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On November 5th, from 1:15-2:00 PM ET, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be hosting a fireside with Bob Moses (Hamilton College'56) President and Founder of The Algebra Project, and Henry Hipps, Deputy Director on the K-12 Education team, about why reinventing the Algebra 1 experience is necessary and timely. Anyone is welcome to attend! Here is the link to register:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fireside Chat with Bob Moses and Henry Hipps. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fireside Chat with Bob Moses and Henry Hipps. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Jacob Lawrence show "The American Struggle" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York has a series of paintings by the artist showing the U.S's struggle to become a nation. Here is but one of the many panels depicting the Burr/Hamilton duel. Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College

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Andres Henriquez '83 standing tall with Hamilton College basketball players Bradley Gifford '15 (left) and Sadiq Abubkar '15 (right).

's Commitment to Racial Justice and Plans for Action: https://buff.ly/2UJ8f6Q New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)

Hamilton’s Commitment to Racial Justice and Plans for Action Hamilton has committed to developing collectively a comprehensive plan of action, beginning with three steps identified by President Wippman, to set the College on a path toward healing and positive change.

From President David Wippman:


Dear Members of the Hamilton Community,

Since my statement on May 30, I have heard your reactions to recent community posts. I have also heard your demands for the College to do more. I want to express my deep regret for the pain inflicted on an already hurting community. My initial communication and the two posts did not state unequivocally that Black Lives Matter, contained language many found insufficient or confusing and, most importantly, did not identify any action steps. I know that Hamilton must do better – and we will.

The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and now Rayshard Brooks have highlighted yet again the nature and extent of systemic racism in our country. We know that these events have caused enormous pain, particularly for members of the Black community, and for the Black members of our community. We stand in solidarity with them, because Black Lives Matter.

We commit to developing collectively a comprehensive plan of action, beginning with the following three steps.

Host listening sessions and form an Advisory Council to hold us accountable. Listening sessions with members of Student Assembly, the Black and Latinx Student Union, the ALANA Caucus (a group of faculty and staff of color), and alumni representatives, including members of the Equity and Inclusion Committee of Alumni Council, will enable us to engage collectively in a dialogue about the path forward. I will also form an Advisory Council, starting next week, to establish a formal feedback loop on an ongoing basis. We will begin with listening and follow with informed planning and urgent action. You have this commitment from me, from senior leadership, and from the Board of Trustees.

Expedite a new equity and inclusion plan. Last summer we began a strategic planning process to enhance our equity and inclusion efforts and identified a set of institutional goals. We have made progress, but must do more. With input from the Advisory Council and others, we will build on those goals and publicly track our progress.

Increase resources. From my discretionary fund, I am committing $200,000 per year for the next five years to increase funding of the College’s equity and inclusion initiatives, with a focus on how we can support Black and Latinx members of our community. The initiatives may include but will not be limited to expanded microaggression and implicit bias training for community members, additional resources for the development of inclusive pedagogies, and additional funding for the recruitment and retention of faculty, students, and staff of color.
In addition to this commitment of funds, a generous friend of the College has stepped forward to offer a $250,000 match for gifts made by June 30 that are directed to the College’s equity and inclusion initiatives or in support of scholarship aid through the Hamilton Fund. Gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach the $250,000 maximum.

The actions outlined above are initial steps, but we will develop a more complete action plan in the months ahead, and we will report back to the community on our progress in September. I am grateful to everyone who has spoken up with conviction, and believe that together we can make real progress toward a fully inclusive Hamilton.

Most sincerely,

David

La Vanguardia organization celebrates its 35th anniversary with alumni returning to campus to meet with current students.
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In April 2008, Aretha Franklin came to perform . https://buff.ly/2Bj0BsG RIP. 1942- 2018

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friends pose for photo 30 years apart: AndresHenriquez '83, Jon Leibowitz '82, Michael Richman '83, Charlie Joseph '82 + Marc Backon '82. Do you have "then and now" photos with friends from Hamilton? Send them to [email protected] and we'll post.

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Long lines for author Colson Whitehead to sign his Underground Railroad book. Whitehead spoke at Chapel tonight as part of the Tolles Lecture series.

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