Now that we are a few weeks into the new school year, I wanted to take the opportunity to remind you of our exciting new year-long Campus Conversations series.
The theme of the series for the year is What's Going on and Why: How Can We Imagine a More Just Future?
Our monthly conversations will focus on recent events in the news: violence, the role of police, terrorism, the election and more, and are designed to help us understand these events in context and to provide an opportunity for conversation and sharing of diverse points of view.
The first conversation in the series, titled The Summer of 2016: Race, Police and Violence, will take place on September 14 from noon to 1 pm in Student Center East (Cardinal Room) and will be in the form of a panel discussion by UIC faculty members Barbara Ransby (moderator), LAS Distinguished Professor of African American studies, gender and women’s studies, history, and director of the campus-wide Social Justice Initiative ; Teresa Cordova, director of UIC’s Great Cities Institute and professor of urban planning and policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs; Beth Richie, professor of African American studies, gender and women's studies, and former director of the Institute of Research on Race and Public Policy at UIC; Juliana Stratton, director of the UIC Center for Public Safety and Justice in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and Amy Watson, professor of social work in the Jane Addams College of Social Work.
Part two of the conversation will take place on Wednesday, September 21 from noon to 1 pm in Student Center East (Room 605) and will be an open forum that will provide more opportunity for conversation and dialogue.
In October, the theme of the conversation will be The Election of 2016: Engagement, Conflict & the Common Good, and I will be providing details regarding time and location shortly.
I hope you will join me and your fellow students, faculty and staff for these campus conversations.
Susan Poser
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
