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SUMMARY:Singing the Blues: A Moral Alternative to Vengeance and Apathy?
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nSinging the Blues: A Moral Alternative to Vengeance and Apathy?\nA conversation with Angel Adams Parham\, Associate Professor of Sociology and senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture (IASC) at the University of Virginia\nNovember 11\, 2024\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom \nRegister Here \nMany of America’s most tense public battles over the last decade hinge on disputes about rival readings of history. Yet we have irreconcilable accounts of what happened and why\, let alone who is responsible and how to move forward. These historical stalemates foster an increasingly polarized culture. \nBut what if our disputes brought together not only what we think happened in the past\, but how and why we choose to remember it? A fuller exploration uncovers the way history is shaped by our moral imagination\, bringing together emotions such as anger and optimism. As a sociologist and trenchant commenter on the ways social communities shape their own stories\, Angel Adams Parham looks to a deeper vision of history that goes beyond simplistic stories. \nCould we “sing the blues” as Angel Adams Parham phrases it? A different way of understanding history could help us move forward in hope without forgetting the sins of our past. \nAngel Adams Parham; Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow\, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia\nAngel Adams Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology\, senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture\, and Associate Director for the major in Political and Social Thought at the University of Virginia. Through her research in historical sociology\, she engages in inquiry that examines the past in order to better understand how to live well in the present and envision wisely for the future. Her first book\, American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race (Oxford\, 2017)\, received several awards. Her latest book\, co-authored with Anika Prather\, was published in 2022 and is entitled The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature. Parham has published articles on the intersection of Black writers and classical liberal education in popular outlets including the Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, Public Discourse\, Comment Magazine\, The Hedgehog Review\, and Common Good Magazine. Her work finds expression in the community in her capacity as the co-founder and executive director of Nyansa Classical Community\, an educational organization which provides curricula and programming designed to connect with students from diverse backgrounds\, inviting them to take part in the Great Conversation\, cultivate the moral imagination\, and pursue truth\, goodness\, and beauty. Parham has been a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, as well as the recipient of a Fulbright grant. She received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and completed her doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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SUMMARY:You Are What You Scroll | Israel Soong
DESCRIPTION:You Are What You Scroll: Why Tech Is Not Value-Neutral\nIsrael Soong\,  former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nOctober 24rd\, 2024\n5:30 pm EST Reception with hearty hors d’oeuvres to follow\nWillard Straight Hall 404 or via Zoom \nRegister here to join via Zoom \nHow does technology shape us? Should it be considered “value-neutral”\, a mere individual preference? Just as some like to read e-books and others enjoy the tangible feel of paper. But\, technology is not created in a moral vacuum\, its design and possible uses innately reflect the values and goals of its designers. This raises difficult questions about how we may need to bring in both ethics and larger conceptions of a human person and the meaning of life to think about whether emerging technologies lead to justice and happiness or addiction\, exploitation\, and corruption.As National Security Council Director for Cyber Policy\, Izzy Soong has thought about these issues from the point of view of a technologist\, a policy analyst\, an advisor\, as well as a practicing Christian who is involved in the intersection of tech and faith. Join us as we consider how old wisdom meets new challenges. \nCo-Sponsored by the Cornell Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making \nIsrael (Izzy) Soong; Former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\n\nIsrael Soong is former Director of Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council. While at the NSC\, Israel coordinated inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States critical infrastructure\, and efforts to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Before entering government service\, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States\, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He has been a part-time seminary student at Westminster Theological Seminary\, and has written for The Gospel Coalition and for the Tennent School of Theology.  He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.  He enjoys kayaking\, biking\, and hiking Civil War battlefields.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/israel-soong-10-24-2024/
LOCATION:Willard Straight Hall Library\, 136 Ho Plaza\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853\, United States
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SUMMARY:Can Government Be Moral? Seeking Faith & Wisdom in International Relations
