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- Re-Birth - Art Installation by Sheila Pree Bright12:00 am
- Hostile Terrain 94 - InstallationAll day
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson6:00 am
- Interviewing in the U.S.8:00 am
- Italian Women Who Made a Change: the Veneto Case in a Global Perspective11:00 am
- Graduate Christian Fellowship12:30 pm
- CSC Pumpkin Bash - Pumpkin Pick Up1:00 pm
- Book Club1:00 pm
- Distress Tolerance & Progressive Muscle Relaxation1:00 pm
- What Is DACA?2:00 pm
- Digital Transformation in Biopharmaceutical Operations3:00 pm
- Sargent College Info Session 3:00 pm
- Gear Up for Midterms: Transfer Student Workshop3:30 pm
- Book Club3:30 pm
- Arts and Civic Engagement Panel Discussion With Sheila Pree Bright4:00 pm
- Classroom + Career Q&A: Spring Professional Planning4:00 pm
- 2020 Elections "History's First Draft" Series: Election 2020: Voting Rights, Polarization, Political Violence, Election Lawsuits, and the Legacy of Bush v. Gore4:30 pm
- Tea Time5:00 pm
- Small Group Meeting5:00 pm
- CCD Workshop: Ace the Virtual Interview5:00 pm
- How to Fund Your Start-up Venture5:30 pm
- #BUcity Co-Lab Week: Visual Communication for Urban Professionals: The Why and How?5:30 pm
- Virtual Global Dinner Club6:00 pm
- Activism and the Role of Black Women6:00 pm
- Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Kianja Strobert6:30 pm
- BPT Talks: RX MACHINA by Caity-Shea Violette6:30 pm
- #BUcity Co-Lab Week: Introduction to e-Portfolio Development8:15 pm
"Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson
This collection of prints and posters created by John August Swanson speak to the Boston University School of Theology’s theme, Power, Privilege, and Prophetic Witness. Through colorful images and compelling text drawn from the Bible, writings by prominent theologians, poets, and activists, Swanson tells us the stories of those that inspire us to be better human beings. The viewer sees with our eyes how themes of ecology, assisting underserved populations, and equal rights for all are cries for justice and community. Depictions of figures like St. Francis of Assisi, and the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Pope Francis, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and E.E. Cummings ask the viewer to consider the harsh truths about unfair wages, global warming, the strife of indigenous people, immigration reform, Black lives, and other complex social issues. Swanson serves to motivate us, to push us into action through expressive art and language. And hopefully, we accept his challenge, though the path to peace is riddled with pain, struggle, and sacrifice. Today, more than any other moment in recent history, we must explore the works of this artist to better understand ourselves so we may fight for a better world.
When | 6:00 am – 7:00 am every day until Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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Building | 745 Commonwealth Avenue |
Room | Moore Community Center and Online |
Contact Name | Kara Jackman |
Phone | 617-353-1323 |
Contact Email | kjackman@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | STH Library |
Fees | Free |