Greetings George,
Thanks for your response. As you stated, I posed the question. I am glad that Kerner has a small part in your programming. Great thinking and planning on your part.
At this point, I cannot commit to writing anything for you. It’s an excellent idea, but I have so much on my plate right now, I am just about certain that I cannot take on one more thing. I do plan to attend this year’s convention, so I look forward to attending the MAC luncheon.
With Kindness,
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D.
Kindness is a language that the mute can speak and the deaf can hear.
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Malcom X
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> On Apr 3, 2018, at 7:37 AM, George Daniels <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> MAC Members,
>
> Thank you for the very robust discussion on our listserv about the Kerner Commission Report 50th anniversary. What I LIKE about this discussion is that it revealed several other issues that we want to address:
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> I've had a bit of tunnel vision the last few days as I was working on submissions for the April 1st Paper Deadline. So, I am just now having a chance to respond.
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> In réponse to Anita's initial question-- YES, we DO have convention programming on the Kerner Commission's 50th anniversary.
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> The Trailblazers for Diversity Initiative originally scheduled a panel on the Kerner 50th anniversary and it conflicted with our MAC/Scholastic Journalism Luncheon. So we've merged this two events.
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> This year, for the first time, we will have a Trailblazers for Diversity Luncheon that will feature a "Conversation about the 50th Anniversary of Kerner Commission Report." The panelists have already been identified based on their involvement in the Trailblazers for Diversity Initiative and/or their book publication on the Kerner Commission work.
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> We will only have about 30-40 mins. for actual conversation as it's rolled into a plated luncheon at the conference. Also, this is the luncheon where we traditionally present the Robert Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award and the Barrow Diversity Research Award winners. (This year we will also recognize the Barrow Minority Scholarship winner)
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> I have spoken with MAC Head Mia Mood- Ramirez and we're interested in sponsoring/producing a TEACHING IDEAS booklet that would feature the great work that you are all doing in your classes that would be distributed at this luncheon. After the conference, we could also make this available online via our MAC Division website.
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> We will need a small committee to help us compile these ideas for a "Teaching Diversity 50 YEARS After Kerner."
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> I would also request that Anita provide some historical context based on her thesis research on Kerner Commission that we could include in the front of that booklet.
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> I will post a separate e-mail regarding convention programming shortly.
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> If you would like to pursue the Teaching booklet idea and work on this committee to compile the information, please e-mail me OFF-LIST ([log in to unmask])
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> George Daniels
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>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 8:22 PM, Kathleen Fearn-Banks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> At U of Washington, we have a similar civil rights tour annually.
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>> Kathleen Fearn-Banks
>> Associate Professor, Public Relations Lead,
>> Adviser to PRSSA,
>> University of Washington, Seattle,
>> Author of "Crisis Communications: A Casebook Approach," 5th edition, Taylor & Francis
>>
>>> On Mar 29, 2018, at 09:01, Victoria LaPoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting perspectives on history and today...
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>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:57 AM Shockley, Linda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> This is great to know, Victoria. Thanks for sharing with me. I am rusty at posting so think I failed to send my message to the whole list.
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Victoria LaPoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>> Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting perspectives on history and today...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:58 AM Shockley, Linda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>> This could have value for a potential session. I recently spoke on the Kerner Commission Report to students at the University of Delaware on an invitation from Deb Gump who directs the program there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The professors and I devised these papers for the students before my visit. They updated them to include how Black Lives Matter demonstrations are covered. I haven't seen the resultant papers but it would be interesting to talk about Kerner including what students know or don't know about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What was interesting to me was that since contemporary history is not taught or understood, students couldn't put the elements of discrimination and racism around this discussion into context. As an older person, I did not share their frame of reference. I used terms many had not heard before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> De facto and de jure segregation, redlining, voter suppression, poll tax, grandfather clause, Great Migration. That is a tremendous challenge in preparing communicators.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Research coverage of a 1960s-era riot in their hometown, within a 100-mile radius or in their state. How did the local (state or national) media cover the story? Who reported it? How was the story framed? Also, if editorials were published what position did they take?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. Look at the basic recommendations of Kerner for media and assess how well or how poorly those recommendations have been implemented.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3. Pick two newspapers and compare and contrast coverage of Bloody Sunday, the Montgomery bus boycott or passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Collins, Janice Marie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>> I would love to join and also lead a panel if needed to discuss the Kerner Commission. The commission has been a part of some of my research and I think it would be nice to revisit the topic as to the questions of have things improved? We have evidence in the media and journalism that it really hasn't changed that much...we are still divided and we still report on the stereotypical....African Americans in sports, entertainment and crime. Please let me know if others are interested in this topic and a panel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Janice
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Janice Marie Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
>>>>>>> Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Enhancing Excellence Scholar, KU (Spr 2018)
>>>>>>> Depart of Journalism & Institute of Communication Research
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>>>>>>> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Anita Fleming-Rife [[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 9:14 AM
>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>> Subject: 50th Anniversary of Kerner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report. Are there any proposed panels that focus on this milestone?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With Kindness,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kindness is a language that the mute can speak and the deaf can hear.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Malcom X
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
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