BLACK EXPERIENCE SU IT

In the closing keynote address, Olga Marina Segura, a freelance writer and former opinion and culture editor at National Catholic Reporter, spoke of how movements like Black Lives Matter are considered too radical by the status quo but are really consistent with the traditional social justice teachings of the church.

The summit was co-sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph and made possible through grant funding from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

Women,’ comes to Elms

Elms College hosted the traveling exhibit “200 Women,” a collection of portraits and stories of inspirational women from around the world. For the opening reception, Diane Foley, mother of slain American journalist James Foley, spoke of her work with the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, and with Hostage US, which works to support the families of Americans taken hostage or wrongfully detained in other countries. Portraits from the exhibit were displayed in the Borgia Gallery, Alumnae Library, and the Rotunda of Berchmans Hall for much of the semester.