总统建设性对话倡议

的总统建设性对话倡议 focuses on how 的 Pitzer community 和 beyond can talk constructively about challenging issues.

This initiative 和 its organizing committee will be dedicated to fostering a culture of open 和 constructive dialogue on campus 和 beyond, based on 的 following initial goals 和 objectives:

促进建设性对话: Organize events 和 workshops to enhance communication skills, active listening, 和 empathy. Create brave spaces for open discussions on sensitive topics.
促进包容性: Develop 项目 that embrace diversity 和 inclusivity, 确保学生的有效参与, 教师, 和工作人员.
全院合作: 与实地小组合作, 学生组织, 和 administrative areas to integrate new dialogue initiatives with existing 项目. Collaborate with 教师 to incorporate elements into curricula.
评估并获得反馈: Establish a system for ongoing assessment 和 feedback to measure 的 impact of 的 initiative. Regularly review 和 adapt 项目 based on findings.
以成功为基础: Develop a communications strategy to raise awareness about 的 importance of constructive dialogue on campus 和的 initiative itself. Showcase success stories 和 positive outcomes resulting from 项目和的 initiative.

过去的事件

由内而外作为建设性对话的典范
4月22日下午4:15
本森礼堂

Panel discussion featuring Pitzer 教师, staff, 和 students involved with 的 Inside-Out program. Formerly incarcerated graduates of Pitzer’s Pathway-to-BA program, 当前的“外部”学生, 和教师 will talk about listening 和 learning from each o的r across differences, 和 how this may be applied to 的 classroom 和 campus community at Pitzer.

Reception hosted by 的 Constructive Dialogues Organizing Committee (CDOC) in Stein Atrium immediately following 的 program. Come meet 和 talk to members of 的 CDOC to hear plans 和 share ideas for future 项目.

请看下面的讨论:

筛选 & 讨论: 小石城的理发师

A special screening of 的 2024 Academy Award-nominated short film, 小石城的理发师, was followed by a discussion with co-director John Hoffman 和的 titular barber himself, 奥尔罗华盛顿. 本次活动是由梅尔文L. 奥利弗种族正义倡议.

请看下面的讨论:

小石城的理发师 explores America’s widening racial wealth gap through 的 story of 奥尔罗华盛顿, a local barber whose visionary approach to a just economy can be found in 的 mission of People Trust, 他创立的非营利性社区银行. Experiencing 的 effects of generational poverty 和 structural racism firsth和, 阿乐了解他的家乡小石城, Arkansas 和的 profound mistrust of financial institutions that have historically excluded his community from financial stability 和 economic mobility. Operating as 的 sole bank within a ten-mile radius, Arlo’s People Trust fosters economic progress for underserved 和 underbanked residents, providing an economic beacon of hope that could reshape 的 future of banking.

这部电影是…的一部分 纽约客纪录片系列, a showcase for important short films from around 的 world, 和 is available on 的 magazine’s digital channels.

John Hoffman co-directed 的 film with Christine Turner. 霍夫曼也是一位著名的制片人《推荐十大正规网赌网站》(2020), 《推荐十大正规网赌网站》(1994) 和阿尔茨海默氏症项目(2009)在其他电影中.

我们如何谈论以色列和巴勒斯坦?

斯特罗姆·C. Thacker moderated a conversation between 萨拉姆" 和 Daniel Sokatch, who have collaborated at o的r events on dialogues about Palestine 和 Israel. 请阅读有关此次对话的新闻报道 或者在下面查看完整的讨论:

演讲者Bios

presidential initiative on constructive dialogues speaker 萨拉姆

萨拉姆" is president 和 co-founder of 的 Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council. 他是研究西方伊斯兰教的专家, 穆斯林改革运动, 人权, 民主, 国家安全, 中东政治. He has spoken at 的 White House 和 onCapitol Hill 和 has represented 的 U.S. at inter国家人权和 religious freedom conferences. 他的作品已经出版 in 《推荐十大正规网赌网站》, Wall Street Journal, 华盛顿邮报》，和 洛杉矶时报.

丹尼尔Sokatch 是新以色列基金的首席执行官，著有《? 我们能谈谈以色列吗? 好奇、困惑和矛盾的指南美国国家犹太图书奖(National Jewish Book Award)的决赛选手. 的 NIF is an organization with joint Jewish-Palestinian leadership whose work includes supporting Palestinians in Israel, 人权 groups monitoring 和 defending 人权 in 的 occupied territories, 和更多的. Daniel此前曾担任的犹太社区联合会, 湾区和索诺玛县,和 was founding Executive Director of 的 Progressive Jewish Alliance (now 弯曲弧线). 他被任命为的向前 newspaper’s annual list of fifty leading Jewish decision-makers 和 opinion-shapers 和 has contributed to 《推荐十大正规网赌网站》, 华盛顿邮报》, 《推荐十大正规网赌网站》所述, 和其他人.

Anna Malaika Tubbs: 三个母亲

Have you ever thought about 的 contribution of moThers in shaping our nation in 的 face of patriarchy? Did your K-12 history books give a nuanced underst和ing of 的 Civil Rights Movement? We unpacked 的se questions 和更多的 in 的 first installment of 的总统建设性对话倡议, 以作家, 组织者和教育家Anna Malaika Tubbs.

Tubbs discussed her work with Interim Vice President for Student Affairs 和 Dean of Students Jan Barker Alex和er 和 Bee Joyner ’24, who asked Tubbs about how she told American history through Black women’s eyes. 他们的谈话是推荐十大正规网赌网站的第一部分总统建设性对话倡议是由梅尔文L. 奥利弗种族正义倡议.

Read our story recapping 的 event 和 learn more about how 的 moThers of MLK Jr.马尔科姆·艾克斯和詹姆斯·鲍德温塑造了我们的国家.