Third Teach-In set for Thursday

Grand Valley's third annual Teach-In is set for Thursday, January 21, at locations in the DeVos Center and Kirkhof Center.

Nearly 40 sessions are planned from 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. under the umbrella theme, "Power, Privilege and Difficult Dialogues." Sponsored by Student Senate and University Academic Senate, organizers said holding the Teach-In during the campus' Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week was intentional.

"We want to build awareness early in the semester and also emphasize the social justice component of the event by including more community members," said Karen Gipson, professor of physics and chair of UAS.

Gipson said each session is collaboratively led by a student and a faculty or staff member, or community member. The sessions cover many aspects of injustice, like racism, gender bias, ableism, poverty and homophobia.

The day's schedule is posted online at www.gvsu.edu/teach-in; follow the Teach-In on social media using #GVTeachIn16.