DESCRIPTION:Can Government Be Moral?\nSeeking Faith & Wisdom in International Relations\nIsrael Soong\,  former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nOctober 23rd\, 2024\n6:00 pm EST Reception with hearty hors d’oeuvres to follow\nPhysical Sciences Building 120 or via Zoom \nRegister here to join via Zoom \nWith our round-the-clock gaze on the world\, we can’t help but ask questions about the moral nature of government. One historic answer to this question is to say that government has no values\, only its own self-interest to preserve a nation. Here\, Christians have no responsibility in the public square. A second answer is that Christians should seek to compel the government to conform with Christian moral values. If one option too quickly shirks moral responsibility\, the second naively over-idealizes it. Might there be another\, more historically Christian way to engage our Christian political responsibility among the realities of a post-Christian fallen world? \nIsrael (Izzy) Soong; Former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nIsrael Soong is former Director of Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council. While at the NSC\, Israel coordinated inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States critical infrastructure\, and efforts to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Before entering government service\, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States\, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He has been a part-time seminary student at Westminster Theological Seminary\, and has written for The Gospel Coalition and for the Tennent School of Theology.  He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.  He enjoys kayaking\, biking\, and hiking Civil War battlefields. \n\nThis event is a part of Chesterton House’s Faith & Public Life Series
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/israel-soong-10-23-2024/
LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building
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SUMMARY:Puncturing the Myth of Equality
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nPuncturing the Myth of Equality\nA conversation with Brad Littlejohn\, Fellow at Ethics and Public Policy Center\nSeptember 30\, 2024\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nNo ideal has dominated modern political thought more than equality. Yet apart from political philosophers and economists\, few of us give equality any serious thought. We tacitly accept inequalities that seem necessary for society to function: parents and children\, teachers and students\, politicians and citizens\, etc. We even celebrate massive inequalities between ourselves and others like olympic athletes\, musicians\, doctors\, and poets. And yet\, we appeal to equality to protect the common dignity of being made in the image of God. When should we push towards greater equality\, and when should we instead accept hierarchical inequalities and celebrate difference?\n\nJoin us as we host the political theologian Brad Littlejohn who will help us navigate our way through myths and merits of equality.\n\n\n\n\nBrad Littlejohn; Fellow at Ethics and Public Policy Center\nBrad Littlejohn (Ph.D\, University of Edinburgh) is a Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)\, where he helms a project for renewing an authentically Protestant contribution to American civic renewal. He is also the founder and President Emeritus of The Davenant Institute\, where for ten years he helped create resources and courses to form Christian leaders in wisdom to navigate our increasingly challenging cultural moment. A leading voice in Protestant ethics and political thought\, he is the author or editor of nineteen books\, including The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty (2017) and the forthcoming Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License. He is a weekly columnist at WORLD Opinions\, and publishes widely in other journals including First Things\, National Affairs\, American Affairs\, Plough\, Mere Orthodoxy\, The American Conservative\, Ad Fontes\, and more. You can find his latest work and regular commentary at bradlittlejohn.substack.com. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/puncturing-the-myth-of-equality/
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:📚 New book beginning April 16th! 📚 \n*reminder\, no need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of Just Show Up book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! \nPsalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\nDietrich Bonhoeffer\n“What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise\, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer\, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ. \nThis classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer’s reflections on psalms of thanksgiving\, suffering\, guilt\, praise\, and lament… Bonhoeffer’s timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days.” (Augsburg Fortress)  \nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-2/2024-04-30/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Beauty in the Ruins: The Relevance of the Beautiful in a Wounded World
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House Presents: \nBeauty in the Ruins\nThe Relevance of the Beautiful in a Wounded World\nFollowed by a panel discussion with Cornell faculty members:\n       Praveen Sethupathy\, Professor of Physiological Genomics; Director of the Center for Vertebrate Genomics\nShuwen Yue\, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering\n\nApril 25th\, 2024\n5pm EST\nReception to follow\nPhysical Sciences Building 120\nor remotely via Zoom (Registration Required) \nRegister Here \nDoes beauty matter today? At one time beauty\, truth\, and goodness stood as the highest universal ideals. But with the scientific and technological turns in culture\, beauty has been reduced to benign prettiness. The collapse of the humanities has taken truth and goodness down with it. What if beauty had enduring and urgently needed relevance today? If it could reflect something good and essential in the worlds of science\, politics\, medicine\, education\, and mental health? What if beauty actually has the power to help us recover truth and goodness in our struggle against the challenges of our age? Join us as internationally renowned painter and scholar\, Bruce Herman\, leads us to think about a timely return to beauty–in art and in life. