Upcoming Events
Teach-In
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Description
Power, Privilege, and Difficult Dialogues
Teach-In
As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…..whatever affects one of us directly affects all of us indirectly.” We need to stand united to combat injustice for the sake of our entire community.
This teach-in was motivated by recent bias incidents at Grand Valley in addition to a number of campus indicators that continue to motivate our inclusion and equity work that include the 2011 Campus Climate Study and ongoing reports of bias incidents on campus. These incidents include hostile acts based on race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ability, and class. Students reported that such incidents also occur in the classroom, and they have emphasized the importance of faculty response to intentional or unintentional bias comments and actions. These reports underscore the urgent need for the faculty to take a strong stand to oppose discrimination, intimidation, and oppression in all its forms.
This teach-in, entitled Power, Privilege and Difficult Dialogues, is being planned for the purpose of mutual education among students, faculty and staff of the GVSU community and intended to address topics related to inequality and systems of oppression, as well as social justice and liberation. Recognizing the multi-faceted dimensions of these topics, we are planning this teach-in as a daylong event. The learning objectives of Power, Privilege, and Difficult Dialogues are to raise awareness, inform, create dialogue, and document suggestions for action.
In an effort to involve as many students, faculty and staff as possible, we will be adhering to the MWF class schedule, with 50-minute sessions, each starting on the hour. Please keep in mind that a teach-in is practical, participatory and action oriented. We especially encourage contributions with an intersectional framework (race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, ability). Sessions should include student leaders as co-presenters or panelists. We welcome collaborative faculty/student/staff sessions that involve educational frameworks for opening dialogues, workshops, and engaged pedagogies.
A complete schedule of the teach-in schedule and related materials will be available after March 17.
On behalf of ECS (Executive Committee of the University Academic
Senate),
Karen Gipson (PHY), Chair of ECS/ University Academic
Senate
Wendy Burns-Ardolino (LIB), ECS/ University Academic
Senate member
Collaborative partners include the following:
Dean of Students Office
Division of Inclusion and Equity
LGBT Resource Center
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Pew
Faculty Teaching and Learning Center
Women’s Center
Teach-In Schedule
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8:00 - 8:50am
- Opening Reception
9:00 - 9:50am
- Buying in and selling out: How internalized oppression protects unjust systems of power and privilege
- Framework for Identifying Barriers to Meaningful Discussions about Race
10:00 - 10:50am
- Racial Segregation and Racial Attitudes: Reflecting on their Connections
- Thinking about Privilege: Takeaways from the Knapsack Institute
11:00 - 11:50am
- Myths and Realities of Affirmative Action
- The Power of Words and Images: Students Creative Responses and the Necessity of Contextualization
12:00 - 12:50pm
- Free Speech, Money, and Power in Higher Education
- Archie Bunkers Neighborhood
1:00 - 1:50pm
- After the Teach-In: What next?
- When and where I enter&the whole Negro race enters with me."Anna Julia Cooper, 1892
2:00 - 2:50pm
- When a Joke Isnt Funny (and Other Awkward Moments)
- The Invisible Privilege of Being Able-bodied
3:00 - 3:50pm
- From Facebook Memes to Immigration Policies: The Everyday Language of Modern Racism
- Putting the Pieces of Autism Together
4:00 - 4:50pm
- I Hear You: Learning About Difference Through Life Narratives
- The Power of Language in Campus Rape Culture
5:00 - 5:50pm
- Creating Inclusive Classrooms
- We are Queer Lakers: Giving a voice to student struggle through art
6:00 - 6:50pm
- Living our University Value of Inclusiveness
- Aggravating the White Space: Lessons from "The Color of Fear"
7:00 - 7:50pm
- Act on Racism
- Micro-aggressions: It all adds up
8:00 - 8:50pm
- Whats Race Got To Do With It?
- Constructing Gender on Campus
9:00 - 9:50pm
- The Disparate Impact of Stop and Frisk Practices
- Student Orgs, Stereotypes, Recruitment, and Retention: How can we intentionally diversify our RSO?
Information
For more information, please visit: http://www.gvsu.edu/teach-in/