Off-Campus Event: Abolitionist Park Teach-In

About This Event

Fitchburg State students and faculty will present and participate at this event, located at the Abolitionist Park less than a half-mile from campus.

Offerings Tuesday, Sept. 29:

• FYE 1014 How to Build Community - 9:30 a.m., Dr. Danette Day (Professor, Education), Explore Abolitionist Park—a ‘hot’ pocket park in The Burg—to experience a local community building effort and to examine its impact. 
• ENGL 3560 Global Middle Ages - 9:30 a.m., Dr. Kisha Tracy (Professor, English Studies), What was Africa like before the transatlantic slave trade? Learn about medieval African empires; discuss issues reading post-colonial translations. 
• EDUC 1005 Culturally Proficient Educator - 11 a.m., Dr. Danette Day (Professor, Education), Learning beyond the classroom: discover Fitchburg’s broader community culture through its Abolitionist history. 
• ENGL 1100 Writing I: Communicating Disability - 11 a.m., Dr. Kisha Tracy (Professor, English Studies), How are civil and disability rights connected? What does it mean to be multiply marginalized? Discuss these questions and more! 
• IDIS 4000 Capstone Seminar: Education - 12:30 p.m., Dr. Danette Day (Professor, Education), Who were the Fitchburg Abolitionists, and what can they teach us about the future?

Offerings Wednesday, Sept. 30: 

• AAST 1000 Intro to African-American Studies - 9:30 a.m. Dr. DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld (Professor, English Studies) Discuss Abolitionist songs and poetry. 
• FYE 1014 Is Everyone Equal? - 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Dr. Will Cortezia (Associate Professor, Education) Discuss the origin of the abolitionist movement and how it relates to social justice in the present day. 
• EDUC 2011 Diversity in Education (5-12) - 9:30 a.m. Dr. Wendy Keyser (Professor, English Studies) Learn about the Supreme Court case that could have brought equity to public school funding. 
• ENGL 2110 American Lit I: Slavery & Freedom - 9:30 a.m. Dr. Michael Hoberman (Professor, English Studies) Discuss a path-breaking abolitionist text from 1789: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. 
• FYE 1011 Making Political Change - 11 a.m. Dr. Eric Budd (Professor, Economics, History, and Political Science) Discuss the origins of abolitionism and other social movements. 
• HON 1020 Current Events and Service Learning - 11 a.m. Dr. Wafa Unus (Associate Professor, English Studies) Discuss the Press as a public service, from Abolitionist Newspapers to local journalism today. 
• SPED 3800 Inclusive Instruction (5-12) - 11 a.m. Dr. Wendy Keyser (Professor, English Studies) Discuss teaching students with learning disabilities with rigor and challenge.