Futures Forum https://futuresforum.podbean.com Futures Forum podcast is a space for collectively dreaming, imagining, and co-creating ideas. Our guests have made significant contributions either to scholarly knowledge, public discourse, or higher education, and they join us to cultivate a fresh, free-thinking, future-forward space to carry ideas and knowledge into the world in new and different ways. 

Futures Forum is a production of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University. Visit equitablefutures.cornell.edu to learn more.

]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 08:02:28 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Education 1440 episodic Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22336617/Futures-Forum-Podbean-Logo.png Futures Forum https://futuresforum.podbean.com 144 144 Sensemaking as Solidarity: Liz Neeley on cutting through noise to meet the moment Sensemaking as Solidarity: Liz Neeley on cutting through noise to meet the moment https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/lizneeley/ https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/lizneeley/#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 08:02:28 -0400 futuresforum.podbean.com/57192d34-d1f6-3dbb-900c-a2843f1ae224 Our guest this week is Liz Neeley, founder of Liminal, a science communication collective that focuses on sensemaking. We discuss the ways storytelling can help us make meaningful change from our research, navigating risks of speaking out, and tools for working against the strategic onslaught of information overload. Liz also guides us through planning a security party, so you can take practical steps, in community, to ensure you and your data are protected.

]]> Our guest this week is Liz Neeley, founder of Liminal, a science communication collective that focuses on sensemaking. We discuss the ways storytelling can help us make meaningful change from our research, navigating risks of speaking out, and tools for working against the strategic onslaught of information overload. Liz also guides us through planning a security party, so you can take practical steps, in community, to ensure you and your data are protected.

]]> Our guest this week is Liz Neeley, founder of Liminal, a science communication collective that focuses on sensemaking. We discuss the ways storytelling can help us make meaningful change from our research, navigating risks of speaking out, and tools for working against the strategic onslaught of information overload. Liz also guides us through planning a security party, so you can take practical steps, in community, to ensure you and your data are protected. Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University false No 3015 1 4 full Reading the Past to Write a Better Future: On Public Scholarship with Victor Ray Reading the Past to Write a Better Future: On Public Scholarship with Victor Ray https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/victorray/ https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/victorray/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 10:19:25 -0400 futuresforum.podbean.com/4b56bc57-95b8-33bf-95e3-14a374c290b4 Victor Ray is one of the leading voices on race and racial justice in the United States. Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. talk with Victor about the current backlash to DEI initiatives in a conversation that connects research and personal experience to systems and power structures. Tune in to this wide-ranging episode to hear more about the current turn toward resegregation in the US, how organizations uphold structural racism, and the risks (and benefits) of doing scholarship in public.

]]> Victor Ray is one of the leading voices on race and racial justice in the United States. Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. talk with Victor about the current backlash to DEI initiatives in a conversation that connects research and personal experience to systems and power structures. Tune in to this wide-ranging episode to hear more about the current turn toward resegregation in the US, how organizations uphold structural racism, and the risks (and benefits) of doing scholarship in public.

]]> Victor Ray is one of the leading voices on race and racial justice in the United States. Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. talk with Victor about the current backlash to DEI initiatives in a conversation that connects research and personal experience to systems and power structures. Tune in to this wide-ranging episode to hear more about the current turn toward resegregation in the US, how organizations uphold structural racism, and the risks (and benefits) of doing scholarship in public. Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University false No 2600 1 3 full The History of Black Women at Cornell: A Conversation with Marcia Easley The History of Black Women at Cornell: A Conversation with Marcia Easley https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/marciaeasley/ https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/marciaeasley/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 10:19:13 -0400 futuresforum.podbean.com/a608a0cc-931f-3296-a9f1-1639ecf9b431 This Women's History Month, Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. spoke with Marcia Easley, a long-time Ithacan and Assistant Dean for Human Resources in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Marcia told us about the history of Black women at Cornell and students like Ruth Peyton, who could study, but not sleep, here. Marcia shares the struggles and accomplishments of Black students, the nonlinear path of inclusion and segregation, and how knowing our history can help us do better.

]]> This Women's History Month, Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. spoke with Marcia Easley, a long-time Ithacan and Assistant Dean for Human Resources in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Marcia told us about the history of Black women at Cornell and students like Ruth Peyton, who could study, but not sleep, here. Marcia shares the struggles and accomplishments of Black students, the nonlinear path of inclusion and segregation, and how knowing our history can help us do better.

]]> This Women’s History Month, Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. spoke with Marcia Easley, a long-time Ithacan and Assistant Dean for Human Resources in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Marcia told us about the history of Black women at Cornell and students like Ruth Peyton, who could study, but not sleep, here. Marcia shares the struggles and accomplishments of Black students, the nonlinear path of inclusion and segregation, and how knowing our history can help us do better. Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures false No 1987 1 2 full Without Fear: A Conversation with Keisha Blain Without Fear: A Conversation with Keisha Blain https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/keishablain/ https://futuresforum.podbean.com/e/keishablain/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 10:18:08 -0400 futuresforum.podbean.com/7f06acee-708f-33a4-af21-a2591fcffd89 Keisha N. Blain, author of Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights, is a professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, and has been hailed as one the most innovative and influential historians of her generation.

Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. speak with Dr. Blain, the Center's 2026 Black History Month keynote speaker, about her new book, the writing process, how past work can help us build the future, and marking pathways for future researchers.

]]> Keisha N. Blain, author of Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights, is a professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, and has been hailed as one the most innovative and influential historians of her generation.

Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. speak with Dr. Blain, the Center's 2026 Black History Month keynote speaker, about her new book, the writing process, how past work can help us build the future, and marking pathways for future researchers.

]]> Keisha N. Blain, author of Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights, is a professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, and has been hailed as one the most innovative and influential historians of her generation. Jamila Michener and Neil Lewis, Jr. speak with Dr. Blain, the Center’s 2026 Black History Month keynote speaker, about her new book, the writing process, how past work can help us build the future, and marking pathways for future researchers. Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University false No 2062 1 1 full