From Rwanda to California, �鶹��Ƶ Students Are Connecting with the World</h1> <article> <h1>From Rwanda to California, �鶹��Ƶ Students Are Connecting with the World</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:05:05 +0000</p> <span>From Rwanda to California, �鶹��Ƶ Students Are Connecting with the World</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-10-17T12:05:05-04:00" title="Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:05">Wed, 10/17/2018 - 12:05</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In early October, two musicians in Kigali, Rwanda, and one musician in �鶹��Ƶ, Ohio, played, sang, freestyled, and talked during a <a href="https://www.sharedstudios.com/purpose" target="_blank">Shared Studios</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> portal connection. </p> <p>The connection paired musicians continents apart who otherwise may not have had the opportunity to interact, were it not for the portal connection between the cities. Immersive audiovisual technology inside each portal allowed trumpet player and member of the neo-jazz band SoundEvr Daniel Spearman '17 and Rwandan activist and hip-hop artist Maktain and Rwandan pop singer Weya to perform, talk about musical inspiration, and discuss their respective futures and careers. And while performing and talking about music was their primary focus, their discussion also meandered to other topics, including politics and culture.</p> <p>Eloi Mugabe, the portal curator in Kigali, Rwanda, says this connection was memorable because each person seemed to really learn from the other.</p> <p>“They talked about how music industries are different and how, as an artist, you have to come up with your approach based on what you stand for or the message you want to share. This was one of my favorite portal sessions because I think it really benefited both sides,” says Mugabe.</p> <p>The <a href="/news/portals-connect-people-around-world-dialogue">�鶹��Ƶ_Portal</a>, created by art, design, and technology collective Shared Studios, is slated to remain in its current home in Wilder Bowl through November 10, 2018. Portals are equipped with immersive audiovisual technology that allows individuals to engage with others live, as if in the same room, with freestanding screen “walls” surrounding them. Live sessions include discussions, musical performances, and other interactions, and they are typically prearranged.</p> <p>According to �鶹��Ƶ_Portal curator Tekikki Walker ’12, participating in connections with others across the globe has been truly impactful.</p> <p>“From a personal standpoint, it’s a humbling experience to be able to hear someone else share their views or life story and to be able to listen,” says Walker. “From an educational standpoint, I see the portal as a tool that helps others learn in a non-traditional way that’s also crucial to the learning and social experience.”</p> <p>When Ellen Chamberlain, portal curator at Oakland International High School—a school whose student population includes immigrants, refugees, and English language learners—initiated a connection with the �鶹��Ƶ_Portal, her hope was to connect with someone who has ties to the immigrant community. Chamberlain also wanted to find someone with an understanding of the obstacles this group must overcome to not only attend but also thrive in college. At �鶹��Ƶ, Walker was able to connect the Oakland group to second-year philosophy and religion double major José, a first-generation college student who identifies as Latinx.</p> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>José stands in front of �鶹��Ƶ_Portal. Photo by Tekikki Walker '12</figcaption> </figure> <p>“As a first generation, low-income Latinx student, [I know] how difficult the transition [to college] can be, despite having an abundance of resources. No one was telling me what I needed because they didn’t know, and even I didn’t know what I needed. I wanted to tell [the students in Oakland] that there might be a little fear going into college, but above anything else, I wanted to let the students know that they matter, they’re important. That’s what would’ve helped me in the beginning—to be affirmed by someone closer to my identity. I hope they felt like someone closer to their identity cares,” says José.</p> <p>José describes the portal experience as a surprisingly authentic one and says that he found it to be highly engaging.</p> <p>“You can’t really prepare yourself and draft a template to use in these settings. When you have the intention to inform and do it from a place that seeks no reward, then that’s where the purest, most engaged energy comes from, at least in my opinion,” says José.</p> <p>When asked what she would tell others about the portal experience, Walker says, “If I could encourage anyone to visit the portal, I would say to just come, and be curious. Education is about exploration!”</p> <p>To learn more or to schedule a portal pairing, go to the <a href="https://www.sharedstudios.com/oberlin">�鶹��Ƶ_Portal webpage</a>. Once your request is submitted, the �鶹��Ƶ_Portal curator will contact you to tailor your experience.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-10-17T12:00:00Z">Wed, 10/17/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Hillary Hempstead</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since September 6, 2018, the �鶹��Ƶ College community has been using a portal equipped with immersive audiovisual technology to engage with individuals in other Portal locations across the globe. The portal will be stationed in Wilder Bowl through November 10, 2018.