Students, faculty, staff,
and community are invited to a free showing of the new documentary, If These Halls Could Talk from Director
Lee Mun Wah, who previously directed the documentary, The Color of Fear. The film
will be shown at Mad Batter Food and Film, 617 West Main Street in Sylva on
Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. as part of The College of Education and Allied
Professions’ Diversity Dialog series.
If you have ever wondered
why our students and faculty of color are leaving our campuses; if you have
difficulties understanding students from other cultures; if you don’t know what
to say or do when a conflict occurs as it relates to a diversity issue, then
the film, If These Halls Could Talk will help model for you what it
takes to have conversations on diversity that are both authentic and
life-changing. This film will provide a glimpse into what is still missing and
what is needed if we are ever going to come together in our classrooms, on our
campuses and in our communities.
The event will include
interactive discussion facilitated by Kham Ward, director of Intercultural
Affairs at Western Carolina University.
It is a collaboration of several campus entities including, The College
of Education and Allied Professions’ Diversity Committee, Intercultural
Affairs, Hunter Library, International Programs, and the Coulter Faculty
Center.
If you have any questions
about this event, please contact Beth McDonough, research and instruction
librarian, at 828-227-3423 or bmcdono@wcu.edu.
