Format

Two 60-minute sessions offered in-person and hybrid both by request and at regular intervals open to staff and students.

• February 12, 2024 12:00pm-1:00pm (staff session) – Register for the Staff Session
• February 13, 2024 6:00pm-7:00pm (student session) – Register for the Student Session

Purpose

To provide an understanding of both the current and antecedents to antisemitism’s rise on college and university campuses and across the nation. Participants will learn about strategies to both recognize and combat antisemitism and anti-Israeli discrimination when experienced or witnessed. Additionally, the workshop will equip participants with definitions and language to establish shared knowledge.

• Establish a common language around the complexity of Jewish identity (e.g., cultural vs. religious vs. racial) and where/how they intersect.
• Establish a common language around Jewish identity and antisemitism.
• Operationally define key concepts related to issues of power, privilege and socialization as well as those related to discrimination and identity.
• Build an understanding of the structural roots of antisemitism impact.
• Unpack dominant narratives around Jewish identity.
• Develop skills to speak out and act against antisemitism.
• Identify the importance of becoming actively committed to combating antisemitism on an individual and collective level.

Format

Two 60-minute sessions offered in-person and hybrid both by request and at regular intervals open to faculty, staff and students.

• March 4-6, 2024,12 p.m to 1 p.m. (staff session) – Register for the Staff Session
• March 4-5, 2024, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (student session) – Register for the Student Session

Purpose

To offer skill-building opportunities to help participants develop an understanding of Islamophobia and anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discrimination by providing baseline information and data (utilizing internal and external content experts). The workshop will also equip participants with definitions and language to establish shared knowledge.

• Establish a common language around the complexities of Muslim and Arab identities (e.g., cultural vs. religious vs. racial) and where/how they intersect.
• Operationally define key concepts related to issues of power, privilege and socialization as well as those related to discrimination and identity.
• Build an understanding of the structural roots of Islamophobia and anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discrimination and their impact.
• Unpack dominant narratives around Muslims and Islamic identity.
• Develop skills to speak out and act against Islamophobia and Anti-Arab racism.
• Identify the importance of becoming actively committed to combating Islamophobia and anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discrimination on an individual and collective level.

The annual lecture celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s lecture, titled “Reimagining a New American Democracy,” will feature Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer and former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Registration is required.

Register for the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture

The annual Global Day of Inclusion will feature the American Jewish Committee (AJC). The keynote speakers are Sarah Coodin, AJC Director of Academic Affairs, and Laura Shaw-Frank, AJC Director, William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life.

In collaboration with the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, OIED will hold lunches at Maddock Alumni Center to provide students with opportunities to explore new concepts, build capacity through courageous conversations and create a shared space that focuses on community-building. Registration will be required.

Register for the Bridges to Understanding Lunches

OIED offers a five-module series of facilitated and dialogue-based programs that aim to assist members of the Brown community in cultivating spaces for critical conversations about issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Brown offices and departments should contact OIED to schedule. Topics covered during these sessions include social identity development, power and privilege, microaggressions, cultivating spaces for critical conversations on DEI and equity frameworks. 

• Module I: Peering into the Periphery: Cultivating Critical Consciousness of Self and Others
• Module II: Exploring the Self: How Social Identity Development Informs Perspective
• Module III: Cultivating Capacity: Developing Schema, Vocabulary, & Conceptual Frameworks
• Module IV: Cultivating Spaces for Critical Conversations about Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Module V: Fairness as a Framework: Towards a Deeper Conception of Equity Literacy