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| Small Group Reflection: Loss through Pablo Neruda
Monday, March 2, 9 pm, Interfaith Center
Pablo Neruda is one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, and a hugely influential political activist in his home country of Chile. His poem “A Song of Despair” tells of a particular kind of loss–a loss of a lover–and uses imagery of lightness and darkness to illuminate the different experiences of appreciation, memory, and longing. Though the conversation will as always proceed organically, we’ll initially pay attention to how Neruda characterizes the personal loss described in the poem and how it connects to different kinds of loss we all experience in our own lives today. Learn more here. Sponsored by the Tufts Humanist Chaplaincy.
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| Religious and Philosophical Life Programs
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Dinner with the Monks - Sponsored by the Protestant Students Association
Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 pm, Society of St. John the Evangelist in Harvard Square
PSA is having dinner with the monks of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE) in Harvard Square on Tuesday, March 3. Eucharist at 5:30 will be followed by dinner. The monks always serve a delicious meal and provide interesting conversation. Contact Daniel.Bottino@tufts.edu if you are interested in joining us! We will be leaving campus around 4:30 and taking the T into Cambridge.
The Syrian Revolution: Four Years Later
Tuesday, March 3, 7 pm, Barnum 104
With over 9.5 million displaced persons, Syria has been called the 21st century’s worst crisis by the UN. As the fourth anniversary of the Revolution approaches on March 15, join us as we seek to understand the current situation in Syria and the ongoing humanitarian response. We will hear from chemical attacks survivor Qusai Zakarya, Nadia Alawa, the President and Founder of NuDay Syria, and Dr. Omar Salem, founder of the Karam Foundation and an active member of the Syrian American Medical Society. The event will conclude with a Q&A session. Please join us on Tuesday, March 3 at 7 PM in Barnum 104. More information can be found here.
Tufts' Hillel Celebrates Purim
Wednesday, March 4, 6- 7:30 pm, Tufts Hillel
Join us at Tufts Hillel as we have a pluralistic Megillah reading at 6 pm. Look forward to lots of laughs and merriment! Then, at 7:30, join us for an evening of Hamentaschen baking with friends! Eat as many homemade cookies as you can bake, get your photo taken as your favorite Purim character, and journey back to 2000 with the VeggieTales production of ʺEsther…the Girl Who Became Queenʺ.
Scripture Study Group: The Book of Ephesians - Sponsored by the Protestant Students Association
Fridays, 3-4 pm, Africana Center (8 Professors Row)
Come to the Africana Center on Fridays from 3-4 pm as we explore some of the great texts of the Bible. Our focus this semester is on the book of Ephesians, one of the most interesting letters of the New Testament. Consider this! Did you know that Paul, the author of the book, was writing to encourage people while he was in prison, having been beaten for the sake of the gospel? All you need to participate in this discussion is to come this Friday. All are welcome!
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| Weekly Protestant Worship
Sunday, March 8, 7 pm, Goddard Chapel Guest Preacher: The Reverend Brenda Bennett
The Reverend Brenda Bennett is a spiritual director and an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches. A former oncology and palliative care nurse, Brenda has a Master’s Degree in Nursing and theological degrees from Harvard Divinity School and Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Brenda is the pastor-in-residence at Community Baptist Church, Medford, MA and volunteers as a chaplain on a renal dialysis unit. She leads an ecumenical women's group; and regularly facilitates programs on spiritual formation and women’s spirituality. Brenda lives in Topsfield with her husband, Bengt Hermanrud, a medical engineer. They share three adult children and two cats.
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| Save the Date: Russell Lecture featuring The Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, AG72
Monday, April 6, 6 pm, Location TBA
The Russell Lectureship on Spiritual Life is the oldest lectureship at Tufts University, established by James Russell 1867. In accordance with the provisions of the donor’s will, each year the University invites a distinguished lecturer to speak on a topic relating to spiritual life. This year will feature The Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson, AG72, who is celebrating her 25th anniversary as University Chaplain of Brown University. Additional details forthcoming soon.
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| Qrunch: Queer Spirituality
Friday, April 10, Noon
Location: TBA
Hearing Palestine: A Queer Jewish Woman on the Politics of Solidarity: A talk with activist and author Sarah Schulman
Wednesday, April 15, Time TBA, 51 Winthrop St.
When Sarah Schulman was asked to speak at an LGBT conference at Tel Aviv University, she discovered the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS) and had to ask difficult questions of herself and her commitment to solidarity work. As she became more deeply entrenched in the BDS movement, Schulman began to interrogate how her marginalized identities--queer, Jewish, woman--were being used to justify violence against others. Join us for a conversation about what it means to work in solidarity and navigate the complexities of dehumanizing systems.
