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Symposium: “Prophetic, Pragmatic, or Perturbed? Clergy Responses to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal” and “Serving or Saving? How to do community-engaged work when you're an outsider”
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Mulva Library, First Floor
100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, United States
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Laura Krull (Sociology) and Erin Lamm '24 (Sociology) present “Prophetic, Pragmatic, or Perturbed? Clergy Responses to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acuittal”
In 2020, Kenosha, WI witnessed extensive protests in response to police violence against a Black man. Kyle Rittenhouse, a White teenager from IL, came to the protests with an automatic rifle, and he ultimately shot and killed two men, and injured another. How did pastors in Kenosha, WI respond to Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal in November 2021? In this presentation, we examine how pastors discuss (or not) the trial and the protests, with some taking a prophetic stance against structural racism and others validating multiple perspectives.
Erinn Brooks (Sociology) and Frances Foote '24 (Sociology) present “Serving or Saving? How to do community-engaged work when you're an outsider”
How do students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) understand their work in racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse environments? Dr. Brooks' research project explores this question by examining students' experiences in two sections of a community-engaged sociology course. This presentation will invite audience members to consider the “white savior complex” as a common misstep in service work, and it will cover asset-based approaches as an alternative framework for community-engaged experiences.