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Annemarie Foy | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
As one of the first Walk the Walk Week virtual events, the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion hosted “The Lamentations of Jeremiah: An Intergenerational Conversation on the Crises of Our Time” in honor of Black History Month Monday afternoon. Moderated by the Ansari Institute’s Charles Powell, the Zoom webinar featured panelists Rev. Dr.
Siobhan Loughney | Monday, February 22, 2021
The University’s sixth annual Walk the Walk Week will feature panels from scholars, poets, theologians and students discussing racial biases, systemic racism, and other societal issues. Usually occurring the week of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, this year’s events will take place from Feb. 22 through Feb. 28. Members of the Notre Dame community
Trinity Reilly | Monday, February 22, 2021
Wesley Lowery, journalist at CBS and author of “They Can’t Kill Us All” spoke about the events at Ferguson as a part of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights’ lecture series “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” Friday. Lowery said he was on the field at the beginning of the events at Ferguson, soon after
Isabella Volmert | Monday, February 22, 2021
The 24th annual Ethics Week sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business and the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership concluded Friday after a week of panels, presentations and discussions focused around this year’s theme: Beginning with Empathy: Listening and Learning from Others. The concept for this year’s theme emerged last summer in the
Gabrielle Penna | Wednesday, February 17, 2021
In celebration of Black History Month, Notre Dame professors have pledged themselves to educate students of all studies on issues related to art, monuments and material culture, segregation and integration, civil rights, race and politics, race and ethnicity and race and human behavior. One of these professors, Dory Mitros Durham, associate director of the Klau
John Salem | Monday, February 15, 2021
Fr. Bryan Massingale spoke on the role the Catholic Church plays in battling racial injustice during the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights’ lecture series “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” on Friday. Massingale is a professor of theology and social ethics at Fordham University and a leader in the field of theological ethics. He opened
Genevieve Coleman | Thursday, October 22, 2020
The Saint Mary’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) hosted Notre Dame gender studies professor Ashley Bohrer who spoke in a presentation titled “Disturbing the Peace: A Feminist Defense of Conflict in a Time of Rebellion“ on Wednesday as a part of International Education Week. The talk was co-sponsored by the gender and women’s studies
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
This summer, the six of us undergraduate students had the opportunity to participate in the Virtual Summer Service Corps through the Center for Social Concerns. We worked with Faith in Indiana, a coalition of faith leaders throughout Indiana that advocates for social justice and voter engagement, and NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby based in
Mia Moran | Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Author, professor and activist Dr. Angela Davis was the keynote speaker at the 27th Annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy Tuesday, which honors former University President and founder of the Kroc Institute Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh. During the virtual lecture, Davis discussed the struggles of economic, racial and gender justice. The panel included
Evan McKenna, Jim Moster, Sarah Kikel and Adriana Perez | Monday, August 31, 2020
As the American civil rights movement enters periods of resurgence, Notre Dame often enters — and exits — the conversation by invoking a familiar image: former University President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, hands interlocked with civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. at a 1964 rally. For many, the legacy of Fr. Hesburgh is inextricably linked