Events & Resources

9/11 Commemoration
Common Hour Fall 2011
Mayor's Visit
Democracy in Film Series
Center for Teaching and Learning
Democracy Table
Campus Climate Advisory Committee

Common Hour Fall 2011

September 8
10th Anniversary of 9/11

September 15
Participating in Democracy: Campus Discussion, Harassment and Discrimination Policy

October 6
Participating in Democracy: TBD

November 3
Participating in Democracy: TBD

December 1
Participating in Democracy: TBD

Mayor's Visit

Trinity's La Voz Latina, in collaboration with SGA, has invited Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra to speak at Trinity on September 15 at 4:30 PM.

Democracy in Film Series

The Department of Language and Culture Studies will showcase a variety of internationally acclaimed films that interrogate our understanding of the promises and limits of democracy. In this semester-long series titled "Democracy in Film", we will explore such topics as the role o f the United States in promoting democracy around the world, the recourse to violence and/or revolution, the possibility of alternative modes of governance, and the impact of a nation¹s past on its political present. From Panama to North Africa to Soviet Russia, the films will shuttle across time and space and observe, through distinct lenses, the diverse forms democracy can take.

Each film will be presented by a different member of the Language and Culture Studies department, who will lead a discussion following the screening. For more information, contact Josh King (joshua.king@trincoll.edu) and Sara Kippur (sara.kippur@trincoll.edu).

Center for Teaching and Learning

The Center for Teaching and Learning, working together with Seth Markle, will organize a series of three readings/discussions around the topic of adultism, democracy in the classroom, and equalizing relations between students and faculty. For more information, please visit: Democracy Project Activities.

Weekly Democracy Table in Mather Hall

In an effort to facilitate intellectual discussion and engagement outside of the classroom, Participating in Democracy will be hosting a lunch series hosted by a rotating cast of faculty and staff volunteers. All members of the Trinity Community are invited and encouraged to attend. Topics will either be determined by the hosts or the group upon convening.

Date	Hosts
Wednesday, October 5th	Frank Kirkpatrick, Professor of Religion, & Nora Huth, Associate Director of Student Life and Leadership
Friday, October 14th	Erin Valentino, Research and Instruction Librarian, & Patti Maisch, Program Coordinator for the Shelby Cullum Davis Endowment, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, CHAS, and Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Studies
Thursday, October 20th	DISCUSSING: Young Voters Johnny Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology, & Ned Cabot, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy
Monday, October 24th	DISCUSSING: Student Moral Decision Making Host TBA
Tuesday, November 1st	DISCUSSING: Motivation for Student Activism in Social Movements of the 20th Century Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History
Thursday, November 10th	DISCUSSING: United States Regional Differences in Thought and Identity Host TBA
Wednesday, November 16th	DISCUSSING: Trinity College Presence as an Institution in the City of Hartford Laura Lockwood, Director of the Women & Gender Resource Action Center
Friday, December 2nd	DISCUSSING: Mass Media and Public Opinion of Government Ned Cabot, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy

Lunches will be located in the northeast corner of the Mather Dining Hall from
12:10 PM to 1:10 PM. There will be reserved tables with signs.

If you are interested in attending and are not on a meal plan, please contact luc.rioual@trincoll.edu by 10:30 AM the morning of the lunch at the latest, so that accommodations can be made.

More dates will be available soon. If you are a faculty or staff member and are interested in hosting a lunch, please contact maya.mineoi@trincoll.edu or scott.jaburek@trincoll.edu. The cost of lunch will be provided.

Campus Climate Advisory Committee

The Advisory Council on Campus Climate, co-chaired by Johannes Evelein, Associate Professor of Language and Culture Studies, and Lisa Kassow, Director of Hillel, is a group of faculty, staff members, and students charged by President Jones to find ways to improve the social climate on campus and help build a community that welcomes people regardless of their background, race, gender, or sexual orientation. If you would like to become part of this effort, please contact either Prof. Evelein at johannes.evelein@trincoll.edu or Ms. Kassow at lisa.kassow@trincoll.edu

The Committee meets every other Monday at 4:10 PM in the Alumni Lounge, starting on September 14.