We have two Tough Talks sessions coming up this week. Use the RSVP button below to get the Zoom link. One week later, January 6, 2021...What did we learn? Please join us in this powerful virtual Tough Talk to voice, to vent, to process what we all saw take place in our nation's capital last week. Is there hope for America? Are we at war? Is the divide too great? Or is … [Read more...] about Tough Talks is back!

We're having another Tough Talks session! Join us in a virtual discussion about the impact of our current situation on those on the margins. Share your thoughts or just listen in. All are welcome! WHEN: Wednesday, August 5 TIME: 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Zoom RSVP to Ashley at araines@missouristate.edu to get the Zoom link. … [Read more...] about Join us for the next Tough Talks session

Many are hopeful that today's protests and social movement will result in an America that is looking forward rather than to the challenging history which is our past. But others wonder if the institutional structures that have haunted us are just too embedded. Are efforts today just window dressing that will not lead to anything fundamentally different? What do you think? Is … [Read more...] about Tough Talks: We can’t breathe

RSVP to join the conversation via Zoom It may be premature to say things have calmed down. There are not as many protests, and the issue of police reform and funding has taken a lot of the lead news stories. But we must admit there seems to have been a sea change on many levels…why, even Aunt Jemima is coming off the box. That may be the point - are we merely righting decades … [Read more...] about Tough Talks: Is this a defining moment?