“David did a great job engaging the crowd. You can tell it was authentic and David meant what he said. It was my favorite lecture from the Diversity Lecture Series!” Stanley Duncan David Lee, who is the Advancement Director at Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates and a Hope College graduate, presented the college’s 2024 Asian Heritage Lecture on …
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César Chávez Lecture 2024
Ernesto Villarreal, former Assistant Director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, presented the college’s 2024 César Chávez Lecture on Wednesday, March 27 in the Maas Center Auditorium. The lecture explored the theme, “Revolutionary Imagination: The Intersection of Faith, Hope, and Love,” which looks at the theory and reality of envisioning meaningful change and actively …
Black History Month Lecture 2024
Dr. Sonja Trent-Brown, Vice President of Culture and Inclusive Excellence at Hope College, presented the college’s 2024 Black History Month History Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Maas Center Auditorium. The lecture explored the national 2024 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” taking a journey from historic heritage to contemporary contributions …
Affirming LGBTQ+ Student Lecture 2024
I wondered all along why I came to Hope. Matt Shepard’s death had an extremely profound impact upon my life. Not to mention the events of 1998-99. Those days as rough and difficult as they were for some people really were my pinnacle of all my five years there. Those days were my reason for …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Lecture 2024
Professor Emeritus John Yelding is the best person for helping us recall the legacy of Martin Luther King, and for engaging us in an interactive exercise of what it means to actively invest ourselves into making King’s Legacy a reality in our time. Alfredo M. GonzalesAssociate Provost Emeritusand Emeritus Dean for International and Multicultural Education The 2024 Dr. …
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My Truth: Sara Cerda
The Center for Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to release the My Truth Series. This series contains daily blogs and videos that will be released throughout the week of April 29, capturing the lived experiences of diverse students at Hope College. The comments contained in the videos are those of the respective Hope College students …
Women’s History Panel 2024
YOU! YOU propelled reflection and empowerment in all present, and certainly in the students there. Sometimes talking in a room full of people can feel daunting, and I often wonder if I said things right- I wanted to follow up today and say that you all said the right things. The best things. Erin Drews …
My Truth: Leah Reinardy
The Center for Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to release the My Truth Series. This series contains daily blogs and videos that will be released throughout the week, May 1 through 5, capturing the lived experiences of diverse students at Hope College. The comments contained in the videos are those of the respective Hope College …
My Truth: Ashish Duvvuru
The Center for Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to release the My Truth Series. This series contains daily blogs and videos that will be released throughout the week, May 1 through 5, capturing the lived experiences of diverse students at Hope College. The comments contained in the videos are those of the respective Hope College …
My Truth: Miguel Castelan Hernandez
The Center for Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to release the My Truth Series. This series contains daily blogs and videos that will be released throughout the week, May 1 through 5, capturing the lived experiences of diverse students at Hope College. The comments contained in the videos are those of the respective Hope College …