Absolutely! Drios Diana I. Rios, Ph.D. Communication/El Instituto Mail address: Dept. Communication, U-1259 337 Mansfield Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 [log in to unmask] **Senate** **AAUP President** *Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to retain, disclose, copy or distribute the message.* On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:52 PM, LILLIE FEARS <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Frances, > > I think Pearlie should write a column too (hint :) ). Love the email > below! > > Lillie > > -----Original Message----- > From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pearlie M Strother-Adams > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Selma 2015 > > Hello James, Meta and All, > Yes, James thank you for sharing. It was good for me being home again, > seeing the First Family in all of their loveliness there on the Edmund > Pettus Bridge, where fifty years ago so many that I know and love > sacrificed, suffering injuries that some still suffer from today. It was so > good to be among the crowd on both days to hear the President speak so > eloquently and with the energy that recalled the fire of our leaders of > days gone by, fifty years ago. Sunday, the walk across the bridge was > electric for me; yet, I found myself mesmerized as I recalled the screams, > the horror, of Bloody Sunday. It was surreal. It was so good to get back to > Brown Chapel AME again, the place where, as a child, my older siblings and > I sat in the presence of Dr. King, Malcolm X. The church echoed the spirit > of the movement from all those years past. It was all truly heart stopping > for me. Yet, there are so many more bridges to cross. I sit now listening > to the news of the "racist chants" leveled against blacks by a white > fraternity at Univ. Of Oklahoma. I do not mean to make these the poster > child for "racism," because I believe that their actions are indicative of > what is going on around the country. I was happy to see the Univ. of > Oklahoma president respond as he did. As he said there needs to be zero > tolerance. Thank you, -pearlie* > > > > Prof. Pearlie Strother-Adams > Western Illinois University-Macomb > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meta G. Carstarphen" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 8:23:54 AM > Subject: Re: Selma 2015 > > James, > Thanks so much for sharing. Kudos to you and your students. > Meta > > > > ________________________________ > From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of James Rada [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:52 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Selma 2015 > > Thank you, one and all, for your kind words and support for our students > this past weekend as we covered the 50th Anniversary of Selma. It was an > incredible experience for the students - both professionally and personally. > > NBC used our footage in their newscast and on their website. In addition, > they posted two stories from one our students: Candace King. > > http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/essay-selma-opened-n320391 > > > http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/selma-50th-anniversary/selma-now-generation-y-n319581 > > Thanks again for all your support! > > JR > > > > ******************************************** > James A. Rada, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > The Roy H. Park School of Communication > Ithaca College > 953 Danby Rd > Ithaca NY 14850 > (607) 274-3637 > http://faculty.ithaca.edu/jrada >