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The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations is eager to announce the pre-reading text for Community Conversations 2023. Community conversations is a campus tradition where proctors bring together first-year students for a facilitated discussion on identity and community building. The selected excerpts from these readings, which will be the focus of our discussions on September 3, will be available on Canvas starting from August 1st.
The Harvard Foundation and Community Conversations Committee has chosen the theme for this year's dialogue as "Ethics and Social Responsibility: Navigating Moral Dilemmas in Modern Society." In this facilitated discussion, we share about our own identities, examine different assumptions, and begin to develop our shared sense of belonging at Harvard College.
The readings for Community Conversations 2023 are:
- "Harvard & The Legacy of Slavery Report" - Harvard University
- Poem: Questionnaire, by Wendell Berry
- Poem: Factory, by Monica Sok
- "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by Clint Smith (radio excerpt)
- "How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question" by Michael Schur (Chapter 13: "I Screwed Up. Do I Have to Say I'm Sorry?")
- "Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity" by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi (Excerpt forthcoming)