This virtual event is open to the public. Join the Zoom meeting. Monique Chiishkohkoose Tyndall (Elk and Lynx Clans) is the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community. A graduate of the Cultural Sustainability Program at Goucher College and MuseumStudies Program at the Institute of American… Continue reading »
This virtual event is open to the public. All are welcome. Please click this Zoom link at the event time in order to join. Throughout Williams history, identity-based groups have been created and shaped by students and alumni to offer spaces where underrepresented voices are heard, engaged, and celebrated. Continue reading »
This session will be a trans poetry reading and workshop with poet Kay Gabriel, who recently co-edited with Andrea Abi-Karam the anthology We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics. Kay will read some of her poetry and/or prose, open the floor to questions, and facilitate a… Continue reading »
This virtual event is open to the public. Join the Zoom meeting. Mary Anne Ocampo, an Associate Professor of the Practice of Urban Design and Planning at MIT as well as Principal at Sasaki, will present on the role urban designers and planners in translating… Continue reading »
Kusika plans to put together a live performance of material that we developed together while exploring what wellness means to each of us in the spring of 2021. Our performance will be followed by a live screening of written material performed by several of our members, past and present, reciting… Continue reading »
“Mixed Feelings” aims to provide a space for mixed race individuals and allies to come together in community and solidarity. Specifically, we will discuss how mixedness can be, paradoxically, both liberating and isolating. On a personal level, mixedness grants individuals an array of cultural identities to draw from in understanding… Continue reading »
We will explore tenets of anti-racism and a systemic analysis on race equity working towards repair and restoration. BRIDGE will present an equity analysis and applied accountability practices. We will explore how repair and harm can take shape in Williams College culture. In advance of the workshop we recommend that… Continue reading »
This is an event for students and faculty to work towards making Williams a more welcoming place for disabled new students and newly disabled students. We will create materials to help connect disabled students to each other and any college resources that may be helpful. We will also discuss and… Continue reading »
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A renowned speaker will give a talk on centering disability in higher education. In colleges and universities, disability is hidden, treated as merely an individual’s medical condition, rather than an important cultural identity with its own theory, history, and leaders. Our speaker will elaborate on how the inclusion of disabled… Continue reading »
Join us for a panel/conversation about mental health and the culture at Williams. We seek to ask questions about the nature of higher education and the mental health cost of the pursuit of excellence at Williams. What assumptions do we make about what is intrinsic and expected of a college… Continue reading »
As part of this activity, student leaders will read statements out loud and ask participants to move toward the center of the circle in proportion to how much they relate. “Statements may address topics ranging from hobbies to family backgrounds to social identities. Information that is often unseen and left… Continue reading »
Life is hard. Join an open conversation between Williams students, faculty, and staff to discuss wellbeing at Williams. This will be a safe space to discuss what factors affect our wellbeing, how those elements are inequitably distributed, and how Williams could be more supportive of all community members. 3:45 –… Continue reading »
This virtual event is open to the public. Join the Zoom meeting. In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that… Continue reading »
Racism in STEM+ must be confronted directly. Identifying and rectifying the systemic issues arising in the scientific community is of utmost importance in creating a scientific community that allows for everyone to have a sense of belonging in these vital subjects. In this workshop we will be examining how the… Continue reading »
“Mixed Feelings” aims to provide a space for mixed race individuals and allies to come together in community and solidarity. Specifically, we will discuss how mixedness can be, paradoxically, both liberating and isolating. On a personal level, mixedness grants individuals an array of cultural identities to draw from in understanding… Continue reading »
How can spiritual practices help us as we mourn, process, and organize for racial justice? How might ancestral contemplative tools support our liberation work, allowing us to tap into more resilience in the fight against the oppressive systems that devalue black and brown life? In this Claiming Williams session, WCJA… Continue reading »
This virtual event is open to the public. All are welcome. Please click this Zoom link at the event time in order to join. Hear from human rights advocate Chris Stearns ’86 about the most pressing legal issues impacting Indigenous American communities today. As an attorney, Chris specializes in… Continue reading »
This workshop is designed to start a new type of discussion about mentoring by describing the common problems that pre-tenure and post-tenure faculty members experience and why traditional mentoring programs fail to meet those needs. We propose an alternative framework for mentoring that focuses on needs assessment and shifts the… Continue reading »
