Spring 2021’s all-virtual Multicultural Education Week offers engaging speakers and artistic performers
Multicultural Education Week happens every semester at Salve Regina as a chance to wrestle with many difficult topics like anti-racism, diversity and inclusion and what it means for Salve Regina’s campus and the larger world.
For the spring 2021, Multicultural Education Week has an amazing lineup of speakers and events to help students, faculty and staff process these issues in an engaging and personal manner, so please check them out.
All events will be held virtually via WebEx to ensure that anyone can attend.
Multicultural and Multilingual Mass
Sunday, Feb. 21, 7-8 p.m.
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, WebEx Meeting
Join the campus as it debuts this Multicultural Education Week with diverse prayers from around the world. The Mass consists of readings and songs in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
Photo is from a Multicultural Event in 2018.
Opening Speaker: Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility
Monday, Feb. 22, 7-9 p.m.
WebEx Meeting
In this talk, race and social justice educator Robin DiAngelo helps audiences understand White Fragility and move beyond it toward awareness, accountability and allyship. This talk is based on her #1 “New York Times“ bestselling book “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” and Dr. DiAngelo helps audiences and organizations develop an antiracist framework and accountability practice based on authentic relationships, education and honest self-reflection.
Dr. DiAngelo is an affiliate associate professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. In addition, she holds two honorary doctoral degrees. Her area of research is in whiteness studies and critical discourse analysis, tracing how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives. She is a two-time winner of the Student’s Choice Award for Educator of the Year at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. She has been a consultant, educator and facilitator for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice, working with a wide range of organizations including private, non-profit and governmental.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
Panel Discussion: How to Be An Ally in An Age of Racial Tension
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m.
WebEx Meeting
The U.S. has been going through a time of increased racial tension. In such an age when people of color feel isolated and targeted, having allies to support them and look out for them is more important than ever. This panel discussion will explore what it means to be an ally, and participants will hear from student leaders of color on Salve Regina’s campus who will share their experiences and the need for students, faculty and staff who will support them when they face discrimination.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
Photo from Multicultural Education Week in 2017.
One-Man Show: The Trouble with My Name by Javier Ávila
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7-9 p.m.
WebEx Meeting
“The Trouble with My Name” is a presentation that blends storytelling, comedy, and poetry to shed light on the American Latino experience. It is at once a history lesson on Hispanic heritage, an examination of discrimination in America, a celebration of Puerto Rican culture, and an open platform for a continued conversation about equity, diversity and inclusion. It is also a celebration of poetry. The show is ideal for all ages, as it is family friendly. Participants will learn about the value of diversity, equity and inclusion in their day-to-day lives and as it pertains to their worldview.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
One-Man Show: Fifty Years of Love and Struggle by Ron Jones
Thursday, Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m.
WebEx Meeting
This theatrical production features EMMY Award-winning actor Ron Jones. Jones plays multiple characters and takes the audience on a journey through the ever-changing face of the African American experience. “The Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggle” is a visual chronicle which highlights many of the political, social and cultural markers of the roughly 50 years since passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. For more information, go here.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
Multicultural Celebration
Friday, Feb. 26, 7-9 p.m.
As is traditional for Multicultural Education Week, the community always come together for a night of warmth, celebration and acceptance. This time, the celebration will be virtual, and a virtual talent show will be showcasing the gifts of many Salve Regina members.
To attend this event via WebEx, go here.
Multicultural Education Week is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention, the Office of Student Engagement, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Residence Life, the Department of Music, Theater and Dance and Campus Activities Board.
