event on December 2
A new collaboration to transform the narratives around gun violence will launch virtually on Thursday, December 2, at 2 p.m.
Mythmaking and Cycle-Breaking: Social Justice Themes in …(Iphigenia)
Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis, the basis for Wayne Shorter’s and esperanza spalding’s new opera, is brimming with questions that reverberate in our contemporary world.
Emerson Students’ Voting Numbers Soared in 2020
76.1 percent of Emerson students who were eligible to vote on Election Day 2020 cast a ballot, up from 60.2 percent of Emerson students in the 2016 election.
Gayle’s Research Honors Her Father, Cleveland’s Pioneering Black Photojournalist
Is it “memories fade and pictures last” or “pictures fade and memories last”?