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2023-2024
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Sept. 16 9am-4pm St. Norbert Campus |
SNC Day and Constitution Day |
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Sept. 21, 2023 11:00 am-1:00 pm Baer Mall |
International Day of Peace Tie-Dying Party Stop by to tie-dye your own Teach Peace t-shirt in celebration of the International Day of Peace. All supplies and t-shirts will be available at no cost to the SNC community while supplies last. Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more. |
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Sept. 21, 2023 5:30 pm Hendrickson Dining-Bemis International Center |
St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace honoring Elad Vazana Elad Vazana is an educator, multi-narrative tour guide, artist, and experienced mediator |
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Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 pm Virtual Event |
Imagining Human Right Series featuring Aaron Hughes and Pablo Mendoza |
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Fall Semester |
BOOK STUDY SMALL GROUPS & AUTHOR VISIT TO SNC CAMPUS |
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Oct. 17, 2023 7:00 pm Walter Theatre |
"A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill" The program will begin with brief remarks from Sherrilyn Ifill who will then be joined on stage by Sarah Spain of ESPN and Robyn Davis, President and CEO of Brown County United Way, for a conversation style interview. |
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Oct. 19, 2023 6:30 pm Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center |
Grief upon Grief: Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Question Join the Norman Miller Center for a Panel Discussion on the current conflict in the Middle East with our campus Middle East scholars. Dr. Robert Kramer, Professor of History This program will be presented in a hybrid format. |
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Nov. 2, 2023 6:30 pm Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center |
America's Real Sister Act: Illuminating the Hidden Lives and Legacies of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States Subversive Habits provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United Drawing upon a wide array of sources, including previously sealed church records and over 100 oral history interviews, this book tells the story of America’s real sister act: how generations of Black Catholic women and girls called to religious life in the Roman Catholic Church fought against racism, sexism, and exclusion to become and minister as consecrated women of God. This groundbreaking study also turns overdue attention to women’s religious life as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation—and thus an important battleground in the long African American freedom struggle. Dr. Shannen Dee Williams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Dayton. She is an award-winning scholar of the African American experience and Black Catholicism with research and teaching specializations in women’s, religious, and Black freedom movement history. |
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Nov. 15-18, 2023 St. Norbert Campus |
Spirituals: An African American Art Form at SNC-A Music Residency The Norman Miller Center and Music Department at St. Norbert are excited to host a music residency on campus from November 15-18. This residency features 4 opportunities for our community to connect with the music and experience of Charles Lloyd, Jr., Richard Hobson and Kearstin Piper Brown. These interactive masterclasses will kick off the residency and are open to the public to join -Voice Masterclass with Professor Richard Hobson All performances are free and open to the public -Autumn Strings Orchestra Concert -From Mozart to Charles Lloyd, Jr.: An Evening of Arias, Songs and Spirituals Bios |
2022-2023
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Sept. 17, 2022 10 a.m.- St. Norbert Campus
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SNC Day and Constitution Day The Norman Miller Center will be set up in the main walkway of campus for the campus wide SNC Day. Stop by to get information about voting as a student, register to vote and pick up your own copy of the Constitution. |
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Sept. 21, 2022 6-7pm Mulva 101 |
Reclaiming Voice: Using Tribal Voices to Reclaim Tribal Sovereignty Oneida Museum Curator Dr. Courtney Cottrell, professional Anthropologist and member of both the Brothertown and Oneida Nations, will discuss the political and economic rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as how cultural centers like the Oneida Museum serve as enriching learning environments in our own community. This presentation will contextualize how colonialism has affected Wisconsin Tribal Sovereignty, as well as how modern Tribal Sovereignty and Tribal-owned gaming establishments help support cultural programs like the Oneida Museum. This program is in partnership with the Teacher Education Program. |
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Sept. 26, 2022 6-7pm Fort Howard Theater |
Catholic Identity and LGBTQ+ Inclusion Join Bishop John Stowe, Diocese of Lexington KY, as he examines the role of LGBTQ+ inclusion in Catholic Identity. "LGBTQ people reflect the image and likeness of God, just as anyone else, and so it is our duty to love and defend them." – Bishop Stowe, America Magazine
This program is made possible through funding from the Theology & Religious Studies Discipline, the Norman Miller Center, the Cassandra Voss Center, the Killeen Chair in Theology & Philosophy and the Center for Norbertine Studies. |
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Sept 29, 2022 5:30 p.m. Hendrickson Dining Room Bemis International Center |
"BROKENNESS AND BEAUTY: Peacemaking in a World in Crisis St. Norbert College Ambassador of Peace honoring Jill Drzewiecki Join us as we honor Jill Drzewiecki ’99 as the St. Norbert College Ambassador of Peace. Ms Drzewiecki is the Gender-Responsive Education Specialist with Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) in Rome, Italy. There will be appetizers and beverages available starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by the presentation of the Ambassador of Peace award and lecture given by Ms. Drzewiecki at 6:15 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. |
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Oct. 4, 2022 8:45-9:30am or 10:45-11:30am Virtual Program |
Artist Lecture with Ger Xiong Ger Xiong is an artist who was born in Thailand and immigrated to the United States in 1993 as a Hmong refugee of the Vietnam War. His work explores the interplay between culture, identity and image. He received his BFA from UW Whitewater and MFA from New Mexico State University with an emphasis in Metals and Jewelry. He received a ten month Fulbright Fellowship from 2019-2020 to research and collaborate with Hmong artisans. |
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Oct. 11, 2022 6-7pm Mulva 101 |
Educational Policies and Historical Issues affecting First Nation Students Join Oneida Elder Wanda Anton and Oneida educator with the GBAPS Stephanie Pekah as they examine the historical impact of laws (like the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 and Wisconsin Act 10) on teacher confidences in their ability to deliver of authentic lessons about Native American cultures (specifically in music). To summarize the research, many teachers struggle to identify and deliver authentic experiences for our own students because we were never provided with those experiences ourselves. This program is being offered in partnership with Teacher Education and meets HR ED Hour requirements. |
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Oct. 20, 2022 12-2pm Mulva Library Flex Space |
Get Out The Vote Banner Making Workshop with Moki Tantoco This get-out-the-vote banner-making workshop is in association with the Aram Han Sifuentes Exhibition "Let Us Vote" in the Bush Art Center Galleries. Aram Han Sifuentes is a social practice artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Her work often revolves around skill sharing, specifically sewing techniques, to create multiethnic and intergenerational sewing circles, which become a place for empowerment, subversion, and protest. The program is made possible through funding from The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice, & Public Understanding, The Honors Program, The Office of Student Inclusion and Belonging, The Mulva Library, the Bush Art Center Galleries, and the Art Department |
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Oct. 25, 2022 7 p.m. Walter Theater |
"Global Challenges to Human Rights Today" From refugee crises to global poverty, rigged elections and growing populism — and the intolerance and oppression it breeds — we are at a pivotal moment in the fight for human rights. Throughout his years of service as a career diplomat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has been a champion for the protection of fundamental human rights. His work has involved the security of equality, justice, and respect -- and has directly influenced international justice, United Nations peacekeeping and women's development. In this lecture, Zeid discusses his concerns about the threats to global stability posed by such forces as racism, xenophobia, nationalism and authoritarian leaders, and poses that the safety of humanity will be secured only through vision, energy and generosity of spirit. According to Zeid, "Silence does not earn you any respect -- none," and only through civic activism can we ensure equality and justice. After his lecture, Zeid will be joined onstage by Micheline Ishay, Ph.D., Professor of Human Rights and International Studies at the University of Denver's Korbel School for International Studies, for conversation and questions. This event will also serve as the first public launch of Professor Ishay's "Human Rights Reader" (Third Edition). https://www.routledge.com/The.../Ishay/p/book/9780367634612 This lecture is supported by the Norman Miller Center Endowment. |
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Nov. 8, 2022 9am-4pm Between the Mulva Library and Admissions |
Election Day Prizes! Food! Photo Booth! and free T-shirts!!
Today is the day for the midterm elections and we want to celebrate voting and civic engagement. Stop by the tent between the Mulva Library and Admissions to sign up for raffles, snag free food and swag or catch a shuttle to our polling place. There is still time to register and vote in WI on election day, we will have people to help with any questions you may have. All of welcome even if you are not voting! |
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January 26, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 6:30-8:30 pm |
"Reckonings" Documentary and Panel Discussion Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the new documentary "Reckonings," which looks at the question of reparations after the Holocaust. This precedes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27). RECKONINGS is the first documentary feature to chronicle the harrowing process of negotiating German reparations for the Jewish people, which resulted in the groundbreaking Luxembourg Agreements of 1952. Filmed in six countries and featuring new interviews with Holocaust survivors, world-renowned scholars and dignitaries, and the last surviving member of the negotiating delegations, this film powerfully models how political will and a moral imperative can join forces to bridge an impossible divide. Could the perpetrators face their crimes? Could any compensation deliver justice to the survivors? Under the threat of violence, 6 years after the Holocaust, a group of German and Jewish leaders pushed for reparations as a step towards healing. |
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February 2, 2023 Norman Miller Center 7:00 pm |
Valentine's Card Writing Service Project Come and make Valentine's cards for the nurses, doctors, and general staff at St. Vincent and St. Mary's Hospital thanking them for all their service and support of the Altrusa House. The Altrusa House provides housing for families as their loved ones are being treated in the hospital, creating a home away from home. |
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February 13, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 5:00 p.m. |
Black History Month Program hosted by Dr. Craig Ford featuring Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow "Sankofa: Christian Mission for the 21st Century" Every month is Black History Month. Black Catholic history is Catholic history. God’s gift of Blackness is created to benefit all of humanity. In the spirit of Sankofa, a principle of the Akan people of Ghana, West Africa, this presentation will reflect on the relevance of African American culture in times such as these. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow is a pastoral theologian who writes, consults and presents on |
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March 31, 2023 Bemis International Center |
Innovative Peacebuilding in Times of Trouble 2023 Annual Student-Faculty Conference on Peace and Conflict Studies |
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Postponed; new date TBD |
"A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill" Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill, the second woman to ever lead LDF, provided visionary and transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation’s history. This program is supported through funding from the Norman Miller Family Foundation |
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April 17, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 6:30 pm |
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe |
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RESCHEDULED DATE April 19, 2023 Mulva 101 4:00 pm |
SNC/UWGB International Visiting Scholar program presents: Fadi and Abeer Rishmawi are Palestinian Christians, here to speak about life in the West Bank, which has been under Israeli military occupation for 55 years. Their experiences reflect not only the daily lives of Palestinians under occupation, but also the lives of an ancient Christian community that is now threatened with extinction. Abeer is a kindergarten teacher, while her husband Fadi is a former hospital administrator. This program is co-sponsored by the SNC Center for Global Engagement |
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May 3, 2023 Mulva First Floor Flex 6:30 pm |
Book Launch event with author Rob Eschmann From cell phone footage of police killing unarmed Black people to leaked racist messages and even comments from friends and family on social media, online communication exposes how racism operates in a world that pretends to be colorblind. In When the Hood Comes Off, Rob Eschmann blends rigorous research and engaging personal narrative to examine the effects of online racism on communities of color and society, and the unexpected ways that digital technologies enable innovative everyday tools of antiracist resistance. Drawing on a wealth of data, including interviews with students of Color around the country and analyses of millions of social media posts over the past decade, Eschmann investigates the influence of online communication on face-to-face interactions. When the Hood Comes Off highlights the power of the internet as an organizing tool, and shows that online racism can be a profound wake-up call. How will we respond? Rob Eschmann is a scholar, filmmaker and educator from Chicago. He is Associate Professor of Social Work and a member of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, as well as Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. |
2021-2022
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Sept. 14 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Aram Han Sifuentes Aram Han Sifuentes is a fiber and social practice artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Her work often revolves around skill sharing, specifically sewing techniques, to create multiethnic and intergenerational sewing circles, which become a place for empowerment, subversion, and protest. Exhibitions of her work have been exhibited at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (Chicago), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago), Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis), MCA Denver (Denver), and Moody Center for the Arts (Houston). Her multi-stage solo exhibition, Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes, is currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles) through 2023. |
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Sept. 14 2-4 p.m. Campus Center Lawn |
SNC Involvement Fair Stop by the NMC table at the Involvement fair to learn more about our programming, write a postcard to refugee children through the JRS Any Refugee program or register to vote with the help of COVO. |
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Sept. 17 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Michels Commons Lobby |
Constitution Day The NMC staff will be distributing pocket copies of the US Constitution outside of Ruth's Marketplace over the lunch hours. Stop by to pick up you own copy. |
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Oct. 5 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with U.S. Department of Arts and Culture Founded in 2013 The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) is a “people-powered department” (not a federal agency) committed to supporting individuals and organizations in mobilizing creativity in the service of justice. While social issues may be grounded in politics and economics, the USDAC believes that to change the world we need to change the story. Images, language, and attitudes affect our ability to understand and act on the challenges we face as a society. The USDAC offers pathways of engagement for individuals and organizations eager to deepen a commitment to creativity and social change through the promotion of caring, reciprocity, and open communication. |
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Oct. 5 7 p.m. Lecture Virtual Program |
Norman and Louis Miller Lecture Series with Nadine Strossen “How Should We Resist Hate? Free Speech vs. Censorship” Professor Strossen's presentation will explain why the grand goals of the Miller Lecture – “celebrating human dignity and encouraging better understanding between people” – are best promoted by freedom of speech, even for hateful, extremist, and false speech. Although calls to censor such speech are well-intentioned, experience demonstrates that censorship inevitably is at best ineffective, and at worst counterproductive, in advancing these important goals. She will dispel several common misunderstandings about free speech law that undermine support for it. She will also discuss the many non-censorial measures that are more constructive in promoting individual dignity and intergroup understanding. She is especially looking forward to the audience Q&A session, because she is eager to answer as many questions and comments as possible that audience members may have about any free speech issues. Follow this link to view the lecture |
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Oct. 6 1:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Book discussion with Nadine Strossen: "HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship"
On October 5, the Norman Miller Center will welcome virtually Nadine Strossen, immediate past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008) and the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School, for the Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding. Strossen is a leading expert in constitutional law and civil liberties. In anticipation of her visit, we are offering an opportunity for St. Norbert College faculty and staff to read and discuss her recent book, which is the topic of her presentation. In HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, Strossen makes the argument that the best approach to combat hateful, extremist, and false speech is through counter speech. She maintains that although calls to censor hateful speech may be well-intentioned, such efforts are ineffective and counterproductive. The NMC will provide free copies of the book for up to 20 participants, who will join Strossen for a private discussion of the book and her lecture on October 6.
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Oct. 11 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Bemis International Center/Virtual program via Zoom |
Ambassador of Peace Award honoring Bishop Mark Seitz Reception Award Presentation and Lecture Eucharist: The Body of Christ in History At the core of Christianity stands the conviction that the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ inaugurated a new moment in human history, with the birth of a community called to be witnesses to the end of victimization, the refusal to return violence for violence, and boundless hospitality and mercy given to us in the Eucharist. As a people nourished by the Eucharist, the church is called to risk entering into the world of the Crucified ones of today, to unlearn a sinful and dehumanizing logic that continues to weigh heavily on the poor, and to enact in history the way of agape and Communion. In this talk, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso speaks to his experience of a Eucharistic church that does justice on the US-Mexico border. Both the reception and lecture are free and open to the public |
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Oct. 14 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Afghanistan and Refugees Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Oct. 18 7 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Refugee Resettlement in Brown County: A Panel Discussion and Community Forum" In partnership with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay, the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding is hosting a panel discussion and community forum focusing on refugee resettlement in Brown County. We will be joined by several area experts, including Karmen Lemke (Executive Director, Catholic Charities), Said Hassan (Executive Director, Community Services Agency, Inc. [COMSA]), immigration attorney Sarah Griffiths, and others.
The program, which begins at 7pm on October 18, will be offered virtually via Zoom.
