Just Talk Archive

In conjunction with the Center for Civic Engagement's Constitution Day event, featuring Kathleen Hynes of the ACLU, the Kraemer Family Library will host a discussion following the speaker to debrief and discuss the concepts in greater depth.

Engage in a discussion led by guest speaker Horizon Gitano about the vastly different infrastructure and social and economic constraints each country faces in green transportation.

Just Talk is the Kraemer Family Library's programming series that is designed to promote open and honest dialogue about equity, diversity, and inclusion on the UCCS campus and beyond.

Today's political climate has become increasingly inimical to academic freedom. We have recently seen legislative and gubernatorial attacks on individual faculty members, course offerings, governing boards, the institution of tenure, and, generally, the institutional autonomy of colleges and universities. Websites such as Professor Watchlist are monitoring activities of faculty members and denouncing departures from what they view as acceptable. These activities have led to targeted harassment of faculty members. This presentation provides an overview of the concept of academic freedom, recent attacks on academic freedom, and how you can defend academic freedom.

Hans-Joerg Tiede is the Senior Program Officer in the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance at the American Association of University Professors. He is also the editor of Policy Documents and Reports (the AAUP “Redbook”) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015) and author of University Reform: The Founding of the American Association of University Professors (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015).

Just Talk is the Kraemer Family Library's programming series that is designed to promote open and honest dialogue about equity, diversity, and inclusion on the UCCS campus and beyond.

Join us for a discussion immediately after the performance.

A Letter to My Nephew is an intimate, impressionistic collage for nine dancers, setting a portrait of Jones’s beloved nephew Lance T. Briggs—a talented dancer who struggled with illness and addiction—against the political landscape of the present. This dramatic work is an evocative and moving composition of imagery, movement, and sound. Featuring Janet Wong’s haunting projections, composer Nick Hallett’s delirious score, and live performance by baritone Matthew Gamble and Hallett, Jones’ cultural critique is rewritten for the time and place of every performance, flashing by each night like a feverish hour of the evening news.

Join Dr. Kathleen Hynes for the discussion "Defending the Constitution" on Thursday, October 25, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Library Apse.

Dr. Hynes is a highly sought-after volunteer speaker for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.  For over a decade, she has worked throughout Colorado on behalf of the ACLU on a variety of issues, including: Juvenile Justice, Privacy Rights, Immigrant Rights, Prisoners’ Rights, Government Transparency, School Vouchers, Free Speech, Voting Rights, Ending the Death Penalty, and Knowing Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement. 

In addition to speaking, Dr. Hynes has written and given testimony on matters before the Colorado legislature because there is no better way to ensure social justice than by protecting, defending and extending the civil rights and civil liberties of all people. 

Dr. Hynes held a faculty appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine for several years before starting her own research business producing customized research and assistance in business development for almost three decades. 

Just Talk is the Kraemer Family Library's programming series that is designed to promote open and honest dialogue about equity, diversity, and inclusion on the UCCS campus and beyond.