Coffee and Conversation: September 29, 2023
Topic: College Admissions Practices For this week’s Coffee & Conversation, We are discussing college admissions! As we prepare for Thumbs On The Scale: Race & Legacy in College Admissions on October 3rd at 6pm, co-hosted by BU Wheelock, Newbury Center, and the HTC, we thought it be fitting to start the discussion here. What was your college […]
BOSTON TERROR – THE ORIGINS OF ECOLOGICAL GENOCIDE IN YOUR BACKYARD (AND HOW YOU CAN STOP IT)
Earth Day 365 lecture: Boston Terror – The Origins of Ecological Genocide in Your Backyard (and how you can stop it) On Tuesday, April 25th, BU Sustainability collaborated with the Office of the Senior Diversity Officer, the Institute for Global Sustainability, and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground to celebrate Earth Day 365: a new series […]
Resources: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted a special edition of Coffee and Conversation on Friday, May 28 to discuss the latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Over the course of the conversation, students in attendance recommended resources to help their peers better educate themselves on the history of the conflict. Below is a […]
Coffee & Conversation: April 23, 2021
This week’s Coffee & Conversation topic: The Verdict is In. Join us on Zoom this Friday, April 23 at 3 PM EST. Passcode: 777017 This week a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all the counts he faced over the death of George Floyd. Since testimony in this trial began […]
Newsletter: January 2021, “Thank God for Humor!”
Each month, we send a university-wide newsletter to all undergraduate and graduate students. Below is the January 2021 email, which you can also find at this link.
News: “BU antiracism scholars evaluate activism in the current moment”
October 2, 2020 The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground was featured in The Daily Free Press article “BU antiracism scholars evaluate activism in the current moment,” which covered our recent event “Conscious-Raising vs. Conscious Acting.” This panel was the first in a series, titled Give Me the Listening Ear, designed to explore questions of justice, […]
Newsletter: September 2020, “HTC from Anywhere”
Each month, we send a university-wide newsletter to all undergraduate and graduate students. Below is the September 2020 email, which you can also find at this link.
Newsletter: August 2020, “The One Where They Go Back to School”
Each month, we send a university-wide newsletter to all undergraduate and graduate students. Below is the August 2020 email, which you can also find at this link.
A Few Words
In his autobiography, Howard Thurman describes the first time he had to explain racism to his daughters. They wanted to visit a playground designated for white children only in a segregated Daytona Beach, Florida. When they asked Thurman why they couldn’t swing on the swings he told them: “It is against the law for us […]
Welcome, New Terriers!
Hey, new Terriers! Welcome to BU and thanks for checking out the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground website (we call ourselves “HTC” for short). While we’re all still coping with changes to our routines brought on by COVID-19, we want YOU to know that WE are so excited for you to join our community. […]