{"id":131083,"date":"2017-11-03T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=131083"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:06:45","slug":"full-slate-events-planned-metanoia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/11\/full-slate-events-planned-metanoia\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Slate of Events Planned for Metanoia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In keeping with the UConn tradition of Metanoia<\/em>, the University has designated Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, as a day of reflection, learning, sharing, and transformation focused on confronting racism in our university, our state, and our nation.\u00a0 Please join us as together, we confront racism.<\/p>\n

While \u201cTogether: Confronting Racism\u201d was initiated in response to the outbursts of violent white supremacy epitomized by the events in Charlottesville this past August, a review of the history of Metanoia<\/em> at UConn reveals that the subject of race and racism is perennial. This signals that racism is not a \u201cproblem\u201d to be \u201csolved,\u201d but a fundamental part of our history and contemporary society for which we must take responsibility. This semester, we will once again attend to this basic fact of American life and we seek innovative and effective ways of addressing issues such as white supremacy, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, nativism, and colonialism.<\/p>\n

For more about the history of Metanoia at the University, read the UConn Today story Metanoia: A UConn Tradition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS,\u00a0Wednesday, Nov. 8\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The information on this list was updated after publication, and was current as of 10 a.m., Nov. 6. If you are planning to attend one of these events, check for any further updates at\u00a0together.uconn.edu<\/a> or contact together@uconn.edu<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When: ALL DAY
\nWhat: The Diversity Bookshelf: The Story of Race in Books<\/strong>
\nWhere: Homer Babbidge Library, Level 1
\nOrganizers: Roger Brisson and Marisol Ramos, University Libraries
\nDescription:\u00a0 Visit this exhibit and slide presentation of the library\u2019s interdisciplinary collection of significant recent books on the study of race and racism.<\/p>\n

When: ALL DAY
\nWhat: How Has Racism Affected Your Life?<\/strong>
\nWhere: Storrs Campus
\nOrganizers: United to End Racism
\nDescription: Throughout the day, members of United Against Racism will engage members of the UConn community in one-on-one conversations about their experiences of racism, listening to people from all backgrounds and posing the question, \u201cHow has racism affected your life?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Look for us in the UER T-shirts!<\/p>\n

When: ALL DAY
\nWhat: School of Nursing Clinical Placement Dialogue Sessions<\/strong>
\nWhere: Nursing Field Placement Sites
\nOrganizers: School of Nursing
\nDescription: Throughout the day, faculty will lead Nursing students in critical dialogue sessions about the role of race and racism in their personal, educational, and professional experiences.<\/p>\n

When: 9-10 a.m.
\nWhat: Line of Inequity<\/strong>
\nWhere: Founder\u2019s Green (near Austin Building); rain location: Hawley Armory
\nOrganizers: Amberleigh Delgado
\nDescription: This interactive activity will provide participants with the opportunity to think about power, class, education, race, and socioeconomic status and how each of these things impact our level of privilege in society.<\/p>\n

When: 9 a.m.-noon
\nWhat: Initiative on Campus Dialogues ‘Office Hours’<\/strong>
\nWhere: Humanities Institute Seminar Room, Babbidge Library, 4th\u00a0Floor
\nOrganizers: Initiative on Campus Dialogues
\nDescription: Interested to offer a dialogue on confronting racism in your classroom, but wish to know a little more about process, possibilities and potential pitfalls? Drop in on the Initiative on Campus Dialogues \u201coffice hours\u201d where participants in the Initiative on Campus Dialogues will be available to walk through different dialogic approaches, share their experiences discussing difficult questions, workshop strategies for running a structured conversation in the classroom, and generally do what they might to answer your questions.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a010-11 a.m.
\nWhat: Who Are the Trolls Really Trolling?<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Room 162
\nOrganizers: Cynthia DeRoma, CETL\/English
\nDescription: This session will offer reflections on a recent video that unintentionally went viral on social media and revealed, once again, how racial bias permeates so much of our lives. The goal is that, as participants engage in a discussion about unintended consequences, they can be more aware of the joys and vexations involved in promoting cross-racial interactions in education.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a010-11:15 a.m.
\nWhat: Breaking through the 4th\u00a0Wall: Examining Racial Stereotypes through TV Sit-Coms<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium
\nOrganizers: Rory McGloin and John Christensen, Department of Communication
\nDescription: The goal of this discussion based seminar is to engage the topic of racial stereotyping in the media, specifically through the channel and context of popular situational comedies. The seminar will examine the definition of stereotyping through a Communication-centered lens, with emphasis on how the media use and rely on stereotyping to tell their stories.<\/p>\n

