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Lecture by Jose George Mendoza Professor of Philosophy at UMASS Lowell The aim of this talk was to look at the implications “Juan Crow” immigration policy has for an ethics of immigration. It argues that, much like its predecessor Jim Crow, Juan Crow is not merely a condemnation of federalism, but of any immigration reform […]
Facilitated by Jamila Jackson These 1.5 hour Embodied Leadership Project workshops use play, compassionate listening, and discussion to create a place to get support, find connection and community, develop your leadership skills, and engage with experiential and theoretical research of the full-bodied brain. We get to play, to theorize, and to inquire into ways of […]
This dinner formally recognizes the ingenuity, passion, and achievement of our students who received summer internship grants. The grants were funded by programs like the Ethics and the Common Good Project, Civil Liberties and Public Policy, Critical Studies in Childhood, Youth, and Learning Program, and Community Partnerships for Social Change.
A gathering to affirm and welcome in the energy of relational, embodied, and emotionally connected community. Including a dance party after with incredible DJ. Brought to you by The Embodied Leadership Project, Hampshire Dance Program, CYL, CBD, The JB Scholars Program, CPSC, and the Cultural Center.
Taught by George Fourlas In this course we will focus on advanced topics in the global justice debate: war, human rights, and the demands of peace. We will begin with a survey of mainstream approaches to global justice, ranging from Kant’s “Perpetual Peace,” to Rawls’s Law of Peoples, and various cosmopolitan approaches. We will then […]
Taught by George Fourlas This class explores the field of ethics from the starting point of a primordial tension: the experience of being an individual and a member of a relational environment. This starting point places our exploration in stark contrast to classical approaches to ethics, which focus on the consequences of individual actions, universal […]
Expanded gift will endow a professorship in applied ethics and the common good, and courses and research on morality, ethical behavior and social institutions. By John Courtmanche A year and a half after Hampshire College launched its Ethics and the Common Good program with a private gift of $2.09 million, the donor has pledged $2.5 […]
August 5-7, 2016, Double Edge Theatre, Ashfield, MA
This gathering brought together over 30 artists, scholars, and interdisciplinary practitioners to Double Edge Theatre’s Farm Center to engage in collective thinking and dialogue around three areas of inquiry.
June 10-11, 2016, Center for Design Engagement, Holyoke, MA
This workshop provided an opportunity for for Holyoke residents, organizers, educators and artists to learn effective ways to engage their creativity in organizing for community change.
Facilitated by alumni Alina Ortiz Salvatierra, Adisa Stewart, and Emmy Keppler. This workshop will use relational somatics, storytelling, and movement to begin to construct a culture of resilience and resistance at Hampshire College and beyond! We will use our personal experiences of wellness and healing as our tools to build collective capacities for transforming relationships, […]