Category: Meetings

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A lot of small things we can do (COVID-19)

What are our responsibilities, as young people, in the context of the coronavirus?

  • behave as if it matters if you get it
    • “be one of the hive”
    • as if it could kill you
    • as if it could affect others for you to get it
  • grocery shop for elderly neighbors
  • donate money to those who aren’t working and losing salaries
    • how effective?
  • stay informed
    • know it’s worse than the flu
    • for talking with people who don’t take it seriously
    • “if you hold your breath for ten seconds, you don’t have it”
    • “hydrate or diedrate”
  • minimize speculation
  • when hanging with friends
    • go for walks, outside
  • acknowledge drinking makes it more likely to get sick
  • check in with family, friends
    • grandparents esp.
  • scare people who need it, boost morale of those who need it

Celebrity Death

 

We’re kicking off this Thursday (2/20) by discussing how we should speak about the passing of people who’ve been controversial in life — specifically by thinking about Kobe Bryant’s recent passing and subsequent legacy. How do we tell someone’s story in full, and is it appropriate to tell the bad parts after they’ve passed? How can one person mean so many different things to different people? How do we acknowledge those who grew up with Kobe as a model of sportsmanship while also acknowledging the sexual assault suit? Can we acknowledge both, or does it have to be one or the other?

Campus Athletic Recruitment: Conversation led by ThinkerAnalytix

On Friday (1/24) at 7:30pm in Schapiro 129, we will be hosting a conversation about university athletic recruitment. It will be motivated by recent conversation via OpEds in The Record (see below) and moderated by representatives from ThinkerAnalytix, who will use argument mapping as a way of sorting through different perspectives on the matter. (Calendar Link) (Facebook Event).

Sponsored by the Class of ’71 Public Affairs Forum.

Election Methods: The College & Alternatives

At 7:30pm this Friday, we’ll be discussing the electoral college and thinking about alternatives. Our aim will be to figure out which methods are best for elections of different scales (Williams College, Williamstown, MA, and US) and to figure out how to effectively defend (and spread) the methods we favor.

Notes & Agenda.

Multi-Generational Discussion of Climate Change

We invite you and any visiting family to join us for a conversation about climate change on Friday at 7pm (sharp) in Griffin 4!

View the notes and agenda here.

We’ll focus on how we each view climate change and what we think it requires of us. You’ll get to engage in a mixed group of parents and peers as we tease out differences between different generational lenses.

We encourage you to tell any visiting family about this soon, especially if they are trying to plan for the weekend. It’ll be a unique opportunity for you to engage with the extended Williams community and for them to engage with the students who surround you.