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Friday, April 19th

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Greenfield Intercultural Center

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Date

April 19th

Time

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Where

ARCH 108

Study Abroad Panel for BIPOC Students

Event Title: Study Abroad Panel for BIPOC Students
Date/Time/Location: Friday, April 19, 2024, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in ARCH 108
Event Description: Student panelists will be sharing important insights about their time abroad: the highs and lows, the challenges and rewards, navigating cultural differences, practicing cultural humility, and learning to deal with cultural ambiguity. Moderated by Zoraida Hu.

Student Panelist:
1. Timethius Terrel (Thailand)
2. Tristan Farjardo (France)
3. Diana Mota (London, UK)
4. Tianyi Wang (France)
5. Tytianna Pope (Multi-country: Argentina, Spain, and South Africa)

Wednesday, April 24th

3:00 pm 4:00 pm

Talk / Panel

Power from the Margins and the Promise of Democracy featuring Dr. Jamila Michener, Associate Professor and Inaugural Director of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University. 3501 Sansom Street, Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law

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Office of the Provost

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Kristen Barnes

Date

April 24th

Time

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Where

3501 Sansom Street, Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law

Power from the Margins and the Promise of Democracy featuring Dr. Jamila Michener, Associate Professor and Inaugural Director of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University.

Pundits, scholars and ordinary people alike lament the troubling decline of democracy in the contemporary United States. Trust in democratic institutions is at a nadir while political cynicism and support for authoritarianism are on the rise. In this broader context of political malaise, where are the avenues for building a more robust democratic polity? Drawing on insights from qualitative research, Dr. Michener will highlight how building power within racially and economically marginalized communities around issues directly related to their material interests (like health and housing) is a promising pathway. Grassroots political organizing is (perhaps unexpectedly) an antidote to the social cleavages that accelerate democratic backsliding. What's more is that such organizing can forge a route to transforming both the polity and the political economy it is embedded within such that both are more attuned to communities that teeter at the margins of the existing power structures.

Registration is required.
Penn ID is required for entry into Penn Carey Law.

Friday, May 17th

1:00 pm 4:00 pm

Social Event

PWC Graduation Celebration: Reception & Cord Pickup Penn Women's Center, 3643 Locust Walk

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Penn Women's Center

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Date

May 17th

Time

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Where

Penn Women's Center, 3643 Locust Walk

PWC Graduation Celebration: Reception & Cord Pickup

All graduating students (grad and undergrad of all genders and identities) are invited to celebrate with us and receive a graduation cord. Alumni and guests are also invited to celebrate our graduates and tour the 50th Anniversary Archive Display at the Center.

Tagged Events

Friday, April 19th

Study Abroad Panel for BIPOC Students

Wednesday, April 24th

Power from the Margins and the Promise of Democracy featuring Dr. Jamila Michener, Associate Professor and Inaugural Director of the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University.

Friday, May 17th

PWC Graduation Celebration: Reception & Cord Pickup