Our 2021 Conference was held on October 9 at the Jane McKimmon Center at NC State University. Keynote speaker We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker is Noliwe Rooks, PhD, Cornell University. Rooks is the Director of American studies at Cornell University and was for ten years the associate director of African American studies at […]
This year, HKonJ will have two events: a motorcade and a virtual engagement event. The HKonJ Motorcade event will be held on Saturday, February 6th and at 8am. Vehicle line up begins at 7am and will be at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, located at 2E South Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. Register your vehicle to participate. The […]
Our conference — Impact of Privatizing Public Schools — was held in Raleigh on October 12, 2019. We were honored to have the following panelists speak about privatization’s effects on public schools. Check our our Facebook events for scheduled follow-up webinars with each of the panelists. They’ll be posted on our Webinars page. View from […]
In Praise of Public Education: A Conversation with Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Join us May 22, 2019 from 6-8 PM at the NC Arboretum for a fundraiser to support our work. We’ll engage in a community conversation about public education, featuring our state’s greatest champion of public education, former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. […]
