Claiming Williams 2014: Dare to Dig Deeper
Thursday, February 6, 2014
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8:15am: Breakfast in the lobby of ’62 CTD
- Honeybuns, donuts, yogurt, coffee, and tea. Start the day off with a free breakfast!
9-10:30am: Opening Event
- Opening Remarks: President Adam Falk, MainStage, ’62 CTD
- Art/Work: Performing Activism, featuring campus musical, dance, and theater groups, including Joshua Bennett from The Strivers Row.
10:45-noon: Community Discussions
- Allies, Bystanders, and Diversity on Teams, Bronfman Auditorium
- Classism on Campus and Everywhere Else, CenterStage, ’62 CTD
- Conversation with Zanele Muholi, Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA)
- Not the First: Narratives from Legacies of Color, Griffin 3
- On the Outside: A Multiplicity of Identities, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall CANCELLED
- The Whiteness of Belonging, Paresky Auditorium
- Walls: Palestine, Mexico, and Beyond, Dodd Living Room
12:15-1:45: Lunch Time Dialogues – A Word about Food on Claiming Williams Day
- Behind the Scenes: Williams Dining Staff Discuss Sustainability, Greylock Main Dining Room
- Creating Difficult Stories with Joshua Bennett from The Strivers Row, Greylock A
- Gay or Queer? What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter? Greylock C
- Living Between Languages, Greylock Makepeace
- On the Outside Film Discussion, Faculty House New Private CANCELLED
- Soul Searching: To Be or Not To Be “Spiritual” at Williams, Paresky Quiet Room
- The Whiteness of Belonging Discussion, Driscoll Lounge
- When Emotions Enter the Classroom: Faculty and Students Talk, Faculty House Lounge
2:00-3:30: Community Forums
- Bursting the Purple Bubble: Socioeconomic Differences Within and Outside of Williams, Dodd Living Room
- Claiming Our Bodies, Paresky Henze Lounge
- Class Action Workshop: Exploring Class Identity, Directing Studio, ’62 CTD
- Failing at Williams: (Mis)conceptions of Failure, Goodrich Hall
- Williams Through the Ages, Griffin 3
3:45-5:15: Community Forums
- Class Action Workshop: Classism on Campus: What it Looks Like, How to Address It, Directing Studio, ’62 CTD
- Discussing Divestment: Fossil Fuels and the Williams Endowment, Griffin 3
- Film: The Graduates, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
- From Potential to Action with Williams Kinetic, Dodd Living Room
- Let Me Tell You a (REALLY FAST) Story, ’58 Lounge, Paresky Center
5:30-7:30: Dinner Time Dialogues – A Word about Food on Claiming Williams Day
- Food For Thought, Driscoll Lounge
- Sex Jam / Beyond Consent, Dodd Dining Room
- Staff Speak Sustainable Food, Faculty House Lounge
- The Graduates Film Discussion, Mission Dennett Lounge
- Who Cares About Claiming Williams?, Dodd Living Room
- Williams Activists of Yore, Faculty House Old Private
8:00-9:30: Evening Events
- American Muslims and the Reform of Islam with Zareena Grewal and Elizabeth Urban, Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
- Joshua Bennett/The Strivers Row Performance with Q&A, Goodrich Hall
10:00pm – 1:00am
- All-Campus Pizza Party, Paresky Baxter Hall
A Word About Food on Claiming Williams Day…
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