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Her and HTC had a TRANSFORMATIVE impact on my life. Thank you for your incredible work. Enjoy the hard earned rest 🙌🏻
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Katherine Kennedy, a beloved member of the BU community and the director of @BUHTC since 2000, reflects on her life's journey after announcing her retirement. spr.ly/6014MKwca
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I am one of Ms Kennedy's 32,000 children.
She embodied Dr Thurman's "quiet courage that comes from an inward spring of confidence"... the "underground river" that keeps alive a thousand little springs of action. Forever greatful for her teachings as a Dr MLK Jr Scholar.
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Rising senior Maggie Kormann (@BU_CAS) started her summer fellowship with the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE). This partnership with the @BUHTC was also supported this year by the @LuminaFound.
Meet Maggie: bu.edu/ioc/2022/05/20/meet-m…
#IOCYearInReview
Howard Thurman Center retweeted
The IOC and @BUHTC proudly supported @BUStudentGov as they hosted then-Gubernatorial candidate @SenChangDiaz in a student forum.
Students gained insight into the election's policy issues, opportunities for engagement & more!
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#IOCYearInReview
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Howard Thurman Center retweeted
Ahead of this year's observance of Juneteenth, @BU_Tweets community members came together for a special photo essay to reflect on the holiday's significance. In this piece, hear from racial justice scholars, legal experts, political scientists, & others ➡️ spr.ly/6002zj2xm
Howard Thurman Center retweeted
More exciting news— @jt_simes' book, Punishing Places (California, 2021), is co-winner of the 2022 Robert E. Park Book Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the ASA! comurb.org/2022/06/04/cuss-2… @BUSociology @BU_CAS @bu_economics @BUPardeeSchool @buhumanities @BUHTC
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Celeste Curington's book, The Dating Divide (California, 2021), co-authored with Jennifer Lundquist, and Ken-Hou Lin, received honorable mention for the William J. Goode Book Award of the ASA's Family Section!! @BUSociology @BU_CAS @BostonUEnglish @AntiracismCtr @BUHTC @BU_AFAM
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Please join @BUArtsInitiativ at the @BUHTC on Wednesday, March 23, from 6-7 pm for an event with Monika Ille, CEO of Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. This event is open to the public so bring a friend!
Link to register: spr.ly/6010KlBf4
ALT Monika Ille wears a black top, ring, and multi-colored earrings. Overlaid text reads 'Indigenous Voices in the Americas.Storytelling Sovereignty. Monika Ille- Abenaki First Nation of Odanak. , CEO Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). More info and registration at: bu.edu/arts/monikaille'.
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This year’s #MLKDay celebration honored the lives and legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) and his wife, Coretta Scott King. The event took place virtually from @BUHTC and featured speakers including @MayorWu, @BU_CAS's @saigrundy, student speakers, & more.
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Students: Hear from Boston mayoral candidates @wutrain and @AnnissaForBos in a town-hall forum hosted by @BUStudentGov in collaboration with @bigstugovt at @BUHTC this Friday 10/29 from 7-8pm.
Register now to attend in person! busgov.org/boston-mayoral-st…
ALT Event will take place at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, MA
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Katherine Kennedy, Director of @BUHTC for the last 20 years discusses her childhood, career, and how to take care of 32,000 children. spr.ly/6011yN9Gx
Howard Thurman Center retweeted
That was fun! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! Thanks, Hariri Institute for letting me take over for the day! I'll be here @hasinirw to share my research in the future! Keep in touch! #HICyeah #voice #speech #MotorSpeechDisorders #phdlife #twitterTakeover
Well that's a wrap! Thank you for tuning in to my takeover! Thank you @BU_Computing for letting me take over for the day and share my research and graduate experience with you! Feel free to follow me at @Hasinirw and we can keep the conversation going! #HICyeah #signingOFF 🔚👋
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Join our friends @sustainableBU for the annual @BU_Tweets Sustainability Festival this week at BUMC and next week on the CRC!
Learn more ➡️ spr.ly/6015y2J7B
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Last week, SCOTUS ruled to end the #EvictionMoratorium. Read Dean @aonwuachi's response to the imminent #HousingCrisis w/@BU_Tweets @dougmost:
bu.edu/articles/2021/evictio…
“I hope students learn how fulfilling it can be to help give voice to the #voiceless.”–@aonwuachi
Howard Thurman Center retweeted
Navigating grad school as the first-generation can be overwhelming. Get connected with and support from the BU Newbury Center!🙌
Join the Newbury Center to learn about upcoming events and mentoring opportunities, and meet fellow first-generation students to start building your Terrier F1RSTS community!
Undergrads ➡️: spr.ly/6011y07gl
Grad & Professional Students ➡️: spr.ly/6014y07go
Howard Thurman Center retweeted
Join @sandrogalea & @JoyPhumaphi_ tomorrow to learn about the forces that shape #health, the #data that illuminate those forces & the #decisions that, when guided by data, can positively influence health. @3DCommission @ALMA_2030 #3DConversations Register: spr.ly/6018yIpPK
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What is disability culture? Find out by joining BU D&I’s first #LearnMoreSeries event of the year as we hear from internationally recognized disability rights leader Judy Heumann (@judithheumann)!
👆 Link in bio to register in advance: spr.ly/6016y0rII
ALT Digital poster with photo of Judy Heumann. Overlaid text "Learn More Series. Engage, elevate, transform. Signs of Resistance: Disability Cultural History with Judy Heumann. Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from 12 to 1:15 pm via Zoom. Open to BU students, staff, faculty. http://spr.ly/6015y0rIx."
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Join us on September 15, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Talbot Green on the BU Medical Campus to see what sustainability initiatives @BU_Tweets and Boston have to offer.
