Please join us on Friday, February 19th, 10-11:30a for the next lecture in the Social Science and Education Speaker Series on racism and social justice. The speaker will be Dr. Seneca Vaught, Associate Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University. The title of the lecture: Talk is Not Cheap: Improving Campus Conversations on […]

Greetings GHC Community! Student Support Services, the School of Social Sciences, and Diversity Initiatives have teamed together to continue the conversation focused on bias and social justice. Please join us as Kayla Whaley, award-winning writer and activist, presents A Brief History of Disability Activism in America. There will be a sign language interpreter for this […]

The link for the video of the Colorism in the Latinx Community is posted below. Thanks to all those who attended. https://georgiahighlands2-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/scallaha_highlands_edu/EUvbl6LiQalGqsgP4Y3V0j0B8e8ysTfNBK5y26EQTFn6zQ?e=4DN1O3

Greetings GHC Community, The School of Social Science and Education has planned a series of presentations and discussions focused on race and racism. The first presentation tackles the issue of colorism, a system of discrimination based on the lightness or darkness of one’s skin color within the same racial group. More specifically, this talk explores […]

Greetings GHC Community, The School of Social Science and Education has planned a series of presentations and discussions focused on race and racism. The first presentation tackles the issue of colorism, a system of discrimination based on the lightness or darkness of one’s skin color within the same racial group. More specifically, this talk explores […]

7/13-7/15 — ULLAMBANA (also known as Obon)  •   Buddhist Ullambana, a Sanskrit term that means “hanging upside down and suffering,” honors the spirits of past ancestors and strives to relieve aching souls from suffering. It lasts about half of the month of August. Obon, the Japanese transliteration of Ullambana, is only three days and varies […]

INDEPENDENCE DAY–Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. DHARMA DAY–Also known as Asalha Puja, it commemorates the Buddha’s first discourse following his spiritual awakening. This year the holiday falls on July 5th. On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech, “The Meaning of Fourth of July for the Negro,” at an […]

Join us for the Georgia Highlands College Black History Month event, “An Afternoon on Summer Hill: A Conversation about Community, Education, and Excellence”. We will screen the documentary “Summer Hill: A Story of Community” followed by an interview with Summer Hill High School alumni, Calvin Cooley, Sr. and J. S. “Bibby” Morgan, III, moderated by […]