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| Off Campus Programs Conference on Buddhism and Race in America
Friday, March 6, 10 am-4 pm, Harvard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover Hall (45 Francis Ave.)
4th Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion: Spiritual Dimensions of Illness and Healing, March 6-8, 2015, Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA. The Annual Conference on Medicine and Religion is a leading forum for discourse and scholarship at the intersection of medicine and religion. It exists to enable health professionals and scholars to gain a deeper and more practical understanding of how religion relates to the practice of medicine, with particular attention to the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For more information, can be found here. Democracy School on Structural Racism and Diversity
Friday, March 13, 12-5 PM and Saturday, March 14 9-5 PM, SEIU 1199, 150 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, Boston, MA 02125
Together, we will learn the impacts of structural racism to our democracy and participate in dialogues on how to address with powerful responses, learn and role play effective anti-racism strategies, how to build solidarity movements and more. Democracy School will be offered with the facilitation of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods and other experts. More details and registration here.
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| Freedom Dreams: 1865, 1965, and 2015 Conference
March 4 and 5, 12-6 pm, Remis Sculpture Court
This conference brings together scholars and activists on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversaries of Selma, the Voting Rights Act, and Watts Rebellion to discuss how ideas of citizenship, democracy, equality, liberation, and revolution have been transformed and contested over time. Additionally, we will explore how these ideas continue to impact contemporary activism such as the events connected to Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement. A full panel schedule can be found below.
Wednesday, March 4
12:00-1:15pm: Freedom Dreams 1865-1965
This panel explores ideas of race, citizenship, and democracy from the end of the Civil War to the Voting Rights Act and their contemporary reverberations.3
1:30-2:45pm: Redefining Jim Crow
This panel explores new regimes of racial segregation and subjugation in the aftermath of the formal end of Jim Crow.
3:00-4:15pm: Race and Citizenship, 1865-1965
How have ideas about race and citizenship shifted and changed in light of immigration, civil rights, and protest movements, and how do they impact contemporary ideas about equality?
5:00-6:00pm: Keynote, Phillip Agnew
Phillip Agnew is the Executive Director of the Dream Defenders, a vociferous, new-school civil rights organization. Forty years after Freedom Summer, Dream Defenders continues the legacy of youth-led social justice organizing. Recently, they have formed a coalition around immigration reform and they have taken the fight against "Stand Your Ground" laws to both the Florida Statehouse and the United Nations.
Thursday, March 5
12:00-1:15pm: Civil Rights Movement from Emancipation to Selma to Black Lives Matter
This panel discusses the civil rights movement in historic context; how have definitions of this movement been transformed over time and what are commonalities that they share in different time periods?
1:30-2:45pm: Global Empire and Anti-Colonialism: Resisting State Violence
This panel examines ideas of citizenship and freedom in a transnational and global context; how have domestic notions of freedom impacted global freedom concepts, as well as the reverse?
3:00-4:15pm: From Black Power to Black Lives Matter: Grassroots Revolutionary Humanism and the Search for Undiscovered Country
How does culture and personal experience impact notions of citizenship, democracy, and freedom?
5:00-6:00pm: Keynote (information coming soon)
Town Hall Meeting: Gender, Bathrooms, and Housing at Tufts
Thursday, March 5, 8 pm, LGBT Center (226 College Ave.)
What are your experiences with housing, bathrooms, and other campus facilities? We want to gauge campus climate and discuss next steps for moving forward to make Tufts a safer space for trans and gender non-conforming students. Whether you want to take an active role in the work around these issues or show up just to listen or share your experiences, the LGBT center welcomes you. Pizza will be served!
Hosted by the Tufts LGBT Center, Renee' Vallejo (TCU Senate LGBT Representative, Allison Aaronson (TCU Senate Diversity and Community Affairs Officer and Women's Representative)
First Friday Lunch: Domestic and Interpersonal Violence
Friday, March 6, Noon, Women's Center (55 Talbot Ave.)
