Category Archives: Social Justice

White Responses to Racism:
A Discussion about Allyship with Ellen Sulser

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Lizzie Stephani '18J
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A handful of students gathered in Bodman lounge, located in the basement of Helen Hills Hills Chapel, on Thursday, September 22 to discuss white work in anti-racism. The talk touched on a variety of topics within the framework of white … Continue reading →

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Mourning, Intersectionality, and Hope
Part II: Don’t Be Selective

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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We have been focusing our  vigils on  shedding light in places where the inquiry and fervor of the media does not go. To vigil means to “pay attention” and to be “watchful.” Members of our diverse community are often directly affected … Continue reading →

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Mourning, Intersectionality, and Hope
Part I: #OurThreeBrothers

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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At the end of February, three young immigrant men, two of whom were Muslim, were tragically killed in Fort Wayne, Indiana under unknown circumstances. They were murdered “execution style” in an abandoned building that was “under surveillance” by police for … Continue reading →

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MLK & Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative (Part 2)

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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After the opening remarks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the American Friends Service Committee hosted two panel discussions on racial justice. I was proud to moderate the first panel of student fellows for the Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative … Continue reading →

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MLK & Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative (Part 1)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Matilda Cantwell
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Over January Term (or J-term), two students participated in a fellowship for with our Center as part of our Justice, Identity, and Social Change (JISC) initiative. These students, Raven Fowlkes-Witten and Lucy Tucker, serve on our JISC advisory board. The … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Weekly Vigil, Halloween Edition
Cultural Appreciation vs. Cultural Appropriation

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Chapel Student
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On a cool and drizzling Wednesday afternoon at 12:20, a couple of students gathered on Chapin Deck by the Campus Center to participate in a special Wednesday Weekly Vigil. This Vigil centered on the issue of cultural appreciation verses cultural … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter Panel: We the Protestors

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Chapel Student
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On Monday, a conversation called “We the Protesters: Policy, Discourse and the Movement for Black Lives” was held in Weinstein Auditorium, hosting a panel featuring Fordham University Political Science Professor Christina Greer, Columbia University History and Sociomedical Sciences Professor Samuel … Continue reading →

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The Justice, Identity, and Social Change Initiative:
Spiritual Life Meets Social Justice

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Matilda Cantwell
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  It feels like the World is burning. This is what Sensei Ryumon Baldoquin, Community Religious Adviser, said at our first “Peace Meal,” a gathering for dialogue and discussion of difficult problems. Certainly in the last few weeks, with the … Continue reading →

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Our Inescapable Network of Mutuality

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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Amidst the cacophony of all that I am reading, hearing, and taking in response to the verdict in the Ferguson Grand Jury deliberation,—which I am, like many of us, just barely beginning to sort through—I have little, if anything, different or new … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Awareness Week: What Do We Serve?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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We are what we pay attention to. Sadly, most of the time we are not attending to the world or ourselves. Psychologists estimate we have sixty thousand to seventy thousand thoughts a day, 99 percent of which are more or … Continue reading →

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