Mosaic Week Brings Community Together to Discuss 多样性, 文化认同, and 正义
坚实可靠的大学 will be hosting Mosaic Week February 5-9. MU学生会, 新酒新皮袋, 心理咨询部, and Student Life have joined forces to create a series of events meant to spark critical thinking and dialogue around issues of diversity, 包容, 文化认同与正义.
Student Government Intercultural Inclusion Chair Beatrix Li is inviting the entire MU community, 包括工作人员, 教师和学生, 参与. “The heart behind Mosaic Week is to paint a glimpse of the eschatological community of the multi-ethnic, diverse body of Christ through creating spaces that honor, empower and support Multnomah students in their ‘otherness,’”她说。.
Mosaic Week will kick off 与 a showing of 吉他部分, a short play exploring themes of racial identity, justice and equality in contemporary society. A discussion 与 the playwright, Michelle Lang, will follow. MU will host eight other events during the week, including discussions on self- and communal care facilitated by 心理咨询部; a brunch chat about peace-making 与 Dr. Domani Hintze-Pothen; a special multicultural night in the cafeteria; and several other reflective activities.
为李, it’s important that the week’s events reflect the diversity of interests and cultures found 与in the student body. “We do not seek to be monolithic in our events,” she says. “通过神学进行缝合, 文学, 历史, 心理学, 艺术和讲故事, we want Mosaic Week to be a bridge-builder and connective tie between the disciplines and passions in order to find common ground.”
The events are also designed to move along a specific trajectory and build upon each other. “We hope to begin the week 与 themes of how to understand and respond to injustices before moving toward themes of 和解与和平-making,李说.
This pursuit of justice and peace in times of turmoil ultimately comes from Christ’s own work stated in Luke 4:18-19: “freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, 解放被压迫者, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” This is the ultimate ending for the story of God’s people — to live in a world where Christ rules 与 justice, 和解与和平.
“A theology of justice speaks against structures that bind people, because the Trinitarian God is the God 与 被压迫者，”李说. “最终, justice seeks to heal wounds from the shattered glass of 历史 and injustice, 而是创造一个美丽的, 救赎的马赛克.”
2018年2月1日 | 事件