Petition Day and Dialogue on Diversity

Petition Day

     As our Associate Groups and the rest of this campus found out, this past week was First Amendment Right's Week. This meant that our Freedoms to Assemble (Monday), Speak (Tuesday), Petition (Wednesday),  Religion (Thursday), and Press (Friday) were all challenged by different groups and activities on campus. TDC
participated by helping to host the Freedom to Petition Day event as part of our take on Social Activism and Justice on campus. Ashwin organized multiple groups on campus to come and have a petition ready for other students to sign. Some were silly (the right to have spicier food on campus) or inspirational (Petitions for the Dream Act and Freedom to Marry Act), but all the groups there felt something in the world wasn't quite right and decided a petition was the way to try and enact that change. See the Trinitonian Article 
    The next TDC Social Activism Project is Oct. 26th @ 7:00pm (Fiesta Room, Trinity University). The topic is Refuge Awareness and there will be several guest speakers.

Dialogue on Diversity: Gender Discrimination
     Hosted by TDC, the Dialogue on Diversity Series seeks to create a forum for discussion on certain topics of interest (this semester: Gender, Interfaith Issues, and Immigration) that we feel have a great impact on our society at this given point in history. Along with dinner-pizza and salad-, participants were challenged to think critically about the impact of gender norms and socialization. Guest speakers from the Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice Center (website) along with the Rape Crisis Center for Adults and Children (website) came to the dialogue to give their opinions and ideas about gender discrimination in the U.S. To sum up the thoughts and comments that were discussed would be impossible, but I will say that it became obvious just how interrelated all types of oppression (sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.) really are.
     The next TDC D.o.D. will be Nov. 9th @ 7 p.m. (in the Skyline Room, Trinity University) over Immigration Issues in the United States.