What are WE reading?

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”  Gustave Flaubert.

To better understand the lives that live within our college, we are asking CEHD staff and faculty to tell us what they are reading in the areas of equity and diversity. Below is a list of some diversity and equity readings.

The reading offered from Kristin Van Dorn and Amanda Costello

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

Bad Feminist reads like a manual for surviving the cognitive dissonance we all experience when we engage with the world of pop culture. Can you call yourself an intersectional feminist when you enjoy dancing to pop songs that objectify women? What about when you read chick lit, or see movies like “Gone Girl”? It sometimes feels like feminism demands a certain level of unattainable perfection from us that can make simple, everyday acts feel emblematic of our failures. Roxane Gay is here to help. We loved this book.

The reading from Sara Foster

The Statement We Wish We’d Gotten… by  Aya De Leon

Same-sex parent suing due to mistakenly receiving sperm from an African American donor and the resulting racial prejudices being faced by her bi-racial two-year old.

The reading offered from Jane Marie Marshall

Scheile, J. H. (1997). An afrocentric perspective on social welfare, philosophy, and policy. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 24(2), 21-39.

Using principles and traditions that predate African colonization to promote a system of equal opportunity for all members of a society.  This approach involves a collective identity lens that contends that resource surpluses can only occur after the basic needs of very citizen is met.

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From within the college, the university,  or the community, there are several diversity and equity-related workshops, discussions and events to explore in the month of November.

CEHD

University

Community:

Nelson Mandela & The Art of Ethical Leading
Date: November 17, 2014
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Rauenhorst Hall, Coeur de Catherine, St. Catherine University

This is My Story Monthly Series: Bi-racial and Multi-racial
Date: December 04, 2014
Time: 11:20 AM – 12:40 PM
Location: Hamline University, Giddens Learning Center 100E

Afterlife Merriment
Every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until November 29
Gallery 122 At Hang It
122 8th St. SE Minneapolis, MN

The Blacker the Berry
Every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until January 10
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN

On-going Events

• A Right to Establish a Home
• Anishinaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes)
• The Native Woman in Literature
• The Psychology of Suicide