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Planning underway for Change and Exchange
President Rosenberg agreed to cancel two class sessions on Wednesday, April 11
By: Hattie Stahl, Managing Editor
Issue date: 3/30/07 Section: News
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On Monday March 26, President Rosenberg informed students responsible for planning a Day of Change and Exchange at Macalester of his decision to cancel classes from 11:50 through 2:10 on Wednesday, April 11.
“We will be taking a three-pronged approach to initiating dialogue and education on campus around the central issue of creating a community within which diversity of all kinds is not just a goal, and not just tolerated, but is a source of collective strength,” Rosenberg wrote in his response to the proposal submitted to him last Friday evening.
According to the response, the three components will include the two full canceled class sessions, which will set aside time for structured conversations in venues across campus with lunch provided. A second component would entail faculty members incorporating issues raised in Wednesday’s conversations into classes during the rest of the week, and the third component involves inviting faculty and staff with expertise in issues of race, diversity, and related subjects to run sessions during the remainder of the week.
Rosenberg’s decision came in response to the proposal submitted to Rosenberg Friday, March 23, which outlined the following requests: to cancel all classes on Tuesday April 3, or Tuesday April 10; to provide funding for the day’s activities, including food for an all campus meal, snacks for organizing meetings, and supplies for the day; to provide leadership in the implementation of “A Day of Change and Exchange;” and to commit to attending the Day and encouraging all faculty, staff, and students to do the same.
“Although Macalester has a history of oppression, as of yet there has been no concentrated effort to address these issues in a way that adequately incorporates student initiative and allows for institutional change,” Samantha Robinson ’10 said. Robinson is one of the many students who have been an integral part of the planning process. “Change & Exchange is trying to set the standard, a trajectory of long-term discussion. This is only the first step.”
“We will be taking a three-pronged approach to initiating dialogue and education on campus around the central issue of creating a community within which diversity of all kinds is not just a goal, and not just tolerated, but is a source of collective strength,” Rosenberg wrote in his response to the proposal submitted to him last Friday evening.
According to the response, the three components will include the two full canceled class sessions, which will set aside time for structured conversations in venues across campus with lunch provided. A second component would entail faculty members incorporating issues raised in Wednesday’s conversations into classes during the rest of the week, and the third component involves inviting faculty and staff with expertise in issues of race, diversity, and related subjects to run sessions during the remainder of the week.
Rosenberg’s decision came in response to the proposal submitted to Rosenberg Friday, March 23, which outlined the following requests: to cancel all classes on Tuesday April 3, or Tuesday April 10; to provide funding for the day’s activities, including food for an all campus meal, snacks for organizing meetings, and supplies for the day; to provide leadership in the implementation of “A Day of Change and Exchange;” and to commit to attending the Day and encouraging all faculty, staff, and students to do the same.
“Although Macalester has a history of oppression, as of yet there has been no concentrated effort to address these issues in a way that adequately incorporates student initiative and allows for institutional change,” Samantha Robinson ’10 said. Robinson is one of the many students who have been an integral part of the planning process. “Change & Exchange is trying to set the standard, a trajectory of long-term discussion. This is only the first step.”
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