Cultivating Connections

Call for proposals from faculty for a speaker series aimed at cultivating inclusive and productive dialogue around complex topics.

Professor Lee Epstein and Chancellor Andrew D. Martin answer students’ questions about free speech on campus. Moderated by Hussein Amuri, Student Union President.

Research project to study what happens when you connect members of the St. Louis community to neighbors with migrant backgrounds, including development of an app for sharing migration narratives, and an exhibition featuring a number of nationally-recognized and local artists whose work spans a broad range of geopolitical sites and pushes the definition of “narratives” across media.

Teaching installation that examined constructions of health in relation to exclusionary ideologies of race, gender, sexuality, ability, and class.

Annual week celebrating religious, spiritual and ethical life at WashU, featuring presentation of Isserman Prizes for Interfaith and Engagement and a long-running lecture series focused on the intersection of social justice and faith.

Since 2015, members of the WashU community have dedicated a day in the spring semesters to pause, convene, and engage in conversation across perspectives, celebrate all social identities, and take steps to ensure that everyone has a seat at the table.

An educational conversation with Dr. Amer F. Ahmed, vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion and senior diversity officer at the University of Vermont, exploring Islamic culture and anti-Muslim prejudice.

Workshop to train and empower WashU administrators, faculty, and staff to better understand the needs of Jewish students, the diversity of the Jewish community, and the challenges of antisemitism.

A presentation to discuss the social justice components of accessibility through the lens of the disability rights movement, how many of the issues and injustices experienced by individuals requiring universal inclusion have carried over to the present day, and why institutions have an obligation to design spaces and programs with intentionality that is accessible to all and without delay.

Stories and vignettes meant to complicate your assumptions, introduce arguments from “the other side,” and illustrate how people can recognize good faith disagreements without surrendering their most strongly held beliefs.