The Third Annual Difference and Justice Symposium

Bard College will host the Third Annual Difference and Justice Symposium on March 20, 2021. This is a virtual, cross-network event comprising student, staff, and faculty presentations and conversations. The theme of this year’s symposium is, “How Do We Create An Equitable Environment While Living In an Inequitable World?​​​​​​”

Symposium Registration Form 
 

• Virtual Reception 

9:30 am - 9:40 am
 

• Symposium Welcome by Dumaine Williams, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Early Colleges and Kahan Sablo, Dean of Inclusive Excellence  

9:40 am - 9:55 am
 

• I. Historical Structures

10:00 am - 11:30 am


HISTORICAL STRUCTURES - Part A 
 

• Concurrent Session A(1) - Belonging, Culture, and Public Education 

Presenter(s):  Joy Nolan and Meg Stentz
10:00 am - 10:40 am

• Concurrent Session A(2) - The Benefits of Using a Human Rights Rhetoric for Climate Change Advocacy 

Presenter(s): Ahmed Shafquat Hassan
10:00 am - 10:40 am

• Concurrent Session A(3) - Marx's Historical Ontology: Difference and Justice

Presenter(s): Tai Young-Taft
10:00 am - 10:40 am

• Concurrent Session A(4) - The Effects of Top Private Institutions on Upward Mobility

Presenter(s): Edona Cosovic
10:00 am - 10:40 am

HISTORICAL STRUCTURES - Part B
 

• Concurrent Session B(1)  - Addressing Human and Environmental Health Disparities With Urban Trees: Improving Albany’s Food Forest 

Presenter(s): Damaris Borden 
10:45 am - 11:25 am

• Concurrent Session B(2)  - Guerilla Intellectualism and The Academic Industrial Complex

Presenter(s): Amari Xola Rasin
10:45 am - 11:25 am

• Concurrent Session B(3)  - Free Speech and the Fight for Social Change

Presenter(s): Jonathan Friedman
10:45 am - 11:25 am

• Concurrent Session B(4) - Sexism Toward Women of Minority Groups

Presenter(s): Sheyla Almanzar Abreu, Angelina Diaz, Tanya Garcia, and Daniel Herreros
10:45 am - 11:25 am
 

• Lunch

11:30 pm - 12:25 pm
 

• Keynote Address: “How Do We Create a Healthy Environment While Living in an Inequitable World?” - Angel Love Miles

12:30 pm- 1:25pm
 

• II. Wellness  

1:30 pm- 3:00 pm


WELLNESS - Part  A 
 

• Concurrent Session A(1) - Survival of the Fit: How the Pandemic Exposed Systemic Racism in our Nation's Schools and What Can Be Done NOW

Presenter(s): Daniel O’Neill
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm

• Concurrent Session A(2) - Marking and Making Time: A Praxis for Sustainable, Diverse, and Inclusive Pedagogy

Presenter(s): Ali Syed
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm 

• Concurrent Session A(3) - Tea and Sanctuary: Reframing Tea Practice as a Tool for Healing 

Presenter(s): Eniyah Willingham 
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm 


WELLNESS - Part  B
 

• Concurrent Session B(1) - An Oasis of Agency in Food Deserts: Promoting Healthy Eating Patterns Among Disadvantaged Communities via Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions

Presenter(s): Richard Lopez
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm

• Concurrent Session B(2) - The COVID-19 Vaccine: Unpacking the Fears of the African American Community 

Presenter(s): Kahan Sablo, Brooke Jude, Myra Armstead, and Dumaine Williams 
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm

• Concurrent Session B(3) - On Dignity and Dewey: Some Thoughts on the Teacher in 2021

Presenter(s): Nelly Lambert 
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm

 

• III. Activism 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm


ACTIVISM - Part A
 

• Concurrent Session A(1) - Inspired to upcycle: Investigating the Effects of Social Norm, Inspiration and Environmental Identity on the Decision to Upcycle in Kyrgyzstan 

Presenter(s): Olga Tarabashkina
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm

• Concurrent Session A(2) - Southern Solidarity - Black Liberation and Communal Imagining

Presenter(s): Jasmine Araujo 
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm

• Concurrent Session A(3) - Should We Eliminate Admissions Criteria at Bard Early Colleges?

Presenter(s): Ellie Baron, Luna Horsley
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm

• Concurrent Session A(4) - Creating Positive Change for LGBTQ+ Students

Presenter(s): Tilly Barickman, Tahj Frazier, Megumi Kivuva, Ariana Podesta, Michael Sadowski
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm


ACTIVISM - Part B
 

• Concurrent Session B(1)  - Improving Institutional and Grassroot Infrastructure in Rural Areas as a Means to Halt Democratic Backsliding

Presenter(s): Anna-Sophie Kloppe
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm

• Concurrent Session B(2)  - Say His Name: Overcoming the Bias Against Quoting Jesus in Secular Educational Settings

Presenter(s): Peter Larose
3:45pm - 4:25pm

• Concurrent Session B(3) - Dreaming Makes A Difference 

Presenter(s): Leila Gaouette, Clio Gourevitch, Rameen Gondal, Sabria Islam, Brandon Lee, Lila de La Vega, Suhama Saniz
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm

• Concurrent Session B(4) - Creating Positive Change for LGBTQ+ Students

Presenter(s): Tilly Barickman, Tahj Frazier, Megumi Kivuva, Ariana Podesta, Michael Sadowski
3:45 pm - 4:25  pm
 

• Symposium Debriefing

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
 

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://forms.gle/TvSq5oSyW4hvfGUW9.

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