When: 10 a.m.-noon.
\nWhat: Why We Teach: A Workshop on Using African American Literature to Challenge Racism<\/strong>
\nWhere: Oak Hall, Room 408
\nOrganizer: Martha Cutter, English and Africana Studies
\nDescription: This workshop will focus on how texts of African American literature can be used to prepare students and instructors to challenge racism inside and outside the classroom. Participants include Dexter Gabriel, Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies; Jacob Horn, Writing Center Coordinator, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, UConn Hartford; Martha Cutter, Professor of English and Africana Studies; Shawn Salvant, Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies; Anna Mae Duane, Associate Professor of English; Kathy Knapp, Associate Professor of English.
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When: 10:30-11:45 a.m.
\nWhat: Embracing Identities<\/strong>
\nWhere: Gentry 142
\nOrganizers: EDCI 5875 Students Emily Orkins, Caitlin Murphy, Laura Labato, Cindy Portillo, and Andrew Och
\nDescription: Intended for high school students and teachers, as well as college students, this interactive workshop designed by students in EDCI 5875 Multicultural Education allows participants to engage in a series of exercises and activities to better understand our identities and how current tensions impact them.<\/p>\n

When: 10:30-noon
\nWhat: Creation of an Inclusive Environment Conducive to Excellence<\/strong>
\nWhere: Student Union, Food Court
\nOrganizer: University Senate Diversity Committee
\nDescription:\u00a0 The Senate Diversity Committee will participate in an open dialogue with Faculty Staff and Students on issues related to Racism, Implicit Bias, Participation and Inclusion. Our plan is to have an open central space located in the Student Union. Our main purpose is to open a dialogue on these issues between the members of our committee and the UConn constituencies. We will bring information on the main issues and topics discussed by our committee to establish a basis for the open dialogue.<\/p>\n

When: 10:30-noon
\nWhat: Antifascism and Everyday Life<\/strong>
\nWhere: Austin Building, Stern Lounge
\nOrganizer: Chris Vials, English and American Studies
\nDescription:\u00a0 Sponsored by the UConn Campus Antifascist Network, this panel seeks to illuminate what antifascism can contribute to a broader campaign against racism.\u00a0 Panelists will include Chris Vials (Associate Professor, English), Jerry Phillips (Associate Professor, English), Bre Leake\u00a0 (Graduate Employee, English), and Fred Lee (Assistant Professor, Political Science).<\/p>\n

When:\u00a011 a.m.-noon
\nWhat: #NotAll \u2026 T-Shirts<\/strong>
\nWhere: Off Campus
\nOrganizers: EDCI 5875 Students Amber Croft, Huda Aldosari, Jingyue (Ellie) Duan, Maryjocelyn Sedensky, Amanda MacDonald, Kara Patterson, Marisela Valencia, Dan Lee
\nDescription: Designed by students in EDCI 5875 Multicultural Education, this activity was developed for elementary and middle school students, and their teachers. The activity will feature a skit dramatizing segregation and bias, and provide an opportunity for students to engage in a discussion about the effects of bullying and being a bystander.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a011 a.m.-3 p.m.
\nWhat: Reflections on Implicit Bias<\/strong>
\nWhere: Koons Hall, Room 228A
\nOrganizer: Michael P. O\u2019Neill, College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources
\nDescription: This \u201cStory-Corps\u201d-style opportunity allows individuals who have completed the implicit bias assessment at the Project Implicit website (https:\/\/implicit.harvard.edu\/implicit\/<\/a>) to voluntarily share (via audio file) what they learned from their assessment. Interviews are short (less than one minute), and will be used to help develop a follow-up workshop next semester.<\/p>\n

