F146.

Rest as an Act of Activism

120AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
Friday, March 25, 2022
10:35 am to 11:50 am

 

Exploring a pedagogy of showing up, not just for our students and colleagues, but for ourselves. How do we find moments to rest while setting boundaries, finding and sharing resources of rest, and embracing the power of moving back? We will look at ways to restore and repair in a time when faculty (especially those with marginalized identities) are asked to do unrecognized and uncompensated work for social justice and campus equity.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: REST_AS_AN_ACT_OF_ACTIVISM.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Rachel M. Simon is the author of the poetry collections Theory of Orange and Marginal Road. She works in diversity, equity, and inclusion at Pace University. She has taught at Bedford Hills Women's Prison and as the director of the Social Justice Collective at Sarah Lawrence College.

Olivia Worden is a multigenre writer who has taught creative writing at Pace University and Sarah Lawrence College. Her essay “Held by Strangers” was selected for Pigeon Pages 2019 Essay Contest and for Best of the Net 2020. Her work has appeared in Post Road, CutBank, and Pilgrimage.

Melissa Faliveno is the author of the essay collection Tomboyland, named a best book of 2020 by NPR, New York Public Library, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was the 2020–21 Kenan Visiting Writer at University of North Carolina and is currently a visiting assistant professor of English at Kenyon College.

Jimin Han is the author of A Small Revolution and an as-yet-untitled forthcoming novel. She teaches or has taught at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University.

Juan J. Morales is the author of three poetry collections including The Handyman's Guide to End Times. He is a CantoMundo Fellow, the editor of Pilgrimage Magazine, an associate dean in the College of Humanities Arts & Social Sciences, and a Professor of English at Colorado State University Pueblo.

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