The following email was sent to students, faculty, and staff by The Pensby Center on Monday, January 25.
As Nicholas Kristof wrote last month in The New York Times, "There’s a profound human tendency, rooted in evolutionary biology, to “otherize” people who don’t belong to our race, our ethnic group, our religion. That’s particularly true when we’re scared." Citing a recent poll, he revealed that "more than three-quarters of Republicans said that Islam was incompatible with life in the United States." The topics of Islam, refugees and terrorism have been woven tightly and menacingly together in the last few months, most notably by Donald Trump on the campaign trail.
How are we wrestling with such perceptions and proclamations in the Tri-College community? How are we supporting each other in the face of them? And what is our response--both on campus and off?
Join Vanessa Christman, Assistant Dean of the College for Access and Community Development, student leaders and religious life advisers and liaisons from Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges in this timely conversation, "Islamophobia: What Is the Tri-Co Response?"
Diversity Conversation: Islamophobia: What Is the Tri-Co Response?
Date: Friday, January 29, 2016
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Place: Aelwyd, Cambrian Row
Lunch included! Transportation via accessible van from and back to Pem Arch provided. The Aelwyd prayer room will be open before and after the conversation.
?vchristm@brynmawr.edu
Save the date! The Pensby Center's upcoming Diversity Conversations will take place March 25 and April 22.
