Where Did Your Rights Go?: The Supreme Court, Politics and the Constitution *In-Person* *NEW*

You probably remember where you were on June 24, 2022, the day Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. Now, since the election last November, the Court has emerged as perhaps the last guardrail of our democracy and a referee for possible sweeping changes to our federal government. Will the guardrails hold? How much of the Trump Adminstration vision is sharded by the conservative majority? How will the answers to these questions change our lives? We will analyze the evolution of the Court through historical, political, and equity lenses, using White Rage by Carol Anderson, Dark Money by Jane Mayer and The Scheme by Sheldon Whitehouse to guide us. Required books: White Rage by Carol Anderson, Dark Money by Jane Mayer and The Scheme by Sheldon Whitehouse.
Instructor: Joshua Frank

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Joshua Frank has worked as an educator for twenty-nine years--as a teacher, an administrator and a trainer. He has designed and implemented innovative, data-based programs for at-risk middle and high school students, helping them to set and reach specific academic goals. He completed his Bachelor’s degree at UMass/Amherst, and Master’s degrees from UMass/Boston and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His areas of interest include working with at-risk students, fostering positive, effective teacher-student relationships, and promoting cultural competence and equity in schools. Josh’s 2007 Education Digest article, “When White Educators Discipline Students of Color,” was republished as a “classic” in the August 2015 Connections: The Journal of the National School Reform Faculty.