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  • Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice

    Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice

    Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice Please join us for a lecture by Vanessa Julye Monday, February 26th at 4:15 pm Black Cultural Center Ms. Julye is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and she is Friends General Conference’s Coordinator for the Committee for Nurturing Ministries…

  • All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism

    All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism

    All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism Across the globe, militarism directly impacts all of our lives. The American Friends Service Committee’s new traveling exhibition, All of Us or None, examines the effects of militarism at both the foreign and domestic policy levels. It also highlights alternatives and positive nonviolent solutions. Exhibition: …

  • New video on Swarthmore founder and social justice leader, Lucretia Mott

    New video on Swarthmore founder and social justice leader, Lucretia Mott

    Congratulations and thanks to Chris Densmore and everyone involved in the production of this short video on Lucretia Mott. Swatties will recognize several of the locations in which interviews were filmed.   

  • Social Justice Speaker Series at Haverford College

    SOCIAL JUSTICE SPEAKER SERIES Carlos Castresana Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Spain Carlos Castresana, Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Spain, has dedicated most of his career to Criminal Law. As Prosecutor against organized crime, he confronted the most powerful transnational cartels dealing with drug trafficking and money laundering. Subsequently, as Anticorruption…

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events 2014

    An exciting line-up of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events is lined up for next week: MLK Welcome Luncheon and Keynote Speaker Collin Williams Jr.: “Like You’ve Never Seen Obstacles” Sharing his personal experiences as a first-generation college graduate with West Indian roots, Collin Williams, Jr. will give a riveting talk on the struggles of…

  • Education course at Bryn Mawr supports Tri-Co Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies

    Prof. Jody Cohen  at Bryn Mawr has revised EDUC 260 Multicultural Education to support Tri-Co Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies this spring. The Tri-co Course Guide includes this description: An investigation of education as a cultural event that engages issues of identity, difference, and power. The course explores a set of key tensions in the…

  • Appreciation for Dean Rafael Zapata

    by Lee Smithey This afternoon, I attended a remarkable (and tasty and musical) reception in appreciation of Dean Rafael Zapata, who will be taking up a new position as Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President at Providence College. Those who spoke shared Dean Zapata’s personal warmth, his deep intellectualism, his love and concern for…