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12:00pm Executive Dining Room |
Opening Remarks Dan Everett, Dean Arts & Sciences Poetry Reading - Barbara Paul-Emile, Professor, English & Media Studies |
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12:45pm Executive Dining Room |
The State of Dr. King’s Dream 2015: Race, Class, and Deepening Inequality
Please join Jonathan White in a facilitated, interactive discussion about the inextricable links between race and class in the United States, including the most recent data on income, wealth, housing, and aggregate inequality. Discussions will include historical and political economy contexts for these findings.
Jonathan White, Assoc. Professor, Sociology and Director of Service Learning |
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12:45pm LaCava 325AB |
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
This interactive session will give participants an opportunity to discuss the challenges of using your own cultural lens to view the world. Group discussions will center on scenarios used to ignite conversations.
Ron Evans, Senior Lecturer, Natural and Applied Sciences |
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12:45pm LaCava 305B |
Everyday Racism
Come hear about how race manifests itself in the classroom at Bentley. Examples drawn from student experiences will be shared.
Anne Rawls, Professor, Sociology |
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12:45pm Morrison 300 Boardroom **CANCELED** |
**CANCELED**Race & Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms (faculty)
This session will focus on guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population require new approaches to classroom learning.
Frank Tuitt, Associate Provost for Inclusive Excellence, University of Denver |
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12:45pm LaCava 305A |
Taking Action and Speaking Up: Becoming an Active Bystander (students)
Relying on input from fellow students, we will explore how important the role of bystanders is in ending racism, sexism, and homophobia. Join in a discussion about recognizing the role of the observer in cases of bullying on campus. Learn strategies to avoid being complacent, safely intervening in conflict, and policing discrimination in the Bentley Community.
Jacob DeMasi Vaccari, Bentley University Class of 2015 |
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12:45pm LaCava 325C |
Taking Action and Speaking Up: Becoming an Active Bystander (staff )
Learn how to react constructively to incidents of bias in the workplace.
Jessica Greher Traue, Sr. Assistant Director, Wellness & Prevention |
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2:10pm LaCava 325AB
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The Psychology of Difference
Explore the psychology behind how we experience difference through our behavior, feelings, and emotions.
Aaron Nurick, Professor, Management and Psychology |
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2:10pm Executive Dining Room |
My Experience in Ferguson
Liz Peinado found herself at the heart of the protests this summer in Ferguson Mo. through her involvement with Teach for America. Come hear her account of the events that unfolded before and after the grand jury decision. WATCH LIVE - Click here to participate in the live cast of Liz's session.
Liz Peinado, Director of After-School Planning (St. Louis District), Bentley University Alumna |
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2:10pm LaCava 325C |
The Truth About Grand Juries
This session will explain the history of the grand jury in America and how it has evolved. Learn more about the grand jury process (Who sits on the grand jury? How are members selected? When is it appropriate to use a grand jury?) and hear an analysis of the Missouri grand jury’s actions.
Steven Weisman, Senior Lecturer, Law, Tax & Financial Planning |
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2:10pm Lindsey 30 |
What Makes Me White (film)
This 15-minute short film takes a uniquely inquiring, often poetic approach to an often difficult subject. Starting with her own story of a childhood in the suburbs, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker A.M. Sands gradually weaves in the stories of others. Together, these narratives create a portrait of whiteness as a learned social identity. Please join the film maker for a screening and discussion.
Aimée Sands, Adjunct Lecturer, English & Media Studies |
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2:10pm LaCava 305B |
Blind Spots : Implicit Bias and Racial Profiling
Join a conversation with community members about our unconscious attitudes toward race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation and learn how these hidden biases can have a profound effect on racial profiling.
Kiana Pierre-Louis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Law, Tax & Financial Planning |
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2:10pm LaCava 305A |
Don’t Forget About Me
It is easier for us to allow our most salient identities (including race, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic status, etc.) to dictate and overshadow the ones that might not necessarily fit into our everyday lives. Take this opportunity to explore additional dimensions of your own identity and then share in a discussion about the privileges and disadvantages of acknowledging these hidden truths.
Antonio Willis-Berry, Residence Director |
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3:35pm LaCava 325AB |
The Invention of the White Race
Participate in a conversation about the historical roots of race in this country.
Anne Rawls, Professor, Sociology Kiana Pierre-Louis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Law, Tax & Financial Planning Justice Harrison, Bentley University Class of 2016 |
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3:35pm LaCava 305B |
Selma
Participate in a discussion about the history behind the recent drama, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.
Ken Stuckey, Senior Lecturer, English & Media Studies |
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3:35pm Executive Dining Room |
Student Narratives
Come listen to the personal stories of students on this campus in an open facilitated conversation to begin dialog across difference.
Sheldon Davis, Bentley University Class of 2016 Alex Hirs, Assistant Director, Gender Equity & Development Nina DeAgrela, Assistant Director, Multicultural Center |
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3:35pm Lindsey 30 |
Seeing RED: Addressing Systematic and Implicit Bias within the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice System
This film focuses on creative approaches to solving entrenched problems both personal and social that contribute to issues in the juvenile justice system. Please join the film maker for a screening and discussion.
Casey Hayward, Associate Professor, English & Media Studies |
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5:00pm Executive Dining Room |
Closing Remarks |