Center for Social Concerns Newsletter | May 2024
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Professor Dan Graff speaks at Vatican on just wage
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Graff, a historian and director of the Higgins Labor Program at the Center for Social Concerns, contributed his expertise to an important global conversation on the future of work earlier this month in Rome.
The conference was part of a Vatican project responding to Pope Francis’s call for the care of creation.
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| Art as an entry point to conversations about justice
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Postdoctoral research associate Geneva Hutchinson creates art that draws attention to the abuse of power toward women.
“Public art can be this accessible entry point into harder conversations,” she said. “Maybe it’s visually interesting and compelling and draws you in, but then it also brings attention and awareness to create conversations.”
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Senior Send-Off celebrates the Class of 2024
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More than 80 graduating seniors were recognized at the ceremony on May 17 for their pursuit of the common good through Center for Social Concerns courses, minors, research programs, and immersive experiences.
Two graduates were selected to receive special honors — the Sr. Thea Bowman Award and the Research for the Common Good Award.
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‘There There’ by Tommy Orange
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The Center for Social Concerns’ online book club will discuss “There There” — an acclaimed novel with a chorus of voices who tell of the plight of the urban Native American.
Tuesday, June 18, 7:00–8:15 p.m., online via Zoom
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| Kick off the new school year with us
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We’ll celebrate the start of a new academic year with lots of food and fun. Learn more about our programs, courses, and minors, and get one of our brand new T-shirts!
Monday, August 26, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Outside Geddes Hall
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Mark your calendar for MVP Fridays
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Join us on Friday afternoons during home football weekends for lectures by national leaders and writers.
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and Salvadoran poet Javier Zamora are the first two speakers on this fall’s schedule.
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| Save the date for Bryan Stevenson
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Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of “Just Mercy,” will deliver the 2024 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture.
Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m.
Morris Performing Arts Center, downtown South Bend
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Incoming students: RISE is for you!
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RISE gives incoming first-year students an opportunity to jump-start their college experience, either in their hometown or in South Bend.
Deadline to apply: Monday, June 17
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| Justice Education Courses for Fall 2024
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Center for Social Concerns courses respond to the complex demands of justice by tackling questions of labor, mass incarceration, migration, poverty, and technology. One-credit and three-credit options available.
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Above: Lovers of baseball, history, and community gathered on May 20 to celebrate the completion of the newest murals at Foundry Field — a public-access baseball diamond next to the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County. The Center for Social Concerns has been a convener for the many partners involved in Foundry Field and led the art and storytelling aspects of the project, which showcases the untold baseball stories of South Bend’s marginalized communities. The new murals depict Uncle Bill’s Softball Team, which included local stars Doris Grady and Renelda Robinson in the 1940s, and Seabe Gavin Sr., a legendary athlete at South Bend Central High School in the 1930s.
Below: The Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center hosted a graduation ceremony on May 9 for South Bend’s inaugural class of the Clemente Course in the Humanities. The Civil Rights Heritage Center began offering the Clemente Course locally this past fall with support from the Center for Social Concerns. The one-year program makes college-level courses available to people who have historically been excluded from higher education opportunities.
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Women played an integral role in the founding of the Center for Social Concerns in the early ’80s, so we’re highlighting women who have been a part of the Center’s story and hearing about what they’re doing now.
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Anna Scartz ’20 | Atlanta, GA
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Center for Social Concerns courses and programs taught Anna Scartz to see the connections between all aspects of a person’s life.
“Work and social lives are not disconnected by part of what makes a holistic person. We should strive to improve all parts of our lives. And no one person’s life is disconnected from another either. Everyone’s lives are improved when we engage with each other and our community,” she said. “Because of insights and experiences at the Center, I always try to see how what I do on a daily basis can be connected to and help others.”
At the Center for Social Concerns, she took advantage of opportunities for immersive experiences in seminar courses such as Energy, Climate, and Social Change. She was also involved with the Higgins Labor Program as a student member of the Just Wage Working Group.
Currently, Scartz is beginning her career as an attorney. She completed her J.D. last year at the University of Georgia School of Law and is now an Honors Fellow in the Georgia Office of the Attorney General.
Her advice to current Notre Dame students is to engage with the South Bend community.
“There are many great programs and resources on campus, but there is also a wealth of experience and much to gain from the local community as well,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to go beyond the campus and to share that with others.”
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