Diversity Conversations
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Spring 2009
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
Friday, January 30 |
12 noon at the MCC | Post-Racial America? The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Race |
Friday, February 13 |
12 noon at the MCC | Vaginas, Memories and Monologues: Raising Consciousness on Campus |
Friday, February 27 |
12 noon at the MCC | The Future of Diversity Conversations at Bryn Mawr |
Friday, March 20 |
12 noon at the MCC | Bi-racial Is the New Black |
Friday, April 3 |
12 noon at the MCC | The SGA and Diversity |
Friday, April 17 |
12 noon at the MCC | "So Help Me God": Being Religious on Campus |
Past Conversations
Fall 2008
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
| Friday, September 19th | 12 noon at the MCC | Diversity Initiatives-- How to Harness Them for Social Change |
Friday, October 3rd |
12 noon at the MCC | Leadership in and for a Diverse World |
Friday, October 24th |
12 noon at the MCC | Honoring Our History; Assuring Our Survival |
| Friday, November 7th | 12 noon at the MCC | Diversity of Education |
| Friday, November 21st | 12 noon at the MCC | Systems of Privilege: What do we do with what we learned? |
Spring 2008
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
Friday, February 15 |
12 noon at the MCC |
Is Black History Month for everyone? |
Friday, February 29 |
12 noon at the MCC |
Music, authenticity and appropriation |
Friday, March 28 |
12 noon at the MCC |
Communication Access |
Friday, April 11 |
12 noon at the MCC | Defining oneself and choosing sides: LGBT people of color |
Friday, April 25 |
12 noon at the MCC | Hopes and ideas for further diversifying the faculty and staff. |
Fall 2007
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
Friday, September 21 |
12 noon at the MCC | Raising Awareness: The Relationship Between Diversity and Social Justice |
Friday, October 5 |
12 noon at the MCC | Leadership for a Diverse World |
Friday, October 26 |
12 noon at the MCC |
Who Gets To Say What Is Funny? Humor, Satire and Living in a Diverse Community |
Friday, November 9 |
12 noon at the MCC | Not Just Nuclear: Family Diversity at Bryn Mawr College |
Friday, November 16 |
12 noon at the MCC | Making Sense of the Nonsensical: International Students and Racial Politics in the U.S. |
Friday, November 30 |
12 noon at the MCC |
The Other Side of the Fence: Lessons on Civic Engagement and Diversity for This Side |
Spring 2007
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
Friday, 2/9/07 Monday, 2/12/07 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
"Let's Talk About Sects": Diversity of Christianities on Campus--part of Religion on Campus Week |
Friday, 3/2/07 Monday, 3/5/07 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Towards Culturally Responsive Classrooms |
Friday, 3/23/07
Monday, 3/26/07 |
12 noon--Quita Woodward Room (Thomas Hall) 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Living in a Diverse Community: The Challenges of Free Speech |
Friday, 3/30/07 Monday, 4/2/07 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Minorities Abroad: Mawrters in a Different Setting |
Friday, 4/13/07 Monday, 4/16/07 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Traditions: Unifying or Alienating Mawrters? |
Friday, 4/27/07 Monday, 4/30/07 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Thinking and Feeling Differently: Mental Health/Mental Illness at BMC |
Friday, 5/11/07 |
12 noon at the MCC | Stress busters and planning next year's conversations |
Fall 2006
Date |
Time and Place |
Topic |
9/15/06 9/18/06 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
An Overview of Diversity: Current Issues for the Bryn Mawr Community |
9/29/06 10/2/06 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
I Don’t Look Like My Mom: Trans-racial Adoption and Identity |
10/27/06 10/30/06 |
12 noon--Quita Woodward Room (Thomas Hall) 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Labels Belong on Clothing: Issues of Transgender and Gender Norms and Diversity
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11/10/06 11/13/06 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
From Both Sides of the Tracks: Class, Privilege and Inter-class Relationships |
12/1/06 12/4/06 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Beyond the Welsh Castle: Bryn Mawr, Its Architecture and Diversity |
12/15/06 12/18/06 |
12 noon at the MCC 5:30 PM in Rhoads Meeting Room |
Ad-Hoc Discussion: Current Diversity Topics |
