SMC Community Teach-In Fall 2026
From Heartbreak to Healing to Hope
Sponsored by the Global Citizenship Committee
Thursday, October 29, 2026- Hyflex- 1-3pm
Apply by Monday, October 19
As a campus, students, faculty and staff are coming together for a Teach-In.
What's a Teach-In?
It is an educational, interactive forum where people come together to focus on and discuss a topic.
What's the Teach-In theme?
The theme of the Teach-In is From Heartbreak to Healing to Hope. This theme calls on participants to reflect on the pain we endure, the path toward collective renewal and the hope of a brighter future. The GC Committee chose this theme to encourage participants to speak on present-day injustices and/or the individual and collective actions of hope. We invite you to participate in the Teach-In by tapping into your personal, academic and/or professional knowledge. The theme is open to a presenter's interpretation and understanding.
What's the purpose of a Teach-In?
A Teach-In is meant to be practical, participatory, empowering, and action-oriented. In 1965, the first Teach-In was held at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Its focus was on the U.S. government's involvement in Vietnam.
When is the Teach-In?
The Teach-In will be held on Thursday, October 29 from 1-3pm in room MSB 310. The event will be hyflex, which means that you can participate both in person and virtually.
How do you participate?
You are free to address the Teach-In topic however you'd like. For example you can:
- Give an informational talk
- Lead a conversation
- Put together a panel
- Debate
- Perform poetry
- Perform a musical performance
- Show a video clip
How do I sign up?
Sign up by clicking on this link. For any questions, please email Dr. Delphine Broccard, Chair of the Global Citizenship Committee.
How do I spectate?
If you'd like to attend the event as an audience member, the event will take place in room SCI 145 or use the following Zoom link. Happy viewing!
Previous Teach-In themes:
- 2025: Hope in Hard Times: Moving Forward Together
- 2024: Mobility, Migration & Movement
- 2023: Environmental Risk, Refugee & Resilience
- 2022: Risk
- 2021: The New Fight for Human Rights in a Time of Perpetual Emergency
- 2020: Human Rights & The Pandemic