Come join us for lunch and a discussion of Domestic and Interpersonal Violence with Sexual Misconduct Prevention Specialist Alexandra Donovan. Alexandra will discuss how she got involved in this field; her experience working on domestic violence issues in international refugee camps, hospitals, and high schools; and domestic and interpersonal violence at Tufts. Alexandra will provide us with a basic overview of interpersonal and gender-based violence as well as interpersonal violence resources at Tufts. Lunch will be provided. Deportation: Its Implications for Poverty, Inequality, and Politics
Friday, March 6, 4-6:30 pm, JFK Library & Museum 220 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA
Please join us at the JFK Library on March 6th in Boston for a discussion with academic experts and community leaders on the current state of knowledge on deportation in the United States and its linkages across professions, disciplines, and community groups. The discussion will also focus on how deportation studies can be further integrated into mainstream debates about poverty, inequality, and politics. The panel will last from 4-5:30 pm with a reception following the discussion from 5:30-6:30 pm. To sign up for the event, please RSVP to bostonevents@scholarsstrategynetwork.org by Feb. 27 and provide your department, organization, and/or affiliation where applicable.
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Resources, Scholarships, and Opportunities
Many Stories, One Community
Nomination deadline: March 6
Many Stories, One Community is a 2015 Tufts Orientation program for all incoming first years that introduces them to the diverse experience of current Tufts students and that focuses on how they have changed and grown in relation to issues of social justice. Our co-chairs invite you to nominate current students for consideration as panelists for this important program. We are looking for students of all backgrounds, preferably rising juniors and seniors, who can articulate and discuss their personal experience of identities such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, (dis)ability and mental health, socioeconomic status, religion, and/ or citizenship from marginalized, privileged, or a mixed perspective.
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Weekly Gatherings During Term
Mondays- Guided Meditation and Tea, led by Chaplaincy Intern, The Venerable Upali Sraman: Noon, Goddard Chapel
- Tufts Protestant Students Association, Book Group: Noon, Tower Cafe
- Tufts Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Meeting: 8 pm, Mayer Campus Center Room 012
- Tufts Hindu Students Council, Puja: 9-10:30 pm, Goddard Chapel
Wednesdays- Tufts Protestant Students Association, Noonday Prayer and Lunch: Noon, Interfaith Center
- Capen Bible Study (African American Christian): 8 pm, Capen House (8 Professors Row)
Thursdays- Tufts Buddhist Sangha, Meditation: 8:30-10 am, Goddard Chapel
- Dharma Study - Mindfulness, Reflections, and Discussions, led by Chaplaincy Intern, The Venerable Upali Sraman: 3:30-4:30 pm, Goddard Chapel
- Non-denominational Christian Fellowship, Large Group: 7:30-9 pm, Interfaith Center
- Tufts Freethought Society, Weekly Discussion Meeting: 7:30 pm, Eaton Hall 202
- Tufts Protestant Student Association, Spiritual Formation: 9:15 pm, Goddard Chapel
Fridays- Tufts Muslim Students Association, Jumah Prayer, 1:15 pm, Interfaith Center
- Tufts Muslim Students Association, Chaplain Facilitated Qur'an and Arabic Circles: 2:15-3 pm, Interfaith Center
- Catholic Community at Tufts, Reconciliation or Contemplative Prayer: 3-5 pm, Interfaith Center
- Tufts Hillel, Conservative & Reform Shabbat Services: 6 pm, Granoff Family Hillel Center
- Tufts Hillel, Shabbat Dinner: 7:15 pm, Granoff Family Hillel Center
- Chabad at Tufts University, Shabbat Dinner: 6:45 pm, Rohr Chabad House
- Chabad at Tufts University, Shabbat Service: 7:30 pm, Rohr Chabad House
Saturdays- Tufts Hillel, Conservative & Reform Shabbat Services: 10:30 am, Granoff Family Hillel Center
Sundays- Tufts Protestant Students Association, Worship Service: 7 pm, Goddard Chapel
- Tufts Buddhist Sangha, Meditation: 7 pm, Rabb Room, Lincoln-Filene Center
- Catholic Community at Tufts, Mass: 10 pm, Goddard Chapel
To learn meeting times for the following groups, please see our website for student leader contact information:
- Tufts Baha'i Students Association
- Tufts CAFE (Interfaith)
- Tufts Campus HOPE (Seventh Day Adventist)
- Greek and Athlete Christian Fellowship
- Tufts Latter-day Saints Students Association
- Sikh Students Association
- University Unitarian Universalists
For information about communities not listed, please contact the University Chaplaincy at chaplaincy@tufts.edu.
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| About the University Chaplaincy Enews
The University Chaplaincy Enews is published weekly by the Tufts University Chaplaincy to promote programs and opportunities related to spirituality, ethics, culture, and social justice. To propose announcements for inclusion please contact chaplaincy@tufts.edu.
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The Tufts University Chaplaincy is a dynamic hub supporting religious, spiritual, ethical, and cultural life for all members of the Tufts community. We provide pastoral care, support religious and philosophical communities, educate about spiritual and ethical issues in society and the world, and promote multifaith engagement.
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