Civic Engagement and Conversation

noon–1 pm
Fleet Library

Audience: RISD community

September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, commemorating the anniversary of the 1877 signing of the United States Constitution. Join RISD general counsel to hear about how the Constitution and its amendments continue to shape our country.

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10 am–2 pm
Voter registration tables at The Met, Portfolio Cafe, the Center for Integrative Technologies (CIT) and the Fletcher Building

Audience: RISD community

Since the first National Voter Registration Day in 2012, more than five people have registered to vote in the United States’ largest single-day registration drive. However, as many as one in five eligible US citizens are not registered to vote. Let’s change this together at RISD’s campus-wide National Voter Registration Day event.

12-1:30 pm
Teaching and Learning Lab

Audience: Faculty

By their nature, campaigns and elections emphasize differences of ideology and opinion. This faculty workshop will offer examples of key classroom practices for fostering inclusive discourse about the polarization of the current moment—from understanding political processes and histories to negotiating conflicts of belief and opinion.

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6:30–8 pm
Fleet Library Living Room

Audience: Faculty and staff

This interactive workshop takes participants on a journey alongside people of Jerusalem. It is guided by Riman Barakat and Karen Brunwasser, representatives of FeelBeit, a group of Israelis and Palestinians who create art and music to bridge divides in Jerusalem. 

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Time: 10-11:30 am
Fleet Library Living Room 

Audience: Students

This interactive workshop takes participants on a journey alongside people of Jerusalem. It is guided by Riman Barakat and Karen Brunwasser, representatives of FeelBeit, a group of Israelis and Palestinians who create art and music to bridge divides in Jerusalem. 

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Time: 6-7 pm
Market Square

Audience: RISD Community

We will be gathering as a community to recognize loss and grief that our world has experienced through the past and future. 

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Time: 5-7pm 
RISD Beach

Audience: Students

As part of National Voter Education week, grab a 2024 RISD Votes T-shirt, designed by Grace Liu 26 GD. Tye-dying and other decorating supplies, as well as food, will be available on RISD Beach (rain location Moore terrace).

Time: 1:30–3 pm

Audience: Faculty

By their nature, campaigns and elections emphasize differences of ideology and opinion. This faculty workshop will offer examples of key classroom practices for fostering inclusive discourse about the polarization of the current moment—from understanding political processes and histories to negotiating conflicts of belief and opinion.

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Time: 6:30-7:30

Audience: Faculty and staff

Centered around the psychology of peace and violence, this event invites faculty and staff to join Johanna Vollhardt of Clark University for an open dialogue around navigating the complexities of the war in Gaza. The conversation will cover a range of topics, from Palestine solidarity and the Palestinian BDS movement to the pluralistic history of Jewish political thought and activism, contextualized within Vollhardt's expertise and research on the psychology of collective victimization and resistance to repression and violence. The discussion will be introduced by Provost Touba Ghadessi and moderated by Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino, associate professor of Psychology and department head of History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences. 

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