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Cornell faculty members Praveen Sethupathy\, Professor of Physiological Genomics\, and Shuwen Yue\, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering. \nBruce Herman; A distinguished painter\, writer\, and speaker. Former professor and founding chair of the Art Department at Gordon College.\n\nBruce Herman (American\, b. 1953) is a painter\, writer\, and speaker. \nHerman’s art has been shown in more than 150 exhibitions — nationally in many US cities\, including New York\, Boston\, Washington\, Chicago\, Los Angeles\, and Houston — and internationally in England\, Japan\, Hong Kong\, Italy\, Canada\, and Israel. His artwork is featured in many public and private art collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts print collection; The Grunewald Print Collection of the Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles; DeCordova Museum in Boston; the Cape Ann Museum; and in many colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. \nHerman taught at Gordon College for nearly four decades\, and is the founding chair of the Art Department there. He held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts for more than fifteen years\, and continues to curate exhibitions and manage the College art collection there. \nHerman completed both BFA and MFA degrees at Boston University College of Fine Arts under American artists Philip Guston\, James Weeks\, David Aronson\, Reed Kay\, and Arthur Polonsky. He was named Boston University College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2006. \nHerman’s art may be found in dozens of journals\, popular magazines\, newspapers\, and online art features. He and co-author Walter Hansen wrote the book Through Your Eyes\, 2013\, Grand Rapids\, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing\, a thirty-year retrospective of Herman’s art as seen through the eyes of his most dedicated collector. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/bruce-herman/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:📚 New book beginning April 16th! 📚 \n*reminder\, no need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of Just Show Up book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! \nPsalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\nDietrich Bonhoeffer\n“What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise\, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer\, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ. \nThis classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer’s reflections on psalms of thanksgiving\, suffering\, guilt\, praise\, and lament… Bonhoeffer’s timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days.” (Augsburg Fortress)  \nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-2/2024-04-23/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:📚 New book beginning April 16th! 📚 \n*reminder\, no need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of Just Show Up book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! \nPsalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\nDietrich Bonhoeffer\n“What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise\, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible\, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer\, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ. \nThis classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer’s reflections on psalms of thanksgiving\, suffering\, guilt\, praise\, and lament… Bonhoeffer’s timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days.” (Augsburg Fortress)  \nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-2/2024-04-16/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000
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SUMMARY:Fenggang Yang
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House Presents: \nThe Rise of Christianity in Modernizing China\nAnd its Challenges to Sociological Theories\nApril 11th\, 2024\n7pm – 8:30pm ET\nReception to follow\nPhysical Sciences Building 120\nor remotely via Zoom (Registration Required) \nRegister Here \nDoes Christianity have a chance of surviving the age of modernization? The rise of Christianity in China is one of the biggest stories of religious change in the modern era. According to the dominant secularization paradigm\, Christianity and other organized religions should be shrinking in modernized countries like China. But today China is proving this paradigm to be wrong. Purdue University Professor Fenggang Yang is an expert in the sociology of religion in the Global East and has studied these trends for many decades. He argues that\, while this growth might be unexpected\, it is not historically unprecedented for Christianity to flourish in the soil of opposition. Join us as Professor Yang highlights the challenges this poses for widely accepted sociological theories. \nCo-Sponsored by Cornell Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies \nFenggang Yang; Professor of Sociology & Director of Center on Religion and the Global East; Purdue University\nFenggang Yang is Professor of Sociology\, the founding Director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University\, West Lafayette\, Indiana. He is the founding Editor of the Review of Religion and Chinese Society. He has been elected and served as the President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2014-15) and the first President of the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (2018-2020). His research focuses on the sociology of religion\, religious change in China and immigrant religion in the United States. He is the author of Atlas of Religion in China: Social and Geographical Contexts (2018)\, Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule (2012)\, and Chinese Christians in America: Conversion\, Assimilation\, and Adhesive Identities (1999)\, and the co-editor of more than ten books. Among his numerous journal articles\, two won distinguished article awards. He has given many invited lectures and keynote presentations at major universities and professional associations in the US\, Asia and Europe. His media interviews have appeared on the National Public Radio\, New York Times\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, USA Today\, Time\, Economist\, CNN\, BBC\, etc. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/fenggang-yang/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-03-26/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T210000
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SUMMARY:Chesterton Perspectives: Danielle Treweek
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nUnraveling the Meaning of Singleness\n\nA Conversation with Danielle Treweek Christian Theological Researcher\, Author\, and Speaker\n \n\n\nMarch 25th\, 2024\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\nSingleness: the unloved waystation on the road to marriage. Mainstream Christian figures from Tim Keller and Albert Mohler to James Dobson and John MacArthur would have us believe that marriage is the preferred state for everyone\, singleness the unfortunate consolation prize or the waiting stage before something “better”. But\, what if there’s something “better” about singleness that gets overlooked today? Christian scripture and tradition teach us that singleness and marriage are equal callings with their own riches and pains and with complimentary roles foreshadowing the eternal life that awaits us. Dani Treweek proposes that we turn from these shallow and contemporary caricatures to retrieve a richer and fuller sense of what it means to be human\, both here and in eternity. \nDanielle Treweek; Christian Theological Researcher\, Author\, and Speaker\nDanielle Treweek\, Rev’d Dr Danielle Treweek (BA\, B.Div (Hons)\, PhD)\, is an ordained deacon within the Sydney Anglican Diocese. After serving as an assistant minister at St Matthias Anglican Church\, Centennial Park\, she completed doctoral research into theology of singleness for the contemporary church through St Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra. She is the author of The Meaning of Singleness\, is commencing commentary work on 1 & 2 Thessalonians for Hodder & Stoughton and writes for publications including Christianity Today\, Themelios\, Mere Orthodoxy\, and ABC Religion & Ethics. She is the founding director of Single Minded Ministry\, teaches at Youthworks College in Sydney\, and is a member of the Doctrine Commission within the Sydney Anglican Diocese in which she also serves as Diocesan Research Officer. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/chesterton-perspectives-danielle-treweek/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-03-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-03-12/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-03-05/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-02-20/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240219T210000
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SUMMARY:Chesterton Perspectives: Abigail Favale
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nFeminism and the Family\n\nA Conversation with Abigail Favale Professor of the Practice\, Women’s Studies\, at University of Notre Dame\n \n\n\nFebruary 19th\, 2024\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom\n\nRegister Here\nWhat if the key to achieving female equality lies in embracing what makes women different from men instead of competing to be the same? Notre Dame Professor Abigail Favale was among the strongest feminist scholars in America\, when a religious transformation moved her to reassess the viewpoints she found herself defending. This reassessment led her to the conclusion that feminist theory has lost its way by trying to constantly conform to shifting trends in popular culture. The dominant culture today imposes the idea that women’s bodies are merely abstract objects of performance\, not necessarily related to “family.” From a young age\, girls are taught to strive to “keep up with the boys\,” as this is what is needed to create an “identity” for themselves—one that asks the question “What can females do\, build\, compete for\, and achieve?” without acknowledging or honoring the divine gift bestowed on them in creation. \nCoinciding with a rapid increase in girls preferring to be boys\, and the shocking rise of depression\, anxiety\, and self-harm among teens\, our culture has deviated from the creational uniqueness of women. While holding true to feminism’s vision of female equality and dignity\, Favale’s “Catholic Feminism” seeks to restore a theology of human identity grounded in family\, harmony\, wholeness\, and divine gift. \nAbigail Favale; Professor of the Practice\, Women’s Studies\, at University of Notre Dame\nAbigail is a writer and professor whose work lies at the intersection of Catholic theology\, literature\, and women’s studies. Her abiding interest as a writer and scholar is the meaning and dignity of woman\, and her work explores sexual difference and embodiment in the Catholic imagination. Her first book\, Irigaray\, Incarnation\, and Contemporary Women’s Fiction (Palgrave 2013) was awarded the 2014 Feminist and Women’s Studies Association Book Award. Her second book is Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion (Cascade 2018)\, a spiritual memoir that traces her journey from birthright evangelicalism to postmodern feminism and\, finally\, to the Catholic Church. Abigail’s most recent book\, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory\, was published in 2022 by Ignatius Press and has already been translated into multiple languages. Her numerous essays have appeared in MICL’s Church Life Journal\, The Atlantic\, First Things\, Public Discourse\, Comment\, and elsewhere. Abigail is also a fiction writer and was awarded the J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction in 2017. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/feminism-and-the-family/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240213T200000
