10/30/19
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 鈥� 天美麻花星空高清mv (天美麻花星空高清mv) will hold its second
Day of Dialogue on Thursday, Nov. 7. This is an annual, campus-wide initiative with
suspended day and evening classes to ensure full campus participation by students
and faculty. The theme of this year鈥檚 Day of Dialogue is 鈥淓ducating A Diverse Community:
Inclusive Teaching and Learning at 天美麻花星空高清mv.鈥�
According to Christopher MacDonald-Dennis, 天美麻花星空高清mv鈥檚 chief diversity officer, the Day of Dialogue is one of a number of initiatives the College has undertaken in its continuing effort to create an increasingly equitable campus. 鈥淭his year's theme encourages us as a community to explore the various forms of education that occur on our campus (and beyond) and to think together about innovative forms of education that use our diversity as a strength and resource,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e are defining education broadly to include not only the academic classroom, but also students teaching students, community-based learning, and student affairs work, among other examples.鈥�
The day will begin with an opening breakfast and welcome from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the Venable Gym.
Attendees may choose to attend one of the following morning workshops from 9:45-11:45 a.m., in Bowman Hall, which include 鈥淏lack Feminism Then and Now鈥� with students in Professor Amanda Kleintop鈥檚 HIST 320-01: Women and Gender in the U.S.; 鈥淭eaching to Frailty: An Experiential Creative Writing Workshop鈥� with Caren Beilin, assistant professor of English/communications; 鈥淭eaching Diversity from a Global Perspective鈥� with Guangzhi Huang, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, and Mohamad Junaid, assistant professor of anthropology; 鈥淗ow the Championship Dynasty Mindset Destroyed True Teamwork鈥� with Jamal Ahamad 鈥�11; and 鈥溾�橮ipeline鈥� Community Development: Exploring Empathy and Classroom Culture鈥� with BRIDGE鈥檚 Gwendolyn VanSant, Stephanie Wright, and Lia Russell-Self, and actors from WAM Theatre鈥檚 production of 鈥淧ipeline.鈥� In addition, MacDonald-Dennis will lead 鈥淓ducating for Diversity: An Open Conversation with the CDO鈥� in the Freel Library Learning Commons.
Following the morning workshops, participants are invited to lunch and a keynote lecture in Amsler Campus Center Gym, from 12-1:30 p.m. The lecture, 鈥淟eading for Racial Equity in Schools,鈥� will be given by Tracey Benson, assistant professor of educational leadership at University of North Carolina Charlotte.
Afternoon workshops will take place from 1:45-2:45 p.m. and from 3-4 p.m. in Bowman Hall. The first section of workshops will include 鈥淚DEA鈥擨nclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access through Encounters with Outsider Art鈥� with Tony Gengarelly, emeritus professor of art history; 鈥淩educing Mental Health Stigma through Respectful Dialogue鈥� with Michael Birch, professor of English/communications, Ben Wood, assistant professor of psychology, Heidi Riello, director of 天美麻花星空高清mv Counseling Services, and Cindy MacDonald, assistant director of disability resources; 鈥淥pen Up: Community Dialogue Workshop鈥� with Professor Jenna Sciuto and her ENGL 441 class; 鈥淒ialogue across Difference: An Introduction to Intergroup Dialogue鈥� with Professor Kerri Nicoll and IGD students; and 鈥淲hat Do They Expect of Us? Exploring Student Perceptions of Advisor Expectations鈥� with Ruby Vega, assistant professor of psychology, Sara Trova, Najah Sims, and Elly McMeniman. In addition, the workshop 鈥溙烀缆榛ㄐ强崭咔錷v's Gallery 51 as a Diverse Classroom: Diversity through Community鈥� will be led by Interim Curator Tammara Leminen and Tyler Rockenfield 鈥�19 at the gallery.
Workshops running from 3-4 p.m. in Bowman Hall include 鈥淎 Spectrum of Experiences: Autistic Students on College, Life, and Neurodiversity鈥� with Assistant Professor of Anthropology Anna Jaysane-Darr, Cindy MacDonald, assistant director of disability resources, and 天美麻花星空高清mv students; 鈥淐onscious Casting: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability on Stage and Screen鈥� with Laura Standley, associate professor of theatre; 鈥淲e, Not Them: Inclusive Language at 天美麻花星空高清mv and Beyond鈥� with 天美麻花星空高清mv鈥檚 Creative and Brand Strategy Manager Francesca Olsen and Kate Gigliotti, director of alumni engagement and donor relations; 鈥淭ravel Education and Issues of Access鈥� with Julia Boger-Hawkins and Bria Wells; and 鈥淪elf-Authorship: Stories that Unite鈥� with Joshua Mendel, director of corporate and strategic partnerships, and Dennis Rebelo. In addition, 鈥淭he Art + Practice of Self Care鈥� will be led by Don鈥橨ea Smith, Isamaya Hagstrom, Erica Barreto, Black Student Union Group Members, in the Freel Library Learning Commons.
The Day of Dialogue will conclude with a reception in the Bowman Hall Atrium at 4:15 p.m.