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Oct. 28 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Climate Change: Conspiracy Theory or Truth? Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Nov. 15 5:30 pm. Mulva 101 |
The 40 Million Unseen: Fight Human Trafficking with Fashion Join the NMC student staff in collaboration with Dressember for student-lead discussion on human trafficking, its intersectionality, and how you can help fight it. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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Nov. 16 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Valeria Mogilevich Valeria is a designer and educator creating visual tools and curricula that translate complicated things for laypeople. She has over fourteen years of experience working at the intersection of education, design, and community engagement. She specializes in demystifying policy, authentic engagement strategies, collaboration, experiential education, and working with immigrant communities. Valeria has collaborated on visual "explainers", curricula, community engagement strategies, and public artworks with grassroots organizations, government agencies, and cultural institutions |
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Nov. 18 3:30 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Supporting Refugee Resettlement in Northeastern Wisconsin" Hear from local experts involved with refugee issues about US government policies affecting refugee resettlement, how the media shapes the public's perceptions of refugee communities, and how local organizations are working to support refugees in the resettlement process. Q&A to follow. This program is co-sponsored by the SNC Center for Global Engagement. |
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Nov. 23 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Matthijs de Bruijne Matthijs de Bruijne’s practice is a result of direct political involvement. In recent years it has taken the form of collaboration with trade unions and other labor organizations. In 2010 he was invited by the Dutch Union of Cleaners to work as an artist helping this worker’s led organization to visualize their messages in a clear manner and by creating a recognizable identity for this union in the Netherlands. Since 2020 he has been creating the archive of this union which will be gifted to the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.
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Nov. 30 12 p.m. Mulva Flex Space |
An Imminent Wave: Climate Change and Migration Join us in the Mulva Library flex space for an interactive learning experience exploring the intersection of climate change and refugee issues developed by the ART 285: Art in a Democratic Society students. |
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Dec. 6 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Green Bay & WI: Are the Stereotypes Real? Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Dec. 9 6-8 p.m. Cofrin/Bemis Courtyard and Cofrin 11 |
The Land We Live On
Join First Nations Advocates Wanda F. Anton and Ms. Cheyenne Grignon as
they explore 3 areas "Our Medicines", "Pow-wow Etiquette-Building Authentic Relationships" and "First Nations Peoples' experiences(past & present) in school systems" We will begin in the courtyard between Cofrin Hall and Bemis International Center, then the group will move to Cofrin 11.
This program is being offered in partnership with Teacher Education
Presenters:
-Wanda F. Anton-First Nations Advocate, Educator and Elder ASU-BS Secondary Ed-MBA-Keller Graduate School of Management Enrolled member of the Nde' Nation, Akimel O'otham, and Dine' -Ms. Cheyenne Grignon-First Nations Advocate, Educator
BS in Criminal Justice Concordia University Enrolled Tribal Member of the Menominee Nation |
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Jan. 25, 2022 11:30 a.m.- Virtual Program |
“The Power of Unity: Rekindling the Spirit of Optimism” with Platon A master communicator and storyteller, Platon has photographed a unique mix of subjects across the globe — ranging from the world’s most powerful to everyday people. Through his up-close-and-personal experiences with disparate figures, Platon pulls back the façade of our differences to reveal our common humanity. In a call for unity, he shows how we can wield mankind to rekindle the spirit of optimism and propel ourselves forward. Platon’s unique and emotive presentation promises to bring people together to embrace new perspectives, bridge divides, and create a stronger sense of belonging. Taking listeners on an emotional journey, from laughter to tears to reflection, he’ll leave our audience wanting more from this master of his craft. In times of rapid transformation and increased divisiveness, Platon believes we need to tap into our common humanity to bridge the divide and rekindle the spirit of optimism. Platon’s organization (The People’s Portfolio) focuses on 10 buckets, including: Sexual Violence in the Congo, Human Rights Defenders, US Immigration, The American Civil Rights Movement, & Disability Rights. This program is being presented in partnership with NWTC Student Involvement. |
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Feb. 16 7:00 p.m. Fort Howard Theater and Virtually via Zoom |
"Black Lives Matter: A Theology" featuring Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr., Ph.D The emergence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a movement has sent shockwaves through America’s social and political landscape. At the same time, misconceptions about and distortions of the movement are many. In this presentation, we will explore BLM from a theological perspective: which insights into understanding God are given through studying the movement? And by doing so, what misconceptions and distortions can be eliminated? What questions remain? |
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Feb. 24 12:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art, Technology, & Society Lecture Series featuring Kite (aka Suzanne Kite) Kite is an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, a PhD candidate at Concordia University, Research Assistant for the Initiative for Indigenous Futures, a 2019 Trudeau Scholar, and a 2020 Tulsa Artist Fellow. Her research is concerned with contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance practice. |
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Feb. 24 2-3 p.m. Virtual Program |
Injustice on Campus Series: "My Potential was Anonymous: The Educational Desires and Experiences of Men of Color in College" featuring Derrick R. Brooms, Ph.D. Understanding how Men of Color make sense of, navigate, and negotiate their higher education experiences continues to be a pressing need for researchers, educators, and educational stakeholders, especially given data regarding their retention and graduation. Importantly, their experiences reveal a great deal about how social institutions (such as schools) act upon them and the inopportune-opportunity structure that they must navigate. In my research and practice, I center student voices, experiences, and narratives and pay close attention to how their racialized and gendered identities matter in their college years. Given the ways that they often are repositioned away from success, taking account of their agency, critical consciousness, and resilience and identifying ways to transform educational praxis and institutional cultures are paramount to help support and bolster their success efforts. |
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Feb. 28- March 11 |
"Hearts of Glass" documentary screening and panel discussion Hearts of Glass follows the tumultuous first 15 months of operation of Vertical Harvest (VH) of Jackson, Wyoming, a state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse that provides meaningful employment for people with disabilities. The film weaves the story of VH’s launch with the personal journeys of employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Plants and people grow together in this intimate portrait of innovation, inclusion and impact. The film is being presented with descriptive audio and closed captioning (English and Spanish). |
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March 8 6:30 p.m. Virtual |
International Women's Day Panel Join the Norman Miller Center onTuesday, March 8th for a virtual panel discussion celebrating International Women’s Day. This event will feature panelists from the greater Green Bay area, including local politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, and medical professionals. These inspiring women will gather to discuss their stories and answer questions about their leadership. |
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March 10 12:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series featuring Paolo Cirio Paolo Cirio is an Italian conceptual artist, hacktivist, and cultural critic currently living in New York. Cirio's work embodies hacker ethics, such as open access, privacy policies, and the critique of economic, legal, and political models. He shows his research and intervention-based works through artifacts, photos, installations, videos, and public art. He exhibits internationally and has won several prestigious awards, grants, commissions, and fellowships. |
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March 24 3-4 p.m. Virtual Program |
Injustice on Campus Series: "Campus Encounters with Muslim Women" featuring Dr. Shabana Mir College is supposed to be a world of freedom and self-discovery, a promise that is open to everyone. Or is it? Does a diverse campus community welcome all students equally? What about Muslim students? How do their peers perceive Muslim women undergraduates? In this talk, you will hear Muslim undergraduate women’s stories I gathered during my research, as I tell you what prejudice and stereotype looks like in the mundane moments on campus. I will explore how Muslim college students – Black, White, of immigrant background - “wear” stigmatized identities, and how they play those identities - up or down. |
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March 22 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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March 27 7 p.m. Dudley Birder Hall |
“Etty” Starring Susan Stein Etty is a touring one-woman play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, adapted and performed by Susan Stein. Directed by Austin Pendleton. Using only Etty Hillesum’s words, Susan Stein’s adaptation brings us to 1941 when Esther “Etty” Hillesum, a young Dutch Jewish woman, is living in Amsterdam. Upon the recommendation of her therapist, Julius Spier, she began a diary on 8 March 1941 to help her with her depression. Hoping to become a writer, the diaries take on their own literary life, presenting both Etty’s growth as a writer and spiritual transformation. As deportations begin, she prepares for the three-day journey eastward, she digs deeper into her soul to understand “this piece of history” and root out any hatred or bitterness, believing that humanity is the best and only solution for survival. Etty’s words, insights and beliefs reach out from the Holocaust and allow us to see the power of hope and individual thought in the most extreme circumstances. In her gentle yet forthright way, Etty asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz but to let her have a “bit of a say” in what she hopes will be a new world. |
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March 31 2:30 p.m. Mulva Library First Floor Flex Space and Virtual via Zoom |
"Letters from Prison: A Workshop with Susan Stein"
The Norman Miller Center in partnership with the Mulva Library are excited to host Susan Stein for her "Letters from Prison Workshop."
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his Letter from the Birmingham Jail in 1963. A generation earlier, Etty Hillesum wrote her Letter from Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands. Reading these side-by-side along with other letters written from prisons, participants consider the choice to love not hate, the commitment to non-violence, and the power of bearing witness from behind bars. This workshop explores how those
incarcerated used language in pursuit of freedom, justice, and resistance. |
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April 6 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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April 12 5:15 p.m. 7 p.m. Walter Theatre |
“Mighty Be Our Powers: Investing in the Next Generation of Peacebuilders” Invite-Only Reception Public Lecture Leymah Gbowee will share how she forged an interfaith coalition of women to end Liberia’s civil war, the journey since receiving the Nobel Peace Prize ten years ago, and her hopes for the future ahead. This lecture is supported by the Norman Miller Center Endowment. |
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April 19 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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Friday, Apr. 22, 2022 12-1 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Empowered to Rise" with José Rosario This talk is where I share my personal story and discuss how acknowledging my identities changed the ways in which I engage in advocacy and clinical work. More specifically, I talk about connecting with people because of my personal experiences of difference. This personal growth reminds me that each individual we support has intersecting identities that must be considered in order to truly promote healing. My hope is that by the end of the talk, the audience begins to consider their identities and how this impacts their work. Above all, I want to make it clear that our stories have power and being vulnerable allows us to connect. It is crucial to empower those who feel silenced to share their whole truth. |
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Sept. 2 1-2:15 p.m. Virtual Event |
Ms. Lillian Medville creator of "Your Privilege is Showing" Join Associate Professor of Teacher Education at St. Norbert College Erica Southworth as she hosts a virtual conversation with Lillian Medville creator of "Your Privilege is Showing" The fundamental philosophy is that systems of oppression(sexism, racism, privilege, ableism, classism, among others) are both personal and universal. We have all, no matter who we are, internalized and participated in these systems, and are hurt by them in some way. And still, we don't talk about them. This session provides the Brave Space container necessary for direct, and personal conversations to happen and social emotional learning to take place. |
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Sept. 2 and 3 11 a.m.- Baer Mall |
Voter Registration Drive and Get Out the Vote Pledge Stop by Baer Mall to register to vote, ask questions about voting and to take the Get Out the Vote Pledge to score some swag. We will have representatives from COVO to answer questions and get you registered. |
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Sept. 8 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Center for Creative Citizenship The Maryland Institute College of Art’s Center for Creative Citizenship integrates civic learning and action, as well as Follow this link for more information. |
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Sept. 17 11 a.m.- Baer Mall |
U.S. Constitution Day Stop by and pick up a pocket version of the U.S. Constitution |
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Sept. 17 7-9 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" The film documents a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, the movement started with praying and singing in a fish market. Leymah Gbowee organized the Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia, Liberia to pray for peace and to organize nonviolent protests. Dressed in white to symbolize peace, and numbering in the thousands, the women became a political force against violence and against their government. Their movement led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. There is limited in-person seating available for this event, please arrive early to assure a seat. Doors will be closed once occupancy is met. Social distance and masking must be observed throughout the duration of the event. |
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Sept. 21 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Resilience as a Community" a Miller Lecture event with Leymah Gbowee Consistent with the purposes of the Norman and Louis Miller Lecture Series, Ms. Gbowee wrote, "In the middle of this heartbreaking pandemic, notice that it is alerting global citizens--regardless of race, status, and accomplishments--to rethink life, our interactions, and attitudes toward "the other" and many more. This moment in our global history has forcibly reminded us of the inevitable truth--we are more connected than we are divided and our humanity is tied in ways that we have sadly allowed ourselves to forget. As we navigate this moment, let us all use our moments of social distancing to think about acts that bring our societies closer when the dust settles." Ms. Gbowee won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women's rights advocate. She is the founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa. Ms. Gbowee is best known for leading a nonviolent movement of Christian and Muslim women which played a pivotal role in ending the fourteen-year Liberian civil war. Q&A with audience to follow. Click here to view the recording
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Sept. 22 2-4 p.m. Baer Mall |
Voting Information/Education Table Stop by the voter information/education tables in Baer Mall to connect with Rachel Benck, our CEEP fellow, and COVO about voting questions. |
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Sept. 24 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"From Civility to Justice-Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good" with MT Dàvila Join MT Davila, Associate Professor of Practice at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts and president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) for this virtual conversation across the aisle. Dr. Dávila will present a lecture entitled From Civility to Justice: Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good. In this talk she will explore the ways in which an emphasis on civility in the midst of our present political polarization can do great harm to many of the most vulnerable, minoritized, and marginalized populations among us, by allowing continued injustices to be perpetrated against migrant families, trans men and women, religious minorities, and others. By contrast, in order to restore justice as a core principle of our public discourse, Dr. Dávila argues we must redirect our attention away from civility alone and reevaluate our conceptions of such basic principles of justice as human dignity and the common good. This event is co-sponsored by the Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy |
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Sept. 29 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Amanda Lovelee Amanda Lovelee is a visual artist based in Minnesota. Lovelee had focused on civic engagement through a variety of projects. She worked as a "City Artist" through The Public Art St. Paul Program developing projects that made city planning more accessible to city residents.
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Sept. 29 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Presidential Debate Viewing Party Join other SNC campus members to watch the 2020 Presidential debate. Co-Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society. |
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Oct. 1 7:00 p.m. Virtual Even |
Documentary Discussion: "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" Join us for a discussion of the documentary "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" ahead of Arno Michaelis' event on Oct. 13. Watch the film on your own schedule and join us virtual to discuss it. The documentary is streaming for free on SNC Kanopy. |
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Oct. 7 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Vice Presidential Debate Viewing Party Join other SNC campus members to watch the 2020 Vice-Presidential debate. Co-Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society. |
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Oct. 13 7-8:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"The Gift of our Wounds" a conversation with Arno Michaelis In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Arno Michaelis was a founding member of a notorious worldwide racist skinhead organization, a reverend of a self-declared holy war and frontman of the hate-medal band, Centurion, which sold 20,000 CDs by the mid-nineties and is still popular with racists today. Single parenthood, love for his daughter and the forgiveness shown by people he once hated all helped turn Arno's life around, bringing him to embrace diversity and practice gratitude for all life. After spending over a decade as a successful information technology consultant and entrepreneur, Arno is now a speaker, author of My Life After Hate and very fortunate to be able to share his ongoing process of character development with the world in an effort to counter the cycle of violence he once fueled. Arno is featured in the Deeyah Kahn documentary "White Right Meeting the Enemy" . This film is available on SNC Kanopy. We recommend viewing the film at your convenience prior to the program. Click here to view the recording. |
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Oct. 21 3:30-4:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Fr. Gregory Boyle Book Discussion with Bridget Burke Ravizza, Cabrini Jablon, and Becky Lahti
In anticipation of Fr. Gregory Boyle's virtual visit to SNC as the 2020 St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace (award presentation and lecture on October 27), the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding is hosting a faculty/staff discussion of his book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. Leading this Zoom discussion will be Becky Lahti, Interim Co-Director of the Emmaus Center, Cabrini Jablon, Associate Director of Admission, and Bridget Burke Ravizza, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. The book discussion will take place on October 21, from 3:30 to 4:30pm. Please follow the link below to register.
The Norman Miller Center will provide free copies of the book for the first 25 SNC faculty or staff members who register and request a copy. If you already have a copy of the book, you will be able to note that on the registration form as well.
Registration is closed for this discussion.
