Forum on White Supremacy and Global Colonization

This Forum is designed to further the Center’s mission to advocate for action and engagement in ways that embrace diversity and global connectedness; challenge oppressive and violent practices, systems, and paradigms; and promote domestic and international conflict transformation, service, environmental sustainability, and respect for human dignity.

The activities and events in the Forum are designed to promote peace with a focus on the examination of how white supremacy and colonization have functioned in various contexts across the globe and individual empowerment to circumvent cycles and systems of oppression–which is essential to the peacebuilding process.

The fall activities listed below will build a foundation by examining how racism and colonization function in the United States and spring programming will extend the dialogue to the international community.

You may also view additional resources includes discussion forums, videos, and workbooks by enrolling in our Canvas course.

Spring 2023 Events

February 7 @ 6 pm. Screening and Discussion - The True Cost. Gibble Auditorium

Description of the film:

This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?

Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, The True Cost is an unprecedented project that invites us on an eye opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.

February 28th - Screening and panel discussion of I am not Your Negro

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Description of the film from pbs.org:

I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.

Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

March 25: Field Trip to DC - Holocaust Museum; Meet @ Gibble Auditorium
Sunday, March 26 - Tuesday, March 28. Congress to Campus.

Apply now for the Peace and Global Scholars Program

CGUP is currently recruiting the next cohort of students for the Peace and Global Scholars program. The Peace and Global Scholars Program is a distinctive leadership program that is designed to prepare students to engage as global citizens and peacemakers to enact change and influence their communities. Over the course of their Elizabethtown career, students selected for this program work closely with a faculty advisor to design a program that includes co-curricular events and courses related to global understanding and peacemaking. Options for activities include participation in a living learning community, campus events, Peace and Global Scholars gatherings, book discussion groups, forgein film and cultural food nights, and leadership activities and seminars

Peace and Global Scholars are eligible to apply for up to $2,000 to support study abroad, research, or service projects centered on the themes of internationalization or peacemaking. Upon graduating from the program, scholars are recognized with the presentation of the Global Scholars medallion, certificate of program completion, and benefit from an enhanced professional portfolio.

The program will be geared toward incoming students in future years, but for the academic year of 2021-22, students in all years of study are eligible to apply. To apply for the 2021 cohort of Peace and Global Scholars, complete the application form . Those selected for the program will receive notification summer 2021.

CGUP Scholarship and Award Opportunities

The Brittany O’Connell Service Trip Award offers funds to support international service trips or child-related internships during a term abroad. Social work students are given priority, but all students are eligible. Complete the application for consideration for up to $1,000 award.

Global Inclusive Leadership Conference Scholarship

Funds support participation in the Global Inclusive Leadership Conference either in the summer 2021 or fall 2021 cohorts. Read more about the program and apply by May 15th for consideration.

Scholarships to participate in EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

The Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding is offering scholarships to support participation for up to five students in the virtual Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University. Course options include topics such as Understanding Conflict, Building Resilience for Challenging Systemic Racism, Restorative Justice, and Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience. See all options and more information on the program here: https://emu.edu/spi/admission . Apply for funding through CGUP by completing the application.