Join Dr. Melvin Rouse, Associate Professor of Psychology, for a talk entitled: The Social Self, the Biological Self: How Biological Phenotype and Social Behavior Can Inform One Another.

Join Sustainability Services for a film screening of the Patagonia movie DamNation followed by a discussion by expert panelists about the movie as well as the issue of dams in Washington State. Snacks will be provided!

Associate Professor of Philosophy Sara Protasi will be discussing her book The Philosophy of Envy (Cambridge University Press, 2021; paperback 2022).

About the Book

Cognitive warfare manipulates environmental stimuli to control people's mental states and behaviors. Through widespread smart devices and social media platforms, digital authoritarianism has disseminated disinformation to intensify existing social conflicts in democracies. Not only did Russia meddle with the UK's Brexit vote and elections in the Baltic states, but China has also interfered in Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand and has highlighted racial conflict in the US.

Dr. Hillyer is a social and cultural historian of the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries, with specialties in the American South, African American history, the history of public memory, the built environment, and mass incarceration. She studies the history of the built environment, which means looking at physical space—from factories to theme parks—as a way of understanding historical processes.

Please join us for a brown bag lunch to discuss the protest movements and the severe government crackdown in Iran following the killing of Mahsa Amini.

Do you remember our Future?

Join us for a celebration featuring Emmy-nominated poet and advocate for equity, Christian Paige. This celebration is co-sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Engagement, Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity, and the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities.

Executive Order 9066:  All Persons of Japanese Ancestry

Join us for a short film about Japanese Sansei (third generation) writer Merilee Tanbara and her historical fiction novel about Tacoma's Japanese community before and after World War II.

Discussion and appetizers to follow.

The phrase, "we need to talk" can spark anxiety, fear, and many other emotions that make it difficult to initiate and sustain difficult conversations.  Come to CHWS's November Wellness Wednesday Workshop to learn why it's so hard to have difficult conversations and build your skills for hanging in there when conversations get tough.