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Oct. 21 7-8:15 p.m. Virtual Event |
peakers include Marjan Safinia, Director of And She Could be Next; Ashley O’Shay, Director of Unapologetic; Yamila Ruiz, National High Road Director of One Fair Wage; Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body is Not An Apology Author & Activist; and moderated by Astra Taylor, filmmaker, activist & author, most recently of Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone. Co-hosted by The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College, The Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW Stout & The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and in partnership with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC). These events will provide simultaneous English to Spanish language interpretation and Certified Deaf Interpreters. To access Spanish interpretation, please download the Zoom application to your desktop or mobile device.
These events are intended to be a non-partisan event on the importance of voting. We encourage everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to register to vote and vote in the elections this Fall to help preserve the integrity of our democracy. |
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Oct. 22 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Purple: America, We Need to Talk" short film discussion Join us for a discussion of the short film "Purple" which is about polarized political parties. Watch the film on your own schedule then come to the discussion with an open mind. The film can be viewed through this link. |
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Oct. 27
7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness" Ambassador of Peace Award with Fr. Gregory Boyle Fr. Boyle will share what he has learned in three decades working with marginalized populations at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA--that love is the answer, community is the context and tenderness is the connective tissue. Tenderness reflects the foundational notion that there are no is and them, only us. homeboy seeks to be what the world is invited to become. Kinship cannot happen without tenderness. A native Angeleno and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Father Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Father Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called "decade of death" that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings In 1988 they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women who walk through its door every year seeking a better life. Click here to view the recording. |
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Nov. 3 |
Election Day Shuttles will be running from 8:30am-4:45pm in a continuous circle departing from the cul du sac between Admissions and the Mulva Library. |
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Nov. 10 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture: Girl Child Art Foundation The Girl Child Art Foundation is an organization based in Lagos Nigeria that focuses on advocacy, empowerment, and civic engagement of girls through the arts. |
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Nov. 10 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Discovery of a New Nation: Native Americans and the beginning of the United States: A Conversation with Heather Bruegl, M.A., Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community and an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation Join Heather Bruegl as she connects to the broad themes of peace, justice, and public understanding. Native History predates 1492. Native peoples have been on the North American continent for centuries before colonization began. Learn about U.S. History but from perspective of Native Americans. From the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy to landing on Plymouth Rock. From the Lost Colony of Roanoke to the tribes that participated in the American Revolution and the move westward. Discover the creation of the treaties between the United States and Native Nations. Finally learn about the beginning of the end for Native Nations with Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears. This lecture begins in the 1100’s and ends just before the Civil War in 1860. |
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Nov. 10 2-3:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Screening of Warrior Women In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families. Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter. Today, with Marcy now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the environmental devastation of the Dakota Access Pipeline and for Indigenous cultural values. Through a circular Indigenous style of storytelling, this film explores what it means to navigate a movement and motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down and transformed from generation to generation in the context of colonizing government that meets Native resistance with violence. Social distancing and masking will be required in the theater and attendance will be limited. This program is co-sponsored by Multicultural Student Services and The Council of Indigenous People. |
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Nov. 12 12-1 p.m. Virtual Event |
Madonna Thunder Hawk Q&A Join Dr. Vicky Tashjian, Professor of History at St. Norbert College as she hosts a Q&A session with Madonna Thunder Hawk. Madonna Thunder Hawk is s a Native American civil rights activist best known as a leader in the American Indian Movement (AIM) and as an organizer against the Dakota Access Pipeline. She is also featured in the documentary Warrior Women. This film is streaming on SNC Kanopy and we encourage all participants to watch the film before the Q&A. |
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Nov. 17 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Laurie Jo Reynolds Laurie Jo Reynolds is an artist, policy advocate, and researcher who developed the concept of “Legislative Art”, an art practice that seeks to intervene in government systems with the goal of concrete political change. |
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Nov. 23 7-8 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Conversations at Home" Returning home after a semester at college can be stressful — even more so after months of political controversy and a pandemic. As you anticipate potentially difficult conversations back home, this virtual panel discussion will offer suggestions for a peaceful and productive transition. Please join the conversation with Dr. Jennifer Hockenbery (Dean of Humanities), Dr. Bruce Robertson (Director of Counseling and Career Development), Tanner Anderson (Area Coordinator and LGBTQ+ Support Services Coordinator), Derek Elkins (Interim Co-Director of the Emmaus Center), Dr. Robert Pyne (Director of the Norman Miller Center), and Bethany Kreklow (Student Community Organizer, Norman Miller Center).
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Nov. 29 6-7:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day: a Hunger for God, a Striving for Goodness, a Passion for Justice Join David Brooks, Anne Snyder and Paul Elie for a conversation about Dorothy Day. Together they will reflect on how, in a time of pandemic and strife, 40 years after her death, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker inspire holiness and community. This event is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Guild. |
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Jan. 26 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Mythbusters: How Textbook Pictures 'Whitewash' Religious History" hosted by Dr. Erica Southworth, Associate Professor of Education Pictures tell a 1,000 words….and what we learn from textbook pictures is purposefully designed to shape our (biased) perspectives on race and gender. This is especially true when we look at images found in K-12+ textbooks. In history texts, for example, why are Moses, Jesus, Mary, and Mohammed all mythically depicted as white Europeans instead of depicted accurately as North Africans or Southwest Asians? And why are images of Sarah, Hagar, or Khadīja absent altogether? In short, why do 21st century textbooks strip ancient religious founders of their racial identities while simultaneously reinforcing gender-based hierarchies? Join Dr. Erica Southworth (SNC Teacher Education), Ms. Melonie Zielinski (Port Washington High School), and Ms. Haley Herbst (St. John Bosco Catholic Middle School) in their interactive “Mythbusters!” presentation to learn more about these imagery social injustices. Presentation attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in imagery analysis activities to help hone their own personal and professional racial and gender myth-busting skills. |
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Feb. 10 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Homegrown Hate & Domestic Terrorism" with Daryl Johnson Daryl Johnson is one of the foremost experts on domestic extremist groups in the US. He is currently the founder of DT Analytics, a private consulting firm for law enforcement. He is regularly cited, featured, or quoted in media covering domestic extremist groups in the US, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, to name a few. Johnson is also a freelance writer for various media and civil rights organizations. In 2012, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on hate crimes and the threat of domestic extremism. Also joining the discussion this evening will be Dr. Robert Pyne, Director of the Norman Miller Center, and political science professors Dr. Wendy Scattergood and Dr. Angel Saavedra Cisneros. This program is co- hosted by The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and We Are Many, United Against Hate. Follow this link to view the video from this program. |
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Feb. 18 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Mark Tribe Mark Tribe is a New York-based artist and Graduate Programs Chair at the School of the Visual Arts in New York. His drawings, performances, installations, and photographs often deal with social and political issues. His recent work explores the relationship between landscape and technology. He is the author of two books, The Port Huron Project: Reenactments of New Left Protest Speeches (Charta, 2010) and New Media Art (Taschen, 2006). |
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March 2 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
“Fight like Hell: Redefining Incitement in the 21st Century” As we heard repeatedly during this month's impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, incitement to violence is not protected speech under the First Amendment. But what is incitement? Since 1969, the standard legal definition has been drawn from a Supreme Court case, Brandenburg v. Ohio: incitement is to encourage other people toward actions that are imminent, intended, lawless, and likely. After over 50 years, should this standard be reconsidered? Is it still relevant in the Internet age? What is the meaning of incitement in 2021? Join us for a virtual panel discussion featuring: JoAnne Sweeny, JD, PhD, Professor of Law at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville; Eric Kasper, JD, PhD, Professor of Political Science at UW-Eau Claire, and Alan Bigel, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at UW La Crosse. This program is co-sponsored by The Menard Center for Constitutional Studies at UWEC and The Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW Stout. View the program here. |
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March 8 7:00 p.m. Virtual Event
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Inspiring Female Leaders Panel Discussion This event will highlight unique females in the Green Bay community who have fascinating stories to share about career development, community involvement, personal and professional growth, and how they inspire and empower other women! The panel includes: Joidon Jennings — Green Bay Packers UX Coordinator; Networking Expert
Marissa Michalkiewicz — Founder of Giveadaam Ventures; Sustainability expert in the Green Bay Community
Kristina Shelton — Wisconsin’s 90th Assembly District Representative;
Abby Gildernik — Assistant Athletics Director at SNC
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March 10 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis' Letter on Friendship" In his third encyclical, Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis reflects on a topic of great importance: human solidarity and friendship. Following his election to the papacy, Pope Francis first greeted the world with the words fratelli e sorelle - "brothers and sisters." In this encyclical, he continues to address all men and women as his brothers and sisters, calling us to consider what our common brotherhood requires of us. Join us for a panel discussion with St. Norbert Theology and Religious Studies Professors Dr. Tom Bolin, Dr. Karen Park and Dr. Howard Ebert moderated by St. Norbert Divisional Dean of Humanities Dr. Jennifer Hockenberry And senior Theology and Religious Studies student Cole Johnson as they examine different aspect of the encyclical. The panel discussion will conclude with a Q&A period. |
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March 11 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Constance Hockaday Constance Hockaday is a Chilean American artist whose work explores issues of public space, political voice, and belonging. Hockaday holds both an MFA in Socially Engaged Art and a Masters in Conflict Resolution. She is a TED Fellow and an artist in residence at UCLA. She has received support from the Rauschenberg Foundation, Map Fund, SF MOMA, Rainin Foundation, and Headland’s Center for the Arts. Follow this to link to register. |
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March 25 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series With jackie sumell jackie sumell is a multidisciplinary artist and activist whose work interrogates the abuses of the American criminal justice system. She is best known for her collaborative project with the late Herman Wallace, one of the former Angola 3 prisoners, entitled The House That Herman Built. This project is the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary film Herman’s House. Sumell is a 2013 Open Society Soros Justice Fellow, a 2015 Nathan Cummings Foundation Recipient, a 2015 Eyebeam Project Fellow, and a 2016 Robert Rauchenberg Artist as Activist Fellow. |
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March 29 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Voter Education Discussion Wondering why you should vote in the spring election on April 6th or what's on the ballot? |
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March 30 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Nonviolence: An Interfaith Conversation" This program will feature presentations from four advocates of nonviolence, each describing the contribution of faith traditions to their perspective. Panelists will be Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Executive Director of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and Executive Director of the Zeidler Group, which promotes dialogue across lines of difference; David Mueller, a former resident of the Catholic Worker and co-founder of the Dorothy Day Canonization Network; Jim Handley, certified Kingian nonviolence trainer and Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies at UW Stout; and Dr. Elliot Ratzman, Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department of Grinnell College, where he teaches courses in Judaism and Peace and Conflict Studies
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April 6 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Jonas Lund Jonas Lund is a Swedish conceptual artist whose work critically reflects on ccontemporary networked systems and power structures. Lund's artistic practice involves creating systems and setting up parameters that oftentimes require engagement from the viewer. This results in game-like artworks where tasks are executed according to algorithms or a set of rules. Through his works, Lund investigates the issues generated by the increasing digitalization of contemporary society like authorship, participation, and authority. |
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April 8 7:00 p.m. Walter Theatre/Virtual Event |
Spring Miller Lecture "Norbert of Xanten: The Enduring Relevance of a 950 year old Peacemaker" with Thomas Kunkel, president emeritus of St. Norbert College Norbert, similar to the Miller Lecture Series, promoted unity, communication and tolerance among different cultures, ethnicities and traditions. Join Tom Kunkel as he examines what Norbert was doing in his time and how these kinds of outreach and peacemaking are needed more than ever today. |
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April 22 11a.m.-1 p.m. Baer Mall |
Earth Day 2021 Join us in Baer Mall to learn more about what you can do to be sustainable and reduce your single use plastic use. We will be handing out reusable bags designed by the NMC's Community Organizer Cara Orbell. These bags are manufactured from pre-consumer waste generated by factories during the fabric cutting process. Through a partnership with 1% For The Planet one percent of sales of this bag will be donated to nonprofits dedicated to protecting the planet. We will also have Earth Day stickers and lots of conversation. |
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April 22 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Claudia X. Valdes Claudia X. Valdes a conceptual visual artist and educator who explores the themes of trauma, memory, perception, and embodiment in her work. Major subjects within her works have been the history of U.S. nuclear arms, physical trauma, violent conflict, and positing art as a means to both catalyze and frame social spaces for meaningful discourse and to evoke reflection upon the ethics of human decision-making and actions and their impact on individual and collective life. |
2019-2020
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SNC “Celebrity” Basketball Game to End Family Separation and Detention Multicultural Student Services and the Norman Miller Center will host a basketball game featuring a bucket raffle. All proceeds from the ticket sales and raffle will go to RAICES and Freedom for Immigrants. Tickets available at the door $5/students and $10/Faculty and Staff. |
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Sept. 17 11:30 a.m..-1 p.m. Ruth's Marketplace Lobby |
U.S. Constitution Day We will be distributing copies of the U.S. Constitution during lunch hours outside of Ruth’s Marketplace |
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Sept. 17 7 p.m. Lecture FK Bemis International Center |
Ambassador of Peace Award with Robyn Davis Reception Lecture |
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Sept. 20 8 a.m. St. Norbert College Grounds |
Hiroshima Peace Tree Planting |
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Sept. 21 10 a.m..-4 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
SNC Day – International Day of Peace Join us for an open house with refreshments and children's activities celebrating the International Day of Peace. Representatives from the Coalition of Voting Organizations of Brown County will also be on hand to conduct voter registration. |
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Oct. 8 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: “Right to Life: Will Human Rights Survive Climate Change?” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided |
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Oct. 10 Fort Howard Theater |
“The Middle East and the West: the Future of Human Rights” Lecture and Panel Discussion Micheline Ishay, Ph.D. author of “The Levant Express: The Arab Uprising, Human Rights and the Future of the Middle East” charts bold and realistic pathways for human rights in a region beset by political repression. economic distress, sectarian conflict, refugee crisis and violence to women. With attention to how patterns of revolution and counterrevolution play out in different societies and historical contexts, Ishay reveals the progressive potential of subterranean human rights forces and offers strategies for transforming current realities in the Middle East. Panel discussion with Daniel Stoll, Ph.D and David Coury, Ph. D. to follow. |
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Oct. 22 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: “Can He Say That? Free Speech v. Hate Speech” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided. |
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Oct. 29 5:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Lecture Walter Theatre |
“Resisting Hate Through Public Understanding: A 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Miller Lecture” Invite Only Reception Lecture |
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Nov. 5 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Mulva Library Presentation Room |
Roundtable Conversation: “Disqualify Them: Should Transgender Athletes be Allowed to Compete?” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided. |
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Nov. 12-13 St. Norbert College |
“Racism: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That” Concert |
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Nov. 19 6p.m.-7:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: "Lock 'Em up or Set "Em Loose:Who Belongs in Prison" |
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Nov. 21 Norbertine Center for Spirituality at The St. Norbert Abbey |
The Impact of Homelessness: A Community's Response Facilitator: Tony Pichler Cost: Free will offering(suggested donation $5) |
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Feb. 4 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series "Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story" This film profiles one of the most extraordinary and courageous women in American history. She was the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement that began as a newspaper to expose rampant injustices during the Great Depression. It soon expanded to become a network of houses of hospitality to welcome the poor and destitute. Revolution of the Heart includes rare archival photographs and film footage plus interviews with actor/activist Martin Sheen, public theologian Cornel West, popular author Joan Chittister, Jim Wallis of Sojourners and many more. Discussion to follow the screening with director Martin Doblmeier |
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Feb. 18 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality" The film follows 30 years of Equal Justice Initiative's work on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Told primarily in his own word, True Justice shares Bryan Stevenson's experience with a criminal justice system that "treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent." The burden of facing this system is explored in candid interviews with associated, close family members and clients. Panel discussion to follow the screening |
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Feb. 20 Michels Commons Lobby |
Better Together Day Celebration Better Together celebrates interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Join us in the lobby of Michels Commons to share your interfaith thoughts and pick up some interfaith swag. |
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Feb. 28 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "Normie: The Illusion of Normal, the beauty of love." When Annemarie looks in the mirror, she sees Down Syndrome. She hate it. To her, the diagnosis is a giant barricade keeping her from the independence and intimacy she desires. She embarks on a journey of self discovery as she tries to understand what it means to be normal. Co-sponsored by SNC Best Buddies and Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin. |
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March 5 Mulva Presentation Room 101 |
"Beit Sahour: City of the 'Shepherd's Field' between Israel and Palestine" a talk with Dr. Robert Kramer Dr. Kramer, Professor of History, returned this semester after a sabbatical in the Middle East. Join us as he shares his experience. |
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March 10 Mulva Library First Floor Flex Space |
Roundtable Conversation: "Consent Beyond Sex: Trusting Relationships and Boundary Maintenance" Join us for a student led, student focused roundtable conversation, in partnership with SGA and the Mulva Library. |
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April 20 Virtual Screening |
50th Anniversary of Earth Day Documentary "The Human Element" Join us for a virtual screening of "The Human Element" with a post-screening discussion via Zoom. THis documentary follows environmental photographer, James Balog, as he travels the United States and captures the stories of everyday Americans on the frontline of climate change. This event is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Conservation Voters. |
2018-2019
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Aug. 23-24 Norman Miller Center |
Community Organizing 101 Featuring Dennis Donovan National Director for Public Achievement, Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Augsburg College |
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Sept. 4-6 Norman Miller Center |
Voter Registration Drive |
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Sept. 12 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Speaker: Philip H. Gordon CFR’s Middle East Program and Europe For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Sept. 18 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: The Cost of Higher Education |
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Sept. 19 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Rise of Authoritarian Nationalism Speaker: Madeleine K. Albright Albright Stonebridge Group; Albright Capital Management LLC; and Georgetown University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Sept. 20 Fort Howard Theater |
Action in Recovery: Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Brown County In partnership with organizations with expertise and experience in opioid addiction and recovery, St. Norbert College is hosting a free community education event focusing on the opioid epidemic in Wisconsin and Brown County. The evening begins with a resource/information fair. The featured program will begin thereafter with the keynote speaker, Paul Krupski, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Director of Opioid Initiatives. The program ends with a community panel question/answer discussion. |
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Sept. 22 Norman Miller Center |
SNC Day — International Day of Peace Celebration Join us for an open house with refreshments and children’s activities celebrating the International Day of Peace. |
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Sept. 26 Walter Theater |
As a traditional musician with expertise in Piedmont and Delta Blues as well as Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo traditions, Ainslie has specialized in performing and presenting programs on the European and African roots of American music and culture in community and educational settings. Ainslie came of age during the Civil Rights era, and cultivated a powerful affinity for cross-cultural exchange. He has studied with elder musicians on both sides of the color line – in the Old-Time Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo traditions, as well as Black Gospel and Blues. He plays this music with affection, authority, and power. His performances present a wonderful palette of sounds and stories that will delight the ear, awaken the mind, and satisfy the heart.
