BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.472596.field_event_date.0@www.wright.edu DTSTAMP:20260220T135024Z CREATED:20230119T072200Z DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Shannen Williams\, Associate Professor of History\ , University of Dayton & author of Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke\, 2022)Topic: 'America n’s Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the Unit ed States'For most people\, Whoopi Goldberg's performance as Sister Mary C larence in Sister Act is the dominant interpretation of an African America n nun and the desegregation of white Catholic sisterhood in the United Sta tes.In this talk\, Dr. Shannen Dee Williams will explore the story of Amer ica's real sister act: the story of how generations of Black women and gir ls called to the sacred vows of poverty\, chastity\, and obedience fought against racism\, sexism\, and exclusion to become and minster as consecrat ed women of God in the Roman Catholic Church. In so doing\, she will turn attention to women's religious life as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation\, and thus an important battleground in the long Afric an American freedom struggle.The lecture of free and open to the public. F or more information\, please contact the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies at 937-775-3136 or SOHCS@wright.edu. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T183929Z LOCATION:163 Student Union (Discovery Room) SUMMARY:2023 Piediscalzi Lecture in Religion\, Philosophy\, and Classic URL;TYPE=URI:/events/2023-piediscalzi-lecture-religio n-philosophy-classic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR