Blogging a few quick thoughts from @MichaelEDyson

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 2 comments

I am in Phoenix Arizona today for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presidents’ conference which is themed this year “Stewards of Place Reimagined.”

]I was honored to be invited by my new mentor Millie Garcia, AASCU president, to experience the professional learning that the presidents of our nation’s state colleges and universities receive. I look forward to bring back these experiences to the University of Kentucky.

This morning Michael Eric Dyson gave a provocative keynote entitled “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Discussion of Race Relations in the U.S. and Its Impact on Communities.” I have included a couple of tweets from his conversation below.

“Inclusion means there is no specific claim to the America project.” Via @MichaelEDyson at #aascuAM19 @AASCU pic.twitter.com/rP5uqvDQD9

— JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) October 28, 2019

“We must recover the ‘dangerous memories’ about history in our nation’s colleges and universities” via @MichaelEDyson at #aascuAM19 @AASCU pic.twitter.com/e61nekOpxn

— JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) October 28, 2019

“Diversity is not a threat to anything except closed-mindedness” via @MichaelEDyson at #aascuAM19 @AASCU pic.twitter.com/O6rTtYMrYM

— JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) October 28, 2019

“The United States has historical amnesia. There some history we really want to remember but other history we want to forget (or revise)” via @MichaelEDyson at #aascuAM19 @AASCU pic.twitter.com/EFQntZnt2X

— JulianVasquezHeilig (@ProfessorJVH) October 28, 2019

A few more from the presidents, AASCU, and others in attendance:

"The beauty of your organizations and your colleges is the ability to claim an American future that is wildly and widely inclusive. That means everyone has the right to claim the identity of this nation."—@MichaelEDyson, @Georgetown professor and influential author, at #aascuAM19 pic.twitter.com/gb8nAAuPGc

— AASCU (@AASCU) October 28, 2019

‘The beauty of your colleges is they have the ability to claim an American future that is wildly inclusive!’ @MichaelEDyson fiery speech to college presidents #aascuAM19

— Terry Brown (@ProvostTBrown) October 28, 2019

"This diversity is not a threat to anything but closed-mindedness. The expanded opportunity we have available to us is to model a form of behavior that the politicians must be able to emulate." — @MichaelEDyson, @Georgetown professor and influential author, at #aascuAM19 pic.twitter.com/iFTgDzLUli

— AASCU (@AASCU) October 28, 2019

“You are the guardians of the collective memory of the culture” Michael Eric Tyson on race relations in the US #aascuAM19 @AASCU pic.twitter.com/cEbZSArxoc

— Eduardo M. Ochoa (@emochoa50) October 28, 2019

Engaging and provocative discussion w @MichaelEDyson regarding race, diversity, equity, inclusion in the U.S. Cool storyteller and WordMaster. Thanks to @AASCU great program. #StewardsofPlace pic.twitter.com/M0vhVOv4Tz

— Dr. Cynthia T. Matson (@PrezMatson) October 28, 2019

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