Spring 2022 Mellon Lecture in the Engaged Humanities with Tyreece Williams
April 19, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
"The Humanities: Tools To Build A More Just Future"
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Time: 4PM
ARC 137 AND Zoom
We hope you decide to attend in-person (Masks are Required), but if you are more comfortable with the virtual option, please use the link to register and then you will receive the zoom link.
https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcocOmppj0pH9Zh4DSp38m5CQQbDOVULArp
This lecture will explore the power of the humanities to foster reflection, connection, and imagination needed to build more just and equitable possibilities for our communities, particularly those disproportionately impacted by systemic injustice. How can we use the humanities to engage diverse communities in transformative conversations about social issues? How can the humanities serve as healing modalities inviting us to understand the range of lived experiences within all systems of oppression? How can the humanities strengthen change-driven communities creating holistic and reparative solutions to structural violence?
Tyreece Williams is the program manager for the Envisioning Justice initiative at Illinois Humanities which leverages the arts and humanities to envision alternatives to the enduring injustice of mass incarceration. In this role, he oversees the program’s grantmaking portfolio and develops free, high-quality humanities experiences throughout Illinois designed to enrich individual and community-based visions of justice. Tyreece graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in Communications in 2016 and worked for several years in the Office of Student Development Services for UIC's New Student Orientation Program. It was after graduating from UIC that Tyreece transitioned into work in the non-profit sector, originally as the administrative assistant for Snow City Arts, an organization inspiring and educating children and youth in hospitals through the arts.
Date posted
Mar 10, 2022
Date updated
Apr 13, 2022