When: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Book Presentation: Racismo y Lenguaje<\/em> [Racism and Language] by Michele Back<\/strong>
\nWhere: El Instituto (Ryan Building)
\nOrganizer: El Instituto (Institute of Latina\/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies)
\nDescription: Michele Back, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, will present and discuss her co-edited, multi-authored book Racismo y lenguaje<\/em> [Racism and Language] (V. Zavala & M. Back, Eds., 2017. Lima, Peru: Fondo Editorial PUCP). Drawing on frameworks from applied linguistics and critical discourse analysis, Racismo y lenguaje<\/em> is the first full-length volume to use a discursive\/linguistic approach to race and racism in Latin America.
\n*Lunch provided<\/p>\n

When: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
\nWhat: Coffee with a Cop \u2013 Breaking Down Barriers<\/strong>
\nWhere: Student Union, Room 108
\nOrganizer: UConn Police Department
\nDescription: Coffee with a Cop provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the UConn Police Department and our work in the community. The program aims to advance the practice of community policing and breaking down barriers through improving relationships between the police officers and community members one cup of coffee at a time.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a0Noon-1:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Same-Sex Acts & Origins of a National Security State<\/strong>
\nWhere: Rainbow Center, SU 403
\nOrganizer: Rainbow Center
\nDescription: As part of the Out to Lunch Gender, Sexuality, and Community series, the Rainbow Center will host Sherry Zane for a lecture titled: “Same-Sex Acts and the Origins of a National Security State in the Early 20th Century.” This lecture will explore how categories of gender, sexual identity, and race shaped U.S. national security interests on the World War I homefront from 1917 to 1921 in Newport, Rhode Island.
\n*Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunches<\/p>\n

When: Noon-1:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Healing From Racism<\/strong>
\nWhere: UConn Bookstore, Hillside Drive, Community Room
\nOrganizer: Hedley Freake, United to End Racism
\nDescription:\u00a0 The aim of this workshop is to provide an introduction to some of the resources and processes that individuals can use to heal from the damage caused by racism. During this workshop there will be a moderated panel, including faculty, staff, and a student from the University, all of whom are dedicated to eliminating racism.
\n*Lunch provided<\/p>\n

When: Noon-2 p.m.
\nWhat: You Should \u2026 Confront Racism in the Digital Realm: A Teach-In<\/strong>
\nWhere: Humanities Institute Seminar Room, 4th\u00a0Floor, Babbidge Library
\nOrganizer: Alexis Boylan and Anke Finger, UCHI
\nDescription: As part of the new \u201cYou Should \u2026\u201d initiative, this teach-in will feature Professors Anke Finger, Bhakti Shringarpure, Kelly Dennis, Anne Mae Duane, and Ph.D. Student Matthew Guariglia discussing topics such as social media activism\/racism (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) dealing with online racism, online activism, and connections to civil responsibility, courage, and action \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0basically the potential and pitfalls of our life online.
\n*Lunch provided<\/p>\n

When: Noon-2 p.m.
\nWhat: Leaf a Mark<\/strong>
\nWhere: Fairfield Way
\nOrganizer: USG Student Development Committee
\nDescription:\u00a0 Join the USG Student Development Committee on Fairfield way and add your voice in answer to the question: “What can you do to prevent racism here and everywhere?”<\/p>\n

When: 12:45-2 p.m.
\nWhat: UConn Hartford: Combating Islamophobia, A Form of Racism<\/strong>
\nWhere: UConn Hartford Times Building Courtyard
\nOrganizer: Paul A. Young, Assistant Director of Student Services
\nDescription: The Associated Student Government (ASG) and World Club will be passing out blue ribbons to wear as a symbol of unity in our fight against racism. Then join us in the Hartford Public Library Atrium from 12:45 \u2013 2:00pm and stand in unity with UConn Hartford Muslim Student Association (MSA) as they conduct their midday prayers. After prayers, stay for a vibrant panel discussion on Islamophobia with special guests Imam Sami Aziz (Muslim Chaplain at Wesleyan University), Dr. Lisa Werkmeister Rozas (Associate Professor at UConn School of Social Work), and Samia Hussein (Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, President).
\n*Refreshments Provided<\/p>\n

