Claiming Williams 2017: Moral Courage
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Videos from CW 2017
February 2, 2017
Dining on Claiming Williams Day
Day long: Transition with Intention: An Invitation to Reflect and Commit to a World Where All Can Flourish, Paresky Center
9-10:30 A.M. Community Forums
Restorative Workshop for Student Organizers and Activists, Schapiro 141
Romance and Rape Culture in the Clark Collection
Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA
Clickers: What Do We think?, Brooks-Rogers Auditorium
Spoken Word Workshop: The Presence of Absence, Schapiro Hall, Room 241
10:45 A.M. Morning Keynote: Barbara Smith
God Don’t Like Ugly and She’s Not Too Stuck on Pretty Either: Black Feminist Ethical Perspectives for These Times, Chapin Hall
12:30-1:45 P.M. Lunchtime Dialogues
The Courage to Learn, Faculty Club Lounge
Courage Across Borders: Stories about the Immigrant Experience, Driscoll Lounge
What does Moral Courage look like – on the outside? on the inside? Paresky Quiet Room
Women in Science, Mission Dennett
Finding Everyday Courage, Luetkemeyer Lounge, Paresky Center
2:00-3:15 P.M. Community Forums
Discussion with Barbara Smith, Dodd Living Room
Moral Courage in Action: Weighing the Costs and Benefits, Griffin 4
Quitting at Williams, Goodrich Hall
Underrepresented Identities in STEM+, Griffin 5
International Storytime, Paresky Auditorium
Williams as Sanctuary, Schapiro 129
Social Identity, Power, and Privilege 101, Schapiro 141
Ask an Artist about Moral Courage, with Maria de Los Angeles and Kameelah Rasheed, Lawrence 231, Williams College Museum of Art
3:30-5 P.M. Community Forums
Not Just a Game: Power, Politics, and American Sports, Paresky Auditorium
Restoring Communities to Wholeness: Restorative Justice and Repairing Harm, Schapiro 141
Mental Health at Williams, Driscoll Lounge
Art and (Political) Action, WCMA Reading Room
A Seat at the Table, Goodrich Hall
Williams, Disability and Me: The Morality of Structural Change, Schapiro 129
5:30-7 P.M. Dinner Dialogues
Restoring Communities to Wholeness: Restorative Justice and Repairing Harm, Panel Discussion, Driscoll Lounge
Campus Spaces and Institutional History: the Courage to Examine the Past, Faculty House Lounge
7:00 P.M. Evening Keynote: Shaun King
The New Civil Rights Movement, MainStage, ’62 Center
8:15-9:30 P.M. Evening Events
Spoken Word performance, Goodrich
Healthy Debate, Griffin 3
Step Into the Circle, Paresky Quiet Room