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Oct. 2 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Gender Rights and Feminism |
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Oct. 3 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Africa’s Strategic Partners Speaker: Reuben E. Brigety II George Washington University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Oct. 10 Fort Howard Theater |
"Why is Sectarian Conflict on the Rise in the Middle East?" A lecture by Danny Postel As the Middle East descends further and further into a maelstrom of violence and state breakdown, the new conventional wisdom in Western media and policy circles attributes the turmoil to supposedly ancient sectarian hatreds, primordial forces that make violent conflict inevitable and intractable. In this narrative, “sectarianism” possesses trans-historical causal power and serves as a catch-all explanation for the troubles plaguing the region. In this presentation, Danny Postel, Assistant Director of the Middle East and North African Studies Program at Northwestern University, will challenge this new conventional wisdom and suggest an alternative explanation for the recent spike in sectarian violence in the Middle East. He will show how various conflicts in the region have morphed from non-sectarian (and cross-sectarian) and nonviolent movements into sectarian battles and civil wars. |
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October 16 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Social Media, Technology, and Data Collection |
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Oct. 17 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Global Cooperation on Migration For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Oct. 23 Bemis International Center |
Ambassador of Peace Award with Sean Callaghan Reception, 6pm Hendrickson Dining Room, Bemis International Center Lecture, 7pm Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center |
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Oct. 24 Fort Howard Theater |
"One Vote" — the documentary, with producer Christine Woodhouse
Filmed in five locations on a single day, One Vote captures the compelling stories of diverse voters on Election Day 2016. At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, the film eschews partisan politics in favor of an honest portrayal. Producer Christine Woodhouse will be present for the screening, and she will take questions after the film.
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Oct. 25 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Refugees |
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Oct. 30 Bemis International Center |
Miller Lecture with Gary Dorrien Reception Hendrickson Dining Room, Bemis International Center Lecture Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center |
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Oct. 31 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Increasing Complexity of U.S. National Intelligence Speaker: Michael P. Dempsey CFR For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Nov. 1 Cofrin 15 |
"Whats on My Ballot?" Learn more about this year's election in this non-partisan event, with information about the offices contested, the work they perform, and the candidates seeking your vote. |
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Nov. 6 Between Mulva Library and Ariens Family Welcome Center |
Election Day An all day "Vote Together" party with shuttles running to the polls. For more information about registration and voting, see our Voting Information page. |
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Nov. 7 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: Legal Biases |
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Nov. 12 Fort Howard Theater |
"Tickling Giants"
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Nov. 14 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series U.S. Economic Security and the Future of Work Speaker: Cecilia Elena Rouse Princeton University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Nov. 19 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: The Stigmatization of Mental Health Issues |
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Nov. 28 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Xi Jinping Power Profile Speaker: Elizabeth C. Economy CFR’s Asia Program For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Dec. 4 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: Human Trafficking |
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Jan. 29 Birder Hall |
"Etty"-canceled due to weather For more information, visit the Etty webpage |
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Feb. 28 Norman Miller Center |
"This is Home" |
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March 12 Mulva Presentation Room |
"Peacemaking: Being Human in a Time of Permanent War" A lecture by Brian Terrell Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and member of the Catholic Worker Movement for more than 40 years |
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March 14 |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare |
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March 28 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Night "Escape from Room 18" |
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April 3 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Voting Rights |
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April 5 |
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Student-Faculty Conference |
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April 9 5:30 p.m Reception
Bemis International Center |
Miller Lecture with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Reception: Hendrickson Dining Room Lecture: Fort Howard Theater |
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April 24 6:00 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Forum Guns and Firearms |
2017-18
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| Sept. 16, 2017 | SNC Day |
| Sept. 27, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “The Role of the United Nations in Global Governance” Speaker: Samantha Power Harvard University |
| Sept. 27, 2017 | "Welcoming Refugees: A Community Conversation” The Norman Miller Center hosted a conversation about refugee integration in communities. Honored guests included representatives from Sweden and a co-founder of COMSA, a local Somali resource organization.
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| Sept. 28, 2017 | Documentary Night! "The White Helmets" A Netflix documentary that follows a group of Syrian first responders as they risk their lives in the midst of violence in Syria and Turkey. |
| Oct. 11, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “U.S.-Latin America Relations” Speaker: Shannon K. O'Neil Council on Foreign Relations |
| Oct. 17, 2017 |
The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding |
| Oct. 25, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Dashed Hopes of the Arab Spring” Speaker: Steven A. Cook Council on Foreign Relations |
| Oct. 25, 2017 |
“Breaking Barriers in Fashion” Mariah Idrissi is the world’s first hijab wearing model to be signed to ‘Select’ models and featured in a global campaign for H&M. As well as a model, she is an international public speaker promoting female empowerment and is part of a growing movement bringing modest fashion to the masses regardless of faith or background. |
| Oct. 26, 2017 | Documentary Night! "13th" A Netflix documentary that explores racial inequality in the United States with a particular focus on the disproportionate representation of African-Americans in U.S. prisons. |
| Nov. 6, 2017 | Slave: A Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Life Jabali Smith was a 6-yr-old in Berkeley, California when he was trafficked along with his sister over the border into Mexico and held captive by a messianic doomsday sex cult. Smith sharde his journey as a child slave; the escape and the eventual rise from the ashes of tragedy. A story of unimaginable suffering followed by the discovery of success, love, compassion and forgiveness. |
| Nov. 8, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Conflict Prevention and Mitigation” Speaker: Paul B. Stares Council on Foreign Relations |
| Nov. 8, 2017 | “Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land” Dr. Robert Kramer Professor of History St. Norbert College This lecture surveyed the history of inter-faith relations in Palestine, from the advent of Islam in the 7th century, through the era of the Ottoman Empire, up to the present, with particular emphasis on the modern period. It also included observations and images from the 2016 and 2017 St. Norbert College summer trips to Israel and the West Bank. |
| Nov. 15, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Revolutionary Movements and International Relations” Speaker: Jack A. Goldstone George Mason University |
| Nov. 28, 2017 | Crossfading Wisconsin Should 19-year-olds be able to drink? Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana? Wisconsin lawmakers have been debating this question, and the answer could affect you. A discussion of these questions. |
| Nov. 29, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “The State of the World” Speaker: Richard N. Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Nov. 30, 2017 | Documentary Night! “Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom” A Netflix documentary about a civil rights movement in Ukraine that erupts after a peaceful, student protest turns violent. |
| Dec. 10, 2017 | International Human Rights Day |
| Jan. 26, 2018 | Holocaust Remembrance Day Jeffrey Gingold is the son of a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and author of "Tunnel, Smuggle, Collect: A Holocaust Boy," a biography based upon the hidden video and audio recordings of interviews with his father and grandmother. Gingold is an outspoken advocate for Holocaust education who discusses his father's epic survival and unforeseen life twists in the Warsaw Ghetto. |
| Feb. 23, 2018 | St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace Award Presentation, Reception and Lecture Harry Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College and Founder of the International Youth Citizenship Initiative in Public Achievement, was honored as the recipient of the 2017 Ambassador of Peace Award. The event included an award ceremony, reception and lecture. |
| Feb. 24, 2018 | Conference: “Invigorating Democracy and Public Work” The conference will feature Harry Boyte (Augsburg College), Micheline Ishay (University of Denver), Harvey Kaye (UW-Green Bay), Alison Staudinger (UW-Green Bay) and more. Students are invited to submit poster projects on the conference theme, with the poster session running concurrently with lunch and breakouts. |
| Feb. 26 - March 29, 2018 | Oliver Ressler Exhibition – Catastrophe Bonds |
| March 1, 2018 | Panel Discussion - "Visual Art, Social Action, and Grassroots Democracy" In conjunction with the exhibition Oliver Ressler - Catastrophe Bonds, a multi-site survey of the work of Austrian artist Oliver Ressler in the galleries at St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, this panel aimed to examine the current state of aesthetics and politics in light of recent social movements and contemporary challenges to democracy.
Moderator: Katie Ries Panelists: Laurie Beth Clark, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nicolas Lampert, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Oliver Ressler, international visiting scholar
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| March 22, 2018 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding “Disturbing Aesthetics of Race” By M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D. Professor of Systematic Theology Boston College View the lecture recording. |
| April 9-13, 2018 |
The Mystical Arts of Tibet - Mandala Sand Painting |
| April 10, 2018 |
“The Symbolism of the Sand Mandala” |
| April 10, 2018 | Better Together Day Better Together Day celebrateds interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Part of the Interfaith Youth Core, Better Together Day events vary every year and at every campus. |
| April 12, 2018 |
The Mystical Arts of Tibet - Sacred Music and Dance |
| April 22, 2018 | Earth Day |
| April 25, 2018 |
“Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land: Part Two, The Modern Era” This talk explained the historical background to the conflict in Paletsine since the late Ottoman era, with a special emphasis on the later 20th century. |
2016-17
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| Aug. 31, 2016 | Solidarity in a Time of Bias, Hate and Violence |
| Sept. 6 - 8, 2016 | Voter Registration Drive |
| Sept. 8, 2016 | "The True Cost" - Film screening and discussion Sponsored by Fashion This Series |
| Sept. 16, 2016 | U.S. Constitution Day |
| Sept. 22, 2016 | 2016 St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace Award Presentation and Reception Presented to Shirlyn Miller in recognition of her steadfast support of peace and justice initiatives in our community. |
| Sept. 21, 2016 | International Day of Peace |
| Sept. 22, 2016 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding “The Word Peace and the Word Justice, and Why Sometimes the Peacemakers Are Blessed (But Only Sometimes)” William Miller Thomas G. Long Professor of Law University of Michigan |
| Sept. 26, 2016 | First Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 3, 2016 |
Visual Art and Social Statements The panel discussed the history of art and social engagement with a focus on primary historic and contemporary examples of artists engaging with the social issues of their time. |
| Oct. 4, 2016 | Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 9, 2016 | Second Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 24, 2016 | “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Up Close and Personal” Robert Kramer, Ph.D. Professor of History St. Norbert College |
| Oct. 29, 2016 | Nonviolence Training Day: Developing the Skills for Social Change Jim Handley, UW-Stout Co-sponsored by The Norman Miller Center and Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies |
| Nov. 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| Nov. 8, 2016 |
Election Watch Party |
| Nov. 10, 2016 | Salam Neighbor - Film Viewing ”Salam (Hello) Neighbor“ is a film and campaign to connect the world to refugees. The film follows the journey of Chris and Zach as the first filmmakers ever allowed to be registered and given a tent inside Za'atari, the Jordanian refugee camp near the Syrian border, which is home to over 80,000 Syrian refugees. |
| Nov. 30, 2016 | What Can a President Do? The 2016 presidential election prompted a national conversation about what President-Elect Trump actually has the power to change during his presidency. In this program, we looked at what power the American president actually has, and what citizens can do to either support or oppose changes. |
| Feb. 1, 2017 | 2017 Israel/Palestine Trip Meeting A meeting for students about the summer 2017 trip to Israel and Palestine. |
| Feb. 23, 2017 |
Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty - a book discussion |
| March 2, 2017 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding“Growing up Palestinian in Israel: One Man's Journey from Revenge to Reconciliation” Aziz Abu Sarah, co-founder and co-CEO of MEJDI Tours View the recording. |
| March 7, 2017 | "Seeking Refuge" An open house gallery and interactive discussion about the refugee journey through the eyes of children. Featured the artwork and stories of refugee children from various conflict zones. Our interactive discussion, consisted of reflections from Dr. Pyne (Norman Miller Center), Dr. Osgood (Education) and Dr. Yesiltas (Political Science), all of whom have experience working with refugees or studying the recent wave of refugees into Europe. |
| March 8, 2017 | Peace Corps Information Session Jason Lemberg, regional recruiter for Peace Corps |
| March 23, 2017 | ”What's in your water?“ Drinking Water Contamination in Wisconsin: A Panel Discussion Co-sponsored with the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters |
| March 27, 2017 | The Mitzvah Project: A One-Person Play and Lecture Roger Grunwald |
| March 30-31, 2017 | Wisconsin Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies Conference Gender, Peace, and Conflict: Toward a Deeper Understanding An interdisciplinary conference for students and faculty at Alverno College in Milwaukee. |
| April 6, 2017 | Better Together Day Better Together Day celebrates interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Part of the Interfaith Youth Core, Better Together Day events vary every year and at every campus. |
| April 28, 2017 | Arbor Day - Tree Planting Ceremony |
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Sept. 16 9am-4pm St. Norbert Campus |
SNC Day and Constitution Day |
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Sept. 21, 2023 11:00 am-1:00 pm Baer Mall |
International Day of Peace Tie-Dying Party Stop by to tie-dye your own Teach Peace t-shirt in celebration of the International Day of Peace. All supplies and t-shirts will be available at no cost to the SNC community while supplies last. Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more. |
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Sept. 21, 2023 5:30 pm Hendrickson Dining-Bemis International Center |
St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace honoring Elad Vazana Elad Vazana is an educator, multi-narrative tour guide, artist, and experienced mediator |
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Oct. 3, 2023 12:00 pm Virtual Event |
Imagining Human Right Series featuring Aaron Hughes and Pablo Mendoza |
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Fall Semester |
BOOK STUDY SMALL GROUPS & AUTHOR VISIT TO SNC CAMPUS |
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Oct. 17, 2023 7:00 pm Walter Theatre |
"A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill" The program will begin with brief remarks from Sherrilyn Ifill who will then be joined on stage by Sarah Spain of ESPN and Robyn Davis, President and CEO of Brown County United Way, for a conversation style interview. |
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Oct. 19, 2023 6:30 pm Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center |
Grief upon Grief: Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Question Join the Norman Miller Center for a Panel Discussion on the current conflict in the Middle East with our campus Middle East scholars. Dr. Robert Kramer, Professor of History This program will be presented in a hybrid format. |
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Nov. 2, 2023 6:30 pm Fort Howard Theater Bemis International Center |
America's Real Sister Act: Illuminating the Hidden Lives and Legacies of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States Subversive Habits provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United Drawing upon a wide array of sources, including previously sealed church records and over 100 oral history interviews, this book tells the story of America’s real sister act: how generations of Black Catholic women and girls called to religious life in the Roman Catholic Church fought against racism, sexism, and exclusion to become and minister as consecrated women of God. This groundbreaking study also turns overdue attention to women’s religious life as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation—and thus an important battleground in the long African American freedom struggle. Dr. Shannen Dee Williams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Dayton. She is an award-winning scholar of the African American experience and Black Catholicism with research and teaching specializations in women’s, religious, and Black freedom movement history. |