DTSTAMP:20240327T153855Z
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-02-13/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240206T200000
DTSTAMP:20240327T153855Z
CREATED:20240122T210245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T153855Z
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-02-06/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240130T200000
DTSTAMP:20240327T153855Z
CREATED:20240122T210245Z
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:No Homework Book Club!\nJust Show Up read through books and discuss with the group.\n\n\nWe will be reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.\n\n\nClick HERE to register to join via Zoom
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club/2024-01-30/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T180000
DTSTAMP:20231212T203036Z
CREATED:20231115T184046Z
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SUMMARY:Online Classes with Eleonore Stump on Dante’s Purgatorio
DESCRIPTION:How To Become a Good Person\nDante\, Purgatorio\, and the Transformation of the Human\nOnline course with Eleonore Stump\, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University\nJanuary 8th\, 10th\, 15th\, 17th\n4:30pm – 6pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here\nHow do we take ethically malformed\, broken humans like us and mold them into the sort of moral exemplars we wish we could be? Various secular views have their own answers (including the contemporary academy)\, but the classical Christian tradition has a much richer moral vision for humans that understands moral formation to be far more than “ethics education” or inculcating “values.” It’s one thing to acknowledge that we are proud\, lustful\, and lazy; it’s quite another to be transformed into virtuous followers of Jesus. In this mini-course we’ll look at one of the greatest poets of the West\, Dante Alighiere\, to see how the Thomistic vision he exemplifies tackles the transformation of sinful humans into glorified divine image-bearers. \nIn his great allegorical epic poem\, The Divine Comedy\, the second part\, Purgatorio\, deals with the renunciation of sin. Magnificent poetry subtly presents sophisticated philosophical theology and anthropology\, enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. We will look at how Dante understands the process of sanctification through his unforgettable vignettes about pride\, wrath\, and sloth. We will learn something about each of these sins from the poem\, and look at the way in which Dante uses narrative and poetic devices to illuminate deep truths about human life. \nCome join us as we listen to a preeminent Christian philosopher take us on a tour of Dante’s literary masterpiece\, the Purgatorio. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/divine-comedy/2024-01-17/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240115T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240115T180000
DTSTAMP:20231212T203036Z
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SUMMARY:Online Classes with Eleonore Stump on Dante’s Purgatorio
DESCRIPTION:How To Become a Good Person\nDante\, Purgatorio\, and the Transformation of the Human\nOnline course with Eleonore Stump\, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University\nJanuary 8th\, 10th\, 15th\, 17th\n4:30pm – 6pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here\nHow do we take ethically malformed\, broken humans like us and mold them into the sort of moral exemplars we wish we could be? Various secular views have their own answers (including the contemporary academy)\, but the classical Christian tradition has a much richer moral vision for humans that understands moral formation to be far more than “ethics education” or inculcating “values.” It’s one thing to acknowledge that we are proud\, lustful\, and lazy; it’s quite another to be transformed into virtuous followers of Jesus. In this mini-course we’ll look at one of the greatest poets of the West\, Dante Alighiere\, to see how the Thomistic vision he exemplifies tackles the transformation of sinful humans into glorified divine image-bearers. \nIn his great allegorical epic poem\, The Divine Comedy\, the second part\, Purgatorio\, deals with the renunciation of sin. Magnificent poetry subtly presents sophisticated philosophical theology and anthropology\, enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. We will look at how Dante understands the process of sanctification through his unforgettable vignettes about pride\, wrath\, and sloth. We will learn something about each of these sins from the poem\, and look at the way in which Dante uses narrative and poetic devices to illuminate deep truths about human life. \nCome join us as we listen to a preeminent Christian philosopher take us on a tour of Dante’s literary masterpiece\, the Purgatorio. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/divine-comedy/2024-01-15/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T180000
DTSTAMP:20231212T203036Z
CREATED:20231115T184046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T203036Z
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SUMMARY:Online Classes with Eleonore Stump on Dante’s Purgatorio
