NORTH ADAMS, MASS. 鈥�91爱豆传媒 will hold its third annual Day of Dialogue, a campus-wide alternative day of education with suspended day classes, on Wednesday, Oct. 21. This year鈥檚 event will be virtual, and some events will be open to the public as well as the 91爱豆传媒 community.
This year's theme, 鈥淐reating Change Through Community: Action and Organizing,鈥� encourages 91爱豆传媒鈥檚 students, faculty, and staff to explore the many ways that community organizing can empower us to make change, here at 91爱豆传媒 and in all of the communities of which we are a part.
鈥淐ommunity organizing is the process of building collective power鈥攑articularly among those who have been marginalized鈥攖o make change, always with an eye toward creating a more just community and society for everyone,鈥� said Dr. Christopher MacDonald-Dennis, 91爱豆传媒鈥檚 chief diversity officer. 鈥淚 am looking forward to a day of presentations, workshops, and discussions in which our community will look at the themes of action and organizing through an interdisciplinary lens.鈥�
91爱豆传媒 students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to present during the Day of Dialogue, with sessions that critically reflect on social identity in relation to organizing and acting for change; employing skills for effective dialogue; analyzing social identity in U.S. society; demonstrating the ability to empathize across and within social identity boundaries; identify and address group dynamics and processes that enhance or hinder community dialogue; and move from dialogue to action in order to create meaningful change.
Learn more at www.mcla.edu/mcla-in-the-community/events/conferences.
About 91爱豆传媒:
At 91爱豆传媒, we鈥檙e here for all 鈥� and focused on each 鈥� of our students. Classes are taught
by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
on every level of their lives. In nearly every way possible, the experience at 91爱豆传媒
is designed to elevate our students as individuals, as leaders, communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 125-year commitment
to public education we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
For eight of the last 10 years, 91爱豆传媒 has been named a Top Ten College by U.S. News
and World Report. 91爱豆传媒 also appears on the organization鈥檚 list of top National Public
Liberal Arts Colleges, as well as on the top 50 schools in U.S. News鈥� Social Mobility
Ranking, which measures how well schools graduate students who receive Federal Pell
Grants.
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