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Nov. 15-18, 2023 St. Norbert Campus |
Spirituals: An African American Art Form at SNC-A Music Residency The Norman Miller Center and Music Department at St. Norbert are excited to host a music residency on campus from November 15-18. This residency features 4 opportunities for our community to connect with the music and experience of Charles Lloyd, Jr., Richard Hobson and Kearstin Piper Brown. These interactive masterclasses will kick off the residency and are open to the public to join -Voice Masterclass with Professor Richard Hobson All performances are free and open to the public -Autumn Strings Orchestra Concert -From Mozart to Charles Lloyd, Jr.: An Evening of Arias, Songs and Spirituals Bios |
2022-2023
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Sept. 17, 2022 10 a.m.- St. Norbert Campus
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SNC Day and Constitution Day The Norman Miller Center will be set up in the main walkway of campus for the campus wide SNC Day. Stop by to get information about voting as a student, register to vote and pick up your own copy of the Constitution. |
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Sept. 21, 2022 6-7pm Mulva 101 |
Reclaiming Voice: Using Tribal Voices to Reclaim Tribal Sovereignty Oneida Museum Curator Dr. Courtney Cottrell, professional Anthropologist and member of both the Brothertown and Oneida Nations, will discuss the political and economic rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as how cultural centers like the Oneida Museum serve as enriching learning environments in our own community. This presentation will contextualize how colonialism has affected Wisconsin Tribal Sovereignty, as well as how modern Tribal Sovereignty and Tribal-owned gaming establishments help support cultural programs like the Oneida Museum. This program is in partnership with the Teacher Education Program. |
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Sept. 26, 2022 6-7pm Fort Howard Theater |
Catholic Identity and LGBTQ+ Inclusion Join Bishop John Stowe, Diocese of Lexington KY, as he examines the role of LGBTQ+ inclusion in Catholic Identity. "LGBTQ people reflect the image and likeness of God, just as anyone else, and so it is our duty to love and defend them." – Bishop Stowe, America Magazine
This program is made possible through funding from the Theology & Religious Studies Discipline, the Norman Miller Center, the Cassandra Voss Center, the Killeen Chair in Theology & Philosophy and the Center for Norbertine Studies. |
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Sept 29, 2022 5:30 p.m. Hendrickson Dining Room Bemis International Center |
"BROKENNESS AND BEAUTY: Peacemaking in a World in Crisis St. Norbert College Ambassador of Peace honoring Jill Drzewiecki Join us as we honor Jill Drzewiecki ’99 as the St. Norbert College Ambassador of Peace. Ms Drzewiecki is the Gender-Responsive Education Specialist with Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) in Rome, Italy. There will be appetizers and beverages available starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by the presentation of the Ambassador of Peace award and lecture given by Ms. Drzewiecki at 6:15 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. |
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Oct. 4, 2022 8:45-9:30am or 10:45-11:30am Virtual Program |
Artist Lecture with Ger Xiong Ger Xiong is an artist who was born in Thailand and immigrated to the United States in 1993 as a Hmong refugee of the Vietnam War. His work explores the interplay between culture, identity and image. He received his BFA from UW Whitewater and MFA from New Mexico State University with an emphasis in Metals and Jewelry. He received a ten month Fulbright Fellowship from 2019-2020 to research and collaborate with Hmong artisans. |
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Oct. 11, 2022 6-7pm Mulva 101 |
Educational Policies and Historical Issues affecting First Nation Students Join Oneida Elder Wanda Anton and Oneida educator with the GBAPS Stephanie Pekah as they examine the historical impact of laws (like the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 and Wisconsin Act 10) on teacher confidences in their ability to deliver of authentic lessons about Native American cultures (specifically in music). To summarize the research, many teachers struggle to identify and deliver authentic experiences for our own students because we were never provided with those experiences ourselves. This program is being offered in partnership with Teacher Education and meets HR ED Hour requirements. |
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Oct. 20, 2022 12-2pm Mulva Library Flex Space |
Get Out The Vote Banner Making Workshop with Moki Tantoco This get-out-the-vote banner-making workshop is in association with the Aram Han Sifuentes Exhibition "Let Us Vote" in the Bush Art Center Galleries. Aram Han Sifuentes is a social practice artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Her work often revolves around skill sharing, specifically sewing techniques, to create multiethnic and intergenerational sewing circles, which become a place for empowerment, subversion, and protest. The program is made possible through funding from The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice, & Public Understanding, The Honors Program, The Office of Student Inclusion and Belonging, The Mulva Library, the Bush Art Center Galleries, and the Art Department |
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Oct. 25, 2022 7 p.m. Walter Theater |
"Global Challenges to Human Rights Today" From refugee crises to global poverty, rigged elections and growing populism — and the intolerance and oppression it breeds — we are at a pivotal moment in the fight for human rights. Throughout his years of service as a career diplomat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has been a champion for the protection of fundamental human rights. His work has involved the security of equality, justice, and respect -- and has directly influenced international justice, United Nations peacekeeping and women's development. In this lecture, Zeid discusses his concerns about the threats to global stability posed by such forces as racism, xenophobia, nationalism and authoritarian leaders, and poses that the safety of humanity will be secured only through vision, energy and generosity of spirit. According to Zeid, "Silence does not earn you any respect -- none," and only through civic activism can we ensure equality and justice. After his lecture, Zeid will be joined onstage by Micheline Ishay, Ph.D., Professor of Human Rights and International Studies at the University of Denver's Korbel School for International Studies, for conversation and questions. This event will also serve as the first public launch of Professor Ishay's "Human Rights Reader" (Third Edition). https://www.routledge.com/The.../Ishay/p/book/9780367634612 This lecture is supported by the Norman Miller Center Endowment. |
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Nov. 8, 2022 9am-4pm Between the Mulva Library and Admissions |
Election Day Prizes! Food! Photo Booth! and free T-shirts!!
Today is the day for the midterm elections and we want to celebrate voting and civic engagement. Stop by the tent between the Mulva Library and Admissions to sign up for raffles, snag free food and swag or catch a shuttle to our polling place. There is still time to register and vote in WI on election day, we will have people to help with any questions you may have. All of welcome even if you are not voting! |
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January 26, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 6:30-8:30 pm |
"Reckonings" Documentary and Panel Discussion Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the new documentary "Reckonings," which looks at the question of reparations after the Holocaust. This precedes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27). RECKONINGS is the first documentary feature to chronicle the harrowing process of negotiating German reparations for the Jewish people, which resulted in the groundbreaking Luxembourg Agreements of 1952. Filmed in six countries and featuring new interviews with Holocaust survivors, world-renowned scholars and dignitaries, and the last surviving member of the negotiating delegations, this film powerfully models how political will and a moral imperative can join forces to bridge an impossible divide. Could the perpetrators face their crimes? Could any compensation deliver justice to the survivors? Under the threat of violence, 6 years after the Holocaust, a group of German and Jewish leaders pushed for reparations as a step towards healing. |
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February 2, 2023 Norman Miller Center 7:00 pm |
Valentine's Card Writing Service Project Come and make Valentine's cards for the nurses, doctors, and general staff at St. Vincent and St. Mary's Hospital thanking them for all their service and support of the Altrusa House. The Altrusa House provides housing for families as their loved ones are being treated in the hospital, creating a home away from home. |
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February 13, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 5:00 p.m. |
Black History Month Program hosted by Dr. Craig Ford featuring Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow "Sankofa: Christian Mission for the 21st Century" Every month is Black History Month. Black Catholic history is Catholic history. God’s gift of Blackness is created to benefit all of humanity. In the spirit of Sankofa, a principle of the Akan people of Ghana, West Africa, this presentation will reflect on the relevance of African American culture in times such as these. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow is a pastoral theologian who writes, consults and presents on |
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March 31, 2023 Bemis International Center |
Innovative Peacebuilding in Times of Trouble 2023 Annual Student-Faculty Conference on Peace and Conflict Studies |
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Postponed; new date TBD |
"A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill" Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill, the second woman to ever lead LDF, provided visionary and transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation’s history. This program is supported through funding from the Norman Miller Family Foundation |
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April 17, 2023 Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center 6:30 pm |
Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe |
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RESCHEDULED DATE April 19, 2023 Mulva 101 4:00 pm |
SNC/UWGB International Visiting Scholar program presents: Fadi and Abeer Rishmawi are Palestinian Christians, here to speak about life in the West Bank, which has been under Israeli military occupation for 55 years. Their experiences reflect not only the daily lives of Palestinians under occupation, but also the lives of an ancient Christian community that is now threatened with extinction. Abeer is a kindergarten teacher, while her husband Fadi is a former hospital administrator. This program is co-sponsored by the SNC Center for Global Engagement |
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May 3, 2023 Mulva First Floor Flex 6:30 pm |
Book Launch event with author Rob Eschmann From cell phone footage of police killing unarmed Black people to leaked racist messages and even comments from friends and family on social media, online communication exposes how racism operates in a world that pretends to be colorblind. In When the Hood Comes Off, Rob Eschmann blends rigorous research and engaging personal narrative to examine the effects of online racism on communities of color and society, and the unexpected ways that digital technologies enable innovative everyday tools of antiracist resistance. Drawing on a wealth of data, including interviews with students of Color around the country and analyses of millions of social media posts over the past decade, Eschmann investigates the influence of online communication on face-to-face interactions. When the Hood Comes Off highlights the power of the internet as an organizing tool, and shows that online racism can be a profound wake-up call. How will we respond? Rob Eschmann is a scholar, filmmaker and educator from Chicago. He is Associate Professor of Social Work and a member of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University, as well as Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. |
2021-2022
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Sept. 14 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Aram Han Sifuentes Aram Han Sifuentes is a fiber and social practice artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Her work often revolves around skill sharing, specifically sewing techniques, to create multiethnic and intergenerational sewing circles, which become a place for empowerment, subversion, and protest. Exhibitions of her work have been exhibited at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (Chicago), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago), Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis), MCA Denver (Denver), and Moody Center for the Arts (Houston). Her multi-stage solo exhibition, Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes, is currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles) through 2023. |
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Sept. 14 2-4 p.m. Campus Center Lawn |
SNC Involvement Fair Stop by the NMC table at the Involvement fair to learn more about our programming, write a postcard to refugee children through the JRS Any Refugee program or register to vote with the help of COVO. |
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Sept. 17 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Michels Commons Lobby |
Constitution Day The NMC staff will be distributing pocket copies of the US Constitution outside of Ruth's Marketplace over the lunch hours. Stop by to pick up you own copy. |
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Oct. 5 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with U.S. Department of Arts and Culture Founded in 2013 The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) is a “people-powered department” (not a federal agency) committed to supporting individuals and organizations in mobilizing creativity in the service of justice. While social issues may be grounded in politics and economics, the USDAC believes that to change the world we need to change the story. Images, language, and attitudes affect our ability to understand and act on the challenges we face as a society. The USDAC offers pathways of engagement for individuals and organizations eager to deepen a commitment to creativity and social change through the promotion of caring, reciprocity, and open communication. |
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Oct. 5 7 p.m. Lecture Virtual Program |
Norman and Louis Miller Lecture Series with Nadine Strossen “How Should We Resist Hate? Free Speech vs. Censorship” Professor Strossen's presentation will explain why the grand goals of the Miller Lecture – “celebrating human dignity and encouraging better understanding between people” – are best promoted by freedom of speech, even for hateful, extremist, and false speech. Although calls to censor such speech are well-intentioned, experience demonstrates that censorship inevitably is at best ineffective, and at worst counterproductive, in advancing these important goals. She will dispel several common misunderstandings about free speech law that undermine support for it. She will also discuss the many non-censorial measures that are more constructive in promoting individual dignity and intergroup understanding. She is especially looking forward to the audience Q&A session, because she is eager to answer as many questions and comments as possible that audience members may have about any free speech issues. Follow this link to view the lecture |
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Oct. 6 1:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Book discussion with Nadine Strossen: "HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship"
On October 5, the Norman Miller Center will welcome virtually Nadine Strossen, immediate past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008) and the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School, for the Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding. Strossen is a leading expert in constitutional law and civil liberties. In anticipation of her visit, we are offering an opportunity for St. Norbert College faculty and staff to read and discuss her recent book, which is the topic of her presentation. In HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, Strossen makes the argument that the best approach to combat hateful, extremist, and false speech is through counter speech. She maintains that although calls to censor hateful speech may be well-intentioned, such efforts are ineffective and counterproductive. The NMC will provide free copies of the book for up to 20 participants, who will join Strossen for a private discussion of the book and her lecture on October 6.
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Oct. 11 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Bemis International Center/Virtual program via Zoom |
Ambassador of Peace Award honoring Bishop Mark Seitz Reception Award Presentation and Lecture Eucharist: The Body of Christ in History At the core of Christianity stands the conviction that the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ inaugurated a new moment in human history, with the birth of a community called to be witnesses to the end of victimization, the refusal to return violence for violence, and boundless hospitality and mercy given to us in the Eucharist. As a people nourished by the Eucharist, the church is called to risk entering into the world of the Crucified ones of today, to unlearn a sinful and dehumanizing logic that continues to weigh heavily on the poor, and to enact in history the way of agape and Communion. In this talk, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso speaks to his experience of a Eucharistic church that does justice on the US-Mexico border. Both the reception and lecture are free and open to the public |
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Oct. 14 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Afghanistan and Refugees Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Oct. 18 7 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Refugee Resettlement in Brown County: A Panel Discussion and Community Forum" In partnership with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay, the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding is hosting a panel discussion and community forum focusing on refugee resettlement in Brown County. We will be joined by several area experts, including Karmen Lemke (Executive Director, Catholic Charities), Said Hassan (Executive Director, Community Services Agency, Inc. [COMSA]), immigration attorney Sarah Griffiths, and others.
The program, which begins at 7pm on October 18, will be offered virtually via Zoom.
