The symposium is an inter-college event where students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every RC student will give either a Presentation or a Poster - either as a group or as an individual project. Every RC student will also be an audience member.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
This project examines the causes and results of police brutality in the United States, most broadly taking a critical look at white denial. The poster will also demonstrate the work we did during the presentation of our project to the Social Justice Residential College.
My presentation will be about the Black lives matter movement . I will briefly cover what exactly is the Black lives matter. What forms of civil disobedience is incrportatd into the movement and why the movement itself is imporant in today's world.
The American women's suffrage movement took decades to finally win the vote through the 19th amendment in 1920. After Stanton, Anthony and Mott died, Alice Paul became one of the leaders of the movement and changed the tactics that the movement used.
Our group's goal is to reconcile the current social political climate, with the systemic and institutionalized injustices that have been perpetrated by the criminal justice system. To do this, we collaborated with Bucknell's Public Safety, and did an experiment with a positionally survey on some of the officers in the department. We wanted to use the information we collected to both expose the lack of awareness of positionally in law enforcement, and also make the officers we surveyed aware of the importance of self-reflection. We will present our findings, as well as personal comments on associations between the current political climate and said findings to a group.
A prevailing view amongst many Western feminists is the belief that the hijab is a symbol of oppression and must be done away with as a step towards furthering female autonomy. Such feminists might, thus, view Turkey as a utopia with its liberal-minded, predominantly Muslim population. With a strong emphasis on embracing Western secularism and the realization of Islam as an assault against democracy, Turkey’s efforts to dissociate religion from the state have been relentless. Highlighting the controversial Kavakçi case, this project hones in on the intersection of government authority, individual liberties, and feminism.
My research project will be analyzing the actions that the U.S. took to go against the National Party's Apartheid, more specifically college students across the nation who were in support of the Anti-Apartheid movement. Many college students and professors organized rallies, demonstrations, and other forms of protest to go against the policies that the U.S. government placed that supported the National Party.
The primary goal of our poster presentation will be to educate people on pronoun usage and awareness. We'll discuss the increase of pronoun awareness and furthermore inform on why proper pronoun application contributes to a greater sense of self among individuals who don't use pronouns on the traditional male and female binary. Additionally, we will describe the process and outcomes of our campaign on Bucknell's campus and ways in which Bucknell and overall society can practice inclusive pronoun application.
Students with disabilities overcome many challenges every day that those without disabilities do not see. One such challenge is the effort to reach classrooms, lectures, meals, and practices. Though Bucknell has made a commitment to physical accessibility, one area that the University needs improvement in is emergency accommodations for members of the Bucknell community that live with disabilities. The University lacks a procedural protocol for emergency situations for people with disabilities; this project aims to implement such a plan in Bucknell’s upcoming emergency procedures publication. The authors perform research on other universities’ emergency protocols for people with disabilities, work in combination with the Office of Accessibility Resources and the Office of Public Safety and the General Counsel to understand considerations for drafting a new plan, and then submit a draft emergency protocol for people with disabilities to the Office of Accessibility Resources and the General Counsel. The draft’s exact usage is yet to be determined, though it is expected that the plan will be folded into the Office of Public Safety’s preexisting University-wide policy that is expected to be implemented following its approval from the General Counsel.
In this project, I will be examining the reasons behind some African Americans evading the draft into the Vietnam war. I will then be able to conclude whether their form of civil disobedience should be valued and praised in today's society.
A commentary on how racial movements such as BLM has interacted with social media as a tactic to progress their agenda. Continually, looking at the implications of this interaction and if it has been successful.
In today's society and for generations, race and discrimination to minorities has been a crisis and extremely controversial. Oppression and discrimination towards women of Islam has dramatically grown after the 9/11 attacks. The hijab worn by Muslim women is a symbol that is linked to both gender and to religion. This project is aimed at exploring the arguments and reasoning behind the ideas that make the discrimination and oppression to these women and the Muslim community, which influence how society views these individuals especially after the terror attacks of 9/11.
The concept of the American identity is commonly used as a tool to justify racial discrimination. Specifically, people denounce Muslim women who wear the hijab as anti-western threats to our modern society. In order to combat this idea, one must examine what it means to be a modern Muslim women in America and how the expression of religious traditions actually represents a reformed American culture by supporting religious tolerance and differences. Through the individual examination of personal reasons behind wearing the hijab, this project supports the idea that the American identity is actually made up of multiple identities.
BLM is often considered to be a radical group rather than a civil rights group trying to obtain basic rights, such as the right to life, for black people. Their demonstrations are often called violent, riotous, and unnecessary. However, I disagree. I'll be exploring the extent to which the actions of BLM activists should be considered civil disobedience.
How the acts of Civil Disobedience of the birth control movement contributed to its groundbreaking improvements to the health, education and professional lives of American women.
