Visitors Share Voices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Black History Month with Ilyasah Shabazz and Dr. Anthony Jack

The Hotchkiss community listened to two powerful presenters during Black History Month. Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, is an award-winning author, speaker, educator, and community organizer. Dr. Anthony Jack, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the author of The Privileged Poor, which reveals how—and why—disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges and explains what schools can do differently to help these students thrive. They both met with faculty, staff, and students for thought-provoking conversations. go.hotchkiss.org/shabazz

Native American Heritage Month with Rebekah and Lenny Fineday

Multiple speakers took the stage at All-School meetings in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Rebekah Fineday and Lenny Fineday, sibling members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota, visited campus and spoke with students. Three indigenous students—Avery Doran ’24, Bella Bigelow ’24, and River Schmidt-Eder ’23—also shared their personal stories. go.hotchkiss.org/nativeamerican

Hispanic Heritage Month with Bruno Carvahlo ’00

Cooking Demonstration with Dontavius Williams

Museum interpreter Dontavius Williams led an outdoor cooking demonstration at Fairfield Farm in support of Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, this year’s All-School Read. Williams prepared traditional foods with deep roots in the experiences of enslaved Africans, and he discussed the process of making ham hock and okra stew and fried chicken with students.

Harvard professor and Hotchkiss alumnus Bruno Carvahlo ’00 returned to Lakeville as part of Hispanic Heritage Month to speak to students and community members during a lecture, classroom visits, and an All-School meeting. He discussed urbanization, how social and cultural processes of the past converge with the present, and the role that Hispanic people are playing in revitalizing urban centers in the U.S. go.hotchkiss.org/carvahlo

Connie Chung Joe on Interracial Tension

Connie Chung Joe is the chief executive officer of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. She discussed the theme of interracial tensions during an affinity space with self-identifying students of color, and several student facilitators joined her on stage during an All-School meeting.

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