Register Policing and Race is the first webinar in the University of San Francisco's Reimagining Public Safety Series. Join four thought leaders who will discuss the current state of race and policing in the United States and the movement to reshape public safety policy. Speakers include: Chesa Boudin, District Attorney of San Francisco Derick Brown, […]
Dr. Julie Rubio, professor of social ethics, at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, and Dr. Gerald J. Beyer, associate professor of Christian ethics at Villanova University, will discuss how Catholic social teaching might shape university responses to current pressing issues, including worker justice, diversity and inclusion, and admissions/financial aid. As universities, […]
Click Here to Register Mary J. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi, PhD, vice provost & chief diversity officer at the University of San Francisco (USF) will present a webinar titled, A Call to Conversion: Eliminating anti-Blackness as a Jesuit Catholic University on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. The purpose of Wardell-Ghirarduzzi’s talk is to help Ignatian educators […]
Click Here to Register Presented by the Canisius Academy and co-sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies, Olga M. Segura will virtually deliver the fourth annual Canisius Academy Lecture, based on her just-published book Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church. In April of 2019, upon signing her first publishing contract with […]
The election and inauguration of the second Catholic president of the United States has put faith front and center in a new administration and Congress governing amid a pandemic, a reckoning on racial injustice, an economic crisis, and a deeply divided nation. The Biden administration offers Catholics opportunities to work together toward shared goals on […]
Click Here to Register Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D., professor and chair of Anthropology at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa and director of the USF Heritage Research Lab, will deliver the 2021 Humanities Symposium virtual keynote address on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The keynote titled, "Lessons within Reach: The Space Between […]
Register Saint Louis University’s Department of Theological Studies will host a public webinar featuring Fordham University professor Rev. Bryan N. Massingale. The webinar is titled: “Men and Women for Others” in a Changing America: The Public Responsibility of Catholic Higher Education. The webinar is slated for 12 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Topics will include how Ignatian […]
On March 30, the day of the discussion, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream. A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the United States and the world, many are reflecting on the past year and where we go from here. […]
Register Wrestling With Whiteness, a program of the Jesuits West Collaborative Organizing for Racial Equity (CORE). The program will run the 5 Thursdays after Easter 2021: April 8th, April 15th, April 22nd, April 29th and May 6th at 3:30pm-5:30pmPT / 6:30pm-8:30pm EST.Jesuits West Collaborative Organizing for Racial Equity (CORE) Outcomes: This training will create a […]
RSVP: bit.ly/ImmigrationChallenges On April 15, the day of the dialogue, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream. The United States has a new president with new policies on immigration and refugees. There is a new Congress with old divisions. Developments on the […]
Register Chattel slavery, institutional racism, and government policies alienated enslaved people and their descendants from the land. This continues to result in food insecurity, poor health, and property loss. Today, less than 2 percent of working farms are owned by Black Americans. Activists, gardeners, authors, and farmers are rediscovering Black America’s rich agricultural heritage and […]
RSVP The Jesuits in the United States owned slaves. In 1838, the Jesuits sold 272 men, women, and children and used some of the proceeds to support Georgetown University. In 2015, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia established a Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, which led to dialogue with and apology to descendants and […]
