Juneteenth Conversations

In the third of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.

In the second of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.

In the first of three episodes, Dr. Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis and host of Juneteenth Conversations podcast, discusses Annette Gordon Reed’s book On Juneteenth with colleagues in the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Indianapolis.

In this episode of Juneteenth Conversations, host Michael Cartwright, the Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis, is joined by the co-founders of Mariposa Legal, a non-profit venture located here on the southside of Indianapolis. The directors of Mariposa’s projects are Hannah Cartwright, an attorney who is also trained in social work, and Romelia Solano, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Notre Dame. They combine representation for detained and undocumented immigrants, especially those seeking relief, protection and/or asylum.

In this episode of Juneteenth Conversations, host Michael Cartwright, the Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis, is joined by the co-founders of Mariposa Legal, a non-profit venture located here on the southside of Indianapolis. The directors of Mariposa’s projects are Hannah Cartwright, an attorney who is also trained in social work, and Romelia Solano, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Notre Dame. They combine representation for detained and undocumented immigrants, especially those seeking relief, protection and/or asylum.

This in-depth episode explores their work with those who find themselves caught in the net of conflicting jurisdictions and legal remedies associated with citizenship deportation, etc. Mariposa Legal is a program of the COMMON Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. For more information, see https://mariposalegal.org/ 

In this episode of Juneteenth Conversations, Dr. Michael Cartwright is joined by Dr. Leah Milne, Assistant Professor of English Literature at UIndy, to explore faculty-student engagement around topics of African American literature and multicultural literatures. 

Additional Links:

UIndy Race & Ethnic Studies Minor 

UIndy’s Partners in Curriculum Diversification website

Novel Subjects: Authorship as Radical Self-Care in Multiethnic American Narratives by Leah A. Milne

More about Leah’s courses

In this episode of Juneteenth Conversations, host Michael Cartwright, the Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis, is joined by Assistant Professor Dr. Colleen Wynn, who teaches sociology in the Shaheen College of Arts & Sciences at UIndy.

Episode 7 finds Michael and Colleen talking about patterns of segregation, especially with respect to the kind of residential segregation that has been prevalent in the city of Indianapolis.

LINKS REFERENCED IN PODCAST EPISODE 7:

Segregation Scores for the Indianapolis-Carmel metropolitan area:

American Communities Project's Diversity and Disparities page

Residential segregation line and selecting the various dissimilarity indices

Indianapolis Redlining Map

Host Michael Cartwright, Vice President of University Mission at the University of Indianapolis, welcomes Dr. Torrey Wilson, Dean of the College of Applied Behavioral Sciences, to discuss experiences growing up in the south (Cartwright in Arkansas; Wilson in New Orleans) and the history behind The Great Migration—as well as how it impacts the black community and America today, in this episode of Juneteenth Conversations.

Host Michael Cartwright welcomes UIndy guests Jolanda Bean, Associate Director (Office of Inclusion and Equity), and Tylyn Johnson ’22 (social work) to discuss the LGBTQIA+ Lavender Graduation event, as well as the first official Juneteenth Celebration at UIndy (June 17).  

Join host Michael Cartwright talks with guest Stephanie Kelly about her experiences of growing up in Indiana in the 1980s and 1990s. Hear the Dean of the College of Health Sciences reflect on what it means for her as a physical therapist, faculty member, and parent to confront the shadow of the racist past of Indiana, including the legacy of the 1930 lynching that took place in Marion, Indians, not far from her hometown of Swayzee.