Diversity & Inclusion for All (DIFA) Visten Creative, DIFA, Calvin University
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The Diversity & Inclusion for All podcast captures conversations with professors, practitioners, and people of interest who are teaching, pursuing, and engaging diversity & inclusion in inspirational and effective ways. By exploring a range of diversity topics, this podcast provides on-ramps to better understanding and awareness of issues related to diversity & inclusion work in our communities today. Supported by Calvin University and the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship, these conversations provide information, insights, and stories to inform the diversity work of both Christian and secular organizations.
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Disability and Inclusion
Disabled scholar Amy Kenny discusses several ways disabled persons are unnecessarily discriminated against, maligned, and excluded in our societies. She offers important perspectives for discussions of disability rights and concrete steps for each of us to take in seeking to include and learn from disabled persons in our organizations and communities.
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The Doctrine of Discovery Part III: the Dangers of Christendom
In this third episode on the Doctrine of Discovery, we focus on how the Christian Church grew to be an empire, how it has thought about its power and privilege, and some of the dangers of empire-thinking.
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The Doctrine of Discovery Part II: Land Acknowledgement and Foundational Principles
This conversation offers insights into the practice of land acknowledgement and an exploration of how the foundational principles of the constitution may be different from common beliefs and our most noble ideals.
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Understanding our own Myths. Victors Write their History
Mark Charles points out how the stories we tell about history are shaped by biases of the writers. Mark's explores in particular how many see the United States history and heroes, especially Abraham Lincoln.
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The Doctrine of Discovery Part I: From the Middle Ages to the 21st Century
Mark Charles introduces the Doctrine of Discovery from its beginnings to how it has shaped Western thinking for centuries.
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Cultural Intelligence for Worshipping Communities and Beyond
In this discussion with Professor Kai Ton Chau, we explore important perspectives for understanding and building our cultural intelligence and for navigating life together in diverse congregations, organizations, and communities.