Drop-In Sessions Week Three - 21-Day Ignatian Racial Equity Challenge

The 21-Day Ignatian Racial Equity Challenge hosted by the Ignatian Solidarity Network that runs through Sunday, February 21, 2021.  Join any time at 21-Day Ignatian Racial Equity Challenge, or fill in the Fairfield University Registration Form. 

Here is information about drop-in sessions for Week Three where we can gather to discuss the Challenge: 

Week Three

TONIGHT, Tuesday, February 16, 2021 – 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Join Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN) to discuss Friday’s theme of "A Culture of White Supremacy: Jesuit Institutions, Slavery and Equity," which was canceled due to server issues, and today’s theme “Racism and the Environment.”

Zoom link:  https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/96253546832.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.  Join Campus Ministry as we reflect on the Racial Equity Challenge through the lens of the final stage of the Examen: Resolving, with the help of God’s grace, to improve ourselves and our world. Having spent the 21 days learning, praying, and acting for racial equity, where do we as a community go from here, and what help do we need to get there?

Zoom link: https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/7647577947

Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.   Join CT-ACE Women’s Network to discuss the overall experience with the Challenge and the day’s topic, “Racism and Mass Incarceration.”            

Zoom Link:  https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/94368801206.

Friday, February 19, 2021 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.  Join Profs. Rachelle Brunn-Bevel and Jocelyn Boryczka, representing the MLK Convocation Committee, to reflect on the 21-Day Challenge and the day’s topic, “Racism and Policing.”

Zoom Link:  https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/93534658974.

This Challenge leads up to our Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. with Cristina Beltrán. This Challenge brings our Fairfield community together as one way to reflect on and advance our Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Mission Statement.  For further readings to compliment the 21-Day Challenge, please visit our DiMenna-Nyselius Library Antiracist Resource Guide.

This 21-Day Challenge is supported by the MLK Convocation Committee, Center for Social Impact, Center for Catholic Studies, Campus Ministry, Office of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, CT-ACE Fairfield Chapter, and Alpha Sigma Nu.

For further questions, please contact Jocelyn M. Boryczka, Associate Vice Provost for Scholarly, Creative, and Community Engagement, at jboryczka@fairfield.edu.