On this episode of Futures Forum, we talk with Marcia Easley, a long-time Ithacan and Assistant Dean for Human Resources in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, about the contributions of Black women at Cornell, cycles of progress and backlash, and what is—and isn’t—promised in Ezra Cornell’s founding principle “… any person … any study.”
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A Conversation with Keisha Blain
Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. speak with Dr. Keisha N. Blain about the process of writing her new book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights. Dr. Blain, best-selling author and Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, was the Black History Month Keynote Speaker for the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures in February 2026.
Introducing the Futures Forum: A Place to Envision Equitable and Just Futures
In a time of deep inequality and uncertainty, imagining equitable and just futures is both urgent and unfinished work. This post introduces the Futures Forum, a new space created by the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University to cultivate collective vision, creativity, dialogue, and hope for transformed futures.
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