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- Re-Birth - Art Installation by Sheila Pree Bright12:00 am
- Hostile Terrain 94 - InstallationAll day
- My Life My Choice Fundraiser12:00 am
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson6:00 am
- GRS Dissertation Defense of Radost Stanimirova9:00 am
- As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes11:00 am
- European Perspectives on the United States Elections12:00 pm
- Molecular & Cell Biology Department Seminar 12:00 pm
- Bioinformatics Sponsored Systems Biology Seminar12:30 pm
- GRS Dissertation Defense of Cody Doucette12:30 pm
- Race, Law & Inequality Speaker Series 2020-2021 presented by Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Yale Law School12:45 pm
- GRS Dissertation Defense of Tyler Faits1:00 pm
- Get Ready for Finals: Strategies to Prepare for Your Final Exams1:00 pm
- BU Roots3:00 pm
- Workshop: Managing Anxiety3:00 pm
- Understanding Credit: 1014:00 pm
- Grief Group4:00 pm
- Mind, Body, Spirit Yoga5:30 pm
- Student-Faculty Forum: Regenerating from Racism and Ethnocentrism5:30 pm
- UA 510 Guest Lecture: Perspectives from a Local Health Department: COVID Response, Community Impact, and Social Justice6:30 pm
- Care Fellowship Talent Show8:00 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 |