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Category Archives: Programs & Events
Racial Justice in Islam Series Connects Leaders to Students
by Kim Alston
The Racial Justice in Islam: Opening Our Hearts series was created as a space for students to learn about Islam’s approach towards justice, its historical foundation, and modern-day implications. Through asynchronous dialogue with noted Islamic leaders students were encouraged to … Continue reading
Reflection on Cromwell Day
by Kim Alston
I’m reading a book that I find interesting on the subject of race. It’s called Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, written by scholar educators Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields. As the title suggests race or … Continue reading
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a Tzadik
After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, 11-year-old Micah Blay made a pilgrimage to the U.S. Supreme Court and blew the shofar for the hundreds of people gathered there. In keeping with Jewish custom, they laid small stones on the steps … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Programs & Events, Reflections, Social Justice, Spirituality
Tagged campus news, CRSL news, grief, Jewish, politics, world news
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CONVOCATION (Invocation) 2020, August 31, 2020
Smith College acknowledges and appreciates the fact that our College is built within the ancestral homelands of the Nonotuck peoples. We also recognize our present-day neighboring indigenous nations: the Nipmuc and the Wampanoag to the East, the Mohegan, Pequot, and … Continue reading
Posted in Programs & Events, Reflections, Social Justice, Spirituality
Tagged black lives matter, campus news, community, CRSL news, grief, hope, possibilities, race/racism, spirituality
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Our Year on Climate Change: Overcoming the Stagnation of Fear
by Kim Alston
The climate crisis is a crisis for all of us. The massiveness of its scope can be frightening, even paralyzing. The completeness of it – that is has touched, or will touch, us all – also presents an incredible opportunity. … Continue reading
Smith College Vespers Scriptural Readings, Poems, and Prayers
Smith College Christmas Vespers December 8, 2019 WELCOME Advent is the season when the revolution of people aligns with the revolution of the earth. Advent is a time when people – all people all over the world – light candles … Continue reading
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Tagged campus news, Christianity, community, community service, music, poetry, spirituality, Vespers, welcome, worship
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Otelia Cromwell Day 2019
by Kim Alston
Tribute to Adelaide Cromwell ’40 I met Dr. Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell in the mid 1980’s as a student at Boston University. Professor Gulliver, as she was known then, was my sociology professor in Afro American Studies, and one of only … Continue reading
Best Day Ever! Building Interfaith Community One Party at a Time!
by Kim Alston
This article represents reflections from Maeve Orlowski-Scherer ‘21, a student intern and leader in the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. By 5:30 p.m., everything was ready. The chairs had been pushed back to the sides of the Helen Hills … Continue reading
Our Year on Climate Change: Expanding the Golden Rule
by Kim Alston
CRSL is part of Smith’s college-wide initiative on climate change. Director of Religious & Spiritual Life and College Chaplain Matilda Cantwell discusses the impact of climate change and its connection to the work of the CRSL. My friend and colleague … Continue reading
Doing Things That Change You: Action to Reflection at the CRSL
by Kim Alston
This summer I had the privilege of participating in the leadership of a conference entitled The Body, A Vehicle for Justice, Advocacy, and Change. https://starisland.org/program/star-gathering-2-family-conference-the-body/. Each day we began with a worship service in the Christian tradition, and this was followed … Continue reading