Critical Social Justice 101: Foundations of Home
The kick-off event for Critical Social Justice: Home
Location
The Commons : 331
Date & Time
October 24, 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
Home can be a place, a feeling, a concept. It can be comfortable or contentious, nurturing or toxic, constant or nonexistent. It can be somewhere we belong or somewhere we don’t. When we think of home, issues such as homelessness, immigration and migration, and domestic violence may come to mind. Others may think of Baltimore and the inequity that is shaped by where one's home is. Still others will think of their bodies and minds at the thought of home.
When it comes to social justice and activism, Home, however you define it, is a place to begin.
It is in this spirit that the fourth annual Critical Social Justice aims to create space and learning opportunities to consider the ways we can challenge, explore, and redefine the concept of home based upon our individual and collective histories as well as our intersecting identities.
In this kick-off event, participants will hear from UMBC faculty about the different ways this year's theme of home takes shape and meaning for them. Panelists include:
Dr. Kate Drabinski (GWST)
Dr. Kimberly Moffitt (American Studies)
Dr. Thania Muñoz Davaslioglu (MLLI)
