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News and Programs 10.13.22
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Friday, October 28, 2:30-5:00 p.m., Atlanta Campus Academic Quad (Rain location: Rita Anne Rollins Building Room 102)
Join the Emory University Indigenous Language Path Working Group and leaders, singers, storytellers, and artists from the Muscogee Nation, for a teach-in on the Quadrangle. The lineup includes: - Welcome and opening remarks by Second Chief Beaver and President Randall of the College of Muscogee Nation
- Muscogee hymn singing
- Cultural labs led by Britteny Cuevas — owner of Four LOCV, which specializes in Native American, Southeastern Indigenous arts — focused on Woven Game Ball, which is used in the stickball game, and Corn Husk People
- Muscogee storytelling by Mvhayv Gracine Hicks and Mvhayv Rebecca Barnett from the Mvskoke Language Program
- A stomp dance, led by Rev. Chebon Kernell
To learn more about the Muscogee Teach-in, read the Emory Report article here.
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Indigenous Language Path Listening Sessions
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All are invited to learn about and provide input into a university-wide project to develop physical reminders and rituals on Emory’s Oxford and Atlanta campuses to honor Muscogee language and knowledge as the indigenous language and knowledge of this land.
Please join us for open engagement sessions with the Native-led consulting firm KAI and representatives of the Muscogee Nation.
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 - Oxford Campus
- 5:30-7:30 pm, Student, Faculty, Staff Dinner Listening Session, Dean's Dining Room or Zoom
Friday, October 28, 2022 - Atlanta Campus
- 10:00-11:30 am, Faculty and Staff Breakfast Listening Session, Convocation Hall or Zoom
- Noon-1:30 pm, Students Lunch Listening Session, Convocation Hall or Zoom
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Sukkah outside Cannon Chapel
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Sukkot
Sunday, October 9-Sunday, October 16
Sukkot is an eight-day Jewish festival of booths and the fall harvest. The name refers to the booths (sukkot) used by Israelites during desert wanderings and constructed in the fields during the harvest season. It is a time of thanksgiving for God's presence in creation and among the Jewish people. The Eighth Day (Shmini 'Atzeret) is considered both the end of Sukkot and a distinct festival.
Please find a Sukkot reflection from Jewish Chaplain Rabbi Jordan Braunig below and find Sukkot programming offered by Hillel and Chabad on their websites.
Fragile Structures
The festival of Sukkot is often overshadowed by the holidays that precede it, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Yet, the simple holiday, rooted in our agrarian past, is about the joy that cannot be contained within our houses or our holy places. We build little huts, under the stars, that are meant to be temporary and permeable.
These sukkahs (or sukkot) are a reminder that our happiness is not dependent on material items but rather it depends on the act of gathering together and hosting others. We also are meant to see that joy is fragile, that winds of life can uproot our sense of contentment.
Just this morning our campus sukkah briefly fell over. A group of students who showed up to have lunch in the sukkah, took a few minutes to rebuild it. Creating a sense of joy and community takes constant rebuilding, it takes vigilance and hard work. I am grateful that our students are here for it all- the joy, the fragility and the building.
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Worship Night Recap
Voices of Inner Strength (VOIS) Gospel Choir and Collegiate Black Christians (CBC) partnered to host a worship night event on Wednesday, October 12 in Cannon Chapel. Thank you so much to everyone who came out. We had a wonderful worship fellowship.
For more information on VOIS, please click here.
For more information on CBC, please click here.
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Join OSRL at Homecoming and Family Weekend
October 20-23, 2022
Join the Emory Office of Spiritual and Religious Life for a multitude of religious and philosophical services and programs over the course of Homecoming and Family Weekend. All visitors are welcome.
A list of our complete weekend schedule and registration information can be found here.
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Emory OSRL Affinity Tent at Festival
Saturday, October 22, 12:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Emory Quadrangle
Visit the Emory Office of Spiritual and Religious Life affinity tent and interactive booths during the Homecoming Festival and Concert. Food, drink, fun activities, and updates on the new Emory Interfaith Center (opening Fall 2023) will be provided. Register here.
