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March 2020 l Upcoming Events
March 9: How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities?
March 10: Leadership through the Art of Comics: The Holocaust through the Lens of 1955’s ‘Master Race’
March 12: Who Guards the Guards When Leadership Goes Bad? The Gendered Silences in the Nigerian Military Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency
March 23-24: Embracing the Church of Tomorrow Today
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All events are free and open to the public – unless otherwise noted - and are held on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact the VWU Center for the Study of Religious Freedom at
757.455.3129
or
csrf@vwu.edu
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How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities?
NEXUS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Monday, March 9
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Jane P. Batten Student Center, Pearce Suite
Horrific events involving mass shootings in our country have touched a deep chord in many of us. At the same time, there are no easy answers for curbing gun violence. Americans are divided over what are the best approaches for solving the problem. Join us to participate in a dialogue using the National Issues Forum (NIF) guide
How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities?
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
The issue guide presents three options, along with their drawbacks. These are not the only options, but the NIF framework is designed to help avoid the polarizing rhetoric around major policy approaches to addressing the issue. The goal of the discussion is not to achieve consensus on a solution, but to assist us in moving us from initial reactions to more reflective judgement on how to solve the problem.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom in partnership with the
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) and Hands United Building Bridges (HUBB).
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Leadership through the Art of Comics: The Holocaust through the Lens of 1955’s ‘Master Race’
LEADING FOR CHANGE SERIES
Tuesday, March 10
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Blocker Hall Auditorium
Regardless of whether they are called comic books or graphic novels, works like
Maus
or
V for Vendetta
use not just compelling characters and engaging plots, but also striking art to shape how readers enter the story. Reflecting on an early comic-book story about the Holocaust—Bernard Krigstein's
Master Race
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Dr. Stephen Hock
highlights how to effectively read comic books and shows the distinctive ways in which they make an impact.
Stephen Hock
, Associate Professor of English at VWU, has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in American literature, he also teaches "The Art of Comic Books," a course that focuses on formal analysis of the narratives produced by the union of words and images.
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Who Guards the Guards When Leadership Goes Bad? The Gendered Silences in the Nigerian Military Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency
LEADING FOR CHANGE SERIES
Thursday, March 12
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Blocker Hall Auditorium
In combatting the terrorist group Boko Haram, the Nigerian military used counterinsurgency tactics that resulted in widespread human-rights violations, rape, and gender-based violence against the civilian population.
Dr. Modupe Oshikoya
highlights the violence perpetrated by those who were supposed to be in charge of protecting the civilians, shows how leadership and oversight came to be distorted, and brings us all to ask “Who guards the guards?”
Dr. Modupe Oshikoya
, Assistant Professor of Political Science at VWU, has served as a Research Associate at the Interfaith Mediation Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria, and as a Senior Officer at the International Affairs and Defence Section, of the House of Commons, Houses of Parliament in London. Her research on the Nigerian military led to her receiving the APCG-Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation in African Politics 2019 award.
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Embracing the Church of Tomorrow Today*
ROBERT F. BOYD INSTITUTE
Monday, March 23, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Susan S. Goode Fine & Performing Arts Center
How to lead change? How to look at technology, hospitality, worship, and church systems in the 21
st
century?
This two-day seminar focuses on how to anticipate and embrace change, particularly in an institution – the church – that is frequently reluctant to do so. The seminar is open to all and also awards one continuing education credit for clergy from the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Rev. Olu Brown
is the lead pastor of Impact Church near Atlanta, GA. In 2016, Impact Church was listed as one of the top 100 fastest growing churches in America (and the fifth fastest growing United Methodist congregation). Brown is well-known as the author of
Zero to 80: Innovative Ideas for Planting and Accelerating Church Growth, Leadership Directions from Moses,
and
4D Impact: Smash Barriers Like a Smart Church.
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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Dr. Craig Wansink
, Professor of Religious Studies and the Joan P. and Macon F. Brock, Jr.
Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
Kelly Jackson
, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
Dr. Eric Mazur
, Gloria and David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies and Center for the Study of Religious Freedom Fellow for Religion, Law, and Politics
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