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2354">Campus Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2579">Campus Dialogue</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2566">Wilder Bowl</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Spearman '17 connects with Rwandan musicians in the �鶹��Ƶ_Portal</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tekikki Walker '12</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Constitution Day: Q&A with Donica Thomas Varner</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:25:07 +0000</p> <span>Constitution Day: Q&A with Donica Thomas Varner</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-09-11T12:25:07-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 12:25">Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:25</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ College will observe Constitution Day with a conversation between Ohio Supreme Court Justice <a href="http://www.patdewine.com/">Pat DeWine</a> and �鶹��Ƶ’s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary <a href="/donica-varner">Donica Thomas Varner</a>. The evening will open with a brief keynote address from DeWine, followed by an on-stage conversation with Varner. The event will conclude with a Q&A in which students and audience members are encouraged to ask questions of both Justice DeWine and Varner. The event will be held at 5 p.m., Monday, September 17, in <a href="/node/3901" target="_blank">Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall </a>and is free and open to all.</p> <p>We talked with Donica Thomas Varner about the importance of the day, the discussion’s focus, and who should attend.</p> <h5>Q: Why is it important to celebrate Constitution Day at �鶹��Ƶ?</h5> <p>A: It’s important for us, particularly in an academic community of inquirers, scholars, and thought-leaders, to think about how the document that informs our democracy impacts us in our daily life. I believe that the Constitution is a living document that should reflect our times, our norms, and what matters to us as everyday citizens. As curious and thoughtful people, we should be engaged in what the Constitution means. I hope that by celebrating Constitution Day this year, in particular, that we start engaging with our democracy and not just see the Constitution as a document that’s on the shelf, or something that people bring out to use as a sword or shield for whatever concern they’re advocating for, but as something that inspires us to be involved in our democracy.</p> <h5>Q: This year’s Constitution Day theme is “Pressures on the First Amendment in Higher Education.” Without giving everything away, what kinds of pressures are present?</h5> <p>A: I’m very interested in hearing Justice DeWine’s perspective. We were law school classmates, and together we were introduced to the Constitution and First Amendment. Our legal paths have diverged, and I’d like to hear his thoughts about how the Constitution’s guarantee of free speech and assembly and associational rights intersects with people’s rights to be free of an unlawful harassment or discrimination. The college campus provides an interesting backdrop for what is a cultural issue. So the concepts such as trigger warnings, safe spaces, ideas being dangerous, or people needing to be protected from dangerous ideas and the intolerance of some people to being exposed to ideas that are deemed dangerous or offensive—what does that mean for an academy of scholars and thinkers and artists? How do we merge those two? Because unlawful discrimination harassment is real. Our statues in federal, state, and local laws are necessary to protect from discrimination and harassment. At the same time, our democracy is built on these ideals, and people have the right to think and express offensive, disturbing thoughts, and ideas. How do we resolve what could be seen as some natural tensions in those areas?</p> <h5>Q: What’s the format of Constitution Day?</h5> <p>A: Justice DeWine will first give a short lecture on the theme, and I’m going to have some conversation with him and ask him some questions and then we will open it up to the audience. So our goal is to have students moderating and facilitating the whole event. I’m excited to hear what our community has to say about the tensions between civil liberties and civil rights.</p> <h5>Q: Is this event just for politics majors or students who are prelaw? If you’re a studio art major or a vocal major, why might you attend?</h5> <p>A: As an artist or a performer, a lot of work is about expression of self and identity and touches on the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. How does an artist share a talent or thoughts on the world? It’s through expression—whether it’s song, or dance, or music. Our ability to be authentically ourselves and to share those gifts should matter to an artist, particularly when there were periods of time when those expressions were banned. At one time, there were books that were banned from libraries, and certain posters or imagery were seen as pornographic. Who gets to decide that? There are First Amendment issues that impact artists’ ability to express themselves. They are things that I would hope thinking artists would want to engage in.</p> <h5>Q: What does Justice DeWine bring to the table in particular?</h5> <p>A: Pat DeWine is a very thoughtful, conservative thinker. His view on the Constitution and the law is one that we should understand and that we should be able to engage with thoughtfully. I think that there are various assumptions about the law and how it works that are rooted in divergent views depending on whether you have a conservative or a liberal point of view. I’m hoping that Pat DeWine will bring the best thinking that reflects conservative points of view so that we can understand them and engage with them in a thoughtful way.