[bioundgrd] Fwd: Conversations You Can't Have on Campus - 6 unit P/D/F seminar

[Janice Chang]

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From: Tobie F Weiner <iguanatw at mit.edu<mailto:iguanatw at mit.edu>>
Subject: Conversations You Can't Have on Campus - 6 unit P/D/F seminar
Date: September 5, 2018 at 4:09:00 PM EDT

Our department has changed my “Conversations” class to a 6 unit P/D/F seminar.  If you have students looking for a fun way to talk about serious and interesting topics and earn 6 units you might want to recommend it to them.  The class is pretty small now so I’m hoping to add a few new students to it.

Here’s the information you can send out.

Thanks!

Tobie

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17.S912
"Conversations You Can't Have on Campus:
Discussions about Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Identity"

Tobie Weiner E53-484 617 253-3649 iguanatw at mit.edu<mailto:iguanatw at mit.edu>
Wednesday 3-5 pm E51-085 or Friday 2-4 pm E51-085
6 units P/D/F

What if you could get together with a diverse group of students on campus and communicate openly about difficult issues? Despite the increasingly diverse student population at MIT, students are often separated from each other by differences in race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. They have little interaction with individuals who are different and are unable to benefit from the rich and diverse student population that exists on our campus and beyond.
 The goal of this seminar is to have fun conversations about serious issues in a non-stressful, informal setting. Here's a chance for cultural exploration—both your own culture and the cultures of others. We hope to create a relaxed atmosphere in which people feel free to ask questions about controversial issues, flame about discrimination and stereotypes, and argue and intelligently discuss difficult issues.
Contact Tobie iguanatw at mit.edu<mailto:iguanatw at mit.edu> for more information or just show up!


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