For Faculty and Staff: Rebuilding Our Wounded World: A Catholic Response to Racism

The Office of Equity and Diversity is pleased to host Michelle Maldonado, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, at the next D+I + A Better U! lunch and learn for faculty and staff, to be held Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Registration is required. Please click here to register. 

Dean Maldonado will present Rebuilding Our Wounded World: A Catholic Response to the Sin of Racism. She will discuss recent Church documents addressing the social sin of racism, the image of God as the foundation of recognizing our full humanity equally, and a vision of justice that calls for a conversion of the heart.

Dr. Maldonado is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Scranton. She is the author of eight books including Afro-Cuban Theology: Religion, Race, Culture and Identity (University Press of Florida, 2006) Shopping: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Fortress Press, 2010), and A Critical Introduction to Religion in the Americas: Bridging the Liberation Theology and Religious Studies Divide. (NYU Press, 2014).  

Zoom meeting information will be sent to registrants 24 hours before the presentation. If you have any questions related to the program, please contact Liz Garcia at elizabeth.garcia2@scranton.edu or call 570-941-6645.

Questions regarding registration may be directed to jennifer.pennington@scranton.edu.