Monday was the first day in the fifth week of YALI here at UD. It is interesting how time flies and in a week or two, many of us will be back in our respective countries, full of new experiences–from cross-cultural to academics.
During our morning session, Prof. Leland Ware engaged us all in conversation about the trajectory path of the civil rights movement, particularly the black liberation struggle against racism, inequalities, and social injustice in the US. His presentation, which was titled “Civil Rights Law & Public Policy,” looked at citizen participation in the 1960s, and this spurred the US Constitution 14th amendment, which obligated the State to “treat all as Equal.” The Civil Right Movement, Prof. Ware reiterated, mended platforms for the emergence of other political interest groups. Nonetheless, much is still to be achieved in terms of attainment of equality and social justice for all.
During the afternoon session, we had a conversation with Nekita Nesmith, the director of development for UD’s College of Arts and Sciences, on skills training on “Development and Fundraising”. Our conversation can be found here in the video below: