This monthly series will consist of speakers and facilitated breakout room small group discussions to promote the development of LMU as an anti-racist institution through campus-wide dialogue and education. The fall series will examine anti-racism through different lenses and issues—free speech, impacts of white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and religious/spiritual values and traditions. The spring series will focus on the Jesuit legacy and Catholic church’s role in impeding and supporting racial justice.
FALL SEMESTER
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Deutchman - Executive Director, National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, UCI
Departmental Sponsors:
- Office of Intercultural Affairs
- Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Ethnic and Intercultural Services
- ASLMU
- Intercultural Facilitators
Mental Health Resources for Racial Trauma
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis - Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Culture and Trauma Research Lab at Pepperdine University
Dr. Bryant-Davis is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, and sacred artist who has worked nationally and globally to provide relief and empowerment to marginalized persons. Dr. Bryant-Davis received her doctorate from Duke University in Clinical Psychology with a focus on the cultural context of trauma recovery, as well as the intersection of gender and racial identity. She completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence Program, and is a past American Psychological Association representative to the United Nations. She is a tenured professor of psychology at Pepperdine University where she teaches on Trauma in Diverse Populations and Clinical Skills.
Departmental Sponsors:
- Office of Intercultural Affairs
- Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Ethnic and Intercultural Services
- GSLMU
- ASLMU
Please note that this forum video is only available to those with LMU login credentials.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Metzl – Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University
Departmental Sponsors:
- Office of Intercultural Affairs
- Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Ethnic and Intercultural Services
- Health and Society Program
- GSLMU
- BCLA Dean's Office
- AWARE-LMU
SPRING SEMESTER
February 4, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:30pm | Register
Panelists:
- Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference
- Cheryllyn Branche, President of the GU272 Descendants Association
- Danielle Harrison, M.A., J.D., Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation Project
The Office of Intercultural Affairs, as part of the CSJ Center 2021 Symposium and the LMU Anti-Racism Project, is hosting a virtual forum with the Jesuit Community on February 4 from 4-5:30 pm. Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding will feature panelists: Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference, Cheryllyn Branche, President of the GU272 Descendants Association and Danielle Harrison, Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation Project.
Departmental Sponsors:
- Office of Intercultural Affairs
- Jesuit Community
- Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
- Ethnic and Intercultural Services
- ASLMU
- GSLMU
March Forum | Date and Time TBD
A Faith That Does Justice: Anti-Racism from Interfaith Perspectives
*Speaker and program to be confirmed
April 13, 2021 | 3:00 - 4:30pm
LMU Anti-Racism Project: First Year Report
Other Notable Events
The 3rd Annual Politics of Citation Roundtable: (In)formal Economics and Citation Practice
Thursday, Feb 18, 9:30-11:30AM
Keynote Speaker: K. Melchor Quick Hall, Ph.D., Doctoral faculty, Fielding University
Event Departmental Sponsors: The Office of the Core, William H.Hannon Library, The Office of InterculturalAffairs, and The Citation Initiative