SMC Community Teach-In Fall 2025
Hope in Hard Times: Moving Forward Together
Sponsored by the Global Citizenship Committee
Thursday, October 30, 2025- Hyflex- 1-3pm
Apply by Tuesday, October 21
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 Hope in Hard Times: Moving Forward Together. It is a nod to the current GC theme, Mobility, Migration & Movement, as well as a reflection of the challenges we face today and the hope to which we cling. 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 30 from 1-3pm in HSS 263. 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 HSS 263 or use the following Zoom link. Happy viewing!
Previous Teach-In themes:
- 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