Happy Mid-October!

And you know what that means! We here at the Boylan Blog are wishing you all well on your midterms.

We’ve got quite a few announcements to make and reminders to give this week, so bear with us.

Not quite like this, but you get the idea.

First, we’d like to invite you all to sign up for our Open Mic! All are welcome to perform or to attend as audience members on October 24th from 12:30-2:00 in the Woody Tanger Auditorium. To sign up to read, visit Boylan 3416 and add your name to the list on the door.

Secondly, this week CLAS is hosting a “Brooktoberfest” Carnival to raise money for the American Cancer Society! If you’re feeling particularly happy that autumn has arrived or would like to help raise funds during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, please consider joining CLAS, The Women’s Center, Women of Color, Alpha Sigma Zeta, Relay for Life, NAACP, and Gift of Life on the West Quad from 12:15-2:15 this Tuesday, October 17th! 

Thirdly, if you haven’t been keeping up with BC’s “We Stand Against Hate” campaign, they’re hosting an event this week! To check out their full calendar and to learn more, click here.

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October 19 “Strategies to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism: The Psychodynamics of American Politics,” with Rabbi Michael Lerner  Rabbi Michael Lerner is a psychotherapist, American political activist, editor of Tikkun magazine (a progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine), the rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in Berkeley, California, and the author of the books The Left Hand of God: Taking Back America from the Religious Right, and with Cornel West, of Jews & Blacks: Let the Healing Begin. He will discuss the psychopathology in American life that creates the climate in which racism against African Americans and anti-Semitism grow, and strategies to take the country in a different direction. Dinner reception for guests in attendance will immediately follow in the Student Center Penthouse.

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Phew! Made it through. Here’s to another week of trying our best.

-Margaret Iuni