October 2020
Sacred Heart opens new multicultural center October 7, 2020FAIRFIELD—Sacred Heart University’s new multicultural center celebrates diversity and provides an inclusive space for everyone in the SHU community.
The center officially opened in September with a small, socially-distanced, ribbon-cutting ceremony. Afterward, administrators and students marveled at the new space and admired artwork depicting various cultures and ethnicities. Located in the Main Academic Building, the center’s purpose is to bring people together. Read more →
September 2020
Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger September 4, 2020BRIDGEPORT—“These are always challenging conversations,” Darius Villalobos acknowledged during his webinar on “how to have difficult conversations about race.” “It is now even more important that we are engaging in honest dialogue.”
Villalobos’ conversation was the sixth of several webinars titled “Conversations About Race” being hosted by The Leadership Institute, the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and the Apostolate for Black Catholics. Read more →
August 2020
Listening, learning from, and loving multicultural voices August 21, 2020BRIDGEPORT—“Hopefully today is just another opportunity to grow together and have more effective action through conversation,” said Armando Cervantes, the fourth presenter in the webinar series of Conversations About Race hosted by The Leadership Institute, the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and the Apostolate for Black Catholics.
Armando’s conversation was titled “Beyond Black: Multicultural Voices.” “Why is going beyond important?” Cervantes posed the question. “Because when we don’t go beyond we are complicit in continuing a way of thinking, a systemic racist model of continuing to not talk about it, engage in it and discuss it.” Read more →
July 2020
Conversations About Race: Sr. Melinda Pellerin July 31, 2020BRIDGEPORT—The first of several webinars being hosted by The Leadership Institute, the diocesan Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and the Apostolate for Black Catholics, titled “Conversations About Race” kicked-off Thursday featuring Sr. Melinda Pellerin.
“We are at a crossroads in this nation,” said Sr. Pellerin, “the choice of which path we take is ours. Where are we to go? As people of faith we need to rely on the Word of God.” Read more →
Leadership Institute Webinars
Conversations About Race
Conversations About the Conversations (66 min)
Marcia Chatelain - Living the Faith, Living Antiracism (60 min)
Darius Villalobos - How to Have Difficult Conversations (62 min)
Pamela Harris - Race and Catholic Social Teaching (60 min)
Armando Cervantes - Beyond Black: Multicultural Voices (65 min)
Gloria Purvis - Racism Yesterday and Today (63 min)
Danielle Brown - Open Wide Our Hearts (58 min)
Sr Melinda Pellerin - Race and the Catholic Church (58 min)
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