Minds and Bodies: Belonging in Our Communities
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 | 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Community Day of Learning creates opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to learn from and teach each other about issues that impact our ability to build community and achieve a sense of belonging, both at Bryn Mawr and in the wider worlds in which we also work and live.
This year’s topic — Minds and Bodies — was intentionally designed to open up a broad framework in which we explore issues that shape our sense of self, how communities come to define their identities (including the spoken and unspoken assumptions of what it takes to belong), and how each of us come to help define the nature of our communities.
Thank you to those who participated in the 2017 Community Day of Learning.
To contact the Community Day of Learning planning committee, email community-day-of-learning@brynmawr.edu.
Comments from the 2016 post-event survey
"I think the most important thing I learned was that having conversations about class on campus is really important and should not be uncomfortable or rare; we should talk about it all the time and not be silent when issues arise."
"I think my awareness of those whose backgrounds differ from mine was significantly heightened, as yesterday they were really given a voice."
"Members of our community, especially staff and students from working class and poor backgrounds, DO very much want to talk about class and its impact on the overall learning environment at Bryn Mawr. And our community members in very large numbers do seem willing and able to discuss and learn about class, even though it is a difficult topic to risk exploring."
"Most significant takeaway was seeing the participation from the community and realizing that there are many in this community that believe in an inclusive community for all."
"I enjoy hearing diverse voices and feeling a part of the entire Bryn Mawr community—neither faculty, students, nor staff, but all three joined together to seek common goals."