Experience a high-quality traveling version of the AAMI's latest exhibit, Suspended: Systemic Oppression in our Schools, at the University of Dubuque. This exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. Elements of the criminal justice system have entered public schools around the country, resulting in zero tolerance policies and […]
Experience a high-quality traveling version of the AAMI's latest exhibit, Suspended: Systemic Oppression in our Schools, at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums. This exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. Elements of the criminal justice system have entered public schools around the country, resulting in zero tolerance […]
Experience a high-quality traveling version of the AAMI's latest exhibit, Suspended: Systemic Oppression in our Schools, at Kirkwood Community College (6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids). This exhibit examines the role public schools play in funneling students into the prison system. Elements of the criminal justice system have entered public schools around the country, resulting […]
AAMI's traveling exhibit, Iowa Civil Rights, will be on display at Lied Public Library in Clarinda, Iowa. Explore the struggles and triumphs of the fight for equal rights. Featured individuals include Alexander Clark, the man who helped desegregate Iowa schools in 1868, and Edna Griffin, the woman who led sit-ins at the Katz Drugstore in […]
With the renovation underway, the AAMI has some furniture it will no longer be able to use. We're offering these pieces for free, first to non-profits, and then to the public. On April 18 from 10-2 non-profit representatives are welcome to come and take any pieces you would like (the general public will be welcome […]
With the renovation underway, the AAMI has some furniture it will no longer be able to use. We're offering these pieces for free, first to non-profits, and then to you! On April 19 from 10-2 you are welcome to come and take any pieces you would like (people representing non-profits are welcome to come on […]
