Month: September 2022
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Prof. Amy Kapit Wins Research Grant To Study Student Activism
Let’s celebrate with Professor Amy Kapit, Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies! She has won the support of the Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund for her research into the suppression of university student activism and the development of a Student Rights Watch Report. This is important work that resonates strongly (especially with a long…
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Peace and Conflict Studies Student Paris Shan ’23 Shares Internship Experience With Advocates For Human Rights
Paris Shan ’23 is a Peace and Conflict Studies minor student at Swarthmore College. This summer, she was actively engaged with the Advocates for Human Rights in an internship. She describes her internship experience with ties to interviews, research, data analysis, and importantly the education she received at Swarthmore and in Peace & Conflict Studies.…
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4 Little Girls: A Film by Spike Lee
Fifty-eight years ago, a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, was destroyed by white supremacists in an act of terrrorism on a Sunday morning in September. Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Sproul/Intercultural Center Dome RoomSwarthmore College (map) Join us for a screening and community-wide discussion of the academy-award nominated documentary by Spike Lee, 4…
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Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN
Our friends nearby at the Pendle Hill Quaker center are announcing their annual Stephen G. Cary Memorial lecture, and this year’s speaker is Sarah Clarke, Director of the Quaker UN Office in New York. She will talk about “Applying Lessons from the Life of Bayard Rustin to Quaker Work at the UN.” A number of…