From ryl1 at williams.edu  Mon Nov  6 10:18:25 2017
From: ryl1 at williams.edu (Rachel Levin)
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 10:18:25 -0500
Subject: [Jewonthis] A Survey!
Message-ID: <FC0EFA7E-1F31-4959-9960-CE8673BDC0FF@williams.edu>

Hello everyone!

WCJA has been asked to help participate in a psychology study focusing on religious communities at Williams. This survey is totally optional, and is about 10 minutes long. All participants will be entered into a lottery for a $25 gift card to tunnel city! For anyone who participates and would like to know the results, they can be shared once the study is completed.

Here?s the link: https://williamscollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Gkgov7rT5KE5WR <https://williamscollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Gkgov7rT5KE5WR>

Again, this is totally optional!

Best,
Rachel Levin
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From tsa1 at williams.edu  Mon Nov 27 18:36:13 2017
From: tsa1 at williams.edu (Aizenberg, Tamar)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:36:13 -0500
Subject: [Jewonthis] Fwd: Upcoming Lectures by MSU and REL departments
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Hi Everyone,

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

We wanted to let you know about two exciting MSU events happening Tuesday,
November 28 at 6:30pm and Friday, December 1 at 8pm. See the email from MSU
leadership below.

Best,

Tamar, Rachel, and Marisa
WCJA Leadership

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From: Kawam, Omar <ok2 at williams.edu>
Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Upcoming Lectures by MSU and REL departments
To: Sarah Fleming <smf1 at williams.edu>, "Flignor, Marisa" <mlf2 at williams.edu>,
Rachel Levin <ryl1 at williams.edu>, "Aizenberg, Tamar" <tsa1 at williams.edu>,
David Vascones <djv1 at williams.edu>, "Kapur, Aanya" <aak5 at williams.edu>,
Shreyam Misra <sm26 at williams.edu>, Benjamin Logsdon <bcl5 at williams.edu>,
Summiya Najam <sn7 at williams.edu>, Omar Kawam <ok2 at williams.edu>, Isabelle
Ostertag <imo1 at williams.edu>, Christine Pash <cmp4 at williams.edu>, Skylar
Chaney <snc2 at williams.edu>, "Gorenstein, Sonia" <sg6 at williams.edu>
Cc: Seynabou Diop <sd7 at williams.edu>, "Adhami, Zaid" <za2 at williams.edu>


Hi friends,

We hope you had a fulfilling and blessed Thanksgiving break. We hope to
share some events that the MSU and REL department hope you can share with
your listservs.

The REL dept has invited Dr. Rosemary Corbett to come speak about her new
book, *Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Controversy. *She will be focusing in particular on the history of American
inclusion of religious minorities, as a backdrop to the particular
case-study of the Ground Zero Mosque controversy. The lecture will be
this coming
*Tuesday** at 6:30**, in Griffin 7*. There will be a reception with light
refreshments following the lecture.

Second is the MSU lecture by Dr. Nancy Khalil titled, *Diversity,
Inclusion, and Gender in Islam*, this *Friday, Dec. 1, @ 8:00pm in Griffin
6.* This is our first MSU lecture event of the year and hope to have all
your support. Nancy Khalil, PhD, is a Muslim scholar currently at Yale?s
Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration. She
will lead us in a self reflective conversation on the politics of Muslim
women leadership, cultural and worship spaces  in the experience of
American Islam. Dr. Khalil?s talk will help bring understanding and healing
to our campus and the general Williams audience on the importance of
diversity, inclusion and equity. This lecture is timely today given the
external challenges not only to the ban on migration to America of Muslims
but we are internally confronted, conflicted and confused by a multitude of
identity and religious questions relevant to our times. Muslim students
often have difficult times navigating such religious, political, and social
concerns alone in America. Dr. Khalil will offer a talk on the ways Muslims
have been uniquely negotiating and dynamically confronting issues on
gender, race, and identity in American Islam.


Please find both fliers attached below and forward them as soon as you can.

Sincerely,

Omar Kawam
MSU Co-Chair
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From tsa1 at williams.edu  Wed Nov 29 09:40:05 2017
From: tsa1 at williams.edu (Aizenberg, Tamar)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:40:05 -0500
Subject: [Jewonthis] MinCo-Related Announcements
Message-ID: <CAEvYSQn16Aaiv+X5dZKXVib4AKPCHubPntSB5f+aOoUg9XdHig@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to pass along some announcements from MinCo and various groups
within MinCo that WCJA has been informed of throughout the past week or so.

1. The Committee on Education Affairs is soliciting student suggestions for
courses for the college's new Difference, Power, and Equity requirement
(DPE) that is replacing the Exploring Diversity Initiative. DPE courses
examine the mechanisms, histories, and practices behind social, political
and philosophical structures of difference and power. They are centrally
focused around issues of difference, diversity, inequality, and/or
inclusivity.

A brief disclaimer: the DPE initiative is new, and these suggestions will
contribute to the long term discussion about courses that will be offered
in the future, but are not guaranteed to be developed into courses in the
coming semesters.

Suggested areas of study may include but are not limited to:
ability/disability, body size, citizenship status, ethnicity, gender, race,
religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background. This is not
intended to be an exhaustive list, but should give an idea of the types of
issues that might be examined in a DPE course.

*Suggestions may be submitted here:* https://goo.gl/forms/t2IfnEFHcZSc2JvV2
.

2. MinCo created a form to document instances of discrimination and racism
students have faced when interacting with Campus Safety and Security. MinCo
is hoping to talk to CSS about instances they are aware of, but they want
to have a more holistic picture and account for all experiences before they
begin this conversation. They are hoping to make sure that PSS officers are
properly trained and held accountable when it comes to issues of racism.
*You may share your experiences through this anonymous google form:*
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1twWF2ovWyvOTH4Fu
I5uJ2rX6MbsBYOkyDjOLI9Fp3fDJVw/viewform?usp=sf_link.

3. FemCo and Converging Worlds have been working on the issue of labor
justice in the construction hiring process at Williams. They have been
working with a local unionist from the Carpenter's Union, and have been
meeting with various people in the Zilkha Center, Davis Center, and the
administrative people in charge of construction and finance here. Their
goal is to raise awareness on campus, build student commitment to Williams
hiring more women and people of color onto construction products, and work
to establish policies around the hiring process as well as eliminating
screenings of criminal records for workers and making sure workers get paid
for hours they work. They submitted a Claiming Williams proposal for a
panel that features local construction workers and would love as much
collaboration as possible on this project, which they believe will be a
multi-step, multi-year process. This is an intersectional issue and also
affects us as Williams students in general.

Their next planning meeting is this Tuesday, at 9 pm in Lees. Anyone is
welcome to attend, and if you would like to stay in the loop even if you
can't make this meeting, *please sign up on this google sheet* and they
will add you to their listserve and make sure you get updates about
meetings and planning sessions: https://docs.google.
com/a/williams.edu/spreadsheets/d/1MqXrP4FU3GqUNuHnR8IB6hg4Q
XsmE5uBjsX9LZq8r0Y/edit?usp=sharing.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Best,

Tamar Aizenberg
WCJA President
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