Difficult Dialogues
SMSU AWARDED $100,000 FORD FOUNDATION GRANT
Dear Faculty and Staff,
This year’s Professional Development Day was planned around campus response to the All-University Conversation we had regarding the Difficult Dialogues Initiative funded for a two-year period by the Ford Foundation. Feedback from our first conversation alone taught us that there is much gratitude here at SMSU for the possibilities that this funding brings and that there is a desire on our campus for:
- awareness and acceptance of differences;
- programming that is relevant to our particular campus and to our classrooms
- reflection that leads to action. In response, we have chosen one of the best consultants in the business to come in and work with us.
Click for more information on the Ford Foundation and the Difficult Dialogues Initiative.
Click here for the online form to submit your comments, suggestions, and ideas to the Difficult Dialogues team.
13th Annual INDS Conference
“Ethnic Cleansing: U.S. Policy, Forced Removals, and Indigenous Peoples”
Click here for more information on the INDS Conference held April 6-8, 2006 at SMSU
14th Annual INDS Conference
Held in April 2008. Check back for more information soon.
New Fall 2007 Courses at SMSU
Difficult Dialogues SOCI 486 Special Topic: Homophobia and Sexualities. (3 credits)
This course will address key questions regarding sexual identities, behaviors, and the negative societal response of homophobia.
Spring 2007 Courses at SMSU
INDS 220 (LAC, C, D) Difficult Dialogues: Breaking the Indigenous Stereotype (3 credits)
The course will examine the stereotypes, misconceptions, and images of the Indigenous Peoples of the U.S. from the beginning with Columbus and his term "Indians" to the 21st Century contemporary society with "casino Indian" and "immigrant Indian." The purpose and use of stereotypes will be studied as well.
This course will examine the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction, contemporary terrorism, and the possibility of terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art, and Thought.
Information on the biannual journal is available at www.yellowmedicinereview.com.
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