When: 1:30-3 p.m.
\nWhat: Dissolving Ignorance: Art Overcoming Adversity<\/strong>
\nWhere: Wilbur Cross Building, North Reading Room
\nOrganizers: Students of PHIL 2205: Caesar Valentin, Kafayat Mimiko, Tova Benson-Tilsen, Almeena Shaikh
\nDescription: Our goal is, as a class, to break the barriers of racial ignorance through showcasing some arts and showing how art has the potential to unite people across differences. Our presentation is interactive, and is meant to be a multi-party discussion to get the audience thinking. We will connect our art to our feelings and experiences of race at UConn for those who will listen. Our piece will be a call to arms in a sense, because we find it important that we not only inspire our audience to listen, but inspire them do something.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a02-3 p.m.
\nWhat: Strategies for Addressing Discrimination and Promoting Human Rights<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Room 162
\nOrganizer: Sandra Sirota, Humanities Institute
\nDescription:\u00a0 Have you ever been in a situation in which you wanted to speak out against prejudice but did not know what to say? Do you want to take action to support a human right, but are not sure what to do? In this workshop, we will share and practice strategies to advocate for human rights to different audiences \u2013 such as our peers, colleagues, friends, family members, and government representatives.<\/p>\n

When: 2-3 p.m.
\nWhat: Taking a Knee, Raising a Fist: Race, Sport, and Politics in Historical Perspective<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium
\nOrganizers: Professors Joseph Cooper, sport management, Oskar Harmon, economics, and Jeffrey Ogbar, history
\nDescription: The protest act of taking a knee during the pre-game ceremony of a football game was started in Sept 2016 by NFL player Colin Kaepernick. It became well known but not widely adopted in part because of player employment risk. President Trump\u2019s Tweet:\u00a0The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!<\/em> ignited a national referendum, and in the following weeks, taking a knee became a widespread event at professional football games.<\/p>\n

When: 2-4 p.m.
\nWhat: Puerto Rican Citizenship Archives Project Launch Event & Presentation<\/strong>
\nWhere: The Gathering Place at the Scholar\u2019s Collaborative, Babbidge Library, Level 1
\nOrganizers: Charles Venator-Santiago
\nDescription: Join us for the launch of the Puerto Rican Citizenship Archives Project (PRCAP), a public repository designed to document the legal history of the extension of U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico.
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Around the World in an Hour<\/strong>
\nWhere: Student Union, Room 104 and South Lobby
\nOrganizers: Oindri Sen, Pharmacy Student Government; Jennifer Reinhard, DSLC; and Bhavana Chalupadi
\nDescription: School of Pharmacy students will host a diversity fair that works towards enhancing the culture of diversity at UConn. Students will be tabling in the lobby of the school or the Student Union (based on booking), to promote their different cultures and incorporate the health status of their countries in their presentations.<\/p>\n

When: 4-5:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Teaching and Race in the Classroom<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center Lounge
\nOrganizer: Molly Land, Human Rights Institute; and Noga Shermer, Anthropology
\nDescription: This workshop will provide an informal, small-group opportunity for participants to discuss, share experiences, and ask questions about addressing issues of race and racism in the classroom. We will read portions of Derald Wing Sue\u2019s Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in advance of the workshop. The discussion will focus on how participants incorporate issues of race and racism into their classes and how they introduce, facilitate, and respond to these issues in classroom settings. Participation will be limited to 15. Books are available in the Human Rights Institute for those who register. Please register here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/4090944afac2fa5f58-nov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a04-6:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Denial<\/em> Film Screening and Discussion<\/strong>
\nWhere: Video Theater 2, Babbidge Library
\nOrganizers: Pamela Weathers, University Specialist, Center for Judaic Studies; Arnold Dashefsky, Professor of Sociology and Konover Chair of Judaic Studies Emeritus; and Sebastian Wogenstein, Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Interim Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
\nDescription: In remembrance of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, when Nazis attacked German Jews and their property, UConn’s Center for Judaic Studies will present a film screening of the award-winning film “Denial.” Guest speaker and Holocaust survivor Hans Laufer will provide remarks and answer questions prior to the film screening. The film Denial is based on the acclaimed book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial,<\/em> which tells the true story of Emory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt\u2019s fight against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history. Faced with a libel lawsuit in a British court, Lipstadt and her attorneys must prove that the Holocaust really happened.<\/p>\n