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Oct. 28 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Climate Change: Conspiracy Theory or Truth? Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Nov. 15 5:30 pm. Mulva 101 |
The 40 Million Unseen: Fight Human Trafficking with Fashion Join the NMC student staff in collaboration with Dressember for student-lead discussion on human trafficking, its intersectionality, and how you can help fight it. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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Nov. 16 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Valeria Mogilevich Valeria is a designer and educator creating visual tools and curricula that translate complicated things for laypeople. She has over fourteen years of experience working at the intersection of education, design, and community engagement. She specializes in demystifying policy, authentic engagement strategies, collaboration, experiential education, and working with immigrant communities. Valeria has collaborated on visual "explainers", curricula, community engagement strategies, and public artworks with grassroots organizations, government agencies, and cultural institutions |
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Nov. 18 3:30 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Supporting Refugee Resettlement in Northeastern Wisconsin" Hear from local experts involved with refugee issues about US government policies affecting refugee resettlement, how the media shapes the public's perceptions of refugee communities, and how local organizations are working to support refugees in the resettlement process. Q&A to follow. This program is co-sponsored by the SNC Center for Global Engagement. |
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Nov. 23 12 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series with Matthijs de Bruijne Matthijs de Bruijne’s practice is a result of direct political involvement. In recent years it has taken the form of collaboration with trade unions and other labor organizations. In 2010 he was invited by the Dutch Union of Cleaners to work as an artist helping this worker’s led organization to visualize their messages in a clear manner and by creating a recognizable identity for this union in the Netherlands. Since 2020 he has been creating the archive of this union which will be gifted to the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.
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Nov. 30 12 p.m. Mulva Flex Space |
An Imminent Wave: Climate Change and Migration Join us in the Mulva Library flex space for an interactive learning experience exploring the intersection of climate change and refugee issues developed by the ART 285: Art in a Democratic Society students. |
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Dec. 6 6 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Roundtable Meetings: Green Bay & WI: Are the Stereotypes Real? Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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Dec. 9 6-8 p.m. Cofrin/Bemis Courtyard and Cofrin 11 |
The Land We Live On
Join First Nations Advocates Wanda F. Anton and Ms. Cheyenne Grignon as
they explore 3 areas "Our Medicines", "Pow-wow Etiquette-Building Authentic Relationships" and "First Nations Peoples' experiences(past & present) in school systems" We will begin in the courtyard between Cofrin Hall and Bemis International Center, then the group will move to Cofrin 11.
This program is being offered in partnership with Teacher Education
Presenters:
-Wanda F. Anton-First Nations Advocate, Educator and Elder ASU-BS Secondary Ed-MBA-Keller Graduate School of Management Enrolled member of the Nde' Nation, Akimel O'otham, and Dine' -Ms. Cheyenne Grignon-First Nations Advocate, Educator
BS in Criminal Justice Concordia University Enrolled Tribal Member of the Menominee Nation |
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Jan. 25, 2022 11:30 a.m.- Virtual Program |
“The Power of Unity: Rekindling the Spirit of Optimism” with Platon A master communicator and storyteller, Platon has photographed a unique mix of subjects across the globe — ranging from the world’s most powerful to everyday people. Through his up-close-and-personal experiences with disparate figures, Platon pulls back the façade of our differences to reveal our common humanity. In a call for unity, he shows how we can wield mankind to rekindle the spirit of optimism and propel ourselves forward. Platon’s unique and emotive presentation promises to bring people together to embrace new perspectives, bridge divides, and create a stronger sense of belonging. Taking listeners on an emotional journey, from laughter to tears to reflection, he’ll leave our audience wanting more from this master of his craft. In times of rapid transformation and increased divisiveness, Platon believes we need to tap into our common humanity to bridge the divide and rekindle the spirit of optimism. Platon’s organization (The People’s Portfolio) focuses on 10 buckets, including: Sexual Violence in the Congo, Human Rights Defenders, US Immigration, The American Civil Rights Movement, & Disability Rights. This program is being presented in partnership with NWTC Student Involvement. |
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Feb. 16 7:00 p.m. Fort Howard Theater and Virtually via Zoom |
"Black Lives Matter: A Theology" featuring Dr. Craig A. Ford, Jr., Ph.D The emergence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a movement has sent shockwaves through America’s social and political landscape. At the same time, misconceptions about and distortions of the movement are many. In this presentation, we will explore BLM from a theological perspective: which insights into understanding God are given through studying the movement? And by doing so, what misconceptions and distortions can be eliminated? What questions remain? |
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Feb. 24 12:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art, Technology, & Society Lecture Series featuring Kite (aka Suzanne Kite) Kite is an Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer, a PhD candidate at Concordia University, Research Assistant for the Initiative for Indigenous Futures, a 2019 Trudeau Scholar, and a 2020 Tulsa Artist Fellow. Her research is concerned with contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance practice. |
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Feb. 24 2-3 p.m. Virtual Program |
Injustice on Campus Series: "My Potential was Anonymous: The Educational Desires and Experiences of Men of Color in College" featuring Derrick R. Brooms, Ph.D. Understanding how Men of Color make sense of, navigate, and negotiate their higher education experiences continues to be a pressing need for researchers, educators, and educational stakeholders, especially given data regarding their retention and graduation. Importantly, their experiences reveal a great deal about how social institutions (such as schools) act upon them and the inopportune-opportunity structure that they must navigate. In my research and practice, I center student voices, experiences, and narratives and pay close attention to how their racialized and gendered identities matter in their college years. Given the ways that they often are repositioned away from success, taking account of their agency, critical consciousness, and resilience and identifying ways to transform educational praxis and institutional cultures are paramount to help support and bolster their success efforts. |
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Feb. 28- March 11 |
"Hearts of Glass" documentary screening and panel discussion Hearts of Glass follows the tumultuous first 15 months of operation of Vertical Harvest (VH) of Jackson, Wyoming, a state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse that provides meaningful employment for people with disabilities. The film weaves the story of VH’s launch with the personal journeys of employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Plants and people grow together in this intimate portrait of innovation, inclusion and impact. The film is being presented with descriptive audio and closed captioning (English and Spanish). |
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March 8 6:30 p.m. Virtual |
International Women's Day Panel Join the Norman Miller Center onTuesday, March 8th for a virtual panel discussion celebrating International Women’s Day. This event will feature panelists from the greater Green Bay area, including local politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, and medical professionals. These inspiring women will gather to discuss their stories and answer questions about their leadership. |
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March 10 12:00 p.m. Virtual Program |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series featuring Paolo Cirio Paolo Cirio is an Italian conceptual artist, hacktivist, and cultural critic currently living in New York. Cirio's work embodies hacker ethics, such as open access, privacy policies, and the critique of economic, legal, and political models. He shows his research and intervention-based works through artifacts, photos, installations, videos, and public art. He exhibits internationally and has won several prestigious awards, grants, commissions, and fellowships. |
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March 24 3-4 p.m. Virtual Program |
Injustice on Campus Series: "Campus Encounters with Muslim Women" featuring Dr. Shabana Mir College is supposed to be a world of freedom and self-discovery, a promise that is open to everyone. Or is it? Does a diverse campus community welcome all students equally? What about Muslim students? How do their peers perceive Muslim women undergraduates? In this talk, you will hear Muslim undergraduate women’s stories I gathered during my research, as I tell you what prejudice and stereotype looks like in the mundane moments on campus. I will explore how Muslim college students – Black, White, of immigrant background - “wear” stigmatized identities, and how they play those identities - up or down. |
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March 22 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Pizza and beverages will be provided. No registration needed |
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March 27 7 p.m. Dudley Birder Hall |
“Etty” Starring Susan Stein Etty is a touring one-woman play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, adapted and performed by Susan Stein. Directed by Austin Pendleton. Using only Etty Hillesum’s words, Susan Stein’s adaptation brings us to 1941 when Esther “Etty” Hillesum, a young Dutch Jewish woman, is living in Amsterdam. Upon the recommendation of her therapist, Julius Spier, she began a diary on 8 March 1941 to help her with her depression. Hoping to become a writer, the diaries take on their own literary life, presenting both Etty’s growth as a writer and spiritual transformation. As deportations begin, she prepares for the three-day journey eastward, she digs deeper into her soul to understand “this piece of history” and root out any hatred or bitterness, believing that humanity is the best and only solution for survival. Etty’s words, insights and beliefs reach out from the Holocaust and allow us to see the power of hope and individual thought in the most extreme circumstances. In her gentle yet forthright way, Etty asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz but to let her have a “bit of a say” in what she hopes will be a new world. |
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March 31 2:30 p.m. Mulva Library First Floor Flex Space and Virtual via Zoom |
"Letters from Prison: A Workshop with Susan Stein"
The Norman Miller Center in partnership with the Mulva Library are excited to host Susan Stein for her "Letters from Prison Workshop."
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his Letter from the Birmingham Jail in 1963. A generation earlier, Etty Hillesum wrote her Letter from Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands. Reading these side-by-side along with other letters written from prisons, participants consider the choice to love not hate, the commitment to non-violence, and the power of bearing witness from behind bars. This workshop explores how those
incarcerated used language in pursuit of freedom, justice, and resistance. |
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April 6 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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April 12 5:15 p.m. 7 p.m. Walter Theatre |
“Mighty Be Our Powers: Investing in the Next Generation of Peacebuilders” Invite-Only Reception Public Lecture Leymah Gbowee will share how she forged an interfaith coalition of women to end Liberia’s civil war, the journey since receiving the Nobel Peace Prize ten years ago, and her hopes for the future ahead. This lecture is supported by the Norman Miller Center Endowment. |
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April 19 6:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Student Led Student Roundtable Join the NMC student staff for a student-led conversation focusing on a different topic for each one. Snacks and beverages will be provided. |
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Friday, Apr. 22, 2022 12-1 p.m. Virtual Program |
"Empowered to Rise" with José Rosario This talk is where I share my personal story and discuss how acknowledging my identities changed the ways in which I engage in advocacy and clinical work. More specifically, I talk about connecting with people because of my personal experiences of difference. This personal growth reminds me that each individual we support has intersecting identities that must be considered in order to truly promote healing. My hope is that by the end of the talk, the audience begins to consider their identities and how this impacts their work. Above all, I want to make it clear that our stories have power and being vulnerable allows us to connect. It is crucial to empower those who feel silenced to share their whole truth. |
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Sept. 2 1-2:15 p.m. Virtual Event |
Ms. Lillian Medville creator of "Your Privilege is Showing" Join Associate Professor of Teacher Education at St. Norbert College Erica Southworth as she hosts a virtual conversation with Lillian Medville creator of "Your Privilege is Showing" The fundamental philosophy is that systems of oppression(sexism, racism, privilege, ableism, classism, among others) are both personal and universal. We have all, no matter who we are, internalized and participated in these systems, and are hurt by them in some way. And still, we don't talk about them. This session provides the Brave Space container necessary for direct, and personal conversations to happen and social emotional learning to take place. |
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Sept. 2 and 3 11 a.m.- Baer Mall |
Voter Registration Drive and Get Out the Vote Pledge Stop by Baer Mall to register to vote, ask questions about voting and to take the Get Out the Vote Pledge to score some swag. We will have representatives from COVO to answer questions and get you registered. |
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Sept. 8 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Center for Creative Citizenship The Maryland Institute College of Art’s Center for Creative Citizenship integrates civic learning and action, as well as Follow this link for more information. |
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Sept. 17 11 a.m.- Baer Mall |
U.S. Constitution Day Stop by and pick up a pocket version of the U.S. Constitution |
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Sept. 17 7-9 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" The film documents a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, the movement started with praying and singing in a fish market. Leymah Gbowee organized the Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia, Liberia to pray for peace and to organize nonviolent protests. Dressed in white to symbolize peace, and numbering in the thousands, the women became a political force against violence and against their government. Their movement led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. There is limited in-person seating available for this event, please arrive early to assure a seat. Doors will be closed once occupancy is met. Social distance and masking must be observed throughout the duration of the event. |
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Sept. 21 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Resilience as a Community" a Miller Lecture event with Leymah Gbowee Consistent with the purposes of the Norman and Louis Miller Lecture Series, Ms. Gbowee wrote, "In the middle of this heartbreaking pandemic, notice that it is alerting global citizens--regardless of race, status, and accomplishments--to rethink life, our interactions, and attitudes toward "the other" and many more. This moment in our global history has forcibly reminded us of the inevitable truth--we are more connected than we are divided and our humanity is tied in ways that we have sadly allowed ourselves to forget. As we navigate this moment, let us all use our moments of social distancing to think about acts that bring our societies closer when the dust settles." Ms. Gbowee won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women's rights advocate. She is the founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa. Ms. Gbowee is best known for leading a nonviolent movement of Christian and Muslim women which played a pivotal role in ending the fourteen-year Liberian civil war. Q&A with audience to follow. Click here to view the recording
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Sept. 22 2-4 p.m. Baer Mall |
Voting Information/Education Table Stop by the voter information/education tables in Baer Mall to connect with Rachel Benck, our CEEP fellow, and COVO about voting questions. |
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Sept. 24 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"From Civility to Justice-Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good" with MT Dàvila Join MT Davila, Associate Professor of Practice at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts and president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) for this virtual conversation across the aisle. Dr. Dávila will present a lecture entitled From Civility to Justice: Conversations Across the Aisle for Human Dignity and the Common Good. In this talk she will explore the ways in which an emphasis on civility in the midst of our present political polarization can do great harm to many of the most vulnerable, minoritized, and marginalized populations among us, by allowing continued injustices to be perpetrated against migrant families, trans men and women, religious minorities, and others. By contrast, in order to restore justice as a core principle of our public discourse, Dr. Dávila argues we must redirect our attention away from civility alone and reevaluate our conceptions of such basic principles of justice as human dignity and the common good. This event is co-sponsored by the Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy |
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Sept. 29 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Amanda Lovelee Amanda Lovelee is a visual artist based in Minnesota. Lovelee had focused on civic engagement through a variety of projects. She worked as a "City Artist" through The Public Art St. Paul Program developing projects that made city planning more accessible to city residents.
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Sept. 29 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Presidential Debate Viewing Party Join other SNC campus members to watch the 2020 Presidential debate. Co-Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society. |
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Oct. 1 7:00 p.m. Virtual Even |
Documentary Discussion: "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" Join us for a discussion of the documentary "White Right: Meeting the Enemy" ahead of Arno Michaelis' event on Oct. 13. Watch the film on your own schedule and join us virtual to discuss it. The documentary is streaming for free on SNC Kanopy. |
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Oct. 7 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Vice Presidential Debate Viewing Party Join other SNC campus members to watch the 2020 Vice-Presidential debate. Co-Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society. |
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Oct. 13 7-8:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"The Gift of our Wounds" a conversation with Arno Michaelis In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Arno Michaelis was a founding member of a notorious worldwide racist skinhead organization, a reverend of a self-declared holy war and frontman of the hate-medal band, Centurion, which sold 20,000 CDs by the mid-nineties and is still popular with racists today. Single parenthood, love for his daughter and the forgiveness shown by people he once hated all helped turn Arno's life around, bringing him to embrace diversity and practice gratitude for all life. After spending over a decade as a successful information technology consultant and entrepreneur, Arno is now a speaker, author of My Life After Hate and very fortunate to be able to share his ongoing process of character development with the world in an effort to counter the cycle of violence he once fueled. Arno is featured in the Deeyah Kahn documentary "White Right Meeting the Enemy" . This film is available on SNC Kanopy. We recommend viewing the film at your convenience prior to the program. Click here to view the recording. |
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Oct. 21 3:30-4:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Fr. Gregory Boyle Book Discussion with Bridget Burke Ravizza, Cabrini Jablon, and Becky Lahti
In anticipation of Fr. Gregory Boyle's virtual visit to SNC as the 2020 St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace (award presentation and lecture on October 27), the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding is hosting a faculty/staff discussion of his book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. Leading this Zoom discussion will be Becky Lahti, Interim Co-Director of the Emmaus Center, Cabrini Jablon, Associate Director of Admission, and Bridget Burke Ravizza, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies. The book discussion will take place on October 21, from 3:30 to 4:30pm. Please follow the link below to register.
The Norman Miller Center will provide free copies of the book for the first 25 SNC faculty or staff members who register and request a copy. If you already have a copy of the book, you will be able to note that on the registration form as well.
Registration is closed for this discussion.