</p> <p>Something I’m hoping we'll be able to demonstrate is that thoughtful, smart people at opposite ends of the political spectrum can have dialogue, be friendly, and like each other. I think we saw that a little bit with the passing and celebration of the life of Senator John McCain. It’s reflected in the people who spoke and honored him in his service and the people he chose to be pallbearers—it shows that it’s important that thoughtful people of good character keep the lines of communication open for rigorous debate, and that we don’t allow ourselves to become caricatures. That’s one of the goals of my inviting Pat to this conversation. And I’m so glad that he, without hesitation, accepted the invitation.</p> <h5>Q: Is there anything else we should know about Constitution Day?</h5> <p>A: �鶹��Ƶ is in a very exciting time as we are thinking about who we are, our core mission, our core values, how we want to present to the world, and what we want the world to think of us. I think we want people from all walks of life, who may have different points of view and who are interested in the most excellent residential liberal arts education possible in this country, to feel comfortable coming here and having a voice and being engaged in our community. This event, which I hope is the beginning of a speaker series about how we engage across divides, will allow us to demonstrate who we really are—that we are a thoughtful community of scholars and artists and that we don’t shy away from the difficult conversations. And that we can have these conversations and go into them with a willingness to be persuaded, or open to the possibility of changing our minds, or interested in learning, rather than simply looking for confirmation about our strongly held views. That's my goal for this session—to give us a platform to reflect on who we truly are as a community.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-09-11T12:00:00Z">Tue, 09/11/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2390">Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2597">Faculty and Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2579">Campus Dialogue</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Donica Thomas Varner</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Portals Connect People Around the World in Dialogue</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:38:54 +0000</p> <span>Portals Connect People Around the World in Dialogue</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-08-08T14:38:54-04:00" title="Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 14:38">Wed, 08/08/2018 - 14:38</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This fall, from September 6 through November 10, a gold Portal will be stationed in Wilder Bowl at �鶹��Ƶ College. </p> <p>Created by art, design, and technology collective <a href="https://www.sharedstudios.com/purpose" target="_blank">Shared Studios</a>, <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> Portals are gold shipping containers equipped with immersive audiovisual technology. Inside a Portal, an individual can engage with others in a distant Portal, live, as if in the same room with freestanding screen “walls” surrounding them. These live sessions can include discussions, musical performances, or other interactions and are typically prearranged. Since launching in 2014, Portals have connected more than 125,000 people around the world in intimate dialogues.</p> <p><a class="view-more" href="https://youtu.be/85XevOMQ4RA" target="_blank">View Play a Portal video</a>.</p> <p>The �鶹��Ƶ Portal is connected with a network of other Portals in various locations across the world, including such cities as Berlin, Mexico City, Gaza City, Nairobi, Los Angeles, and Chicago. View the full list of <a href="https://www.sharedstudios.com/communities">Portal sites</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span>.</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ faculty, staff, and students are invited to schedule a session with another Portal location. Please suggest a topic of conversation or an area of interest to engage in and note the Portal location you’d like to connect with. Some previous Portal engagements include:</p> <ul> <li>Students at the Johns Hopkins University collaborating with students at the University of Palestine in Gaza City, exploring ways of improving public health through scientific and design-based innovation.</li> <li>Opera singers performing for a Syrian refugee community in Jordan.</li> <li>Dancers at the University of Maryland collaborating with rappers in Herat, Afghanistan.</li> <li>Classical Persian painters in Isfahan, Iran taught Persian painting to students around the world</li> </ul> <p>View a list of <a href="https://www.sharedstudios.com/communities">past Portal projects</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> at educational institutions.<br> <br> To schedule a Portal pairing, submit your information using the <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/oberlin.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWZ-PMHuwZJ9Xe0oY5qgM4IeC-31Ff-k1rtTkkqnmY-hV9Fg/viewform">online form</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span>. Once submitted, the �鶹��Ƶ_Portal curator will contact you to tailor your experience. Please note that a Portal can accommodate approximately 12 people.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-08-08T12:00:00Z">Wed, 08/08/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A shipping container, or Portal, equipped with immersive audiovisual technology will be stationed September 6 through November 10, 2018, in Wilder Bowl. The �鶹��Ƶ College community is invited to use the Portal to engage with individuals in other Portal locations across the globe.