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Power and Influence: Reflective Practice
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 – 5:00pmD-Lab; 265 Massachusetts AvenuePower and Influence: Reflective Practice, an interactive workshop for students engaged (or thinking about engaging) in development work, will consider how unbalanced power dynamics due to nationality, education, race, gender and income can sabotage the most well-intentioned project. Dinner will be served! This workshop is part of a campus-wide…
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This workshop encourages participants to consider the experiences, goals, skills, and passions they had at an earlier age than is typically represented on a professional resume. We’ll use guided activities to help you reflect on what you valued and were excited about when you were a kid and…
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Join us for a very special concert featuring Haitian poet, singer and song-writer Roosevelt Saillant, better known as “B.I.C.” for “Brain. Intelligence. Creativity,”. B.I.C. is one of the best known and most creative and prolific artists in Haiti. He has been writing and singing songs for the past…
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Silicon Valley innovations have given rise to a class of tech titans wielding immense economic and political influence, and has paved the way for a cultural shift towards individualism with historically little regard for marginalized groups left in the wake. Noam Cohen, a former New York Times technology columnist and…
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Are We The Enemy? The Neuroscience of Conflict and Empathy
Thursday, November 30, 2017 – 6:30pmMIT Museum; 265 Massachusetts AvenueWatch this program On November 30, we are proud to be partnering with the MIT Museum as we host a provocative and fascinating evening of conversation. Join Dr. Emile Bruneau, Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, to explore how human cognitive habits encourage bias,…