New York City
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Faculty Workshops
Select faculty will participate in localized departmental professional development workshops to discuss and plan how they will incorporate ORIGIN and Caste themes into one or more of their Spring courses. Each department received a preparation package with resources and materials to prepare for classroom implementation. Course application can include the following:
- Incorporate ORIGIN and Caste themes into one of your lesson plans.
- Discuss how your lesson/course relates to casteism.
- Implement required reading of Caste.
- Incentivize students to attend Days of ORIGIN programming.
If you are faculty interested in classroom implementation, please contact diversity@pace.edu.
CCAR NYC Volunteer Fair: Meet Community Organizations!
Tuesday, February 4 | 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
15 Beekman Street, Bianco Room
Looking to get involved with volunteering, advocacy, and activism on campus and in our NYC community? Join the Center for Community Action and Research's spring Volunteer Fair to connect with local organizations that have opportunities for you to get involved! This event is especially great for folks who need volunteer hours for their Civic Engagement courses this semester. Plus, at this special spring edition of our volunteer fair you can also learn more about the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’s Days of ORIGIN initiative and identify organizations doing related work around the city. Light refreshments will be served. Co-sponsored by the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Center for Wellbeing.
Engage
Register for the NYC ORIGIN Film Screening
Monday, March 10 | 12:10 p.m.–2:40 p.m.
15 Beekman Street, Bianco Room
The Pace community and Pace's community partners are invited to view the film ORIGIN on the NYC Campus as we kick-off Days of ORIGIN's main week of events. Please share all inquiries with Dr. Denise Bélen Santiago dsantiago@pace.edu and Casiano Hamer chamer@pace.edu.
Artist Talk with Kenseth Armstead
Monday, March 11 | 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
41 Park Row, Art Gallery, Floor 1
Stay tuned for registration information!
Register for Caste: How the Hierarchy We Have Inherited Restricts Our Humanity with Isabel Wilkerson
Tuesday, March 11 | 3:25 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
Zoom and In-person Watch Parties
Isabel Wilkerson is the barrier-breaking author of the New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, whose courage and conviction have cemented her as one of the most important narrative nonfiction writers of our time.
Caste: How the Hierarchy We Have Inherited Restricts Our Humanity Beyond race and class lies a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives, behavior, and the nation’s fate. In a powerful talk that forces audiences to reimagine America’s past and present, Wilkerson spotlights the insidious undertow of caste and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture, politics, and everyday lives. She explores the pillars that underlie caste systems across civilization, underscoring these shadow structures with immersive, deeply researched narratives, before pointing to how America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions toward hope in our common humanity.
Recording of this event is not permitted. For more information on this Speaker please visit the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau website.
Interested in asking Ms. Wilkerson a question? Submit your question!
Wellness Wednesday: Restorative Yoga to Help Cope with Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma, PYT-500
Wednesday, March 12 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m.
41 Park Row, Gosin Center Room 907
Dr. Sally Dickerson is a Professor of Psychology (NYC) and yoga teacher. In this workshop, she will discuss how experiencing stress, including discrimination-related stress, can lead to negative health outcomes and how engaging in practices like restorative yoga can be beneficial in reducing this stress burden. Drawing on the work of Dr. Gail Parker, we will talk about some of the pathways through which yoga, breath and meditation could lead to improved stress regulation. There will also be an experiential component where we engage in breath practices and restorative yoga, informed by sequences from Dr. Parker.
Resource: Parker, Gail. (2020). Restorative yoga for ethnic and race-based stress and trauma.
Stay tuned for registration information.
Register for The Ancestry Project
Wednesday, March 12 | 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
15 Beekmam Street, Bianco Room
On behalf of Sands College, Adjunct professor and ASDS Alumni, Kate Taney Billingsley will be leading a theatrical experience called The Ancestry Project. Kate’s short play, A Man of His Time will be read by professional New York actors and directed by Academy-Award winner and NY theater legend, Estelle Parsons. Kate’s play addresses her being a descendant of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the Dred Scott decision. Kate shared that “I wrote this play as a piece of activist theater and as a way to grapple with my own family ancestry rooted in white supremacy.” The reading will be followed by performances from graduate students from ASDS who have been researching, exploring and stepping into the lives of ancestors from their own family origin stories to create compelling characters. The Ancestry Project will highlight ways in which artists might expose the caste systems inherently embedded in our American foundation. We hope to begin some important conversations and share ways in which our work as storytellers is not in vain, but in service to the people and our community.
For further information, contact htaney@pace.edu with the subject line: The Ancestry Project. To learn more about Professor Taney Billingsley, visit Kate's website.
NYC Employee Development Day
Tuesday, March 18
This event is only for faculty and staff. Stay tuned for more information.
Reflect and Connect
Student Engagement Presents: Student Leadership Showcase
Tuesday, April 22 | 3:25 p.m.–4:25 p.m.
1 Pace Plaza, Student Center
Stay tuned for more information.