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New School Staff on Race event materials

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-05-09-01

Abstract

This collection includes materials created by The New School staff affinity group Staff on Race for the event, "Staff on Race Presents: Race at The New School with Tim Wise and Thelma Armstrong," held on October 7, 2019 during the Festival of New, celebrating the university's centennial.

Dates

  • 2019

Creator

Extent

1 print(s) (1 poster)

47.1 Megabytes (1 PDF and 2 Google Docs)

Language of Materials

English

Content Description

This collection includes analog and digital copies of an illustrated timeline poster, "Race at The New School," an analog event program, and the digital transcript of opening remarks made by Mike Harrington, representing The New School's Staff on Race at the event, "Staff on Race Presents: Race at The New School with Tim Wise and Thelma Armstrong," held on October 7, 2019 during the Festival of New, celebrating The New School centennial. Copies of the poster, created as a result of historical research in the university's archives and elsewhere, were distributed to attendees at the event.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Historical Note

The Staff on Race affinity group began in 2012, "in response to the observation that no one was talking about race at The New School...because those conversations are difficult." The group was comprised exclusively of university staff members and hosted group conversations and workshops, film screenings, and other events. As of 2024, Staff on Race is not formally meeting, although according to Mike Harrington, one of the founders of the group, in a January 24, 2024 email to New School Archives director, Wendy Scheir, several of the original Staff on Race members, including Harrington, are staff senators in the university's Staff Senate and working through that channel to advance the work of Staff on Race.

Breitenbach, Rita and Lauretha Slaughter. "Staff on Race Introduction." Program for the event, "Staff on Race Presents: Race at The New School with Tim Wise and Thelma Armstrong," The New School, New York, NY, October 7, 2019.

Biographical Note

Mike Harrington is Sustainability Engagement Director for the Tishman Environment and Design Center (TEDC). Before joining the TEDC team, Mike worked at Elevate Energy, organizing around creating equity in the energy efficiency market. Mike obtained his Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management from The New School and has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Psychology, with a specialization in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and was a 2019 Urban Design Forum Forefront Fellow and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Delta Institute, an environmental non-profit. He is currently a Ph.D. student at The New School studying urban design from an environmental justice perspective.

Tishman Environment and Design Center. "Our People.” Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.tishmancenter.org/tedc-leadership-staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The poster was dropped off and the other materials emailed to The New School Archives and Special Collections by Mike Harrington in 2019.

Title
Guide to New School Staff on Race event materials
Status
Completed
Author
New School Archives and Special Collections staff
Date
February 9, 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin