Developed by Sharifa Hampton, Department of Black and Latino Studies, Baruch College
This teaching material was developed as a result of the CUNY 1969 Teach-in & Retreat that took place in Summer 2022. The assignment asks students to create their own manifestos, inspired by the Five Demands. The goal of the assignment is to encourage students to identify and articulate their perceived positionality within academia.
The Teaching Material
Assignment type:
Final project; Writing assignment
Keywords:
manifesto, writing, research, social science, history
Faculty Information
Sharifa Hampton is a professor of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College, CUNY and has also spear-headed several CUNY-wide programs that seek to increase, encourage, and support the inclusion and educational success of students from severely underrepresented groups in higher education. Sharifa Hampton is currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She received her M.A. degree from the College of Staten Island, CUNY and her B.A. degree from New York University.
Licensing Information
Anti-Racism and You is licensed under CC BY. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
The Anti-Racism and You assignment created by Sharifa Hampton is an open educational resource (OER), but linked resources have other licensing conditions.