DESCRIPTION:How To Become a Good Person\nDante\, Purgatorio\, and the Transformation of the Human\nOnline course with Eleonore Stump\, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University\nJanuary 8th\, 10th\, 15th\, 17th\n4:30pm – 6pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here\nHow do we take ethically malformed\, broken humans like us and mold them into the sort of moral exemplars we wish we could be? Various secular views have their own answers (including the contemporary academy)\, but the classical Christian tradition has a much richer moral vision for humans that understands moral formation to be far more than “ethics education” or inculcating “values.” It’s one thing to acknowledge that we are proud\, lustful\, and lazy; it’s quite another to be transformed into virtuous followers of Jesus. In this mini-course we’ll look at one of the greatest poets of the West\, Dante Alighiere\, to see how the Thomistic vision he exemplifies tackles the transformation of sinful humans into glorified divine image-bearers. \nIn his great allegorical epic poem\, The Divine Comedy\, the second part\, Purgatorio\, deals with the renunciation of sin. Magnificent poetry subtly presents sophisticated philosophical theology and anthropology\, enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. We will look at how Dante understands the process of sanctification through his unforgettable vignettes about pride\, wrath\, and sloth. We will learn something about each of these sins from the poem\, and look at the way in which Dante uses narrative and poetic devices to illuminate deep truths about human life. \nCome join us as we listen to a preeminent Christian philosopher take us on a tour of Dante’s literary masterpiece\, the Purgatorio. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/divine-comedy/2024-01-10/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240108T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240108T180000
DTSTAMP:20231212T203036Z
CREATED:20231115T184046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T203036Z
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SUMMARY:Online Classes with Eleonore Stump on Dante’s Purgatorio
DESCRIPTION:How To Become a Good Person\nDante\, Purgatorio\, and the Transformation of the Human\nOnline course with Eleonore Stump\, Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University\nJanuary 8th\, 10th\, 15th\, 17th\n4:30pm – 6pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here\nHow do we take ethically malformed\, broken humans like us and mold them into the sort of moral exemplars we wish we could be? Various secular views have their own answers (including the contemporary academy)\, but the classical Christian tradition has a much richer moral vision for humans that understands moral formation to be far more than “ethics education” or inculcating “values.” It’s one thing to acknowledge that we are proud\, lustful\, and lazy; it’s quite another to be transformed into virtuous followers of Jesus. In this mini-course we’ll look at one of the greatest poets of the West\, Dante Alighiere\, to see how the Thomistic vision he exemplifies tackles the transformation of sinful humans into glorified divine image-bearers. \nIn his great allegorical epic poem\, The Divine Comedy\, the second part\, Purgatorio\, deals with the renunciation of sin. Magnificent poetry subtly presents sophisticated philosophical theology and anthropology\, enfleshing it in gripping stories and memorable images. We will look at how Dante understands the process of sanctification through his unforgettable vignettes about pride\, wrath\, and sloth. We will learn something about each of these sins from the poem\, and look at the way in which Dante uses narrative and poetic devices to illuminate deep truths about human life. \nCome join us as we listen to a preeminent Christian philosopher take us on a tour of Dante’s literary masterpiece\, the Purgatorio. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/divine-comedy/2024-01-08/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T210000
DTSTAMP:20231115T170558Z
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SUMMARY:The Grindset Mindset
DESCRIPTION:Veritas Forum brings you: \nThe Grindset Mindset\nHow’s that working for you?\nA physician and a classicist share ancient wisdom for students today \nNovember 30th\, 2023\n7:30pm to 9pm ET\nToni Morrison Hall\, Multipurpose Room\nor remotely via Zoom \nFood and Insomnia Cookies Provided! \n*Space is limited\, registration required* \nRegister Here\nCornell culture valorizes a can-do spirit training students into planning\, problem solving\, and thinking strategically about their life. But the same approach that works well in securing internships and forging 10 year career plans falls short in dealing with the inevitable unexpected storms that life throws at us\, the kind of storms that one cannot problem-solve or work harder to get out of. Yet virtually every ancient wisdom tradition thought that one could prepare oneself for those types of storms by taking on a different mindset. We’ll hear tonight from experts in two of these traditions and how they help build your capacity to face life-scale upheaval in the future (or right now). \n(Co-Sponsored by Cornell Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making\, Cornell United Religious Work\, and the Flora Rose House) \nLydia Dugdale; Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics\nLydia Dugdale\, MD\, MAR\, is Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She also serves as Co-Director of Clinical Ethics at Columbia’s NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. A practicing internist\, her scholarship focuses on end-of-life issues\, the role of aesthetics in teaching ethics\, moral injury\, and the doctor-patient relationship. She edited Dying in the Twenty-First Century (MIT Press\, 2015) and is author of The Lost Art of Dying (HarperOne\, 2020)\, a popular press book on the preparation for death. Dugdale attended medical school at the University of Chicago\, completed residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital\, and holds a MAR in ethics from Yale Divinity School. \nMike Fontaine; Professor of Classics at Cornell University\nI’m a Latinist with broad interests in Ancient Rome\, the Renaissance\, the Reformation\, and the Enlightenment. In recent years I held a variety of leadership roles in Cornell’s central administration. My latest work is a book on breakups and another on addiction and bullying\, both for Princeton University Press. Previous books covered wine\, swine\, grief\, mind\, and a good laugh. Next up\, free speech through the ages\, with projects on Plato\, Plutarch\, Lucian\, and the Enlightenment. Oh\, and I was also recently parodied on Saturday Night Live (really! see it here.) \nAt Cornell\, I teach courses on Ancient Rome\, Greek Mythology\, Wine Culture\, and Latin literature of all time periods. For business executives worldwide\, I teach eCornell courses on leadership from Ancient Rome and the effective use of humor in the workplace. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/the-grindset-mindset/
