This morning marks the beginning of a big day on UVa grounds. After two tragic murders near the UVa community hit close to home, President Sullivan has organized a Day of Dialogue to discuss subjects of bias, hate, safety, and abuse. These topics are not only important within the physical boundaries of UVa’s grounds, but also outside where the majority of our university’s students, faculty, and staff reside. The program will include speakers and a resource fair held throughout the day today as well as an on-going arts project on the Lawn. The project acts as a poignant reminder of the mourning and loss felt after the deaths of both Yeardley Love, a UVa student, and Morgan Harrington, a student killed on a visit to Charlottesville. The project is a two-part display created by Sanda Iliescu, an Associate Professor of Architecture and Art. Her vision involved masking the “bright and optimistic” columns of the Rotunda with transparent black fabric. These obvious additions to the Rotunda could be argued as detracting from its beauty, but their goal is to be physical representations of the University’s shock, sadness, and horror after the tragic events of last year. Overall, today’s Day of Dialogue offers participants to openly discuss their individual and collective responsibilities to both the UVa and broader surrounding community in light of past illustrations of hate, bias, and violence. Events will take place all day on grounds beginning at Old Cabell Hall at 9:00 am, and all activities will be streamed online via live video. See website addresses below.
http://www.virginia.edu/dayofdialogue/
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