Wells is now hosting its inaugural Inclusive and Intercultural Excellence Series. A year-long event, the series aims to deepen the community’s understanding of the issues of interculturalism and inclusiveness at the institutional, local, national, and global levels. For the 2008–09 academic year, the series’ theme is “Transcending Boundaries through Democratic Practice.”

The Inclusive and Intercultural Series invites speakers to address questions that are core to the practice of inclusiveness and interculturalism. These questions include who counts, what matters, and who decides and how. The series encourages community members to consider these questions in light of current social, economic, political, and educational systems, questioning how these systems could be made more inclusive and what steps would be necessary to accomplish that goal. 

September 11th through November 6th
Women in Politics Film Series
5:30 PM, Stratton Lecture Hall

October 6th
Barry Rigby 
Member of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and Nobel Prize Winner
“Understanding International Refugee Issues”
Barry Rigby will talk about his many years working with international refugees and what it was like for his family.
4:30 PM, Chapel, Main Hall

October 6th
Hilda Raz and Aaron Link, Authors
“What Becomes You”
Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz will read from their collaborative memoir that explores transgender issues. It is a 2008 Lambda Literary Award finalist.  
7:30 PM, Art Exhibit Room, Macmillan Hall

October 20
Marion Just
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science,Wellesley College
Research Associate at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“The Media, Gender and Race in the 2008 Elections”
12:30 PM, Chapel Main Hall, Main Building

Follow- up Dialogue on Gender and Politics
4:30 to 5:30 PM, Art Exhibit Room, Macmillan Hall

October 30th
Barrie Gewanter, Director of Central New York, American Civil Liberties Union
“Students’ Rights: They Don’t Disappear at the Schoolhouse Door”
12:20 PM, Art Exhibit Room, Macmillan Hall

November 3rd
Anna Dolidze, International Human Rights Lawyer and Lecturer, Wells College
“International Human Rights and the Georgian-Russian Conflict”
Anna has recently returned from Georgia after a month long visit as an observer for Human Rights Watch.
12:30 PM, Art Exhibit Room, Macmillan Hall