Musician and activist BL Shirelle is the co-executive director of FREER Records, the first non-profit record label for prison-impacted musicians in the United States. In this presentation, Shirelle will discuss the richness of prison music, past and present. She will also share some of her music and discuss elements of her own life and career in a conversation moderated by Jon Bullock, assistant professor of ethnomusicology in the Department of Music.  This event is free and not ticketed.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

How does the Catholic Church approach global migration? How should a Catholic university approach global migration?   Join us for this session highlighting the Catholic Church's teaching on migration, the Church's pastoral concern for migrants, and the priorities of Pope Francis and the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. How should these values and priorities inform Notre Dame’s response to global migration? The University has committed to creating a new initiative on global migration to be housed at the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. This discussion is an important part of the planning process to ensure that Notre Dame will make a unique contribution to the study of migration focused on the dignity of the human person. Co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.   Fr. Fabio Baggio, Dicastery for Integral Human Development Father Baggio is a missionary priest of the Scalabrini Order. Since January 2017, he has served as co-under-secretary of the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD). In 2022, Father Baggio was appointed "Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development." He holds a license in Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. During his early missionary work, Father Baggio worked as a consultant on migration with the Chilean Bishops Conference; he subsequently was director of the Buenos Aires Archdiocese’s Department of Migration. Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic Diocese of El Paso As a prelate serving a borderland community whose sister city is Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Bishop Seitz has focused his work and heart on the poor and vulnerable, including migrant families and refugees who have made their home in this region or who choose the community as their point of passage. The bishop believes that migrants add inestimable value to the communities where they choose to live and that parishes and community members should welcome them with compassion, love and solidarity. Bishop Seitz he serves as chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration. Moderator: Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Father Groody is an internationally recognized theologian with a focus on migration issues. He has authored or edited eight books on poverty, justice, and migration, including Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit and his most recent book, A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ (with a forward by Pope Francis). Groody has worked with U.S. Congress, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, and the United Nations on migration and justice issues.Photo:  “Angels Unawares” sculpture commemorating migrants and refugees in St. Peter’s Square" by Catholic Church (England and Wales) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Originally published at klau.nd.edu.

Harnessing and Hedging: The Two Faces of GenAI is presented by Maryam Alavi, the Elizabeth D. and Thomas M. Holder Chair and Professor of IT Management at the Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology. Alavi is a thought leader and researcher on digital innovation and transformation, with extensive experience in organizational capability-building and leadership and talent development for a digital age.  This is the final lecture in the Ten Years Hence Speaker Series which focused on Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril. See the website for previous lectures, videos and speaker bios. The lecture is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public. No tickets or registration required. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. 

Presented by Jennifer Ho, professor of ethnic studies; director, Center for Humanities and the Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder.Lecture and discussion: “My Path to Anti-Racism as an Asian American Educator”(RSVP required)- REGISTRATION CLOSED.  The Office of Institutional Transformation — in partnership with Human Resources and the Provost’s Office — is pleased to announce a new collaborative initiative: the Inclusive Leadership Colloquium Lecture Series (ILCLS). ILCLS will bring insightful and innovative leaders in diverse, equitable, and inclusive practice to Notre Dame, where they will share ideas, best practices, and inspiration around DEI-related topics of interest. This series will offer participants an opportunity to hear from experts, receive information about DEI concepts and strategies, and strengthen the community of practice at Notre Dame committed to DEI work on our campus. Registration is open to all faculty and staff.  For more information, please contact the Office of Institutional Transformation at 574-631-5618 or transformation@nd.edu.   Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Transformation in partnership with Notre Dame Human Resources and the Provost's Office.

This session of the Soc(AI)ety Seminars series will touch on the topics of data, geopolitics and governance, regulation and self-regulation, while giving some examples of good and bad practices in various sectors, such as healthcare and banking.Sponsored by the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society.

The Notre Dame Keeping the Republic Conference brings together a group of both prominent senior researchers and early-career scholars dedicated to a broad revitalization of American democracy—not just in the sense of self-government—but rather as a societal commitment to the equal dignity and inclusion of each person and social institutions that encourage broad and open participation. This conference creates an interdisciplinary community of scholars devoted to studying and advancing the democratization of American culture and institutions across political, legal, civic, commercial, social, religious, and educational life. This conference is not open to the public and is by invitation only. Originally published at rooneycenter.nd.edu.