Say It Again: Stop Violence Against AAPI People
Yesterday many Wesleyans attended a vigil to stand against hate directed towards our Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander friends, colleagues and neighbors.
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The Other Pandemic Returns: Gun Violence
In the last week, we have been reminded again what “normal” looks like in America—18 people gunned down…
Stop the Violence Against Asian-Americans!
Wesleyan stands in solidarity with those who reject the politics of fear and hatred that fuels this latest form of racist violence.
The Choice for Education and Against Violence
When we choose education, we are choosing conversation against the alternative of violence; when we choose education we are choosing meaning — rejecting (and sometimes having to use tools to prevent) violence.
History Prof. Jennifer Tucker on Preventing Gun Violence
Wesleyan is very fortunate to have many faculty members who connect their deep academic specializations with urgent contemporary issues.
Learning, Not Violence
What a summer it has been! Around the world there has been an escalation of hatred and violence — vitriol is flowing in all corners of the globe. Aggressive Russian action against Ukraine continues, and the reactions of the West, however tepid, may be leading to a new Cold War. In the Middle East the … Read more
Stamping Out Sexual Violence
This week we learned that a survivor of a sexual assault had filed a lawsuit against the Psi Upsilon fraternity at Wesleyan, some of its individual members and its national organization. We had not spoken publicly about this matter out of concern for the survivor’s privacy. Now that civil proceedings have commenced, on behalf of … Read more
We Can Stop Violence Against Women
As I concluded my time in Washington D.C. this week, I was impressed to see the following statement released by the White House. First, it quotes Vice-President Biden: Freedom from sexual assault is a basic human right. No man has a right to raise a hand to a woman for any reason — any reason … Read more
The Non-Sense of Violence (Again)
When I emerge from my seminar on photography and representation each Monday afternoon, it takes me a little while to tune in to the real world. In class we are wrestling with abstract ideas, beautiful or disturbing images, and questions concerning the representation of suffering and telling the truth. Yesterday, I had a rude awakening … Read more
Make Art (and Intelligent Policy) Not Violence
Lucy+Jorge Orta: Food-Water-Life The new exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan gets pretty elemental. The Ortas are in the tradition of “social sculpture,” creating works of art that are meant to function, and, most importantly are meant to change the way we think about functionality. This exhibition is co-sponsored by the College of the … Read more