Ithaca College

The next event spotlight for MLK Week 2017 is to reveal our fantastic slate of educational workshops! This year, we will be examining our theme, “The Ultimate Weakness of Violence” through a variety of engaging and thoughtful lenses. We are offering workshops at three different times through the week.

For further information, please visit our website at: https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/osema/mlkcelebration/workshops/

Educational Workshop Details

Tuesday, Jan 24, 12:10 -1:00 pm, Klingenstein Lounge

Presenters: Jewish, Catholic and Protestant Chaplains: Cantor Abbe Lyons; Fr. Carsten Martensen, S.J.; Rev. James Touchton

Title: Children of Abraham: An Interfaith Text Study on Violence and Nonviolence

Dr. King often quoted Biblical texts when advocating justice and nonviolence. We'll read and discuss texts from the three Abrahamic religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam which challenge us to explore this year's theme, the ultimate weakness of violence. Join IC Muslim community representative Joseph Fenning and chaplains Cantor Abbe Lyons (Jewish), Rev. James Touchton (Protestant) and Father Carsten Martensen, S.J.(Catholic) in a participatory interfaith text study. Each panelist will bring a text from the Hebrew & Christian Bibles, the Qu'ran, or commentaries, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion.

Tuesday, Jan 24, 12:10 -1:00 pm, Clark Lounge

Presenter: RahK Lash, Assistant Director for Multicultural Affairs

Title: From the Batman to J. Cole: Masculinity and Violence

“Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.”- Angela Davis

The collective socialization of boys and men intersects with and can have a direct correlation to violence as beliefs and behaviors are taught and reinforced throughout this life-long process (view women as objects and the property of men, gender is a binary and absolute, real men are dominating, fearless, emotionless and strong). This workshop will attempt to introduce participants to “The Manbox” that illustrates the accepted expectations and limitations of masculinity, briefly examine hegemonic masculinity and its role as the wheel that rotates a cycle of violence, and empower willing individuals to begin to recognize, acknowledge, own, and disrupt the toxicity of manhood in order to end violence (i.e. sexual violence, domestic violence, bullying, sexism, and etc).

Thursday, Jan. 26, 12:10 – 1:00 pm, Klingenstein Lounge

Presenters:  Anna Gardner Film, Photography, and Visual Art, Art History 2019; Patricia Rodriguez - Associate Professor, Politics; Robyn Wishna - Lecturer, Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies; Juliana Ardila - Documentary Studies and Production, 2019; Theophilus Alexander - Politics, Legal Studies, 2018

Title: Reporting from the Arizona/Mexico Border

How do people (and especially women) organize non-violent resistance in face of grave danger, violence, and death faced during migration? How do they call attention to harmful immigration policies and Border Patrol actions, and the vast effects they have in border regions, and beyond? How do they seek change, and what does that mean? Ithaca College students and professors attended the School of the Americas Watch: Convergence at the Border in Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Sonora. They will report on what they saw, felt, and heard, and hope to bring centrality to voices from the border, on an issue that we face in our communities.

Thursday, Jan. 26, 12:10 – 1:00 pm, Clark Lounge

Presenters: Diversity Peer Educators 

Title: Privilege: Taking Out the Sting, Taking in the Reality

This workshop will give students the opportunity to examine their personal relationship to privileged identities. In addition, participants will be challenged to explore ways in which their individual privileges have impacted their own lives, as well as the lives of others. This is an interactive workshop that will give students the opportunity to discuss their experiences.

Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Klingenstein Lounge

Presenters:  Norah AlJunaidi: sophomore, Speech Pathology major, Liz Alexander: junior, Politics/International Studies major, and Harriet Malinowitz, Lecturer, Writing

Title: Becoming Aware of Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine

While stabbings of Israelis and suicide bombings by Palestinians always make U.S. headlines, the U.S. mainstream media is overwhelmingly silent about two corresponding issues: (1) the daily violence perpetrated by Israeli military and settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza; (2) the long and ongoing history of Palestinian nonviolent resistance – which itself is often met by either violence or condemnation on specious grounds of “anti-semitism.” Jewish, Israeli, Palestinian, and American human rights groups counter the “anti-semitism” allegations when they are misleadingly leveled as foils to silence free speech challenges to the occupation, yet it is hard for many on the sidelines to evaluate the veracity of the various claims. This workshop will engage participants in a discussion of the obstacles to finding useful information on Palestinian nonviolent resistance, and will provide background and web resources.

Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Clark Lounge

Presenters: Candice Edwards, the Office of Admission (Ithaca College), and Dr. Allyson Regis, Counseling and Psychological Services (Cornell University).

Title:  Self Preservation: Police Brutality and Mental Health

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”  -Audre Lorde

Videos and images of state-sponsored violence and police brutality seem to appear on our timeline with startling regularity. While each person responds differently, these images have the potential to cause trauma and anxiety, especially for people and communities of color. In this session, we will discuss the impact of imagery, and explore community resources and self-care practices to maintain mental health.

NOTE: NEITHER VIDEOS NOR IMAGES OF POLICE BRUTALITY WILL BE SHOWN

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact OSEMA at 607-274-3222.  We ask that requests be made as soon as possible.