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The Black and Progressive Sociologists for Obama blog supported the Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama in 2008. As we approach a new election season, there is a need to examine the political climate in the "age of Obama." The goal of the white nationalist Tea Parties and the Republicans is to “make Obama fail.” From the left, the President is perceived as “selling out.” The blog will explore this dialectic when it comes to re-election of America's first African American president.
“W. E. B. DuBois started to teach so that Rosa Parks could take a seat. Rosa Parks took a seat so that we could all take a stand. We all took a stand so that Martin Luther King, Jr. could march. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched so that Jesse Jackson could run. Jesse Jackson ran so that Barack Obama could win!”
Cleo Fields at the State of the Black Union February. 23, 2008
BLACK AND PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS FOR OBAMA
WORKING GROUP
Purpose
The Black and Progressive Sociologists for Obama Working Group (Working Group) was established to support the Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama. The Working Group was conceived as an effort to provide support, albeit limited support, to the Obama Campaign. Given the demands of academic life and the limited resources of sociologists, the Working Group members hoped to provide support to the Obama Campaign through a variety of campaign activities that would offer assistance within the framework of their professional lives, such as, e-mail blasts, monetary contributions, and engaging colleagues and others in small social gatherings.
The Working Group has made contact with the Obama Campaign. The Black and Progressive Sociologists for Obama Working Group Blog has been established as a forum to discuss the campaign and efforts to promote the candidate.
It is realized that academics do not have a lot of time for a political campaign. Similarly, we do not have a lot of financial resources. However, every little bit helps.
Please feel free to offer any suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Current Working Group members:
Donald Cunnigen, University of Rhode Island, Convener
John Diamond, Harvard University
Charles V. Willie, Harvard University (Emeritus)
BarBara Scott, Northeastern Illinois University
Robert Newby, Central Michigan University (Emeritus)
Prudence Carter, Stanford University
Rodney Coates, Miami University-Ohio
Joyce Ladner, Howard University (Emeritus)
Marino Bruce, Meharry Medical College
Benjamin Bowser, California State University-East Bay
Sharon Squires, California State University--Dominguez Hills
Delores Aldridge, Emory University
Hayward Horton, SUNY-Albany
Anthony Lemelle, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bette Dickerson, American University
Johnnie Griffin, Indiana University-South Bend
Patricia Bell, Oklahoma State University
Wornie Reed, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College
Verna Keith, Florida State University
Noel Cazenave, University of Connecticut
Ronald Taylor, University of Connecticut
Alton Thompson, North Carolina A. & T. University
Phillip Carey, North Carolina A. & T. University
Robert Davis, North Carolina A. & T. University
Akil Khalfani, Essex County Community College
Earl Wright, Texas Southern University
Mark Wilson, Pacific School of Religion
Mary Osirim, Bryn Mawr College
Kerry Rockquemore, University of Illinois-Chicago
William Anderson, National Academies of Science
Robert Crutchfield, University of Washington
Julie Brines, University of Washington
Albert Black, University of Washington
Susan Pitchford, University of Washington
David Takeuchi, University of Washington
Alexes Harris, University of Washington
Richard Travisano, University of Rhode Island
Erma Lawson, University of North Texas
Arthur Paris, Syracuse University
Grace Yoo, San Francisco State University
Abdoulaye Bah, Lincoln University-Missouri
D. Crystal Byndloss, Symphonic Strategies Consulting, Inc.
Evita Bynum, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Frank Wilson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Sally Malone-Hawkins, Wiley College
Carroll J. Wiltz, Dillard University
Marlese Durr, Wright State University
John Moland, Alabama State University (Emeritus)
Charles Payne, Unversity of Chicago
Alford Young, Jr., University of Michigan
Louie Ross, Shaw University
Bruce Wade, Spelman College
Blaine Stevenson, Central Michigan University
Kesho Scott, Grinnell College
Nadia Kim, Loyola Marymount University
Kecia Johnson, SUNY-Albany
Michael Williams, Institute for African Studies (University of Ghana)
Lena Wright Myers, Ohio University
Roderick Bush, St. Johns University
Wendy Roth, University of British Columbia
Margaret Hunter, Mills College
Ruth K. Thompson-Miller, Texas A & M
Johnny Williams, Trinity College
Angela Haddad, Central Michigan University
Judith Rollins, Wellesley College
Martha Hargraves, University of Texas Medical Center-Galveston
Lena Wright Myers, Ohio University
Bonnie Dill, University of Maryland
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