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Uniting Through Song
No full textSinging played a powerful role in creating community, sharing powerful messages, lifting spirits, and inspiring all to not give up during the long march to freedom. Join together to sing We Shall Overcome and other songs from this improvisational singing tradition. All are welcome, no prior singing experience is required
Getting in Touch with Your Inner Racist
No full textCharles Wright, Associate Professor of Philosophy.
Philosophy Racial equity in the United States will remain elusive until people – especially white people – are willing to be honest about racial prejudices that we didn\u27t choose, but for which we are responsible. “Racist” and “racism” are typically used as terms of moral condemnation, meaning that a person is morally corrupt. People typically want to believe of themselves that they are good people, that they are morally upright. To be labelled “racist” means that someone is supposed to be a bad person. Nobody wants to accept that. White people who reject deliberate and habitual racism, who do their best to treat people of all races equitably, typically reject the idea that they are “racist.” The suggestion that they (we) are “racist” typically makes us highly defensive, for reasons just reviewed. But such well-meaning white folks overlook how implicit racism is. To the extent that certain racist ideas circulate in the culture at large, we cannot avoid internalizing them. What I try to show is that the ideas are in circulation and that there are reasons to believe they are widely internalized by people of all colors. The takeaway: White folks have a special responsibility to practice self-awareness of and honesty about their inherited racial biases because for centuries, we have been (and still are) the beneficiaries of a system of racial oppression. Until white folks who are sincerely opposed to racial inequity are ready to engage in this kind of self-reflection, I don’t think it will be possible to make much progress in race relations in the United States
Climate Justice for the Beloved Community: A Conversation on the Intersections between Social, Racial, and Environmental Justice
No full textThis event will focus on the many intersections of social, racial, and environmental justice that Martin Luther King Jr. and others fought for and another pressing, salient topic: climate change. Many consider racial justice one of the most important movements of the latter half of the 20th century. This event will connect this still-evolving movement with what has become one of the most important movements of today: the climate justice movement
Collegebound: assessing the CSB/SJU outdoor orientation program
No full textCollegebound has been offered as an optional outdoor orientation program to incoming first-year students at CSB/SJU for over 30 years. The popular program is one of over 200 outdoor orientation programs being offered around the United States. Collegebound has increased in student-participation numbers in recent years to over 10% of the incoming class, however, little formal evaluation has been conducted. This research assesses the history, practices, and outcomes of Collegebound. Using a mixed methods design, academic and personal-social outcomes of Collegebound participation were studied to understand the impact of the program on students\u27 college transition and career. As colleges and universities strive to attract and retain students of various backgrounds and interests, it is important to recognize and support programs that appeal to students, assist in their development, and support institutional goals
Navigating Gender and Sexuality on Campus and in the Classrooms
No full textSponsored by the Mellon Grant, Becoming Community
Climate Justice: Student Voices and Recommendations
No full textCSB students and Dr. Corrie Grosse, CSB/SJU Environmental Studies professor, speak about their understandings of climate justice and share what they see as the most hopeful, effective ways to work for climate justice. Speakers reflect on their experiences attending the 2018 United Nations climate change negotiations (COP 24) and engaging with climate justice in their courses
Solidarity and Suffering: Liberation Christology from Black and Womanist Perspectives
Get PDFAs an individual without sight, the author is committed to radical acceptance of and liberation for marginalized groups, as well as a commitment to deep solidarity with womanist theology. This piece focuses on a God whom we know, and love is actively, sacramentally, eternally present in Jesus Christ, whose self-emptying reflects radical solidarity with the oppressed. The author seeks to bring to light a Christological perspective that identifies with the marginalized Jesus – namely, black and womanist liberation theology. Black theology centralizes Jesus as Liberator of the oppressed. It is only in solidarity with the oppressed that we will ourselves be liberated; it is only in feeling the depths of sorrow that we will know the fullness of redemption; and it is only in walking though the darkness that we emerge into the shining light of eschatological hope
Ideas to Disrupt: A Theology of Ministry
Get PDFA theology for ministry grounded on the call towards Woman Wisdom found in the Old Testament. Wisdom, in accordance to the book of Proverbs, leads the faithful closer to God. This theology of ministry makes a case for how only Wisdom may lead the faithful towards recognition of the need for radical inclusion in a world where social injustice continues to prevail
Interfaith Dialogue and Comparative Theology: A Theoretical Approach to a Practical Dilemma
Get PDFInterfaith dialogue is based on the premise that there is more that unites than divides us. Epistemological humility, acceptance of religious plurality or the need for unity itself have all been presented as unifying pathways across disparate religious traditions. Despite such approaches, conceptual understandings of interfaith dialogue have not kept pace with practice. This theoretical paper argues that interfaith dialogical theory profits from a deep understanding of moral psychology and social learning theory. The former posits that a sense of ‘fairness’ and ‘universal care’ are aligned with religious acceptance. On the other hand, values of sanctity, loyalty and authority promote a sense of religious conservatism thereby hindering liberal ideals around plurality and acceptance. The latter suggests that it is first and foremost the exploration of difference, not similarity, which provides the tension to question our preconceived moral values and constructions and thereby move to more inclusive ones. Through contextualising these theories within the reflective spaces at the borders of interfaith dialogue, this paper suggests that bridging difference does not lie in making religious comparisons but rather in accepting religious ambiguity in pursuit of truth. The burgeoning area of comparative theology offers both theoretical and practical guidance for embracing religious diversity in a multi-religious world