PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Summer Book Discussion with CAN on 7/1 and 8/5
CAN invites you:
As you plan for the coming academic year, I invite you to join CAN on Thursday, July 1st, and Thursday, August 5th, to reimagine how we can better support survivors of interpersonal violence and trauma at UIC. I know that we are all thinking about what UIC will be like when we are in person again and how we will set our students up for academic, social, and emotional success. We are excited to use this reflective period to consider how we have worked with student survivors in the past (what have been our successes? Challenges?) and how we will work with them in the future (how can we make sure that UIC is a place where survivors know they are valued and are aware of the resources available to them?).
To foster our discussion, we are hosting a two-part discussion of excerpts from Blind to Betrayal: Why We Fool Ourselves | We Aren’t Being Fooled (2013) by Jennifer Freyd and Pamela Birrell on Thursday, July 1st, from 2:00-3:30 PM, and Thursday, August 5th, from 12:00-1:30 PM Central Time. Both sessions will be virtual, with an outdoor on-campus option for those who are interested. Please register for the event here to receive the program link/location, as well as a PDF copy of the first session's reading.
Blind to Betrayal introduces the concept of institutional betrayal, which is when an institution causes harm to people who depend on it. The authors then explain how we can better respond to victims and survivors by committing to institutional courage (you can learn more from the Center for Institutional Courage here).(Please note that if you don't have time to complete the reading, Dr. Freyd also has a great - and short! - article reviewing the main concepts from the book here, which will be enough to get our conversation going.)
- During Session I on July 1st, we will discuss institutional betrayal (chapters 4, 5, and 9). What is it, and what are its effects? Where and how does institutional betrayal show up in our work in higher education?
- During Session II on August 5th, we will move to the concept of institutional courage (chapters 10, 12, and 14). What is it, and how do we make it happen? What can we do differently this year to ensure that survivors feel safe at UIC and know that they belong here?
These conversations will be confidential and an advocate will be present, to foster a free, open discussion about how our future programming and engagement can look.
We’ll expand on these conversations during the Fall 2021 semester with a film discussion of Athlete A, further discussion of Blind to Betrayal, and a keynote lecture with Dr. Jennifer Freyd on October 26th, from 12:30-2:00 PM.
We hope that you will join us for this important conversation! Please share with your colleagues who may be interested in participating.
Looking forward to it,
Kelly
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Kelly Birch Maginot, PhD
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Director, Advocacy Services
Campus Advocacy Network (CAN)
Women's Leadership and Resource Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
1101 W. Taylor Street, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 488-9784 | (312) 413-8206
kmaginot@uic.edu