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SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Welcoming Remarks
DESCRIPTION:Welcoming Remarks with Fr. Michael Carter\, SSE; Vernita Weller\, Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison; Tide Gully ’27\, President of Diversity Coalition; Dr. Richard Plumb\, SMC President; Dr. Gretchen Galbraith\, Provost.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T094500
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SUMMARY:From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision\, Skill\, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home
DESCRIPTION:From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision\, Skill\, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home with Kristyn Achilich\, M.S.\, M.Ed.\, Senior Instructor of Education and Director\, Leahy Institute for the Environment \nDrawing from Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s call to choose “community over chaos” in The World House and Pope Francis’s invitation in Laudato Si’ to care for our common home\, this talk explores how interdependence can become our greatest strength. This presentation invites us to move beyond fear and fragmentation toward collective action—developing the vision\, skills\, and courage to live together justly and sustainably in a world that demands both. Through the work of the Patrick & Marcelle Leahy Institute for the Environment\, Achilich models how vision can become practice\, inviting us all to explore and embrace our shared interdependence.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T110000
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SUMMARY:Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life
DESCRIPTION:Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux\, SSE\, Vice President\, Edmundite Mission \nDr. King’s image of a “world house” addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive\, a world in which the rich care for the poor and the common good of all is valued above the good of the individual or tribe alone\, as opposed to warring with each other such that mutual annihilation takes place. Pope Francis imagines the common good of all and the thriving of all peoples in terms of an environment that can sustain humanity\, providing for humanity a home in which all can live with equal access to the world’s goods. However\, care for the environment is what will provide for all humanity a common home where all can thrive. For Pope Francis\, how we care for the environment demonstrates our care for all people\, rich and poor alike.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T142000
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SUMMARY:From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age
DESCRIPTION:From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age with Stephon Boatwright\, PhD\, Assistant Professor\, Political Science & International Relations. \nDr. Boatwright’s talk will explore Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the World House as a moral response to the crises of interdependence in an age of renewed nationalism and populism. King foresaw that humanity’s greatest challenge would not be technological but ethical: learning to live together within a shared global home. Today\, as the rhetoric of division grows louder\, his warning feels prophetic. The talk examines how King’s call for cooperation transcends borders and ideologies\, urging the creation of systems of belonging that replace exclusion with justice. Drawing connections between King’s “triple evils” of racism\, materialism\, and militarism and the global inequities of our time\, Dr. Boatwright highlights how fellowship\, not nationalism\, remains the foundation for humanity’s common future.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T143000
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SUMMARY:“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences
DESCRIPTION:“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences with Jolivette Anderson-Douoning\, PhD\, Director\, Institute for Equity & Justice and Hip-hop and Afrobeat artist Edwin Owusu\, M.A.\, Lecturer and Speech & Debate Coach at University of Vermont \nDr. Anderson-Douoning and Mr. Owusu discuss their process for working together across institutions (SMC and UVM) to offer students engagement across disciplines using public speaking\, debate\, and culture education learning labs. Bringing the lived experience into the classroom provides students with opportunities to study history and make history while still in college.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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SUMMARY:Planting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity
DESCRIPTION:Planting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity with Dale Bell\, Associate Programs Director\, Comprehensive Community Development\, Edmundite Missions \nThis presentation traces the transformation of Black farmers from the era of sharecropping – where many worked land they did not own under exploitative conditions – to the modern pursuit of land ownership\, agricultural independence\, and economic stability. Grounded in the teachings of Dr. King and the work of the Edmundite Missions\, it examines the challenges Black farmers have historically faced\, including limited access to resources\, discriminatory lending practices\, and generational barriers to ownership. Despite these obstacles\, the narrative emphasizes the resilience\, skill\, and determination of Black agricultural communities as they reclaim their agricultural legacy. New initiatives\, including impact grants\, heirs property workshops\, entrepreneurship training and community programs\, are helping to support and empower Black farmers by expanding access to equipment\, education\, capital\, and land. Through these efforts\, Black farmers are planting new seeds of opportunity – transforming historical hardship into modern prosperity and building a stronger\, more equitable future in agriculture.
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LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260119T183000
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SUMMARY:MLK Convocation Keynote: Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility\, Care and Relationality
DESCRIPTION:Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility\, Care and Relationality with Bindu Panikkar\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources\, University of Vermont \nHow do we strengthen our relational capabilities centered in care\, humility\, and collective wellbeing? The word humility comes from the Latin root—humus\, earth\, soil\, ground. Humility means being grounded\, being of the earth\, it means an awareness of our place within a larger world. Practicing humility requires recognizing our limitations\, acknowledging our interdependence\, and valuing the contributions and knowledge of others. It is also the willingness to be changed through relational encounters. Humility in relations grounds us\, allowing care\, attentiveness and reciprocity to circulate\, and serves as a powerful antidote to domination\, extraction\, and hierarchy. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Panikkar makes the case that tuning in to our communities requires understanding what divides us and what erodes our collective capabilities of care\, relationality\, and humility. To guard against the theft of relationality\, we must adopt attunement of care\, listening\, repair\, reciprocity\, and attentiveness as practice to rebuild our relational capacities necessary for collective wellbeing in a fractured world.
URL:/event/mlk-convocation-keynote-tuning-in-to-our-communities-improving-our-collective-sensibilities-of-humility-care-and-relationality/
LOCATION:Roy Room\, Dion Family Student Center
CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
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