DAY OF DIALOGUE: Preparing for Election 2024
A DAYLONG, DIALOGUE-ORIENTED EVENT
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 • 8 a.m.-7:25 p.m.
SESSION 1: Deliberative Dialogue and Breakfast: Students Discussing Immigration and Climate Change Policy
8-9:25 a.m.
Room 246 Axinn Library, South Campus
The Center for Civic Engagement will facilitate discussions about immigration and climate change policies. These discussions will be in the style of a deliberative dialogue – a roundtable discussion to include about 20 participants per table, exploring participants’ experiences with these issues and their thoughts about approaches to addressing them. Breakfast will be provided!
SESSION 2: Student Perspectives on the Presidential Election
9:40-11:05 a.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
The 2024 presidential election has numerous implications for young voters. A group of undergraduates led by James Curan ’27 and Jacqueline Wetzel ’27 will discuss these issues, inviting participation from the audience.
SESSION 3: Staying Woke: The Case for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Why it Matters
11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Across the country, state lawmakers are proposing bills to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at public universities and schools. The bills could affect a wide range of initiatives, from defunding DEI offices and officers, to removing diversity statements from hiring practices. Nearly half of the U.S. states have either introduced or are in the process of drafting such legislation. This panel will examine the increasing national backlash against DEI and explore why advocates for equity in education and the workplace need to address both legitimate concerns and unwarranted critiques from various perspectives.
PANELISTS:
• Tanya Martinez-Gallinucci, Executive Director, Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ODEIB) , New York City Bar Association
• Chermele Christy, Dean of Students, Hofstra Universit y
• Eric Lopez Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Governance, Programs & Enterprise Priorities, Comcast
MODERATED BY: Aisha Wilson-Carter, Executive Director for Equity and Inclusion, Hofstra University
SESSION 4: Human Rights, Security, and the Israeli, Palestinian Conflic t
1-2:25 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
SPEAKER: David Wildman, Executive Secretary for Human Rights and Racial Justice, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries
Our speaker will discuss the work of the United Nations in addressing human rights issues in the West Bank and Gaza. Earlier this year, Wildman visited the region as part of a church delegation – meeting with Israeli hostage families and Palestinians. Dialogue in this session is encouraged.
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SESSION 5: Grassroots Power – Organizing for Change
2:40-4:05 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus Nothing changes policy quite like collective action. Collective action is not just a matter of effective public messaging. People coalesce around issues willing to act because of effective organizing. Kathryn Casey Quigley will talk about successful party organizing in a red township. Michael DiGiuseppe will talk about the meaning of “voice in the workplace” and union busting. Dr. Mie Inouye will discuss the real-world application of academic knowledge about organizing.
PANELISTS:
• Michael DiGiuseppe, Vice President, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259
• Mie Inouye, Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Bard College
• Kathryn Casey Quigley former Chairwoman of the Southold Democratic Committee; co-founder and co-director, Peconic Community School
MODERATED BY: Philip Dalton Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Public Advocacy; Director, Center for Civic Engagement, Hofstra University
SESSION 6: Inspiring Women in Leadership
4:20-5:45 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
This session is dedicated to incredible women in history – around the world, in the United States, and particularly, on Hofstra’s campus. Women are role models, mothers, sisters, teachers, friends, and, most important, leaders. In a year where the fate of the United States rests on whether we elect a woman as our commander-in-chief for the first time ever, our panelists have come together to discuss and remind the community of the historic role that women have played in shaping our society.
• Dr. Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and Professor of Political Science, Hofstra Universit y
• Dr. Brenda Elsey, Professor of History, Hofstra Universit y
MODERATED BY: CCE Fellow Adallis Pantry (Political Science and Public Policy and Public Service double major, Hofstra University)
SESSION 7: ERA Is on the Ballot in New York State!
6-7:25 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
As New Yorkers, many of us think our civil liberties are safe and secure, including reproductive rights. However, with one shift of the political winds, our state legislature can pass laws to limit access to safe health care and continue to discriminate against people based on age, disability, immigration status, gender identity, and national origin. Proposition 1 (The New York State Equal Rights Amendment) will be on the ballot in November. Join us to learn more about how Prop 1 will embed reproductive rights and rights for all New Yorkers into the New York State Constitution.
• Susan Gottehrer, Director, Nassau Chapter of NYCLU
MODERATED BY: Linda Longmire, Professor of Global Studies and Geography, Hofstra Universit y