LOCATION:Toni Morrison Hall (Multipurpose Room)\, Toni Morrison Hall\, Cornell University\, 18 Sisson Pl\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231113T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231113T210000
DTSTAMP:20231103T022300Z
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SUMMARY:Chesterton Perspectives: W. Bradford Wilcox
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nFamily Drama: Does Marriage Matter?\n\nA Conversation with W. Bradford Wilcox Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia \n\n\nNovember 13th\, 2023\n7:30pm ET in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45pm ET via Zoom\n\nRegister Here\nIn today’s world\, the nuclear family unit seems to be a relic of the past. Culture has moved on to the flexibility of loving partners\, same-sex relationships\, open marriages\, and single parenting. But\, recent sociological data paints a more complicated picture… Marriage appears to make for happier people\, and children raised by two birth parents are doing better socially and economically than their peers. On the other hand\, the number of marriages is declining among middle and lower income populations. Children in these demographics are increasingly falling behind their peers. \nThe vast majority of young adults in this country want to get married\, yet the pool of “marriage-able” partners is dwindling… making the search for a compatible partner increasingly more difficult. Does marriage matter as we plan for our future and does getting married really impact our lives? Join us as we think through this urgent and multifaceted social dilemma. \nW. Bradford Wilcox; Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia\nBrad Wilcox is Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia\, the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies\, and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The author of Get Married: Why Americans Should Defy the Elites\, Forge Strong Families and Save Civilization (Harper Collins\, 2024)\, Wilcox studies marital quality\, marital stability\, and the impact of strong and stable marriages upon men\, women\, and children. The author and editor of six books\, Wilcox has written for scientific journals such as The American Sociological Review and The Journal of Marriage and Family\, and The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Atlantic\, and National Review. A Connecticut native\, he now lives in Charlottesville\, Virginia with his wife and family. \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/wbradfordwilcox/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T180000
DTSTAMP:20231030T203448Z
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SUMMARY:God and the Good Life: Big Questions of Faith\, Flourishing\, and Meaning
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton House and COLLIS Co-Present: \nGod and the Good Life\nBig Questions of Faith\, Flourishing\, and Meaning\nNovember 9th\, 2023\n5pm to 6pm ET\nReception to follow\nPhysical Sciences Building 120\nor remotely via Zoom (Registration Required) \nRegister Here \nDoes your strategy for getting through college seem inadequate to set you up for a good life? We know how to plan\, optimize\, and prepare for a good internship\, career\, or college experience. But\, do these methods work for creating a good life overall? Perhaps friendship\, community\, family\, and God suddenly hold more value in creating a truly good life. \nJoin us as we hear from philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan\, who has shepherded thousands of students in reasoning through big questions like these in Notre Dame’s most popular course\, “God and the Good Life.” She has inspired thousands more through her recent book\, The Good Life Method. Join us as Prof. Sullivan will introduce her method of philosophy for living well\, asking better questions\, telling true stories\, wrestling with suffering\, loving\, and believing. How can we create a robust system for when life doesn’t go as planned… and when all seems to be going well\, what actually matters? \nMeghan Sullivan; The Wilsey Family Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame\nProfessor Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as Director of the NDIAS\, a university-wide research institute that supports faculty\, doctoral students\, undergraduates and visiting fellows pursuing cross-disciplinary research on major ethical questions. Sullivan also serves as Director of the University Ethics Initiative\, working under the Office of the Provost to guide Notre Dame’s Ethics Priority in our recently adopted ND 2033 Strategic Framework. \nProfessor Sullivan’s research tends to focus on philosophical problems concerning time\, modality\, rational planning\, value theory\, and religious belief (and sometimes all five at once). Sullivan has been honored with one of Notre Dame’s Joyce Awards for Teaching\, with the Provost’s All-Faculty Team Award\, and with the City of South Bend’s 40 Under 40 Award. \nMore About Professor Sullivan Here \nRegister Here \n  \nCan’t make Thursday evening? Join Meghan for an interactive lab November 8th at Chesterton House! \n  \nThis event is made possible in part by the grant\, “In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on College Campuses Nationwide\,” (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation.