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Midweek Musical Meditation
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Wednesdays during the term, 12:00-12:15 p.m. EST, Zoom and Facebook Live
All are invited to reflect and decompress in a mid-week, mid-day time of sacred music. Join Music Director, Maury Allums and the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life in taking a moment to breathe and connect with others in our community. Register on Zoom through the link below or through our website. Like us on Facebook to receive updates on the Livestream.
Below is a recording of this week's musical meditation.
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Midweek Musical Mediation - 10.12.22
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International Community Friday Lunch
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Fridays during the term, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Brooks Commons, RSVP required
Do you like free food and making friends from all over the world? ISSS and the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life invite you to our weekly International Community Friday Lunch (ICFL) beginning September 9. Free meals are limited to the first 100 students and scholars; therefore, please register in the Hub for each week you plan to attend. To RSVP, please click here. If you register and can no longer attend, please update your RSVP, even if last minute. This program often has a lengthy waitlist.
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TONIGHT: Emory Buddhist Club Guided Meditation
Thursday, October 6, 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel or Zoom
Join the Buddhist Club for Buddhist meditation this Thursday at 6:00 p.m. You may also come as early as 5:30 p.m. for a period of community and snacking while we prepare for the meditation session at 6:00 p.m.
Please feel free to enjoy the provided snacks and tea before and/or after the session.
Zoom link available here.
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Muslim Jumu'ah Prayers
Fridays, 1:55 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join Emory OSRL for Friday Prayers.
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Hindu Aarti
Fridays, 5:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
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Hillel at Emory
Check out this week's events at Hillel including Shabbat and Sukkot events.
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Emory Catholic Community: Sunday Mass
Sunday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Join the Emory Catholic community for Sunday Mass. Coffee and breakfast goodies are shared after 9 a.m. Mass in Brook Commons.
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Beloved Community Christian Worship and Lunch in Cannon Chapel
Sunday, October 16, 11:00 a.m. Service, Noon Lunch
Emory Beloved Community is a weekly progressive ecumenical Protestant worship service for the campus community, held in Cannon Chapel and followed by a free lunch. All are welcome.
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Mindfulness and Wellbeing Circle
Monday, October 17, 12:30 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Mindfulness and Wellbeing Circle is a space for cultivating and engaging in mindfulness practices for our individual and collective well-being. It is a place for community, rest, and learning. All are welcome to the circle for group meditations, contemplations, and reflections facilitated by Buddhist Chaplain Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman.
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Orthodox Christian Social
Monday, October 17, 8:00 p.m., Brooks Commons, Cannon Chapel
Orthodox Christians are once again renewing our fellowship on Emory's campus. Join us in shaping a community that follows the Orthodox Tradition.
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Emory MSA Quran Study
Every other Wednesday starting October 5, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel Room 106
Join Emory MSA on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for Quran Study. These will occur every other Wednesday. Next meeting, October 19.
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Muslim Students Association: Fall Fest
Thursday, October 20, 6:00 p.m., Campus Life Pavilion
On October 20, MSA will be hosting our annual Fall Fest event featuring Masti cuisine, s'mores, a bonfire, an open mic, and many more fun, fall-themed activities. We are so excited to see you all inshaAllah. Muslims, Non-Muslims, graduate students, Oxford students, etc. are all welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Diwali Puja
Friday, October 21, 5:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel Sanctuar
Join us as we celebrate the festival of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. The program will consist of diya, or clay lamp, making, a Lakshmi puja, Aarti, and dinner.
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Hillel at Emory: Intersectional Shabbat
Friday, October 28, 6:30 p.m., Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Join Hillel for a challah baking social conversation followed by dinner. Learn more on The Hive.
