Center for Social Concerns Newsletter | February 2024
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Faculty fellow dives into internet fakes in new book
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In A History of Fake Things on the Internet, computer scientist Walter Scheirer explores the technical and cultural aspects of the fictions we see online and why the phenomenon might not be the apocalyptic crisis that some fear.
An expert in media forensics, he said, “Yeah, the internet is awash in fake things, but most of it is creative fiction.”
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| Arts of Dignity exhibit showcases students’ work
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The Center for Social Concerns opened the 2024 Arts of Dignity Student Art Exhibit during Notre Dame’s Walk the Walk Week in January.
In their submissions, students explored justice-related themes such as diversity, civil rights, and economic fairness. All are welcome to stop by Geddes Hall to view the art, which will remain on display until the end of the semester.
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Community leader joins Center for Social Concerns
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Regina Williams-Preston, a former member of the South Bend Common Council and a longtime special education teacher, will be the “front door” connecting Notre Dame and the community in her new role.
“I see this moment as an opportunity to walk with Notre Dame into the next step of partnering with the community,” she said.
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Eucharist & Catholic Social Teaching
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Prof. Margaret Pfeil, director of our Catholic Social Tradition Minor, will speak as part of the McGrath Institute for Church Life series, “The Only Solution is Love: The Eucharist and Catholic Social Teaching.”
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 4:30–5:45 p.m.
South Dining Hall, Oak Room
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| JPW: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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The spiritual writer, preacher, and community-cultivator will deliver the Center for Social Concerns’ Junior Parents Weekend Lecture, “Poverty and Beloved Community.” Cocktail reception to follow.
Friday, Feb. 16, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Geddes Hall, Andrews Auditorium
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Labor Café: Supply Chain Stakeholders
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This month, the Labor Café will focus on the topic of “Supply Chain Stakeholders: Who’s Responsible for Upholding the Dignity of Labor?”
Friday, Feb. 23, 5:00–6:00 p.m. Geddes Hall, Coffee House
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| Hope & Peril in American Medicine
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Join our conversation with Ricardo Nuila, author of “The People’s Hospital: Stories and Lessons from a Safety Net Healthcare System.”
Monday, Feb. 26, noon–1:00 p.m., online via Zoom
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Mark Herriman, United Way of St. Joe County
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Mark Herriman, executive vice president of United Way’s OneRoof program, will speak at our monthly series connecting ND to community experts around justice topics.
Friday, March 1, noon–1:00 p.m. Geddes Hall, Coffee House
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| ‘Let us Descend’ by Jesmyn Ward
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The Center for Social Concerns’ online book club will discuss “Let Us Descend” — a reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching.
Tuesday, March 26, 7:00–8:15 p.m., online via Zoom
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All first-year students are invited to apply!
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The McNeill Common Good Fellowship is a paid, three-year fellowship that brings students into an interdisciplinary community of scholars eager to live an ethical life of meaning, purpose, and impact.
Application deadline: Friday, Feb. 16
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| Promote workplace dignity this summer
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First-year students, sophomores, and juniors can apply for full-time, paid opportunities to spend the summer engaged in labor-focused, project-based work. Positions available with organizations in Chicago and DC.
Application deadline: Monday, Feb. 19
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Above: Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” and “Poverty, by America,” delivered the Poverty Studies Distinguished Lecture on Feb. 8 to a standing-room-only crowd of 450 people in the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn.
“Ending poverty will require new policies, new political movements — that’s for sure. But it will also require that each one of us, in our own way, become poverty abolitionists,” Desmond said. “Like abolitionist movements against slavery or against mass incarceration, poverty abolitionism views its enemy as an abomination, something that can no longer be tolerated. And like other abolitionist movements that have come before it, poverty abolitionism holds fast to this conviction that profiting from others’ pain corrupts all of us.”
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Above: Center faculty fellow Anna Haskins led a panel discussion on Jan. 18 with three representatives from We Got Us Now, an organization devoted to building community, shifting narratives, and affecting change for the millions of children and young adults impacted by a parent’s incarceration. The event was part of Notre Dame’s 2024 Walk the Walk Week.
Below: Rose Meissner, president of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, and two of her colleagues joined us on Feb. 1 for Signs of the Times. They talked about the Community Foundation’s educational programs and supporting first-generation students as they pursue college degrees.
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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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Adrianna Duggan ’18 | New Haven, CT
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Adrianna Duggan ’18 says she found a home at the Center for Social Concerns during her time at Notre Dame. She participated in fall break and spring break trips to L’Arche DC and Nazareth Farm in West Virginia, the Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, the McNeill Common Good Fellowship, and several community-based seminars.
Duggan is now a third-year law student at Yale, where she has been a clinical student in the Ludwig Center for Community and Economic Development, a research assistant for the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, and a research assistant for Yale’s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility. Her summer activities have included an internship in the Homeless Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society in New York.
“My interests in law are a direct result of the experiences I had during my time at the Center for Social Concerns,” Duggan says, adding that the Center also provided her with mentors who helped her discern and navigate her path beyond college.
“The Center provided me with opportunities to learn about a vast range of issues and to meet people with different perspectives and areas of expertise. As a result, I try to consider how any particular issue or outcome would impact people across a broad range of issue spaces,” she says. “Vitally, the Center also provided space to reflect on what we learned in our classes and what we learned in our communities. This habit of intentional reflection has continued to deepen my experiences since I have graduated from Notre Dame.”
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