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Oct. 21 7-8:15 p.m. Virtual Event |
peakers include Marjan Safinia, Director of And She Could be Next; Ashley O’Shay, Director of Unapologetic; Yamila Ruiz, National High Road Director of One Fair Wage; Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body is Not An Apology Author & Activist; and moderated by Astra Taylor, filmmaker, activist & author, most recently of Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone. Co-hosted by The Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College, The Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW Stout & The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and in partnership with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC). These events will provide simultaneous English to Spanish language interpretation and Certified Deaf Interpreters. To access Spanish interpretation, please download the Zoom application to your desktop or mobile device.
These events are intended to be a non-partisan event on the importance of voting. We encourage everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to register to vote and vote in the elections this Fall to help preserve the integrity of our democracy. |
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Oct. 22 7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Purple: America, We Need to Talk" short film discussion Join us for a discussion of the short film "Purple" which is about polarized political parties. Watch the film on your own schedule then come to the discussion with an open mind. The film can be viewed through this link. |
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Oct. 27
7 p.m. Virtual Event |
"The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness" Ambassador of Peace Award with Fr. Gregory Boyle Fr. Boyle will share what he has learned in three decades working with marginalized populations at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA--that love is the answer, community is the context and tenderness is the connective tissue. Tenderness reflects the foundational notion that there are no is and them, only us. homeboy seeks to be what the world is invited to become. Kinship cannot happen without tenderness. A native Angeleno and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Father Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Father Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called "decade of death" that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings In 1988 they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women who walk through its door every year seeking a better life. Click here to view the recording. |
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Nov. 3 |
Election Day Shuttles will be running from 8:30am-4:45pm in a continuous circle departing from the cul du sac between Admissions and the Mulva Library. |
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Nov. 10 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture: Girl Child Art Foundation The Girl Child Art Foundation is an organization based in Lagos Nigeria that focuses on advocacy, empowerment, and civic engagement of girls through the arts. |
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Nov. 10 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Discovery of a New Nation: Native Americans and the beginning of the United States: A Conversation with Heather Bruegl, M.A., Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community and an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation Join Heather Bruegl as she connects to the broad themes of peace, justice, and public understanding. Native History predates 1492. Native peoples have been on the North American continent for centuries before colonization began. Learn about U.S. History but from perspective of Native Americans. From the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy to landing on Plymouth Rock. From the Lost Colony of Roanoke to the tribes that participated in the American Revolution and the move westward. Discover the creation of the treaties between the United States and Native Nations. Finally learn about the beginning of the end for Native Nations with Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears. This lecture begins in the 1100’s and ends just before the Civil War in 1860. |
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Nov. 10 2-3:30 p.m. Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Screening of Warrior Women In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families. Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter. Today, with Marcy now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the environmental devastation of the Dakota Access Pipeline and for Indigenous cultural values. Through a circular Indigenous style of storytelling, this film explores what it means to navigate a movement and motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down and transformed from generation to generation in the context of colonizing government that meets Native resistance with violence. Social distancing and masking will be required in the theater and attendance will be limited. This program is co-sponsored by Multicultural Student Services and The Council of Indigenous People. |
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Nov. 12 12-1 p.m. Virtual Event |
Madonna Thunder Hawk Q&A Join Dr. Vicky Tashjian, Professor of History at St. Norbert College as she hosts a Q&A session with Madonna Thunder Hawk. Madonna Thunder Hawk is s a Native American civil rights activist best known as a leader in the American Indian Movement (AIM) and as an organizer against the Dakota Access Pipeline. She is also featured in the documentary Warrior Women. This film is streaming on SNC Kanopy and we encourage all participants to watch the film before the Q&A. |
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Nov. 17 12-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art in a Democratic Society Lecture Series: Laurie Jo Reynolds Laurie Jo Reynolds is an artist, policy advocate, and researcher who developed the concept of “Legislative Art”, an art practice that seeks to intervene in government systems with the goal of concrete political change. |
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Nov. 23 7-8 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Conversations at Home" Returning home after a semester at college can be stressful — even more so after months of political controversy and a pandemic. As you anticipate potentially difficult conversations back home, this virtual panel discussion will offer suggestions for a peaceful and productive transition. Please join the conversation with Dr. Jennifer Hockenbery (Dean of Humanities), Dr. Bruce Robertson (Director of Counseling and Career Development), Tanner Anderson (Area Coordinator and LGBTQ+ Support Services Coordinator), Derek Elkins (Interim Co-Director of the Emmaus Center), Dr. Robert Pyne (Director of the Norman Miller Center), and Bethany Kreklow (Student Community Organizer, Norman Miller Center).
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Nov. 29 6-7:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day: a Hunger for God, a Striving for Goodness, a Passion for Justice Join David Brooks, Anne Snyder and Paul Elie for a conversation about Dorothy Day. Together they will reflect on how, in a time of pandemic and strife, 40 years after her death, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker inspire holiness and community. This event is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Guild. |
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Jan. 26 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Mythbusters: How Textbook Pictures 'Whitewash' Religious History" hosted by Dr. Erica Southworth, Associate Professor of Education Pictures tell a 1,000 words….and what we learn from textbook pictures is purposefully designed to shape our (biased) perspectives on race and gender. This is especially true when we look at images found in K-12+ textbooks. In history texts, for example, why are Moses, Jesus, Mary, and Mohammed all mythically depicted as white Europeans instead of depicted accurately as North Africans or Southwest Asians? And why are images of Sarah, Hagar, or Khadīja absent altogether? In short, why do 21st century textbooks strip ancient religious founders of their racial identities while simultaneously reinforcing gender-based hierarchies? Join Dr. Erica Southworth (SNC Teacher Education), Ms. Melonie Zielinski (Port Washington High School), and Ms. Haley Herbst (St. John Bosco Catholic Middle School) in their interactive “Mythbusters!” presentation to learn more about these imagery social injustices. Presentation attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in imagery analysis activities to help hone their own personal and professional racial and gender myth-busting skills. |
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Feb. 10 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Homegrown Hate & Domestic Terrorism" with Daryl Johnson Daryl Johnson is one of the foremost experts on domestic extremist groups in the US. He is currently the founder of DT Analytics, a private consulting firm for law enforcement. He is regularly cited, featured, or quoted in media covering domestic extremist groups in the US, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, to name a few. Johnson is also a freelance writer for various media and civil rights organizations. In 2012, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on hate crimes and the threat of domestic extremism. Also joining the discussion this evening will be Dr. Robert Pyne, Director of the Norman Miller Center, and political science professors Dr. Wendy Scattergood and Dr. Angel Saavedra Cisneros. This program is co- hosted by The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and We Are Many, United Against Hate. Follow this link to view the video from this program. |
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Feb. 18 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Mark Tribe Mark Tribe is a New York-based artist and Graduate Programs Chair at the School of the Visual Arts in New York. His drawings, performances, installations, and photographs often deal with social and political issues. His recent work explores the relationship between landscape and technology. He is the author of two books, The Port Huron Project: Reenactments of New Left Protest Speeches (Charta, 2010) and New Media Art (Taschen, 2006). |
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March 2 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
“Fight like Hell: Redefining Incitement in the 21st Century” As we heard repeatedly during this month's impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, incitement to violence is not protected speech under the First Amendment. But what is incitement? Since 1969, the standard legal definition has been drawn from a Supreme Court case, Brandenburg v. Ohio: incitement is to encourage other people toward actions that are imminent, intended, lawless, and likely. After over 50 years, should this standard be reconsidered? Is it still relevant in the Internet age? What is the meaning of incitement in 2021? Join us for a virtual panel discussion featuring: JoAnne Sweeny, JD, PhD, Professor of Law at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville; Eric Kasper, JD, PhD, Professor of Political Science at UW-Eau Claire, and Alan Bigel, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at UW La Crosse. This program is co-sponsored by The Menard Center for Constitutional Studies at UWEC and The Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW Stout. View the program here. |
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March 8 7:00 p.m. Virtual Event
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Inspiring Female Leaders Panel Discussion This event will highlight unique females in the Green Bay community who have fascinating stories to share about career development, community involvement, personal and professional growth, and how they inspire and empower other women! The panel includes: Joidon Jennings — Green Bay Packers UX Coordinator; Networking Expert
Marissa Michalkiewicz — Founder of Giveadaam Ventures; Sustainability expert in the Green Bay Community
Kristina Shelton — Wisconsin’s 90th Assembly District Representative;
Abby Gildernik — Assistant Athletics Director at SNC
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March 10 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis' Letter on Friendship" In his third encyclical, Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis reflects on a topic of great importance: human solidarity and friendship. Following his election to the papacy, Pope Francis first greeted the world with the words fratelli e sorelle - "brothers and sisters." In this encyclical, he continues to address all men and women as his brothers and sisters, calling us to consider what our common brotherhood requires of us. Join us for a panel discussion with St. Norbert Theology and Religious Studies Professors Dr. Tom Bolin, Dr. Karen Park and Dr. Howard Ebert moderated by St. Norbert Divisional Dean of Humanities Dr. Jennifer Hockenberry And senior Theology and Religious Studies student Cole Johnson as they examine different aspect of the encyclical. The panel discussion will conclude with a Q&A period. |
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March 11 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Constance Hockaday Constance Hockaday is a Chilean American artist whose work explores issues of public space, political voice, and belonging. Hockaday holds both an MFA in Socially Engaged Art and a Masters in Conflict Resolution. She is a TED Fellow and an artist in residence at UCLA. She has received support from the Rauschenberg Foundation, Map Fund, SF MOMA, Rainin Foundation, and Headland’s Center for the Arts. Follow this to link to register. |
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March 25 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series With jackie sumell jackie sumell is a multidisciplinary artist and activist whose work interrogates the abuses of the American criminal justice system. She is best known for her collaborative project with the late Herman Wallace, one of the former Angola 3 prisoners, entitled The House That Herman Built. This project is the subject of the critically acclaimed documentary film Herman’s House. Sumell is a 2013 Open Society Soros Justice Fellow, a 2015 Nathan Cummings Foundation Recipient, a 2015 Eyebeam Project Fellow, and a 2016 Robert Rauchenberg Artist as Activist Fellow. |
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March 29 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
Voter Education Discussion Wondering why you should vote in the spring election on April 6th or what's on the ballot? |
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March 30 6:30 p.m. Virtual Event |
"Nonviolence: An Interfaith Conversation" This program will feature presentations from four advocates of nonviolence, each describing the contribution of faith traditions to their perspective. Panelists will be Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Executive Director of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and Executive Director of the Zeidler Group, which promotes dialogue across lines of difference; David Mueller, a former resident of the Catholic Worker and co-founder of the Dorothy Day Canonization Network; Jim Handley, certified Kingian nonviolence trainer and Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies at UW Stout; and Dr. Elliot Ratzman, Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department of Grinnell College, where he teaches courses in Judaism and Peace and Conflict Studies
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April 6 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Jonas Lund Jonas Lund is a Swedish conceptual artist whose work critically reflects on ccontemporary networked systems and power structures. Lund's artistic practice involves creating systems and setting up parameters that oftentimes require engagement from the viewer. This results in game-like artworks where tasks are executed according to algorithms or a set of rules. Through his works, Lund investigates the issues generated by the increasing digitalization of contemporary society like authorship, participation, and authority. |
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April 8 7:00 p.m. Walter Theatre/Virtual Event |
Spring Miller Lecture "Norbert of Xanten: The Enduring Relevance of a 950 year old Peacemaker" with Thomas Kunkel, president emeritus of St. Norbert College Norbert, similar to the Miller Lecture Series, promoted unity, communication and tolerance among different cultures, ethnicities and traditions. Join Tom Kunkel as he examines what Norbert was doing in his time and how these kinds of outreach and peacemaking are needed more than ever today. |
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April 22 11a.m.-1 p.m. Baer Mall |
Earth Day 2021 Join us in Baer Mall to learn more about what you can do to be sustainable and reduce your single use plastic use. We will be handing out reusable bags designed by the NMC's Community Organizer Cara Orbell. These bags are manufactured from pre-consumer waste generated by factories during the fabric cutting process. Through a partnership with 1% For The Planet one percent of sales of this bag will be donated to nonprofits dedicated to protecting the planet. We will also have Earth Day stickers and lots of conversation. |
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April 22 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Art, Technology and Society Lecture Series with Claudia X. Valdes Claudia X. Valdes a conceptual visual artist and educator who explores the themes of trauma, memory, perception, and embodiment in her work. Major subjects within her works have been the history of U.S. nuclear arms, physical trauma, violent conflict, and positing art as a means to both catalyze and frame social spaces for meaningful discourse and to evoke reflection upon the ethics of human decision-making and actions and their impact on individual and collective life. |
2019-2020
| Sept. 6 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Campus Center Gym |
SNC “Celebrity” Basketball Game to End Family Separation and Detention Multicultural Student Services and the Norman Miller Center will host a basketball game featuring a bucket raffle. All proceeds from the ticket sales and raffle will go to RAICES and Freedom for Immigrants. Tickets available at the door $5/students and $10/Faculty and Staff. |
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Sept. 17 11:30 a.m..-1 p.m. Ruth's Marketplace Lobby |
U.S. Constitution Day We will be distributing copies of the U.S. Constitution during lunch hours outside of Ruth’s Marketplace |
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Sept. 17 7 p.m. Lecture FK Bemis International Center |
Ambassador of Peace Award with Robyn Davis Reception Lecture |
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Sept. 20 8 a.m. St. Norbert College Grounds |
Hiroshima Peace Tree Planting |
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Sept. 21 10 a.m..-4 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
SNC Day – International Day of Peace Join us for an open house with refreshments and children's activities celebrating the International Day of Peace. Representatives from the Coalition of Voting Organizations of Brown County will also be on hand to conduct voter registration. |
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Oct. 8 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: “Right to Life: Will Human Rights Survive Climate Change?” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided |
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Oct. 10 Fort Howard Theater |
“The Middle East and the West: the Future of Human Rights” Lecture and Panel Discussion Micheline Ishay, Ph.D. author of “The Levant Express: The Arab Uprising, Human Rights and the Future of the Middle East” charts bold and realistic pathways for human rights in a region beset by political repression. economic distress, sectarian conflict, refugee crisis and violence to women. With attention to how patterns of revolution and counterrevolution play out in different societies and historical contexts, Ishay reveals the progressive potential of subterranean human rights forces and offers strategies for transforming current realities in the Middle East. Panel discussion with Daniel Stoll, Ph.D and David Coury, Ph. D. to follow. |
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Oct. 22 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: “Can He Say That? Free Speech v. Hate Speech” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided. |
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Oct. 29 5:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Lecture Walter Theatre |
“Resisting Hate Through Public Understanding: A 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Miller Lecture” Invite Only Reception Lecture |
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Nov. 5 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Mulva Library Presentation Room |
Roundtable Conversation: “Disqualify Them: Should Transgender Athletes be Allowed to Compete?” Join us for a roundtable conversation, pizza will be provided. |
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Nov. 12-13 St. Norbert College |
“Racism: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That” Concert |
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Nov. 19 6p.m.-7:30 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: "Lock 'Em up or Set "Em Loose:Who Belongs in Prison" |
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Nov. 21 Norbertine Center for Spirituality at The St. Norbert Abbey |
The Impact of Homelessness: A Community's Response Facilitator: Tony Pichler Cost: Free will offering(suggested donation $5) |
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Feb. 4 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series "Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story" This film profiles one of the most extraordinary and courageous women in American history. She was the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement that began as a newspaper to expose rampant injustices during the Great Depression. It soon expanded to become a network of houses of hospitality to welcome the poor and destitute. Revolution of the Heart includes rare archival photographs and film footage plus interviews with actor/activist Martin Sheen, public theologian Cornel West, popular author Joan Chittister, Jim Wallis of Sojourners and many more. Discussion to follow the screening with director Martin Doblmeier |
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Feb. 18 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality" The film follows 30 years of Equal Justice Initiative's work on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Told primarily in his own word, True Justice shares Bryan Stevenson's experience with a criminal justice system that "treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent." The burden of facing this system is explored in candid interviews with associated, close family members and clients. Panel discussion to follow the screening |
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Feb. 20 Michels Commons Lobby |
Better Together Day Celebration Better Together celebrates interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Join us in the lobby of Michels Commons to share your interfaith thoughts and pick up some interfaith swag. |
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Feb. 28 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Series: "Normie: The Illusion of Normal, the beauty of love." When Annemarie looks in the mirror, she sees Down Syndrome. She hate it. To her, the diagnosis is a giant barricade keeping her from the independence and intimacy she desires. She embarks on a journey of self discovery as she tries to understand what it means to be normal. Co-sponsored by SNC Best Buddies and Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin. |
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March 5 Mulva Presentation Room 101 |
"Beit Sahour: City of the 'Shepherd's Field' between Israel and Palestine" a talk with Dr. Robert Kramer Dr. Kramer, Professor of History, returned this semester after a sabbatical in the Middle East. Join us as he shares his experience. |
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March 10 Mulva Library First Floor Flex Space |
Roundtable Conversation: "Consent Beyond Sex: Trusting Relationships and Boundary Maintenance" Join us for a student led, student focused roundtable conversation, in partnership with SGA and the Mulva Library. |
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April 20 Virtual Screening |
50th Anniversary of Earth Day Documentary "The Human Element" Join us for a virtual screening of "The Human Element" with a post-screening discussion via Zoom. THis documentary follows environmental photographer, James Balog, as he travels the United States and captures the stories of everyday Americans on the frontline of climate change. This event is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Conservation Voters. |
2018-2019
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Aug. 23-24 Norman Miller Center |
Community Organizing 101 Featuring Dennis Donovan National Director for Public Achievement, Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Augsburg College |
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Sept. 4-6 Norman Miller Center |
Voter Registration Drive |
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Sept. 12 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Speaker: Philip H. Gordon CFR’s Middle East Program and Europe For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Sept. 18 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: The Cost of Higher Education |
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Sept. 19 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Rise of Authoritarian Nationalism Speaker: Madeleine K. Albright Albright Stonebridge Group; Albright Capital Management LLC; and Georgetown University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Sept. 20 Fort Howard Theater |
Action in Recovery: Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Brown County In partnership with organizations with expertise and experience in opioid addiction and recovery, St. Norbert College is hosting a free community education event focusing on the opioid epidemic in Wisconsin and Brown County. The evening begins with a resource/information fair. The featured program will begin thereafter with the keynote speaker, Paul Krupski, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Director of Opioid Initiatives. The program ends with a community panel question/answer discussion. |
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Sept. 22 Norman Miller Center |
SNC Day — International Day of Peace Celebration Join us for an open house with refreshments and children’s activities celebrating the International Day of Peace. |
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Sept. 26 Walter Theater |
As a traditional musician with expertise in Piedmont and Delta Blues as well as Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo traditions, Ainslie has specialized in performing and presenting programs on the European and African roots of American music and culture in community and educational settings. Ainslie came of age during the Civil Rights era, and cultivated a powerful affinity for cross-cultural exchange. He has studied with elder musicians on both sides of the color line – in the Old-Time Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo traditions, as well as Black Gospel and Blues. He plays this music with affection, authority, and power. His performances present a wonderful palette of sounds and stories that will delight the ear, awaken the mind, and satisfy the heart.
