Marquette University Soup with Substance

Our first Soup with Substance of the spring term, this Wednesday at noon in the AMU, room 227. Debbie Duff, financial aid counselor and the director of the Gospel choir at Marquette, will talk about Gospel music and how it has evolved. Come join us for an engaging presentation and some delicious soup! This is an-in person event, but you can also attend virtually. Please follow this link to sign up online: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A big thanks to Maggie Nettesheim Hoffmann for her wonderful talk at Soup with Substance today! Maggie traced the historical transformation of philanthropy in the United States, highlighting how the American notion of philanthropy (literally meaning “love of humanity”) is interwoven with and entrenched in capitalism. If you weren’t able to attend today, you can listen to Maggie’s informative talk on the Soup with Substance website: marquette.edu/campus-ministry/soup-with-substance.php.

Our last Soup of the semester this Wednesday, December 8, at noon in AMU 163! Maggie Nettesheim-Hoffmann, associate director of career diversity for the Humanities Without Walls consortium and a PhD candidate in history, will talk about the historical transformation of philanthropy in the United States during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. This is an in-person event, but you can also attend virtually by signing up here: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A warm thanks to Dr. Andrew Kim for his fantastic talk about the spirituality of addiction and recovery. Dr. Kim pushes back against assumptions that posit pleasure seeking, individual moral failure, and inferiority as root causes for addiction. Rather, he argues that trauma - including intergenerational trauma - the erasure of memories, and loneliness/isolation are some of the root causes for addiction. He conceives of addiction as a spiritual and communal disease, rather than taking an individualistic approach. You can watch the recording of Dr. Kim’s talk on the Soup with Substance website: marquette.edu/campus-ministry/soup-with-substance.php.

Our upcoming Soup this Wednesday, December 1, at noon in AMU 157! This week features Dr. Andrew Kim, associate professor of theology, who will talk about the spirituality of addiction and recovery. To attend this event virtually please sign up here to receive the link for the live stream: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A warm thanks to Chelsea Malacara for her informative and thoughtful presentation! Chelsea, Marquette’s Sustainability and Energy Management Coordinator, reflected on the outcomes of COP26 and on the role and responsibility of higher education institutions in the response to climate change. She discussed hopeful outcomes as well as the catches of COP26. With regard to higher education institutions, she stressed the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration, creating more sustainability-centered courses, and the university’s role as a small model for climate adaptation and resilience.

Our upcoming Soup this Wednesday, November 17th, at noon in AMU 163, in the wake of COP26: Chelsea Malacara, Sustainability and Energy Management Coordinator at Marquette University, will provide an overview of COP26, address key takeaways, and discuss ways to put them into action in higher education. This is an in-person event, but you can also attend virtually. Please follow this link to sign up for the live stream: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A big thanks to our student presenters at Soup with Substance yesterday! Their research and work through the Marquette Indigeneity Lab are truly inspiring. Their projects included building a data visualization map of Indigenous Milwaukee, conducting archival research on Catholic Indian boarding schools, and studying the potential for reintroducing wild rice seed varieties to the Menomonee River Valley. We have an expansive collection of archival records on indigenous history here at Marquette University, and - as the presenters highlighted - there is still much to be recovered and brought to light. A great opportunity for everyone who is interested in doing research on Native American history in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and beyond! Pax.

Our upcoming Soup this Wednesday, November 10th, at noon in AMU 157. Hosted by the Center for Engagement and Inclusion in honor of Native American Heritage Month, this event features student speakers who will discuss their research topics that have significant implications for increased awareness and understanding of indigenous history and culture in Milwaukee. Hear the illuminating stories of how the student-directed research projects built a data visualization map of Indigenous Milwaukee, conducted archival research on Catholic Indian boarding schools, and studied the potential for reintroducing wild rice seed varieties to the Menomonee River Valley. This is an in-person event, but you can also attend virtually following this link: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A big thanks to our speakers today, Samira Payne and Dr. Kimo Ah Yun! Together they reflected on questions concerning Blackness and Catholic higher education. They both stressed the beauty and importance of faith-based institutions, highlighting the fact that conversations about faith, education, and race are happening here at Marquette. They also considered the importance of artwork, for example Mauricio Ramirez’s mural “Our Roots Say That We’re Sisters,” in our common goal for a more just, kind, and inclusive community. “Care more and love more” - to use Dr. Ah Yun’s words - is what we should be striving toward, individually as well as collectively.

Our Soup this Wednesday, November 3rd, at noon in the AMU, Lunda Room. Samira Payne, director of Black student initiatives, and Dr. Kimo Ah Yun, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, will reflect on questions surrounding Blackness and Catholic higher education. This is an in-person event, but you can also attend virtually. Please follow this link to sign up for the livestream: https://signup.com/go/YsGWBMt.

A big thanks to our fantastic student speakers today! All three talks were highly informative and inspiring. You do amazing work! Also thanks to the 30+ people who attended the event. You can watch a recording of the event following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8kFflrlO-U. If you are interested in peacemaking internships, please contact Parisa Shirazi at [email protected].