Imagine the world through the lens of someone else’s experiences, values, culture, and religion. Think about how all of those factors inform their thoughts and actions - how understanding that context affects your perception of our community.
Empathy for and understanding of the human condition and the religious responses to it are at the heart of everything we do at the Institute.
Join us as we welcome our guests to share their WorldViews.
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Tuesday, February 6 World Hijab Day and the Local Muslim Community Each year World Hijab Day is celebrated in early February “to encourage religious tolerance, cultural understanding and international solidarity.” Our guest for this program will be Ruman Sadiq, the Dawah Outreach Lead from the Islamic Education Center of Pennsylvania to talk about the place of the hijab in her own experience and the life of her community. This interactive event will not only feature our conversation, but also provide the opportunity for women of any religious tradition to try on a hijab at a booth staffed by women from the local Muslim community. |
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Tuesday, March 5 Contemporary Quaker Tradition Though Pennsylvania has deep ties to Quaker tradition, the practice of contemporary Quakerism is often misunderstood or misrepresented in the public conversation. This edition of WorldViews will feature Sharlee DiMenichi who is both a practicing Quaker and a journalist who writes for the Friends Journal. In our conversation we will cover issues relevant to contemporary Quaker identity and community. |
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Tuesday, April 2 @ 7:00 pm Antisemitism: Past and Present Location: Seegers Union, Event Space What is antisemitism? Though this question seems easy to answer (hatred of Jewish people), there is a long history of violence against Jewish individuals and communities that warrants deeper consideration. For this conversation, Dr. Hartley Lachter, the Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies at Lehigh University will join us to consider both the history and contemporary manifestations of this enduring hatred. |
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Food and drink will not be served during the event.
Visitors to the College are required to review and adhere to any Muhlenberg College current COVID policy. In addition, please review the symptom checker questions and DO NOT come to campus if you are symptomatic or have had a recent COVID exposure.
Youth & Prejudice
Due to the ongoing health crisis, the Institute will not be able to hold the Youth & Prejudice: Reducing Hatred, Lessons of the Holocaust conference as an in-person event this year. Nevertheless, we remain committed to partnering with school communities in teaching the historical realities of the Holocaust and preparing students to be upstanders against prejudice in today’s world.
We have moved the conference to a virtual format and created a variety of resources including survivor testimonies, discussion/reflection questions, dramatic performance, poetry and art, and a variety of activities adaptable for either classroom or at-home use. We are continuing to expand these resources and will make them available to our school community partners for use again this year.
If you are an educator who would like to receive more information about participating in this event, please email us at [email protected].
