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New Blog Post ?? As we celebrate the achievements of our graduates, let's also look forward to the bright futures they will forge, thanks to the solid foundation they have built at The College of Westchester. Our Keynote Speaker, Westchester Board Legislator, Jewel Williams Johnson, beautifully encapsulated this sentiment: “You have the power to make a difference......" Full blog here: https://ow.ly/4HZY50Sxcuy

I was in the first integrated middle school class in Howard County, MD. -- literally 10 years after Brown v. Board of Education. Contrary to popular belief, integration was a gradual and often halting process. You may remember the words in the SCOTUS decision "with all deliberate speed". Public school integration gave rise to private so-called Christian schools to stem the tide of racial reconciliation. After middle school, my parents enrolled me in a predominantly Jewish school, where racism was not as keenly evident. Despite the initial progress made in desegregating schools following Brown, we have seen a steady reversal in recent decades, with schools becoming increasingly segregated once again along racial and socioeconomic lines. The data is stark. This resegregation is not a natural or inevitable phenomenon, but rather the result of specific policies and practices, including the dismantling of court-ordered desegregation plans, discriminatory housing policies that reinforce racial divides, disinvestment in federal programs supporting integration, and legal decisions limiting strategies for fostering diversity.?As the UCLA Civil Rights Project warns, we are "betting our educational and social future on inaction" when decades of research shows the immense benefits of integrated schools for all students. The undoing of Brown's promise and the resegregation of American schools is an ominous development that perpetuates racial and socioeconomic inequalities. It demands urgent attention and concerted efforts from policymakers and society to reverse this damaging trend and uphold the ideal of public education as a great equalizer.

ORIGINALISM AFTER DOBBS, BRUEN,?AND KENNEDY: THE ROLE OF HISTORY?AND TRADITION - PDF: https://lnkd.in/gM2F_i2g In three recent cases, the constitutional concepts of history and tradition have played important roles in the reasoning of the Supreme Court. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relied on history and tradition to overrule Roe v. Wade. New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen articulated a history and tradition test for the validity of laws regulating the right to bear arms recognized by the Second Amendment. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District looked to history and tradition in formulating the test for the consistency of state action with the #EstablishmentClause. These cases raise important questions about the Court’s approach to constitutional interpretation and construction. Do Dobbs, Bruen, and Kennedy represent a new theory of constitutional interpretation and construction based on history and tradition? In the alternative, should the references to history and tradition in these opinions be understood through the lens of Constitutional Pluralism as modalities of constitutional argument? Finally, can the use of history and tradition in Dobbs, Bruen, and Kennedy be reconciled with the Supreme Court’s embrace of #PublicMeaningOriginalism? Part I of this Article elucidates the constitutional concepts of history and tradition. Part II lays out four distinct roles that history and tradition can play: (1) as evidence of original meaning and purpose, (2) as modalities of constitutional argument within a constitutional pluralist framework, (3) as a novel constitutional theory, which we call “Historical Traditionalism,” and (4) as an implementing doctrine. Part III investigates the roles of history and tradition in #Dobbs, #Bruen, and #Kennedy. Part IV articulates a comprehensive strategy for the incorporation of #historyandtradition in #constitution #jurisprudence.?

As a Board member of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ & DE I and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia urge folks to register for and attend this important event this Thursday at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Whatever your views on race/racism and its impact on this country, one cannot deny the demographic shift that is underway. Philadelphia is already a BIPOC-majority city and within a decade or two, the country will be BIPOC-majority. Attacks on affirmative action and their potential to impact DEI threaten to undermine the growth of BIPOC businesses at exactly the wrong moment in American history. If we value a strong economy, we cannot allow DEI initiatives to be rolled back! https://lnkd.in/eY-W-Uq5

It’s been a big year for higher ed in Texas. The state’s colleges are at the center of many high-profile conversations about policy and politics — including the banning of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on campuses and intensifying debates over free speech. At the same time, people across the country are losing faith in their colleges. That's particularly true among Republicans — and it's a dynamic that governors like Greg Abbott are tapping into. What should colleges be doing to regain the public's trust? What would it take to lessen the partisan divide? How can higher ed in Texas get its mojo back? I'll be talking about these issues tomorrow, 9/6, at #TribFest24 with Amy Bosley, Tedd Mitchell, & Harrison Keller. Come join us at 1 p.m. Central. https://trib.it/sBHbuK

Today, May 17, 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. I was honored to be invited with my husband to the White House to commemorate this landmark decision. For those in the back that keep screaming “why is it always about race”, here’s another in the long list of reasons. Brown v. Board included several cases: Kansas, Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and DC. The Supreme Court decision stated that “separate but equal” had no place in education. Black children were denied access to white schools, purely based on race, not location. My Mother-in-law, Ruth Ann Scales was denied access to all-white Parkdale Elementary School. Her mother, Vivian Scales, became one of the 13 plaintiffs in Brown v. Board, Topeka KS. Last year, #Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome Sears (a black woman)proudly stood up and proclaimed that Brown v Board was not about race, but “school choice”. I wonder if Lt. Governor Sears knew that Virginia was so against school integration that they passed a group of laws that shut down public schools from 1956-1959 to resist integration. It was known as the Massive Resistance. This is why teaching COMPLETE history is so important. Right now, people are banning topics of race in schools, because those topics are “divisive”. Is the topic really divisive or the truth itself? Try teaching the truth, and perhaps that will provide more understanding and context, instead of trying to pretend these things didn’t happen. #BrownVBoard #RaceInAmerica #History

Excellent insight on crisis management. "Taking a binary approach to decision-making may help you come up with an answer, but it's not necessarily the best answer." Define the problem, gather the decision-makers, determine the criteria for decision-making, gather the information, weigh the options.

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Today in the Chicago Tribune, Intersect Illinois Chair John Atkinson makes a strong case for how Illinois is taking a national lead in economic development and as a corporate relocation and expansion destination. ? For the 11th year in a row, Site Selection Magazine ranked the Chicago metro area as the?No. 1 metro area?for new and expanding businesses and in 2023 ? Illinois ranked as the?No. 2 state in the nation?for corporate expansions and relocations. ? Illinois also ranked No. 1 in the Midwest for new business creation for 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. ? In?CNBC’s Best States for Business rankings, Illinois moved from No. 3 to No. 2 for infrastructure; from No. 6 to No. 2 for education; from No. 8 to No. 6 in access to capital; and from No. 20 to No. 9 in the nation for cost of living. ? We have created smart and competitive incentives for emerging industries looking to build their business and the jobs that come with it here in Illinois. ? On average, a new business?relocated to or expanded in?Illinois every day in 2023. Illinois has a "people and power" advantage with a deep, trained workforce and a strong electric grid that bests other states. Our largest utility, ComEd, ranks as the most reliable electric utility in the nation. "Growth of this speed and scale requires continued investments in equity-centered education and training to ensure our workforce is prepared to step into valuable job opportunities." #BeinIllinois #TeamIllinois