Mount Holyoke College Podcast

Speaking to an audience at Chapin Auditorium Monday night, author and activist Tim Wise discussed racism and manifestations of white privilege in a talk entitled "The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial, and the Costs of Inequality."

Speaking to an audience at Chapin Auditorium Monday night, author and activist Tim Wise discussed racism and manifestations of white privilege in a talk entitled "The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial, and the Costs of Inequality."

MHC's Lois Brown, director of The Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts introduces Mehrangiz Kar in the Weissman Center's 2007-2008 series, Bearing Witness.

Human rights activist, attorney, and educator Mehrangiz Kar delivered the first lecture in the Weissman Center's 2007-2008 series, Bearing Witness, Thursday, October 18. Kar shared her own evocative stories of advocacy and protest in and beyond Iran.

On the evening of November 5, Gail Collins, author, journalist, and first woman editor of the New York Times editorial page, delivered a talk titled "Observations on American Women's History, Politics, and the New York Times--from Jamestown to Hillary Clinton's Bid for the White House."

On the evening of November 5, Gail Collins, author, journalist, and first woman editor of the New York Times editorial page, delivered a talk titled "Observations on American Women's History, Politics, and the New York Times--from Jamestown to Hillary Clinton's Bid for the White House."

Introdution by Eva Paus Gerry Caplan, senior consultant to the African Union and the United Nations, was MHC's 2007 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence November 6-8.

Dr. Gerald Caplan gave a lecture titled "Genocide Prevention and the International Community: A Fable for Our Time?" on November 7.

Throughout 2007 – 2008, the Weissman Center for Leadership series Bearing Witness explored the issues of testimony, the politics of advocacy, and the multiple ways in which acts of witnessing enable, educate, and inspire us as individuals in this twenty-first century world. The fall lecture series featured documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy's talk titled "The Camera Doesn't Lie: Social Change via Documentary Filmmaking."

Throughout 2007 – 2008, the Weissman Center for Leadership series Bearing Witness explored the issues of testimony, the politics of advocacy, and the multiple ways in which acts of witnessing enable, educate, and inspire us as individuals in this twenty-first century world. The fall lecture series featured documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy.

Educator and writer Jonathan Kozol addressed a standing-room-only crowd as part of the Bearing Witness series, lamenting the desperate situation in our nation's public school system. He spoke on his latest book, Letters to a Young Teacher, about his relationship with a young first-grade teacher in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and her students.

Educator and writer Jonathan Kozol addressed a standing-room-only crowd as part of the Bearing Witness series, lamenting the desperate situation in our nation's public school system. He spoke on his latest book, Letters to a Young Teacher, about his relationship with a young first-grade teacher in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and her students.

Mount Holyoke College President Joanne Creighton delivered a talk titled "The Role of Women's Colleges in Women's Education Worldwide" for the First-Year Seminar Lecture Series.

Christopher Benfey, Mellon Professor of English, delivered a talk about poet Emily Dickinson for the First-Year Seminar Lecture Series.

International human rights activist Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, delivered the first lecture in the Weissman Center's 2008-2009 series, Bearing Witness. Tutu shared her own life story with her observations on divisive society and the promise of communities working to protect and sustain the dignity of all people.

Danielle Connor FP '06, gave a talk during the Focus the Nation lunch panel.

Todd Holland, Energy Manager, gave a talk during the Focus the Nation Stewardship panel.

Jeremy King, Associate Professor of History, gave a talk during the Focus the Nation panel.

Persa Batra, Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environment, gave a talk during the Focus the Nation panel.

Corinne Demas, Professor of English, gave a talk during the Focus the Nation panel.