RA Michelle Xiao will meet at the South Quad Community Center at 7:30 PM on November 14th. Then, we will walk to the UMMA together to attend the Penny Stamps Speaker Series for the night. During the walk, there will be a few simple icebreaker activities to initiate connections. I am also hoping residents get a chance to connect with the panelists if they desire, but if not, they are still connecting with the larger community in a broader sense, both socially and intellectually. Residents will then have the opportunity to walk back to the dorms together. We are definitely not experts in this field, and discomfort may arise from the topics that will be discussed. Something that I want them to take away is that feeling discomfort is not necessarily something to be avoided, but something to learn from and something that can drive change. I hope that having them attend the event together with their peers makes such events an easier transition.