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14th Annual Jacob M. Rothschild Memorial Lecture
Monday, November 7, 7:30 p.m., Oxford Presentation Room, 1390 Oxford Road
This year's lecture will feature Prof. George J. Sánchez of the University of Southern California (USC) as the speaker for this year’s Rothschild Lecture, which is titled “’What’s Good for Boyle Heights is Good for the Jews’: Creating Multiracialism in East Los Angeles During the 1950s.”
This lecture will discuss the creation of a multicultural radicalism in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles during the 1950s. This new relationship between the Jewish and Mexican American communities took place during an exodus of Jews to Southern California’s white suburbs after World War II, while leftists of all races sought refuge in Boyle Heights to escape the growing conservatism of McCarthyism.
Sponsored by The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and co-sponsors include the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life.
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Join Climate Talks at Emory University, Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, Interfaith Atlanta, Interfaith Children’s Movement, the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, the Ismaili Council for the Southeastern USA, and The Temple for a keynote address about the intersections of faith, climate, and justice by Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley. Dr. Durley is a civil and environmental rights leader in the community. The address will be followed by a panel discussion between local interfaith leaders and scientists from Emory University. Learn more here.
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Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church: Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, October 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Glenn UMC Lawn
Bring your pets to reicive a blessing at Glenn Memorial Church. All are welcome. Learn more here.
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Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church: Trunk or Treat
Sunday, October 23, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Bank of America Parking Lot
Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church is hosting a Trunk or Treat for all in the Bank of America Parking Lot. Come with yourself or your family and celebrate a fun Halloween event. Learn more here.
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Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit
Saturday, October 15, 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Historic Fourth Ward Activity Park
Organized by Chickasaw and Choctaw member, Addison Karl, in collaboration with Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and Emory, the Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit will showcase the history and future of the game to the public.
Following an afternoon of stickball games, there will be a panel discussion with delegation representatives. The games run from 10:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Historic Fourth Ward Park, and the panel discussion is 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Carlos Museum.
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Tibet Week 2022
Monday, October 17-Saturday, October 22, Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall
Tibet week is back at Carlos Museum. Tibet Week is an annual week of celebration of the Tibetan community and their culture here at Emory. There are a variety of exhibitions, seminars, talks, and meditations that will be held starting this Monday.
See the schedule of events here.
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2022 Howard Thurman Lecture
Wednesday, October 19, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building room 252
Dr. Vincent Lloyd, Associate Professor and Chair of the Africana Studies Program, at Villanova University will speak. Lloyd is a prolific scholar in the areas of African American studies, religion and politics, philosophy of religion, and race.
Candler's Black Church Studies program is honored to name him the 2022 Howard Thurman lecturer also because of his co-editorship of the journal, Political Theology; and mentorship of a host of junior scholars in the field of political theology. Please register here. Lunch will be offered to the first 50 registered attendees. For more information, please contact Candler Event at cstevents@emory.edu.
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Aquinas Center at Emory University: Major Catholic Speaker Lecture
Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m., Candler School of Theology
"Journey into the Mysterious Unity of Things with the Art of John August Swanson," with Cecilia González-Andrieu, professor of theology and theological aesthetics at Loyola Marymount University.
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Southern Jewish Collections Celebration
Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 p.m. EST, Woodruff Library
Rose Library is celebrating its Southern Jewish collections by opening three new collections and introducing the new Geffen and Lewyn Family Southern Jewish Collections Research Fellowship with a special program and a reception on Wednesday. Guests will include Rabbi David Geffen and Marc Lewyn, Emory alumni and cousins; Emory President Greg Fenves, and author Melissa Fay Greene, who researched her book The Temple Bombing in Rose’s Southern Jewish collections.
To register for the event, click HERE.
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Emory Center for Ethics: Ethics and Equity Dialogue
Wednesday, October 19, 6:15-8:30 p.m., Center for Ethics Common Room 102
Register Now for our third annual James W. Fowler Memorial Ethics Event.
Featuring an original play by Amina McIntyre, a panel discussion, and facilitated, small-group conversation, over dinner.
