Roots and Routes
Roots and Routes
Roots and Routes: Weekly Personal Narratives of Poverty and Privilege
Throughout the 2007-08 school year, Critical Encounters, in partnership with the Columbia Chronicle http://www.columbiachronicle.com/paper/index.php will present a column titled “Roots and Routes: Weekly Personal Narratives of Poverty and Privilege.” These will be concise personal narratives drawn from within our community, from a cross-section of faculty, staff, and students who represent the diverse population on our campus. These voices will provide us with perspectives that cut across ethnicity, class, economic status, gender, generation, and nationality. Each contributor will present a personal narrative that will highlight their experience with poverty and/or privilege by tracing out their roots (where they’ve been) and their routes (where they’re going).
The “Roots and Routes” column will bring Critical Encounters to our community in a way that is immediate and personal. The narratives will forge connections with readers who will see and perhaps relate to real journeys through the rigors and challenges of poverty in its various states (economic, spiritual, mental, issues of access). Readers will consider various reflections of what privilege can mean for a wide range of individuals, and what it can or cannot do in terms of educational, employment, nationalistic, and artistic opportunities.
Contribute a Narrative
We look forward to fresh stories and personal revelations that will emerge from these diverse voices.
- Write about any aspect of your life that you feel comfortable sharing
- Make it personal and thoughtful
- Approximately 600 words
- Please include your major and your classification (student, staff, faculty, administrator)
- If you are a student, please indicate your level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)
- Include contact information (name, email address, phone number)
Send narratives via email to: Stephanie Shonekan at criticalencounters@colum.edu
These narratives will be edited for inclusion either in The Chronicle or on the Critical Encounters website. Edited drafts will be sent back to the contributor before final print.
Respond to a Narrative
Respond in any length to the narratives in The Chronicle or on the website. Please send your comments to: Stephanie Shonekan at criticalencounters@colum.edu
Questions?
Stephanie Shonekan
312-344-7167
criticalencounters@colum.edu
sshonekan@colum.edu
Throughout the 2007-08 school year, Critical Encounters, in partnership with the Columbia Chronicle http://www.columbiachronicle.com/paper/index.php will present a column titled “Roots and Routes: Weekly Personal Narratives of Poverty and Privilege.” These will be concise personal narratives drawn from within our community, from a cross-section of faculty, staff, and students who represent the diverse population on our campus. These voices will provide us with perspectives that cut across ethnicity, class, economic status, gender, generation, and nationality. Each contributor will present a personal narrative that will highlight their experience with poverty and/or privilege by tracing out their roots (where they’ve been) and their routes (where they’re going).
The “Roots and Routes” column will bring Critical Encounters to our community in a way that is immediate and personal. The narratives will forge connections with readers who will see and perhaps relate to real journeys through the rigors and challenges of poverty in its various states (economic, spiritual, mental, issues of access). Readers will consider various reflections of what privilege can mean for a wide range of individuals, and what it can or cannot do in terms of educational, employment, nationalistic, and artistic opportunities.
Contribute a Narrative
We look forward to fresh stories and personal revelations that will emerge from these diverse voices.
- Write about any aspect of your life that you feel comfortable sharing
- Make it personal and thoughtful
- Approximately 600 words
- Please include your major and your classification (student, staff, faculty, administrator)
- If you are a student, please indicate your level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior)
- Include contact information (name, email address, phone number)
Send narratives via email to: Stephanie Shonekan at criticalencounters@colum.edu
These narratives will be edited for inclusion either in The Chronicle or on the Critical Encounters website. Edited drafts will be sent back to the contributor before final print.
Respond to a Narrative
Respond in any length to the narratives in The Chronicle or on the website. Please send your comments to: Stephanie Shonekan at criticalencounters@colum.edu
Questions?
Stephanie Shonekan
312-344-7167
criticalencounters@colum.edu
sshonekan@colum.edu