Upcoming events, and 2015-16 coordinators

Hi all, a few things to note: Election Results Thank you to all who voted in the recent election for CC coordinators. The results are: – External co-coordinator: Richard Blissett – Internal co-coordinator: Sam Viano – Secretary: Anne-Elise Hawkins Forums for Graduate Student Voices As we continue to find ways to create more avenues for...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Upcoming events, and 2015-16 coordinators

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And now, the work begins…

This past Sunday, we held our first ever Crucial Conversations retreat. We had a great group of people come together to work out what are our priorities, who we are as a team and as individuals in that team, and our game plan for the year. Want to know more? Stay tuned! As of now,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, September 7th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on And now, the work begins…

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Welcome to the new year

Welcome to the new year! We met many wonderful potential new members at the fajita party, and we’re ready for this new year. If you didn’t have a chance to talk to us then, please feel free to email us for more information. For those of you who signed up to be on the core...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Welcome to the new year

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End-of-Year Message(s) from Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations supporters, Please see here for our end-of-year message: End-of-Year Message 2014-15. Thanks again to everyone who has supported us this year. Also, as some of you have heard, we have recently made the decision to become an official student organization. Acknowledging that there has been much discussion about this across campus this year, we...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, May 18th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on End-of-Year Message(s) from Crucial Conversations

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Notes from CC 2015

At long last, we have cleaned up the notes from the debrief at the Crucial Conversations 2015 event. Thank you again to everyone who participated. As always, please let us know if you have any thoughts that you would like to share about our efforts moving forward. See the notes here.... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Notes from CC 2015

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Crucial Conversations 2015 Event!

We cordially invite you to a forum on discussing race and ethnicity. Crucial Conversations – a Peabody campus-wide initiative supported by the Peabody Coalition of Black Graduates, the Peabody Graduate Student Association, Common Ground, Peabody Queering and Embracing Diversity, and the Peabody Jewish Association – is hosting this event for the second time in our...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Crucial Conversations 2015 Event!

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December 2014 Update

Hello Crucial Conversations members and supporters! We hope you all have had an enjoyable holiday thus far. First, some updates: The current set date for the 2015 Crucial Conversations event is Thursday, January 29th at 7:00pm. Mark your calendars! For those of you who attended last year’s event, we are looking for additional facilitators to...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, December 26th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on December 2014 Update

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Call for Peabody IDEAS Co-Facilitators

Happy holidays from the CC Mentoring and Orientation Taskforce! As you may have heard at a CC meeting, we have been busy starting up a program we are calling Peabody IDEAS (inter-department exploration and support) in order to institutionalize conversations about race, diversity, and other important topics among Peabody graduate students. This spring, we will...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, December 26th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on Call for Peabody IDEAS Co-Facilitators

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October 2014 Update

October was an exciting month. The Crucial Conversations team has been hard at work, gathering information about the current state of affairs to more specifically determine the places where we need to focus for our various goals. In addition, we have been outlining potential solutions and initiatives to address these issues. Major updates from our...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on October 2014 Update

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Discussions happening right now!

Congratulations to the HOD, T&L, and LPO departments for having some very motivating discussions on how to change cultures and practice to support the kind of work that needs to be done to create a more inclusive campus. It is also important to note that three out of the last seven front pages of the...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2014 in News | Comments Off on Discussions happening right now!

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September 2014 Update

Welcome to September! We hope everyone has had a wonderful summer, and we welcome you all to the new year. There are several updates here, as it’s been a busy summer, so I’ll try to break them up into chunks for you. Things that happened with Crucial Conversations over the summer: We set a series...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, September 1st, 2014 in News | Comments Off on September 2014 Update

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Ferguson Response at Vanderbilt

On September 8th, the NAACP, BSA, and Kappas are sponsoring a forum: “Black Lives Matter.” The flyer is here. Please email Dr. Frank Dobson (frank.dobson@vanderbilt.edu) if you have any questions about these events. Also, the program in African American and Diaspora Studies will be holding a 3-part series on Activism and Social Justice in “post-racial”...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on Ferguson Response at Vanderbilt

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Goals for Crucial Conversations

As many of you know, these past couple of months have been about vision, reflecting on what we learned last year to move forward this next year. At our first June meeting, the team came together (students and faculty that have been involved) to discuss the broader narrative of what it would look and feel like...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on Goals for Crucial Conversations

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End-of-year message 2014

Now that the academic year has finished, we, the Crucial Conversations team, would like to take this moment to thank everyone who has participated with our work thus far. We have made a lot of progress this year, and we’ve gotten lots of support. Click here for a brief document outlining our thanks to this community....... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, June 12th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on End-of-year message 2014

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More updates to be coming soon!

We’re currently in the process of setting up our summer work and updating people on what has happened this year. Stay tuned!... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, May 26th, 2014 in News | Comments Off on More updates to be coming soon!

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