This workshop encourages all participants to explore their relationship with their own body as well as their relationships with the systems of oppression that shape our relationships with our bodies (e.g. fatphobia, racism, misogyny, etc.). We learn some of the history behind our culture’s current hatred of fat and interrogate… Continue reading »
From Racial Injustice to Restoration Claiming Williams Day was born from a student-run movement called Stand With Us, a group formed in response to hateful incidents involving racism and homophobia in 2008. Every year the Claiming Williams committee, composed of students, staff, and faculty, dialogues with campus constituents to create… Continue reading »
Theme Statement: Reconceiving, Regrounding, and Reclaiming Claiming Williams Day was born from a student-run movement called Stand With Us, a group formed in response to hateful incidents involving racism and homophobia in 2008. Since this initial event, the Day has become part of a process where Williams celebrates diversity and… Continue reading »
How can museums become more inclusive of the communities that they serve? In what ways do museums welcome or fail to welcome the public? This community dialogue and workshop will address some of the ways in which cultural institutions, particularly museums, perpetuate exclusivity and discriminate subliminally based on race,… Continue reading »
2015 Claiming Williams All-Day Events Celebrating our Identities: A Photo Installation Henze Lounge, Paresky Created by two friends on a cold night in a Dodd room, the Williams photo campaign project aims to celebrate our community members’ unique and complex identities while respecting the quote and presentation of one… Continue reading »
2015 Claiming Williams Keynote Event, Feb 5, 2015, 8 p.m. Police Brutality and the Williams Community Chapin Hall In 2013, Collette Flanagan and Chaédria LaBouvier ’07 formed Mothers Against Police Brutality after their son and brother, Clinton Allen was killed by a Dallas police officer with a history of excessive force abuse… Continue reading »
Claiming Williams Events, Feb 5, 2015: Dinner Dialogues: 5:45 – 7:30 p.m. International Narratives Dodd House, Living Room Come hear three students talk about their international experiences at Williams and beyond. Speakers will include Alpha Nyarera ’16, Corbin Chu ’15, and Amina Awad ’18. … Continue reading »
Claiming Williams Events, Feb 5, 2015: Community Forums: 3:30 – 5 p.m. Mobilizing for Climate Justice with Reverend Yearwood from the Hip Hop Caucus Paresky Auditorium Climate change disproportionately affects people and nations of lower socioeconomic status, but environmental activism is often seen as a predominantly white,… Continue reading »
Claiming Williams Events, Feb 5, 2015: Community Forums: 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Let Me Tell You A (Really Fast) Story Baxter Hall, Paresky Ever wonder what people you pass on your way to class are thinking? Ever want to tell them what’s on your mind? Storytime is… Continue reading »
Claiming Williams Events, Feb 5, 2015: Lunch Time Dialogues: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Working @ Williams 5 to 2: Who are We? Goodrich Hall It is easy to get caught up in our own lives and take no notice of the people who surround us everyday. Continue reading »
Scriptures Unbound 5-6 p.m., Sawyer Library Forum Scriptures Unbound celebrates the diversity of faith traditions observed by members of the Williams community. Come join as students and chaplains will present sacred texts from their faith traditions to the new library and share their scriptures with a… Continue reading »
Williams Unbound: Imagining the College from Scratch 1:15 – 3:15 p.m., ’62 CTD, Directing Studio What would Williams be if you could design it from scratch? What would the the student body look like? Would we charge tuition? Have a very different curriculum? Drop in any… Continue reading »
Stone Soup: What is the taste of Williams? 12-4 p.m. Paresky Steps As the classic story goes, many contributions to one shared pot result in a delicious soup. On Claiming Williams Day, our campus stone soup will reflect the generosity, diversity, and cooperation students, staff, and… Continue reading »
Claiming Williams Events, Feb 5, 2015: 10:45a.m. – noon Confronting Ourselves:Promoting Cultural Competence and Inclusive Excellence at Williams and Beyond In this dynamic, interactive presentation, participants will be challenged to look at themselves and their biases, in order to develop new philosophies and practices that break down barriers and… Continue reading »
The Claiming Williams Steering Committee would like to thank Miguel Gutierrez, the Dining Services Staff, and the students and staff of Williams College for their incredible thoughtfulness regarding meals on Claiming Williams Day. In particular, Dining Services has organized two hands-on cooking sessions that will introduce the campus… Continue reading »
The Strivers Row: Joshua Bennett Performance with Q&A Location: Goodrich Hall Joshua Bennett is an award-winning performance poet from Yonkers, NY. He has recited his original works at events and venues such as The Sundance Film Festival, The NAACP Image Awards, The Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of… Continue reading »
Everybody Eats Faculty House Dining Room Hear a student panel talk about religious dietary restrictions and how those culinary traditions create communities that can include or exclude others. The discussion will broaden to modern ideological dietary restrictions, such as veganism and locavorism, and their medical counterparts, including allergies and the… Continue reading »