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River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood”: Lecture by Janisse Ray
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesMemoirist and nature writer Janisse Ray recounts and redeems her unique upbringing in a junkyard near the Altamaha River. Her book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, is the inspirational embrace […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Poetry of the Water”: Lecture by Carlyn Bland
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesPoet and writing teacher Carlyn Bland explores the many and varied literary reactions to rivers and marshes, coastlines and beaches, islands and estuaries. Using Lanier's "Marshes of Glynn" as a […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Rivers of Power on Georgia’s Coast”: Lecture by Christopher Manganiello
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesHistorian and policy expert Chris Manganiello demonstrates how through the centuries humans have exploited Georgia's rivers to fit their needs. He shows that rivers can give or take away the […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City”: Lecture by William Bryan
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesEnvironmental historian Will Bryan examines the history of the Savannah River from the pre-colonial era to European settlement and into the modern day. He also contextualizes the historic city of […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “The Tragedies of Ebo Landing”: Lecture by Dionne Hoskins-Brown
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesThe 1803 mass suicide of enslaved people at Glynn County's Dunbar Creek is recounted by historian Dionne Hoskins-Brown. She reveals the desperation of slavery through lyrical motifs about the Back […]
Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration with the Liberal Arts
Decatur First Baptist Church 308 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GAThis Georgia Seminar will take a behind-the-scenes look at the nationally recognized prison education program, Common Good Atlanta (CGA), founded by Sarah Higinbotham of Oxford College and Bill Taft. Since […]
Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 1 (Alumni)
Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GAThe seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta alumni to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those […]
Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 2 (Founders)
Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GAThe seminar will bring together Jamil Zainaldin, Emory faculty, and Common Good Atlanta founders Sarah Higinbotham (Oxford College) and Bill Taft, to share their experience s and the program’s impact […]
Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 3 (Faculty)
Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GAThe seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta faculty from Morehouse, Georgia State State University, and Georgia Tech to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. […]