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2354">Campus Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2566">Wilder Bowl</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2579">Campus Dialogue</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Shared Studios</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Q&A with “What is Sanctuary?” Panelists</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:53:31 +0000</p> <span>Q&A with “What is Sanctuary?” Panelists</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-02-08T09:53:31-05:00" title="Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 09:53">Thu, 02/08/2018 - 09:53</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The concept of sanctuary is often part of today’s discussions about immigration, but the idea of providing sanctuary has ancient roots. Learn about the different meanings and practices of sanctuary from ancient to modern times during a cross-departmental panel, “What is Sanctuary?” on Tuesday, February 13 from 12:20 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in King 106. The event is associated with the monthlong series, Courage and Compassion, which explores sanctuary in connection to Japanese Americans during World War II.</p> <p>Responses provided by “What is Sanctuary?” panelists: Naomi Campa, classics; Meredith Gadsby, Africana studies; Shelley Lee, comparative American studies and history; Gina Pérez, comparative American studies; Elizabeth Wueste, classics; Ellen Wurtzel, history.</p> <p><strong>1. How would you describe the concept of "sanctuary"?</strong></p> <p>Sanctuary emerges in contemporary discussions around immigration, but current invocations of sanctuary and providing refuge to those fleeing state power have deep and ancient roots across the globe. According to the World Church Services’ recent report, sanctuary is “rooted in faith communities” and refers to the use of temples, churches, and sometimes cities as places of refuge for those who may or may not be innocent of crimes but who sought protection from secular authorities. </p> <p><br> <strong>2. How has the understanding and practice of "sanctuary" evolved from ancient to modern times?</strong></p> <p>Not surprisingly, the answer to this question is beyond the scope of this discussion, but one way to think of the difference between modern United States sanctuary and earlier practices is that in medieval times, for example, sanctuary was not contested as a concept because it was not seen as outside law but rather a law of the church that everyone recognized was valid. Because of the idea of multiple jurisdictions, churches had absolute rights to do these things and proclaim sanctuary, rights that were recognized by secular authorities because they wanted to be seen as protecting the power of the sacred. In practice, churches cooperated with secular authorities. Now, churches may be the property of the institution of the church, but United States law extends over that space and the people who might take refuge there. What remains in our collective memory, fed by popular culture, is this idea that churches ought to be respected; it’s still seen as a kind of violation to enter them and drag someone out against their will. We believe something is being violated, but without laws—i.e. the recognition by all parties involved that churches are spaces with particular protections—there is only a lingering unease that a boundary is being crossed. There is no shared consensus that churches play a particular role for those, innocent or guilty, fleeing laws that society might consider unjust.</p> <p>Our modern conception of sanctuary has extended beyond the church to include more forms of both legal and extra-legal protection. United States cities and states, for example, are increasingly declaring themselves as sanctuaries to immigrants. The way we use the word "sanctuary" today, however, still refers to context-specific protection from official state laws, even if faith-based communities are not involved.</p> <p><br> <strong>3. Historically, how has the city of �鶹��Ƶ participated in offering sanctuary to individuals?</strong></p> <p>Sanctuary resonates in the city of �鶹��Ƶ and is deeply embedded in its history. In January 2017, the city of �鶹��Ƶ affirmed its status as a sanctuary city, one of hundreds across the United States today. Unanimous support of this by the �鶹��Ƶ City Council reflects not only its earlier embrace of sanctuary in 2009, but it also underscores �鶹��Ƶ’s distinctive history in the 19th century. The city of �鶹��Ƶ and �鶹��Ƶ College have historically served as sanctuary to revolutionary thinkers committed to social justice while grappling with contradictions. </p> <p>Historically, the city has served as sanctuary for many. An early example of offering sanctuary is shown through the story of <a href="http://www2.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/Kinson/Kinson.html">Sarah "Margru" Kinson</a>, who was involved in the Amistad Revolt in 1835. In the aftermath of the precedent setting Amistad Trial, in which President John Quincy Adams defended Sarah and her fellow captives before the U.S. Supreme court in March 1841, Sarah, a surviving member of the Mendi tribe from present-day Nigeria, met two �鶹��Ƶ Missionaries, William Raymond who studied at what was then called the �鶹��Ƶ Institute, and James Steele, a graduate of the Theological Department of �鶹��Ƶ Collegiate Institute. Sarah later attended �鶹��Ƶ College with the support of Raymond and Lewis Tappan in 1846, and Marianne Parker Dascomb was asked to oversee Sarah's education in what was then called the Female Department.