Events
Global Studies students are expected to attend events outside of the Watkinson Community and reflect on them. Each year students complete 9 reflection essays about the events they attended. Events are a way to learn more about already existing interests, and develop new ones.
Read my reflections HERE
Junior Year Events
-Miss Porters COVID Workshop
-ADL Extremism And The Election (Oren Segal)
-Voter Suppression Discussion (John Selders, Laura Smits)
-Debating Immigration Forum (Jose Antonio Vargas, Loretta Lynch, and John Kelly)
-Interfaith Workshop
-Athletes And Activism (Quincy Amarikwa)
-Climate Change Forum (Senator Blumenthal)
-Favorite Authors Forum (Jacqueline Woodson, Lauren Groff, and Colson Whitehead)
-Religion And Realization (Megan Phelps Roper)
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Senior Year Events
-Woodstock Field Trip ​
-ADL Never is Now Opening (Tracee Ellis Ross)
-Indigenous Tribes and Canadian Deforestation (Arvin Singh)
-ADL Never Is Now Opening and Closing Sessions (Kamala Harris, Tracee Ellis Ross, Baratunde Thurston, etc.)
-CT Forum: Creative Minds (Nick Offerman)
-The Refugee Experience (Ghenwah)
-Martin Luther King Jr. and the FBI (Watkinson MLK Day Workshops)
-CT Forum: The Fight For Racial Justice (Baratunde Thurston, Julian Castro, Cathy Park Hong)
-Real Artways: Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
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