The writing of Haitian authors Edwidge Danticat & Évelyne Trouillot have "opened new worlds, helped us to recall old ones, & they have insisted that we imagine ones that may not yet exist," - Moderator Régine Jean-Charles.
"Two Red House Finches Flying Through the Aspen Trees" - birdsong, flight, movement of sun & wind made colorfully, joyfully visible by artist Mike Glier, Williams College Professor of Art.
President Maud S. Mandel, VP for Institutional Diversitiy, Equity & Inclusion Leticia S.E. Haynes '99, Davis Center Director Eden-Reneé Hayes, Prof. Carmen Whalen, Mohammed Memfis '21 & Dominic Madera '21 describe the Davis Center Initiative to foster a more inclusive environment to benefit the entire community.
Ericka Hart is a black queer femme activist, writer, & award-winning sexuality educator. Hart’s voice is rooted in leading edge thought around human sexual expression as inextricable to overall human health & its intersections with race, gender, chronic illness & disability. The theme for Claiming Williams 2021 is “From Racial Injustice to Restoration.”
In this panel, members from the Williams Record, Williamstown Racial Justice Police Reform (WRJPR), Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee (DIRE), & other community members discuss their role in furthering conversations about racial justice & police & governmental accountability. Be advised that there may be conversations about sexual violence, racism, and anti-Semitism.
