Another great community event from the folks at Middletown Potluck:
Student Life
Drugs, Harm, and the Campus
How should we – as a university and as a society – address the use of illicit drugs? In light of recent events, the Allbritton Center is bringing together experts from a variety of fields and perspectives for panel discussions on drug use and policies at Wesleyan and beyond. The hope is to have an open and…
Apply for the 2015-2016 Eco Facilitators Program!
The Wesleyan Sustainability Office is seeking rising sophomores and juniors to serve as Eco Facilitators for the 2015-2016 school year. Eco Facilitators are peer-to-peer sustainability educators who promote energy and water conservation, waste reduction, and other sustainable habits on campus. In the fall, EFs will enroll in a semester-long student forum designed to equip them with…
Kai Wesleyan in NYC
Kai Entrepreneurship Wesleyan – a student group promoting openness, inclusion, and community in entrepreneurship – will travel to New York City on Saturday, April 4 the visit with several alumni who are working in the tech scene. Transportation, lunch, and dinner will be provided, and applications are due on March 28. Check their blog for…
Volunteer Opportunity: Celebrating Diversity and Teaching Acceptance with Julia’s Star
The Julia‘s Star program brings Wesleyan students into contact with Middletown fifth graders, and through the interaction seeks to create a safe space for positive dialogue about identity, prejudice and stereotypes. Through the book Julia‘s Star and the discussion, we hope the students will understand the impact of stereotypes, both on a micro and a macro…
Reblog: Banner Dropping the “T” Word
This article by Jacob Seltzer ’17 appeared on Wesleying, Wesleyan’s student life blog. Read the original here. A couple days ago, a series of banners were displayed in Usdan urging students to not to use the word “townie.” The banners are part of an effort by the Middletown Wesleyan Relations Committee (MWRC) to work towards their…
When Canada Goose Comes to Wesleyan: Exploring Class and Classism
An important event sponsored by Wesleyan Student Affairs and presented by Class Action: All of us are affected by classism. It permeates our societal structures – on individual, social, cultural and institutional levels. None of us escapes its effects. Yet, classism is invisible in many ways. Most of us have had few opportunities to examine classism in…
Including the Excluded: 35 Years of Trans Life
Including the Excluded – the final event in Ujamaa’s 2015 Black History Month series – will discuss the intersectionality of race, queerness, and displacement, and further conversation on #BLACKLIVESMATTER at Wesleyan. The discussion will take place on Thursday, February 26 at 7:15 PM in 41 Wyllys, room 112. Joining us from Justice 4 Jane: Al Riccio is a transgender…
(Re)Presenting Space: A Portrait of Coal River Valley
In the Summer of 2013, Rachel Lindy ’15, Rachie Weisberg ’15, and Isaac Silk ’14 spent six weeks living in the Coal River Valley of southern West Virginia—an area highly affected by mountaintop removal coal mining and teeming with activist resistance. During this time, we developed a multimedia project that explored the future of the region and…
Middletown Potluck Presents: Human Connection
From our friends at Middletown Potluck: (Make sure to invite your friends!)