This will be a “hybrid” event. We plan to welcome some of our participants in person on the Emory campus for the evening, and others will join us virtually. For those joining remotely, we hope you will consider hosting your own dialogue group, perhaps around dinner.
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Tam Institute: Jewish Studies Welcome Dinner
Wednesday October 26, 6:00 p.m., Callaway N204
Join Jewish Studies students for a kosher Middle Eastern feast and learn about a summer study abroad opportunity in Poland.
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LGBTQ+ History Month
October 2022
Every October, LGBTQ+ History Month is an opportunity to honor the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ancestors. At the Office of LGBT Life, we dedicate this time to honoring our past and our community, being present in our current joy, and committing to our role in liberation for the future. From October 1 to October 31, join us as we recognize history and celebrate our community.
See the full calendar here.
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Opportunities and Resources
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Election and Voting Resources
For more information on how to register to vote in the upcoming midterm election, check out the Emory Votes Initiative.
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Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR): Student Position Opening
Hours: 10-20 per week for 2022-2023 academic year
Job Description:
The Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) seeks highly motivated students to work on our Digital Scholarship and Administrative Support Team. Law and religion are two of the most powerful forces in human history. For these positions we seek detail-oriented, creative, and ambitious Emory students who want to help advance human understanding in these fields of study. Further, if you have an interest in learning, applying, or improving your skills as web-designer, graphic designer, database manager, administrative assistant, online marketer, or other technical aspects of digital publication, communications, event planning, or marketing, we hope you will apply.
See the full position description here.
Compensation: This is primarily a Federal Work Study (FWS) position, but other Emory student applicants without a FWS award may apply and will be considered. Wages are based on FWS/Emory guidelines for undergraduate and graduate students, prior experience, skills, and other qualifications.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with preference given to student who apply early in the fall or spring semester. To apply, please submit your resume and a 1-page (max) cover letter outlining your qualifications. Cover letters should be addressed to: Dr. John Bernau, Director of Digital Scholarship, CSLR. Apply via EagleOps or email directly: john.bernau@emory.edu.
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Weekly Spiritual Gatherings
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There are a plethora of weekly religious and philosophical gatherings offered at Emory. Many of them are listed here and at the button below.
For questions, or to add an item to our weekly gatherings page, please email our office here.
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Upcoming Religious Holidays
These events are drawn from the multifaith calendar maintained by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Harvard Divinity School. To see more upcoming religious holidays and festivals, please click here.
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Sukkot
Sun., Oct. 9-Sun., Oct. 16
Tradition: Judaism
Also known as Feast of Booths. An eight-day Jewish festival of booths (or tabernacles) and the fall harvest. The name refers to the booths (sukkot) used by Israelites during desert wanderings and constructed in the fields during the harvest season. It is a time of thanksgiving for God's presence in creation and among the Jewish people. The Eighth Day (Shmini 'Atzeret) is considered both the end of Sukkot and a distinct festival.
Ghambar Ayathrem
Wed., Oct. 12- Sun., Oct. 16
Tradition: Zoroastrianism
Celebrates the creation of plants, the sowing of the winter crop, and the return of herds from pasture.
Shemini Atzeret
Sun., Oct. 16-Mon., Oct. 17
Tradition: Judaism
Simchat Torah
Mon., Oct. 17-Tues., Oct. 18
Tradition: Judaism
(Rejoicing of the Law) Joyous festival in which the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue is completed and its first book begun again. The celebration typically includes singing, dancing, and marching with Torah scrolls.
Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru
Thu., Oct. 20
Tradition: Sikhism
This day celebrates Gobind Singh Ji's passing on guruship to Scripture, henceforth known as the Guru Granth Sahib.
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Emory OSRL ENews is published weekly during the term by the Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life publicizing Atlanta-campus spiritual life programs. It is not a comprehensive listing. For Oxford College spiritual life, please click here. To submit information or to update your preferences, please contact religiouslife@emory.edu.
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