Mission Week 2017 is sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of Mission and Ministry and
Daily Reflections
Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Day 1:
Day 2: A reflection from Janice Welburn, Dean of Libraries
Day 3: A reflection from Sheena M. Cary, Internship coordinator/lecturer, Diederich College of Communication
Day 4: A reflection from Tyanna McLaurin, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning/Service Learning Program
Day 5: A reflection from Dr. Kali Murray, Associate professor of law
11:30 a.m.
Church of the Gesu
Click here to read Fr. Tom's Homily for Mission Week 2017
Sponsored by Campus Ministry and Church of the Gesu
Noon 鈥� 1 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Sponsored by the Center for Peacemaking and Campus Ministry and Center for Intercultural Engagement
Join Dr. William Welburn, executive director of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, as he speaks with Keith McQuirter, the director of, an award-winning documentary featuring themes of incarceration and racial justice. Learn about the making of the movie, which was filmed just north of Marquette's campus.
5 鈥� 6 p.m.
Weasler Auditorium
Sponsored by 蜜桃影像 Student Government, Office of Community Engagement, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences and the Marquette Forum
Join us for a screening of the acclaimed film , a documentary featuring the journey of three families in one of the poorest communities in the country and their experiences with incarcerated family members.
6 鈥� 8 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Sponsored by 蜜桃影像 Student Government, Office of Community Engagement, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences and the Marquette Forum
Join our Marquette community and Milwaukee neighbors for a dinnertime conversation about themes of racial injustice, incarceration and the ripple effects of both on families and communities. These boundary-breaking dinners of six to eight people will be facilitated by student leaders. Panel discussions will feature the film's director and featured actors plus Marquette faculty and community experts dialoguing on issues of incarceration and race in Milwaukee.
12:15 鈥� 1:15 p.m.
蜜桃影像 Law School, Eckstein Hall
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Sponsored by the
OPENING KEYNOTE: CONVERSATION WITH BREE NEWSOME AND REV. JIM WALLIS
6 鈥� 7 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Join Dr. William Welburn, the executive director of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, as he facilitates a conversation with Rev. Jim Wallis and Bree Newsome as they discuss the history of racism in America, the legacy of racism in the South and the Gospel call to social action. Rev. Wallis and Newsome will speak to their deeply personal calls to action in overcoming racism ingrained in American society and their shared beliefs that America was founded by the near genocide of one people and the enslavement of another; that rooted into the founding documents of our nation is the notion that white lives matter more than others, and more specifically, given our history of enslaving African and African American peoples, white lives matter more than Black lives, otherwise known as the "original sin." Rev. Wallis is the founder of Sojourners and a Christian writer and activist. Newsome is a filmmaker, speaker and activist from Charlotte. N.C.
Rev. Wallis will sign copies of his book in the Lynch Lounge upon conclusion of the keynote.
4 鈥� 6 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, 163
As a part of Mission Week, the 蜜桃影像 Office of Community Engagement, in collaboration with the Offices of Mission and Ministry, and Diversity and Inclusion, will host a community brainstorming session on behalf of the coordinating committee of the 50th anniversary of Milwaukee's Fair Housing Marches. The session will focus on how community individuals/ organizations/institutions can contribute to the upcoming 200 Nights of Freedom project, kicking off in August of 2017.
5:30 鈥� 8:30 p.m. (A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.; theatre experience starts at 6:30 p.m.)
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement, 蜜桃影像 Student Government and Project Return
Join us for an important evening of storytelling and deep listening of the experiences, hopes and dreams of members of our Marquette community and members of Project Return, a local nonprofit that assists formerly incarcerated Milwaukeeans in successfully returning and reintegrating into the community. Stories will involve themes and experiences of race, incarceration and the impact of both on the lives of our larger community.
Noon 鈥� 1:15 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Room 227 (A light lunch will be served.)
Sponsored by Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Join Marquette faculty as they facilitate a shared storytelling process of dialogue regarding Langston Hughes' timeless and powerful story of race, relationship and human learnings.
6 鈥� 7 p.m., Keynote
Varsity Theatre
Racism has been called a "radical evil" by the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the country's "original sin" by Rev. Jim Wallis. Given the burden of our country's tragic history of the oppression of people of African descent, and the present-day suffering of our Black brothers and sisters because of current practices of racial privilege, we need to face the question: Is racial justice in our country, our communities and our families even possible? Join Rev. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, a Marquette alumnus, and a priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, as he challenges us to live the Gospel call of Christ through honest repentance, atonement, relationship and love. His unique "Call to the Church" is grounded in his identities as a priest, a theologian and as a man who grew up in Milwaukee's 53206 neighborhood
鈥� a community that is one of the poorest in the country and with one the highest incarceration rates of black men in America.
Opening reflections will be presented by Dr. Shawnee Sykes, associate professor of theology at Mount Mary University University; Rev. Joe Ellwanger, former pastor of Cross Lutheran Church; and Janice Welburn, dean of libraries at 蜜桃影像. Student choirs will also be featured.
Father Massingale will sign copies of his book in the Alumni Memorial Union Lynch Lounge, third floor, upon conclusion of the keynote.
7 鈥� 8:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Sponsored by generous gifts from CM Cares, the Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation; and the Layden Family Foundation.
9:00 a.m.
鈥� Noon (A light breakfast will be served.)
Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom
Sponsored by the Raynor Memorial Libraries as a part of Black History Month
Paula Penebaker is the President and CEO of the YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin.
Sponsored by YWCA Southeast Wisconsin
Join Paula Penebaker and Martha Barry, racial justice director for YWCA Southeast Wisconsin, for a discussion of microaggressions, implicit bias and racism.
