Fall 2020

What It Means to Disagree, Admit a Degree of Uncertainty, and Maintain a Robust Friendship: A Dialogue

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:18:58 +0000

What It Means to Disagree, Admit a Degree of Uncertainty, and Maintain a Robust Friendship: A Dialogue Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/20/2020 - 11:18

What It Means to Disagree, Admit a Degree of Uncertainty, and Maintain a Robust Friendship: A Dialogue

Date: November 20, 2020
Time: 12:00pm MT
Where: Virtual
Recording: https://youtu.be/wEhD1yQC8WA

Patty Limerick, director of the Center of the American West, and Jennifer Ho, director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts, talked about what it means to disagree. The partisan politics and extreme divisiveness of our current society have made many of us wary about entering into provocative subjects. How do we maintain unity when we confront divided opinions? How can we respect one another while vehemently debating topics we feel passionate about? Is it possible to separate the person from the provocation? Patty and Jennifer discussed all of this throughout the dialogue (and for many years to come!), modeling civil disagreement, robust curiosity about one another’s positions, and respectful friendship. Co-sponsored by the Center for American West.

I have always felt fortunate to have Jennifer Ho as my colleague at CU, and there is no one whose company I would prefer over hers, when it comes to an energetic exploration of some of the most important issues confronting higher education today. Anyone who has been alarmed by reports and rumors that the expression of belief, principle, and opinion has become constrained in universities today will have, with this program, a chance to see that academic discussion remains invigorating, robust, good-natured, and, often enough, pretty darned funny!

- Patty Limerick

Lunch with Limerick is a one-hour virtual lunch-time series where Patty Limerick interviewed a range of guests on current issues and a variety of topics relevant to the West and beyond.

[video:https://youtu.be/wEhD1yQC8WA]

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CHA Shelter Project Showcase

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:22:34 +0000

CHA Shelter Project Showcase Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/12/2020 - 09:22

On November 12th, 2020 at 4pm MT, the CHA is hosted a virtual showcase honoring those who were recipients of our Shelter in Place micro grants!

Many of the award recipients, a mix of CU �鶹ӰԺ faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students, spoke about their projects, providing insight into their inspiration, process, and final outcomes of their Shelter in Place pieces.

This event will took place on Zoom. We encourage those interested to also look at the Shelter Projects, which can be found here.

[video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnuL62FfMLQ&t=1s]

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CHA First Vote Panel Discussion

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:48:45 +0000

CHA First Vote Panel Discussion Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/22/2020 - 20:48

[video:https://youtu.be/0pNQI_141CY]

First Vote Documentary Panel Discussion

On October 22, 2020 at 6pm MT, the Center for Humanities & the Arts hosted a panel discussion on FIRST VOTE, a character-driven documentary film with unparalleled access to a diverse cross section of politically engaged Chinese Americans. Director Yi Chen and the four subjects of the film were present for the panel: Lance Chen, Jennifer Ho, Sue Googe, and Kaiser Kuo. The event was moderated by Professor Elizabeth Skewes, the Chair of Journalism at CU �鶹ӰԺ, who asked the panelists questions about voting and civic engagement to reinforce the importance of participating in US democracy through voting.

FIRST VOTE is a character-driven documentary film with unparalleled access to a diverse cross section of politically engaged Chinese Americans: a gun-toting Tea Party-favorite candidate courting GOP votes in the South; a podcaster in Ohio who became a citizen in order to vote for Trump; a progressive journalist confronting Chinese Americans for Trump after moving to a battleground state; and a University of North Carolina professor teaching about race and racism in the US.*** A vérité look at Chinese American electoral organizing in North Carolina and Ohio, the film weaves their stories from the presidential election of 2016 to the 2018 midterms, and explores the intersection of immigration, voting rights and racial justice. Until 1952, federal law barred immigrants of Asian descent from becoming U.S. citizens and voting. Today, Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in the United States. More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote in 2020. Directed by Yi Chen, a Chinese immigrant and first-time voter herself, First Vote is a must-watch and rare long-form look at the diverse Asian American electorate.

The panel-style discussion took place from 6pm-7pm MT via Zoom.

You can find the recorded event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pNQI_141CY

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Difficult Dialogues: Unpacking Whiteness (what it means to say that CU �鶹ӰԺ is "so white")

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:35:18 +0000

Difficult Dialogues: Unpacking Whiteness (what it means to say that CU �鶹ӰԺ is "so white") Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/09/2020 - 12:35

What is “whiteness,” and how do concepts like “white privilege” and “white supremacy” contribute to anti-Black racism and systemic racism? Where do we see whiteness on campus (what does it mean to say that CU �鶹ӰԺ is “so white”)? How can we engage the CU �鶹ӰԺ community about these issues, and how can white people address and combat white privilege and white supremacy in our classrooms, our departments, and the campus at large? Our faculty panelists (who all identify as white) will each discuss how they “unpack whiteness” and what that phrase means to them in their efforts to be anti-racism educators and allies. For this Difficult Dialogues session we invite the CU �鶹ӰԺ community to also be in conversation about these issues. We know that there is a lot of talk: we are hoping this session about whiteness results in action items that white allies can take away to end white supremacy. Given COVID-19, we will be hosting this event through Zoom.

The event was Wednesday September 9th, 2020 from 12:00pm - 1:15pm MT and will feature Max Boykoff from Environmental Studies, Sam Flaxman from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bethy Leonardi from Education, and Phaedra Pezzullo from Communication.

*Please note that we actively choose not to record Difficult Dialogues events, given the sensitive nature of topics and questions that may be asked in response to the selected topics.

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