Events
Spring 2019
Dr. Robin DiAngelo Speech & Book Signing
Author of White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism will present a 90 minute keynote speech followed by a book signing.
Spring 2018
Lunch and Dialogue: Free Speech on Campus
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Facilitated by Gail Dyer and Tierra L. Marshall
Bi-weekly Wednesdays, February 21, February 28, and March 14, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The Center @ Mooore Hall
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
“Black Panther” Movie Discussion
Monday, February 26, 7:30 p.m.
Bouligny Lounge (Room 125), The Center @ Moore Hall
Share your reactions to Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie with other students and discuss how the movie blends art and science fiction with cultural pride and social jsutice issues present today over wings and empanadas.
Keep Calm and Kizomba On
Dance Classes @ the Center @ Moore Hall
Thursday, March 15, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, March 20, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Center @ Moore Hall Dance Studio (Room 112)
The Fear Factor: Deportability and the Impact on the Well-being of Noncitizens and their Communities
Lecture with Q&A featuring Shirley Leyro, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Borough of Manhattan Community College – CUNY
Thursday, March 15, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Collaborative Room (Room 120), the Center @ Moore Hall
AAC&U Webinar: A Vision for Equity: Campus-Based Strategies for Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence
Thursday, April 19, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Ruane LL49
Dialogical Pedagogy
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Thursday, May 24, 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Ruane 206
RSVP online by Monday, May 21
A workshop designed to introduce faculty and administrators to tools for dialogical pedagogy that can be utilized with students in and beyond the classroom including disputatio, Reacting to the Past (role immersion), and dialogue. Workshop presenters include
Rev. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P., Assistant Chaplain & Philosophy Adjunct Faculty, Providence College
Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, Roger Williams University
John Sarrouf, Director of Program Development, Essential Partners
Hope Rias, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Bridgewater College
Fall 2017
Teaching Orlando: Homophobia and Islamophobia in Post-Orlando America
featuring Sa’ed Atshan, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
Monday, September 12, 2016, 4:30pm
The Center @ Moore Hall
Lunch and Dialogue: Race in American Thought
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Facilitated by Meg Griffiths and Tierra L. Marshall
Bi-weekly Tuesdays, October 28, November 14, and November 28, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The Center @ Moore Hall
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
Eddie’s Perejil: an autobiographical play exploring identity, cultural inheritance, and the 1937 Haitian massacre
Friday, November 10, 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by performance at 5:30 p.m.
The Center @ Moore Hall
Channeling Our Voices: Using Social Justice Theater for Social Change on College Campuses
featuring Deandra Cadet & Tayein ChoGlueck, Cofounders of Interaction, Inc.
Lecture on Thursday, November 16, 5:30 p.m.
Luncheon on Friday, November 17, 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Center @ Moore Hall
Redobles de Cultura
Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean Drumming and Dance Residency
Afro-Puerto Rican Dance Class on Thursday, December 7, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean Music and Dance Performance on Friday, December 8, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The Center @ Moore Hall
Spring 2017
Power of Questions: Inquiry with Impact (staff/faculty workshop)
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Facilitated by Essential Partners
Wednesday, January 11, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
Facilitating Constructive Conversations (student workshop)
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Facilitated by Essential Partners
Thursday, January 12 – Friday, January 13, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
(Re)New
A small group Bible study on faith, justice, and transforming enemies into friends
Small groups will meet at dates, times, and locations conducive to the participants throughout the spring semester.
Contact Tierra Marshall at x2889 or Bob Pfunder at x1770 for questions or click here to RSVP.
Why are Good People Divided by Politics and Religion?
A lunch reading group on The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt.
Thursday, February 16, Tuesday, February 21, and Tuesday, February 28, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu by Friday, February 3 to receive a copy of the book.
Six Views on Catholic & Dominican Identity and Contemporary Approaches to Diversity
Part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Wednesday, February 15, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
Inclusive Excellence Teach-in
Part of the Inclusive Excellence Initiative
with Tia Brown McNair, Ph.D., vice president of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
Wednesday, April 19, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Moore Hall III
RSVP to diversity@providence.edu
Beyond Cynicism and Good Intentions: The Centrality of Anti-Racist Movements in the Struggle for Justice
Monday, March 27, 4:30 p.m, Moore Hall III
A lecture and Q&A with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and Assistant Professor of History/University of Florida. This event is co-sponsored by American Studies, Black Studies, the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Center for Engaged Learning, the Feinstein Institute, Global Studies, History, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholars Program, the Office of Cultural Education, the Office of Student Activities & Cultural Programs, Political Science, the School of Professional Studies, and Sociology
Fall 2016
Teaching Orlando: Homophobia and Islamophobia in Post-Orlando America with Dr. Sa’ed Atshan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
Trigger Warnings, Microaggressions, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom with Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Moderated by Anthony Rodriguez, assistant professor of Elementary and Special Education.
Engaging One Another Well (part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative)
Faithful Citizenship Amidst Polarized Politics with Julie Hanlon Rubio, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Ethics, St. Louis University
Spring 2016
Understanding the Impact of Loneliness and Belonging at Work with Deirdre Snyder, Ph.D., assistant professor of management, Providence College
Fall 2015
Community Conversation on Strategic Diversity Initiatives with Rev. Brian J. Shanley O.P.’ 80 and Rafael A. Zapata
The Vision and Practice of Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education with Shirley Collado, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, Rutgers University
The American Dream, Income Inequality, and Pope Francis: A Community Conversation (part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative)
Civil Society in Latin America with Guillermo Correa, the founding executive director of the national platform of NGOs in Argentina and the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI)
Understanding Implicit Stereotypes and their Impact on Inclusion with Saaid Mendoza, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, Providence College
Wrestling with America’s Racial Heritage: A Community Conversation (part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative)
Spring 2015
Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation (part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative) with Charles Camosy, associate professor of Christian Ethics, Fordham University
Building Community Across Differences (part of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative)
From Selma to Ferguson: The Black Freedom Struggle & the Redemption of US Democracy, lecture with Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch
