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• 9/15

  Monday
  Peter Rosenblum, “Federalism in the Trump era: What remains?” 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
  Barringer House
  
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  Peter Rosenblum, “Federalism in the Trump era: What remains?”

  Monday, September 15, 2025 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Barringer House

  
  
  The talk looks at the balance of between state and national government power, which has been contested from the launching of the Republic. While federalism has, over time, shifted in relation to the political issues at stake, and the rhetoric has changed with it, in recent history, who claims federalism in their defense typically depends on who wields national power. There is Constitutional law that defines Federalism and provides some protection to States, who would resist Federal intrusion. However, while the Supreme Court has elaborated a limit on the extent to which Federal law can 'commandeer 'state policy 'cooperative' federalism, where federal dollars support state and local programs, has inserted the Federal government into state activities, such as immigration, in a way that gives additional leverage to the central government and undermines the ability of the state to resist. This talk will look at these dynamics within the current Trumpian moment with a particular emphasis on issues of immigration.
  
  Peter Rosenblum is Professor of Law and Human Rights at Bard College
  This is an open class that is part of All Politics is Local, to which students and faculty are welcome to join.

  Contact: Jacqui Cook
  E-mail: [email protected]
  
• 9/18

  Thursday
  The Storm Inside the Shelter: Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of Advocacy and Activism at HBCUs 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
  Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema
  
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  The Storm Inside the Shelter: Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of Advocacy and Activism at HBCUs

  Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema

  
  

  Jelani M. Favors is United Negro College Fund Vice President and Senior Director of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, and formerly the Henry E. Frye distinguished professor of history, and inaugural director of the Center of Excellence for Social Justice at North Carolina A&T State University. (NC A&T). Dr. Favors’ publications include Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership & Activism, a book which focuses on the prominent role of HBCUs as essential institutions for the African American community, fostering what he calls a “second curriculum” which has shaped the political destiny of the United States. He is also author of a chapter in the forthcoming book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses which emerged from a Network Collaborative Course between Bard and NC A&T in which he co-taught, entitled Student Voting: Power, Politics and Race in the Fight for American Democracy.
   
  The talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, OEI, Brothers@Bard, the Hannah Arendt Center, and Africana Studies.