Schedule subject to change
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023
An evening screening of “A Most Beautiful Thing” at Paresky Auditorium (pre-CW event) 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
Meals on Claiming Williams Day!
The Claiming Williams Steering Committee would like to thank the Dining Services Staff and the Williams Community for their thoughtfulness regarding meals on Claiming Williams Day. Foodservice has been changed to enable Dining Services staff to participate in sessions. Meals are free to the campus community! No need to swipe cards or register!!
You can find venues, hours, and menus for Claiming Williams 2023 here.
7:30– 10:30 a.m. BREAKFAST, Driscoll & Whitmans
All-Day; Pop in Event: Descript-a-thon, Hale Polebaum-Freeman, Circulating Zine Collection, Sawyer Library
9– 10:45 a.m.
- Black Deaf Invisibility, Office of Accessible Education, Goodrich Hall
- What About Eph?: Ephraim Williams, Ephs, and Williams School Spirit, Williams Libraries, Wachenheim 113
- Exploring Israel and Palestine Through Film: A Screening of “Tantura” and Discussion with Director Alon Schwarz, Students for Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue, Griffin 3
- Raising Consciousness and Making Connections: Staff and Institutional Power at Williams, Williams Staff Committee, Faculty House Lounge
- First-Gen Asian Immigrants in the U.S. and Their Connections to Asian-American Movements, Taiwanese Student Association at Williams, Paresky Auditorium
- “Toward Accountability and Repair–On Navigating Race, Harm, and Shame,” CLiA, North Adams Public School Student Leaders, Wachenheim 017
11 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. MORNING KEYNOTE: Arshay Cooper, The Impact of Access, Relationship Building, and Leaving a Legacy, Athletic Department, SAAC, AIA, ’62 Center, Main Stage.
This event will be live streamed and shown live on WilliNet TV channel 1303 in Williamstown.
11:30 a.m– 2:00 p.m. LUNCH, Driscoll, Whitmans, and Faculty House
12:45 p.m– 2:00 p.m.
Lunchtime Screening: “A Most Beautiful Thing”, Paresky Auditorium
Lunchtime Workshop: Davis Center Building Project update, Faculty House
2– 3:30 p.m.
- Cripping Williams: Institutional Support for Disabled Williams Students, Disabled Student Union (DSU), Wachenheim 017
- Move Into the Circle, International Students Association (ISA), ‘62 Center, Dance Studio
- On Challenging Racism and Sexism in PWI’s: A Faculty Panel, Women in Political Science (WPSCI), Goodrich
- Spirituality and Well-being and Recovering from Religious Trauma, IWS/Chaplain’s Office/Sexual Assault Response, and Health Education/Queer Interfaith, Weston Hall, Presentation Room
- “Why are you jealous of my book grant?”: Socioeconomic Class at Williams, Liz Kim, Caroline Tosolini, Diana Gonzalez-Castillo, Laurel Swanson, Jennifer Philistin, Pat Klugman, Chelsea Zhang, Griffin Hall 3
- Sharing Stories and Countering “White Spaces:” How to “claim Williams” without Institutional Power, Rwick Sarkar, Cross Country team member, Faculty House Lounge
- Social Justice in the STEM fields: How Knowing Our Story Can Enhance True Inclusiveness, Dr. Anika Daniels-Osaze, Geosciences Department, Bronfman Lecture Theater (Wachenheim)
- These Museum Streets: Dr. Kelli Morgan in conversation with Williams students, Williams College Museum of Art, Lawrence Hall
3:45– 5 p.m.
- Appropriating Change: Student Activism as a Source of Institutional Status, Special Collections, Paresky Auditorium
- Revolutionary Art and Marginal Outlooks, Grassroots Advocacy and Labor Alliance (GALA), Bascom House
- For Educators: Trauma-Informed Practice in Violent Times, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (OIDEI), Griffin 3
5– 8 p.m. DINNER, Mission Park, Driscoll, and Whitmans
7:30– 8:30 p.m. EVENING KEYNOTE: Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Chapin Hall.
There will be a pre-seating for the campus at 6:45pm. Remember to bring your Williams ID. Doors open to the public at 7pm.
This event will be live streamed and shown live on WilliNet TV channel 1303 in Williamstown.
9– 11:30 p.m. PIZZA PARTY, Whitmans