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/god-and-the-good-life/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building Room 120
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T210000
DTSTAMP:20241202T215523Z
CREATED:20230906T133231Z
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SUMMARY:Gender\, Family\, and Patriarchy In Ancient Israel
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nGender\, Family\, and Patriarchy In Ancient Israel\n\nA Conversation with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Baylor University \n\nSeptember 25th\, 2023\n7:30pm ET in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45pm ET via Zoom\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nThe Bible is often assumed by traditionalist conservatives to enshrine an idealized notion of “family”. Progressive Christians counter with assumptions about ancient gender inequality and patriarchal dominance that anachronistically project current notions onto ancient historical cultures. But recent archeological and social-historical studies suggest both of these fail to understand the ancient world of the Hebrew Bible on its own terms. \nWhile family inheritance was usually passed along through male heirs and patriarchy was a reality\, the average household was larger and more complicated than many recognize\, allowing for a more fluid sharing of authority and responsibility among the men and women in a community. Join us as Prof Cynthia Shafer-Elliott introduces us to the latest research of ancient households. \nCynthia Shafer-Elliott Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Baylor University\nDr. Cynthia Shafer-Elliott joined the Religion Department at Baylor University in 2022 from her native California. Her expertise and research focus on the historical\, cultural\, and social contexts of ancient Israel and Judah as reflected within both the archaeological record and the Hebrew Bible (with a particular interest in the Former Prophets). More specifically\, Dr. Shafer-Elliott’s research emphasizes household archaeology and issues of food\, gender\, religion\, and social memory. She is an experienced field archaeologist and is part of the archaeological excavations at Tel Halif and Tel Abel Beth Maacah in Israel. In 2018 she was the Ernest S. Frerichs Annual Professor at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Jerusalem). Furthermore\, Dr. Shafer-Elliott is involved with the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)\, the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)\, and the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem.\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/gender-family-and-patriarchy-in-ancient-israel/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T203000
DTSTAMP:20230425T174020Z
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SUMMARY:Faith\, Race\, and Environmental Justice: The Lead Water Crisis in Benton Harbor\, Michigan
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by Chesterton House\, InterVarsity\, Graduate Christian Fellowship\, and GPSAFC \nFaith\, Race\, and Environmental Justice: The Lead Water Crisis in Benton Harbor\, Michigan\nA Conversation with Rev Edward Pinkney\, Environmental Justice Advocate and Educator \nOpen to the Graduate Community and All Interested \nFriday\, May 5th\, 2023\n7pm – 8:30pm\nRockefeller 201\, Cornell Campus\nor via Zoom\n\nREGISTER HERE!\n\nIn October 2021\, local news turned international: Benton Harbor\, a small Michigan town along the shores of Lake Michigan\, was dubbed “the next Flint” for lead in its water pipes above and beyond federally safe levels. Reverend Edward Pinkney\, local pastor and president of the Benton Harbor Community Water Council\, helped lead a grassroots effort to achieve safer water for the community. Hear Rev. Pinkney’s story and insights into effective community environmental advocacy. \n\n\nRev Edward Pinkney\, Environmental Justice Advocate and Educator\n\n\nReverend Edward Pinkney is a long-time advocate for social and economic justice for Benton Harbor\, a small town in Southwest Michigan. He is pastor of God’s Household of Faith Church and the founder of numerous community-based organizations. In 2003\, he founded the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization\, a political and social justice coalition working in Benton Harbor in the wake of a death of a 28-year-old African American while being pursued by police. He’s also established the Benton Harbor Community Water Council\, where he sits as president. The water council was key in bringing to the EPA and media attention the lead water crisis in Benton Harbor in 2021\, leading to the replacement of the pipes. His church was also a leading distributor of water and educational space for the community about the dangers of ingesting lead. \n  \n\nPlease contact Francine Barchett at fgb43@cornell.edu any special arrangements you may require in order to attend this event
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/faith-race-and-environmental-justice-the-lead-water-crisis-in-benton-harbor-michigan/
LOCATION:Rockefeller 201
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club: The Great Divorce
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAYS\n8pm- 9:15pm  |  Beginning Feb 28th\, 2023\n111 The Knoll or via Zoom \nThese *no homework* books clubs are a wonderful way to just show up\, read together\, and share insights & takeaways. \nLed by Chesterton House fellows\, we will be meeting in person at 111 The Knoll or remotely via Zoom \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-the-great-divorce/2023-04-18/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club: The Great Divorce
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAYS\n8pm- 9:15pm  |  Beginning Feb 28th\, 2023\n111 The Knoll or via Zoom \nThese *no homework* books clubs are a wonderful way to just show up\, read together\, and share insights & takeaways. \nLed by Chesterton House fellows\, we will be meeting in person at 111 The Knoll or remotely via Zoom \nRegister Here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-the-great-divorce/2023-04-11/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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