When: 4-6 p.m.
\nWhat: Human Rights Film Series Screening and Discussion of A Thin Wall<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium
\nOrganizers: Glenn Mitoma, Dodd Center; Kathy Libal, Human Rights Institute; Kathryn Myers, Art and Art History
\nDescription: A Thin Wall, a documentary by Pakistani American filmmaker Mara Ahmed, is a personal take on the 1947 Partition of India, rooted in stories passed down from one generation to another. An interview with Ahmed and Professor Kathryn Myers will follow.<\/p>\n

When: 4-6 p.m.
\nWhat: Transforming Racism Art Exhibition<\/strong>
\nWhere: Next Gen Dorm Maker Space
\nOrganizer: Stephanie Beron, Graduate Student, Department of Public Policy
\nDescription: Participants will draw, sketch, paint or otherwise artistically express what racism looks like to them. After creating individual visual expressions of racism participants will form small groups (of four to six people) to discuss their representations under established ground rules of respectful dialogue. This dialogue should foster productive communication, awareness, and understanding of unique perceptions of, and experiences with, racism.<\/p>\n

When: 5-6:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Reading the World Around Us: Racism in Media<\/strong>
\nWhere: Gentry 144
\nOrganizers: EDCI 5875 Students Owen Bologna, Emma Chassagnoux, Jun Cho, Sarah Gelb, Victoria Ioppolo, Michael Mallery, Robin Patrick, Stephany Santos, Rex Sturdevant, Angela Weng, Jamie Wisset, Brett Wojtkowski
\nDescription: Intended for K-12 Educators, Educational Leaders, College Students Interested in Education, this workshop will explore the presence of racism across news media, television advertisements, and music, and will allow participants and presenters to develop a set of tools and approaches to reading the world around them in a critical way.
\n*Dinner provided<\/p>\n

When:\u00a05-6 p.m.
\nWhat: Pre-Talk Reception with Shireen Ahmed<\/strong>
\nWhere: Asian American Cultural Center Main Room, SU 428
\nOrganizers: Asian American Cultural Center
\nDescription: Join us for this reception in honor of athlete, advocate, and community organizer, Shireen Ahmed, who will be speaking as part of the Beyond the Field series at 6:30 p.m.
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When: 5-6 p.m.
\nWhat: Confronting Citizenship’s Exclusions: Boricua and unDACAmented visions<\/strong>
\nWhere: PR\/LACC Common Room, SU
\nOrganizers: PR\/LACC and El Instituto
\nDescription: The focus of this event will be the life testimonies and analyses offered by a panel of UCONN DREAMer and boricua students. Both the Americans who are DREAMers and the Americans who are boricuas have historically been relegated to second-tier belonging years before being scapegoated by white supremacist and nativist opinion leaders in our present political morass.
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When: 5-7 p.m.
\nWhat: BaF\u00e1 BaF\u00e1 Multicultural Simulation Event<\/strong>
\nWhere: TBD
\nOrganizers: Peter Diplock, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
\nDescription: This workshop develops cross-cultural understanding through an interactive and engaging simulation that gives participants the opportunity to develop deeper insights into how we come to understand the \u2018other\u2019 who is different from us.<\/p>\n

