Voices of Trinity: “A Heavy Heart” by Kevin Bouknight
SPS Human Relations Major Kevin Bouknight reflects on racism, civility, fear and leadership. He shares his thoughts on the current state of our nation with “A Heavy Heart.”
Turning Trial into Triumph
We must see this moment in history not as an unbearable trial but as an opportunity for our values to triumph. We must speak up and shout out what we believe in every day.
Straw Poll: CAS New Students Speak Out!
New students in the College of Arts & Sciences speak out in our straw poll conducted at the opening convocation.
Don’t Know Much About History
We should teach the truth about American history so that we do not repeat the terrible mistakes of our past. Any compromise on racism repeats the original mistake of the Founders who could have — but did not — abolish slavery.
Don’t Know Much About History
We should teach the truth about American history so that we do not repeat the terrible mistakes of our past. Any compromise on racism repeats the original mistake of the Founders who could have — but did not — abolish slavery.
Leadership Imperatives
True leadership is a moral act to restore hope, ensure justice, achieve peace. Leaders cannot equivocate in the face of clear hatred, provocation and violence. We must be clear and firm: there is no place in American society for those who seek to foment racial hatred.
Leadership Imperatives
True leadership is a moral act to restore hope, ensure justice, achieve peace. Leaders cannot equivocate in the face of clear hatred, provocation and violence. We must be clear and firm: there is no place in American society for those who seek to foment racial hatred.
Charlottesville: American Tragedy Redux
Racism, white supremacy, sporting of Nazi symbols — we must confront the hatred and insist that our national leaders speak and act unequivocally to renounce association with the evil forces that have long plagued American history.