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Oct. 2 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Gender Rights and Feminism |
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Oct. 3 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Africa’s Strategic Partners Speaker: Reuben E. Brigety II George Washington University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Oct. 10 Fort Howard Theater |
"Why is Sectarian Conflict on the Rise in the Middle East?" A lecture by Danny Postel As the Middle East descends further and further into a maelstrom of violence and state breakdown, the new conventional wisdom in Western media and policy circles attributes the turmoil to supposedly ancient sectarian hatreds, primordial forces that make violent conflict inevitable and intractable. In this narrative, “sectarianism” possesses trans-historical causal power and serves as a catch-all explanation for the troubles plaguing the region. In this presentation, Danny Postel, Assistant Director of the Middle East and North African Studies Program at Northwestern University, will challenge this new conventional wisdom and suggest an alternative explanation for the recent spike in sectarian violence in the Middle East. He will show how various conflicts in the region have morphed from non-sectarian (and cross-sectarian) and nonviolent movements into sectarian battles and civil wars. |
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October 16 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Social Media, Technology, and Data Collection |
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Oct. 17 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Global Cooperation on Migration For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Oct. 23 Bemis International Center |
Ambassador of Peace Award with Sean Callaghan Reception, 6pm Hendrickson Dining Room, Bemis International Center Lecture, 7pm Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center |
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Oct. 24 Fort Howard Theater |
"One Vote" — the documentary, with producer Christine Woodhouse
Filmed in five locations on a single day, One Vote captures the compelling stories of diverse voters on Election Day 2016. At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, the film eschews partisan politics in favor of an honest portrayal. Producer Christine Woodhouse will be present for the screening, and she will take questions after the film.
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Oct. 25 Campus Center Lounge |
Roundtable Conversation: Refugees |
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Oct. 30 Bemis International Center |
Miller Lecture with Gary Dorrien Reception Hendrickson Dining Room, Bemis International Center Lecture Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center |
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Oct. 31 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series The Increasing Complexity of U.S. National Intelligence Speaker: Michael P. Dempsey CFR For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Nov. 1 Cofrin 15 |
"Whats on My Ballot?" Learn more about this year's election in this non-partisan event, with information about the offices contested, the work they perform, and the candidates seeking your vote. |
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Nov. 6 Between Mulva Library and Ariens Family Welcome Center |
Election Day An all day "Vote Together" party with shuttles running to the polls. For more information about registration and voting, see our Voting Information page. |
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Nov. 7 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: Legal Biases |
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Nov. 12 Fort Howard Theater |
"Tickling Giants"
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Nov. 14 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series U.S. Economic Security and the Future of Work Speaker: Cecilia Elena Rouse Princeton University For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Nov. 19 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: The Stigmatization of Mental Health Issues |
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Nov. 28 Norman Miller Center |
Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call Series Xi Jinping Power Profile Speaker: Elizabeth C. Economy CFR’s Asia Program For more information, visit the CFR webpage. |
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Dec. 4 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable Conversation: Human Trafficking |
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Jan. 29 Birder Hall |
"Etty"-canceled due to weather For more information, visit the Etty webpage |
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Feb. 28 Norman Miller Center |
"This is Home" |
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March 12 Mulva Presentation Room |
"Peacemaking: Being Human in a Time of Permanent War" A lecture by Brian Terrell Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and member of the Catholic Worker Movement for more than 40 years |
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March 14 |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare |
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March 28 Fort Howard Theater |
Documentary Night "Escape from Room 18" |
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April 3 Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Voting Rights |
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April 5 |
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Student-Faculty Conference |
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April 9 5:30 p.m Reception
Bemis International Center |
Miller Lecture with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Reception: Hendrickson Dining Room Lecture: Fort Howard Theater |
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April 24 6:00 p.m. Norman Miller Center |
Roundtable: An Open Dialogue Forum Guns and Firearms |
2017-18
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| Sept. 16, 2017 | SNC Day |
| Sept. 27, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “The Role of the United Nations in Global Governance” Speaker: Samantha Power Harvard University |
| Sept. 27, 2017 | "Welcoming Refugees: A Community Conversation” The Norman Miller Center hosted a conversation about refugee integration in communities. Honored guests included representatives from Sweden and a co-founder of COMSA, a local Somali resource organization.
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| Sept. 28, 2017 | Documentary Night! "The White Helmets" A Netflix documentary that follows a group of Syrian first responders as they risk their lives in the midst of violence in Syria and Turkey. |
| Oct. 11, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “U.S.-Latin America Relations” Speaker: Shannon K. O'Neil Council on Foreign Relations |
| Oct. 17, 2017 |
The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding |
| Oct. 25, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Dashed Hopes of the Arab Spring” Speaker: Steven A. Cook Council on Foreign Relations |
| Oct. 25, 2017 |
“Breaking Barriers in Fashion” Mariah Idrissi is the world’s first hijab wearing model to be signed to ‘Select’ models and featured in a global campaign for H&M. As well as a model, she is an international public speaker promoting female empowerment and is part of a growing movement bringing modest fashion to the masses regardless of faith or background. |
| Oct. 26, 2017 | Documentary Night! "13th" A Netflix documentary that explores racial inequality in the United States with a particular focus on the disproportionate representation of African-Americans in U.S. prisons. |
| Nov. 6, 2017 | Slave: A Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Life Jabali Smith was a 6-yr-old in Berkeley, California when he was trafficked along with his sister over the border into Mexico and held captive by a messianic doomsday sex cult. Smith sharde his journey as a child slave; the escape and the eventual rise from the ashes of tragedy. A story of unimaginable suffering followed by the discovery of success, love, compassion and forgiveness. |
| Nov. 8, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Conflict Prevention and Mitigation” Speaker: Paul B. Stares Council on Foreign Relations |
| Nov. 8, 2017 | “Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land” Dr. Robert Kramer Professor of History St. Norbert College This lecture surveyed the history of inter-faith relations in Palestine, from the advent of Islam in the 7th century, through the era of the Ottoman Empire, up to the present, with particular emphasis on the modern period. It also included observations and images from the 2016 and 2017 St. Norbert College summer trips to Israel and the West Bank. |
| Nov. 15, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “Revolutionary Movements and International Relations” Speaker: Jack A. Goldstone George Mason University |
| Nov. 28, 2017 | Crossfading Wisconsin Should 19-year-olds be able to drink? Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana? Wisconsin lawmakers have been debating this question, and the answer could affect you. A discussion of these questions. |
| Nov. 29, 2017 | Council on Foreign Relations - Fall 2017 Academic Conference Call Series “The State of the World” Speaker: Richard N. Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Nov. 30, 2017 | Documentary Night! “Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom” A Netflix documentary about a civil rights movement in Ukraine that erupts after a peaceful, student protest turns violent. |
| Dec. 10, 2017 | International Human Rights Day |
| Jan. 26, 2018 | Holocaust Remembrance Day Jeffrey Gingold is the son of a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and author of "Tunnel, Smuggle, Collect: A Holocaust Boy," a biography based upon the hidden video and audio recordings of interviews with his father and grandmother. Gingold is an outspoken advocate for Holocaust education who discusses his father's epic survival and unforeseen life twists in the Warsaw Ghetto. |
| Feb. 23, 2018 | St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace Award Presentation, Reception and Lecture Harry Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College and Founder of the International Youth Citizenship Initiative in Public Achievement, was honored as the recipient of the 2017 Ambassador of Peace Award. The event included an award ceremony, reception and lecture. |
| Feb. 24, 2018 | Conference: “Invigorating Democracy and Public Work” The conference will feature Harry Boyte (Augsburg College), Micheline Ishay (University of Denver), Harvey Kaye (UW-Green Bay), Alison Staudinger (UW-Green Bay) and more. Students are invited to submit poster projects on the conference theme, with the poster session running concurrently with lunch and breakouts. |
| Feb. 26 - March 29, 2018 | Oliver Ressler Exhibition – Catastrophe Bonds |
| March 1, 2018 | Panel Discussion - "Visual Art, Social Action, and Grassroots Democracy" In conjunction with the exhibition Oliver Ressler - Catastrophe Bonds, a multi-site survey of the work of Austrian artist Oliver Ressler in the galleries at St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, this panel aimed to examine the current state of aesthetics and politics in light of recent social movements and contemporary challenges to democracy.
Moderator: Katie Ries Panelists: Laurie Beth Clark, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nicolas Lampert, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Oliver Ressler, international visiting scholar
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| March 22, 2018 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding “Disturbing Aesthetics of Race” By M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D. Professor of Systematic Theology Boston College View the lecture recording. |
| April 9-13, 2018 |
The Mystical Arts of Tibet - Mandala Sand Painting |
| April 10, 2018 |
“The Symbolism of the Sand Mandala” |
| April 10, 2018 | Better Together Day Better Together Day celebrateds interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Part of the Interfaith Youth Core, Better Together Day events vary every year and at every campus. |
| April 12, 2018 |
The Mystical Arts of Tibet - Sacred Music and Dance |
| April 22, 2018 | Earth Day |
| April 25, 2018 |
“Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land: Part Two, The Modern Era” This talk explained the historical background to the conflict in Paletsine since the late Ottoman era, with a special emphasis on the later 20th century. |
2016-17
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| Aug. 31, 2016 | Solidarity in a Time of Bias, Hate and Violence |
| Sept. 6 - 8, 2016 | Voter Registration Drive |
| Sept. 8, 2016 | "The True Cost" - Film screening and discussion Sponsored by Fashion This Series |
| Sept. 16, 2016 | U.S. Constitution Day |
| Sept. 22, 2016 | 2016 St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace Award Presentation and Reception Presented to Shirlyn Miller in recognition of her steadfast support of peace and justice initiatives in our community. |
| Sept. 21, 2016 | International Day of Peace |
| Sept. 22, 2016 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding “The Word Peace and the Word Justice, and Why Sometimes the Peacemakers Are Blessed (But Only Sometimes)” William Miller Thomas G. Long Professor of Law University of Michigan |
| Sept. 26, 2016 | First Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 3, 2016 |
Visual Art and Social Statements The panel discussed the history of art and social engagement with a focus on primary historic and contemporary examples of artists engaging with the social issues of their time. |
| Oct. 4, 2016 | Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 9, 2016 | Second Presidential Debate Watch Party |
| Oct. 24, 2016 | “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Up Close and Personal” Robert Kramer, Ph.D. Professor of History St. Norbert College |
| Oct. 29, 2016 | Nonviolence Training Day: Developing the Skills for Social Change Jim Handley, UW-Stout Co-sponsored by The Norman Miller Center and Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies |
| Nov. 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| Nov. 8, 2016 |
Election Watch Party |
| Nov. 10, 2016 | Salam Neighbor - Film Viewing ”Salam (Hello) Neighbor“ is a film and campaign to connect the world to refugees. The film follows the journey of Chris and Zach as the first filmmakers ever allowed to be registered and given a tent inside Za'atari, the Jordanian refugee camp near the Syrian border, which is home to over 80,000 Syrian refugees. |
| Nov. 30, 2016 | What Can a President Do? The 2016 presidential election prompted a national conversation about what President-Elect Trump actually has the power to change during his presidency. In this program, we looked at what power the American president actually has, and what citizens can do to either support or oppose changes. |
| Feb. 1, 2017 | 2017 Israel/Palestine Trip Meeting A meeting for students about the summer 2017 trip to Israel and Palestine. |
| Feb. 23, 2017 |
Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty - a book discussion |
| March 2, 2017 | The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding“Growing up Palestinian in Israel: One Man's Journey from Revenge to Reconciliation” Aziz Abu Sarah, co-founder and co-CEO of MEJDI Tours View the recording. |
| March 7, 2017 | "Seeking Refuge" An open house gallery and interactive discussion about the refugee journey through the eyes of children. Featured the artwork and stories of refugee children from various conflict zones. Our interactive discussion, consisted of reflections from Dr. Pyne (Norman Miller Center), Dr. Osgood (Education) and Dr. Yesiltas (Political Science), all of whom have experience working with refugees or studying the recent wave of refugees into Europe. |
| March 8, 2017 | Peace Corps Information Session Jason Lemberg, regional recruiter for Peace Corps |
| March 23, 2017 | ”What's in your water?“ Drinking Water Contamination in Wisconsin: A Panel Discussion Co-sponsored with the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters |
| March 27, 2017 | The Mitzvah Project: A One-Person Play and Lecture Roger Grunwald |
| March 30-31, 2017 | Wisconsin Institute for Peace & Conflict Studies Conference Gender, Peace, and Conflict: Toward a Deeper Understanding An interdisciplinary conference for students and faculty at Alverno College in Milwaukee. |
| April 6, 2017 | Better Together Day Better Together Day celebrates interfaith dialogue and service on campuses around the country. Part of the Interfaith Youth Core, Better Together Day events vary every year and at every campus. |
| April 28, 2017 | Arbor Day - Tree Planting Ceremony |
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