UC Lecture Series Examines Organizing for Social Change
The UC Community Action Research Center Lecture Series, in partnership with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, will present a talk by Susan Williams, education director of the Highlander Research and Education Center, an institution nationally known for its roles in the Civil Rights Movement, the Southern Labor Movement and the Appalachian Peoples Movement.
The event takes place from 4-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, located in downtown Cincinnati. The lecture is free and open to the public, but due to limited seating, reservations are required by calling Mary Pat Raupach at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, at 513-333-7542.
Since 1932, the Highlander Center, a 106-acre farm east of Knoxville, Tenn., has gathered workers, grassroots leaders, community organizers, educators and researchers to address social issues. Williams talk, Unlearning to Learn Tales of Community Organizing and Action Research from Highlander Center, will reveal some of her own experiences illustrating the dynamics around action research supporting social change.
Williams has worked for 27 years as a community organizer and popular educator in East Tennessee and has been part of many community organizing efforts including the 1979 Appalachian Land Ownership Study and the recent immigration project, Across Races and Nations.
The event will also feature a timeline display celebrating Highlanders 75th anniversary and the public will be invited to add stories and information to the timeline display.
The University of Cincinnati Community Action Research Center, housed in the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services and headed by Mary Brydon-Miller, associate professor of educational studies, collaborates with university and community members on projects to bring about positive change.
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