United Way Reading EventsAre you interested in supporting literacy in our community? Please join the United Way to read to students in local schools and preschools! Time commitment is 45 minutes, one time. Books and t-shirts are provided. For more information, contact Meghan.Maceiko@unitedwaycm.org. Check out the United Way’s 2019-20 reading events.
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Wednesday, Oct. 30: ‘Savage Portrayals: Media Representations and the Lives of African-American Males’
How do negative representations in the mainstream news media shape the lives of black males in the United States? In this talk, Natalie Byfield will suggest the ways in which a “free press” is often undermined by its own unexplored assumptions and, in turn, compromises the freedom of others. The talk will focus on the…
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Higgins School sponsors ‘Unauthorized Puritans’
The manuscript and print archive of Puritan New England challenges our notions of early modern authorship, says Meredith Neuman. Sermon literature is produced by the community – with no simple progression from oral performance to printed text and with no clear hierarchy between the efforts of the minister and the experience of the congregation. This…
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A deeper look at ‘Challenge Convention, Change Our World’
A concern for compassion is at the heart of every major religion and of many secular spiritual, philosophical or humanistic pursuits. In Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism it is an attribute of God or certain Gods; in Buddhism it is the path and practice above all others. However, religious intolerance, rampant consumerism, ethnic division, and…
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Difficult Dialogues presents ‘The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and Society’
The Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and Society His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tuesday January 25 @ 7 and 9 p.m. (two showings with a Conversation Café between) Dana Commons second floor lounge In the fall of 2010, His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke at Stanford University in a series of events on…