When: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Racism at UConn and Beyond: Encounters, Reflections, and Responses<\/strong>
\nWhere: Gentry 131
\nOrganizers: Collective Uplift
\nDescription:\u00a0 This event will be an open forum for UConn students from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences encountering racism at UConn and beyond. Participants will be able to express their views in a myriad formats, including spoken word\/poem, skits\/role playing, interpretive dance, pictures, and any form of creative expression.
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When:\u00a06-7 p.m.
\nWhat: As I Am Discussion Group Space<\/strong>
\nWhere: Rainbow Center, SU 403
\nOrganizers: Rainbow Center
\nDescription: As I Am is an open discussion group space for people in the LGBTQIA+ community who have identities, such as religion, ethnicity, and other cultural identities, that do not allow them to freely express who they truly are in all aspects of their life.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a06:30-8:30 p.m.
\nWhat: 13th<\/em>\u00a0Documentary Screening<\/strong>
\nWhere: SU 104
\nOrganizers: USG Student Development Committee
\nDescription: The Student Development Committee will be hosting a screening of the documentary “13th”. The documentary offers viewers “an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.”
\n*Refreshments provided<\/p>\n

When: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Beyond the Field Presents: Shireen Ahmed<\/strong>
\nWhere: ITE C80
\nOrganizers: Sofia Read and Charles Macaulay\u00a0\u2013 Neag School of Education, Department of Sport Management, UConn Athletics
\nDescription: The Beyond the Field: Social Issues in Sport series is hosting Shireen Ahmed. Ahmed is a writer, public speaker, and sports activist focusing on Muslim women in sports. She is an athlete, advocate, community organizer, and works with youth of color on empowerment projects and is an avid sports coach and mentor. She is a regular contributor to Muslimah Media Watch, a Global Sports Correspondent for Safe World For Women, and works on the Muslim Women in Sports website.<\/p>\n

When:\u00a07-8:30 p.m.
\nWhat: Confronting Racism Together: A Model Dialogue<\/strong>
\nWhere: Dodd Center, Konover Auditorium
\nOrganizers: Brendan Kane, Humanities Institute; Glenn Mitoma, Dodd Center
\nDescription:\u00a0 Join Associate Dean Sulin Ba, Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. student Ian McGregor, Chief Diversity Officer Joelle Murchison, UConn Hartford Director Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, Provost Jeremy Teitelbaum, and USG President Irma Valverde, and take part in a public dialogue exploring their experiences with racism. Dialogue is one of the most powerful tools we have in confronting racism. But actual dialogue \u2013 as opposed to debate, deliberation, or conversation\u00a0\u2013 rarely occurs. In part that is because it can be challenging: the bravery it takes to speak honestly and unscripted, and the discipline to listen with\u00a0empathy and be present, can be difficult in a world so crowded with stimulus and distraction. Confronting racism, however, requires such bravery and discipline, such honesty and presence. It also needs models, people who through their\u00a0public truth-telling can inspire others to truly dialogue over racism. Please join us, as members of our community take part in this important conversation, facilitated by Valeriano Ramos of \u201cEveryday Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

When:\u00a07-9 p.m.
\nWhat: Mark Twain and Fragile American Democracy<\/strong>
\nWhere: The Mark Twain House & Museum
\nOrganizers: The Mark Twain House & Museum and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
\nDescription: The Mark Twain House hosts distinguished scholars from the University\u2019s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who will debate the legacy of Mark Twain\u2019s gloomy warnings about both the necessity of democracy and its fragility. The panel chair is\u00a0Davita Silfen Glasberg, Dean of CLAS and Professor of Sociology. Panelists include David Yalof, Professor and Department Head, Department of Political Science; Manisha Desai, Professor\u00a0of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies and Department Head of Sociology; Michael Patrick Lynch, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the\u00a0Humanities Institute; and Micki McElya, Associate Professor of History.<\/p>\n

When: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
\nWhat: White Like Me Film Screening and Discussion<\/strong>
\nWhere: Student Union Theatre
\nOrganizer: Rebecca Kaufman, President of UConn Student Coalition for Social Justice
\nDescription: Join us for a screening of Tim Wise\u2019s film White Like Me<\/em>. Following the film, we will hold a discussion, moderated by Political Science Professor Evelyn Simien. The objective of this event is to facilitate discussion about white privilege and how it is structurally maintained by our institutions and interpersonal interactions.<\/p>\n

For more information visit together.uconn.edu<\/strong><\/a> or contact together@uconn.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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