</p> <p>The city also provided sanctuary for Lee Howard Dobbins, a four year-old boy brought here in March of 1853 by an enslaved woman named Miriam, who traveled a treacherous journey only to die of consumption in freedom. Five years later in 1858, �鶹��Ƶ offered sanctuary to John Price, a young black man abducted by the son of a wealthy �鶹��Ƶ landholder. When news of Price’s imprisonment in a hotel in Wellington, Ohio, reached �鶹��Ƶ around noon that day, a large crowd of �鶹��Ƶians, including blacks and whites, and townspeople and students, rode off toward Wellington. Included in the crowd of those who rescued Price was Charles Langston, the brother of John Mercer Langston, the first African-American lawyer in Ohio and the first African American to hold elected office in the United States. Price was hidden in the home of �鶹��Ƶ College President James Fairchild, and he was later taken across the border to Canada.</p> <p><br> <strong>4. Why is it important to have a conversation about sanctuary right now?</strong></p> <p>The current sanctuary movement has roots in the 1980s when Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees fled wars that were fueled, in large part, by United States foreign policy during the Cold War. While a great deal of attention now rightly focuses on the ways that the current administration has facilitated a rising number of sanctuary cities, sanctuary campuses, sanctuary streets and even, in the case of California, a sanctuary state, this new sanctuary movement dates back to 2007, when a number of faith-based communities came together to address and resist the impact of increased immigration raids and the now infamous 2006 Sensenbrenner bill that, among many of its draconian provisions, increased funding for the United States–Mexico border, increased penalties and detentions for unauthorized migrants, and would make it a crime for those who assist undocumented migrants. This recent history is important because it reminds us that the practices and strategies faith-based communities, cities, activists, and community leaders are engaged in have a long history, but it also invites us to understand the specificity of today—the Muslim/travel ban, ongoing attacks on birthright citizenship, an undermining of family reunification immigration provisions that are now demonized as “chain migration,”—and why sanctuary practices and the new sanctuary movement has grown across the United States. </p> <p><br> <strong>5. What do the teach-in panelists hope to accomplish through a cross-departmental discussion on this topic?</strong></p> <p>As scholars who are deeply committed to interdisciplinary work, many of whom are also trained in specific disciplines, we recognize how our scholarly work and teaching is enhanced through conversations across disciplines and departments. These cross-departmental discussions often happen in surprising contexts—for example, in Spring 2016, classics, comparative American studies and Africana studies co-sponsored a screening and discussion of Spike Lee’s <em>Chiraq</em> that invited people interested in race, urban political economy and violence, gender, and resistance to have conversations with those familiar with the classical Athenian play <em>Lysistrata</em> by Aristophanes. These conversations enrich our scholarship and our teaching and make being at �鶹��Ƶ particularly meaningful because our professional obligations often constrain our ability to create these spaces of dialogue and exchange. </p> <p>A teach-in provides us a quick, focused, and easily-accessible way to discuss nuanced issues. In less than a few hours, we can provide some interdisciplinary-context to a pressing contemporary social issue, involving faculty, students, and the community in the conversation.</p> <p><br> <strong>6. What do you hope that those who attend this program take away from it?</strong></p> <p>One of the main goals is to provide students with an historical framework for understanding modern sanctuary practices and the new sanctuary movement and to understand important differences as well as continuities. Ancient and medieval sanctuary shares with modern practices the sense that the law as it stands doesn't allow for the flexibility of real situations. Sanctuary, both then and now, is a kind of liminal space that allows a community some flexibility. Guilt and innocence are not always so clear-cut, and sanctuary allows for people the space to strategize, sometimes build their lives elsewhere, and sometimes allow (secular) law to catch up to the reality of what communities really feel about how to judge violations of laws. Sometimes this leads to new laws—such as the 1990 decision to provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees who had previously been denied asylum in the United States.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-02-08T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/08/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2579">Campus Dialogue</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25261">Classical Civilization</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/meredith-gadsby" hreflang="und">Meredith Gadsby</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/gina-perez" hreflang="und">Gina Pérez</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/ellen-wurtzel" hreflang="und">Ellen Wurtzel</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics" hreflang="und">Classics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Downtown �鶹��Ƶ, Ohio.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Matthew Lester</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>