Principles of Community Week
March 11th - 16th, 2024
The Virginia Tech Principles of Community is an aspirational statement that speaks to what we want to be as an institution. At its core is the belief that Virginia Tech is a community built on respect for all people and each of its members share in the responsibility for upholding its values. Every March during the week following spring break the Office for Inclusion and Diversity organizes Principles of Community Week to commemorate and reaffirm our commitments.
Discover the history of the Principles of Community.
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Read the Principles of Community Here.
https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/about/vtpoc.html
Download a copy of the Principles of Community for your office.
Get a printable copy of the Principles of Community here
Use this guide to Remember, Recognize, and Reaffirm the Principles of Community.
Download the Principles of Community Guide
Enroll in the self-paced course:
The Principles of Community - Inclusive Practices (vt.edu)
The Deceit of the Racial Integrity Act Symposium
Saturday, March 16
Morning Session
9AM to 12 Noon
Afternoon Session
1:30 PM to 5:PM
*limit of 60 at each session for in person attendance
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Gabrielle Tayac
Eugenics and Native Removal
A symposium to discuss the repercussions of the Racial Integrity Act and Sterilization Act in Virginia and beyond.
Women's History Month intersects with Principles of Community Week. This year's focus is on women who work for equity and justice.
Visit their calendar to see the full calendar of events.
Monday, March 11, 2024
ASPECT Keywords: Integrity
1:30-3:00 pm
North End Center Room 2420.
Join us for a critical and interactive space, without hierarchies, assignments or formal expectations. Plan for a dialogue that is loose(ish), generative, and expansive, and one on which participants can reflect afterward, both individually and in collaboration with others.
Hosted by the ASPECT Program in CLAHS.
Contact: Christine Labuski, chrislab@vt.edu.
My SO-Called Enemy
Description
In 2002, six Israeli and Palestinian teenagers became friends at a leadership camp in the US. My So-Called Enemy follows them over the next seven years as they go to college, get jobs, start relationships, and try to stay connected in both war and peace. Screening will be followed by 30-minute small group discussions about peacebuilding within communities. This event is open to all VT students who want to earnestly ask, What does it take to see the humanity in our so-called enemies?
Date and Time
Monday, March 11 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT to
Monday, March 11 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
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Location
CID Library
Inclusive Sales Leadership: Embracing Diversity for Growth
5:30 pm
The Inn at Virginia Tech.
A VT Professional Sales Program panel discussion with representatives from Otis, Netapp, Essity, Pepsico, Motorola, and Virginia Tech. In partnership with Pamplin's Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
Inclusive Sales Leadership: Embracing Diversity for Growth
5:30 pm
The Inn at Virginia Tech.
A VT Professional Sales Program panel discussion with representatives from Otis, Netapp, Essity, Pepsico, Motorola, and Virginia Tech. In partnership with Pamplin's Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Pamplin's Ut Prosim Day of Service in Blacksburg
10 am - 4 pm
Pamplin Hall Atrium
Offering free lunch, food drive, blood drive, and community card making. Everyone welcome.
Contact: Terrell Cook, tacook22@vt.edu.
Call My Name Founder Lecture
3:00-4:00 pm
Gilbert Place, Room 5313, 220 Gilbert Street.
Rhondda Jonson, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson will provide insights about the collaborative approach to documenting community history.
Registration is required. A virtual zoom option is also available.
Hosted by Outreach and International Affairs.
Contact: Susan Short, sshort@vt.edu.
Pamplin's Ut Prosim Day of Service in Falls Church
4- 6 pm
Northern Virginia Center-Tower 2.
Offering free food, food drive, blood drive, and community card making. Everyone welcome.
Contact: Mahmood@vt.edu.
Interfaith BRIDGE
Description
From Virginia Tech and beyond, this country has more religious, secular, and spiritual diversity than ever before. All leaders will need to navigate and support this diversity well. A great place to start is three, one-hour workshops this March. Designed by Interfaith America, these discussion-based workshops will teach you to celebrate the diversity of others while also embracing your own identity. All undergraduates are welcome to participate.
Date and Time
Tuesday, March 12 2024 at 7:30 PM EDT to
Tuesday, March 12 2024 at 8:30 PM EDT
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Location
Couches in Squires Student Center near ABP
Line Dancing
Description
Join us on Tuesday, March 12th from 7-8:30pm in Commonwealth Ballroom for a collaboration with the VT Line Dancing Club! This is a reboot of our very successful line dancing event from last year, where we saw over 200 attendants. Join us for an amazing line dancing lesson and experience!!
Date and Time
Tuesday, March 12 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT to
Tuesday, March 12 2024 at 8:30 PM EDT
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Location
Commonwealth Ballroom Squires Student Center
290 College Ave, Blacksburg, Virginia
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Student Affairs Inclusion & Belonging Open House
Description:
Students, faculty, staff, drop by the Inclusion & Belonging Office for a DONUT and sticker to celebrate our Principles of Community Week. You will be given the opportunity to make a short video to capture your thoughts on this important week on our campus. Students will also be entered into a drawing for a special prize.
Time:
11:00am – 2:00pm
Location:
New Hall West 156
DEIB Student Org Coalition Training with the Pride Center
5:30 pm
Pamplin 1028.
Register to attend the training.
Inspiring Women in Lifelong Leadership (I WILL) Institute #6- 3.13.24
Description
Come join the I WILL Leadership Institute during Principles of Community week to talk about leadership through a gender based lense. This is a program open to all Virginia Tech students excited to learn and discuss more about women in leadership or to analyze the intersectionality of leadership and gender. This session is open to all students, but requires an RSVP capped at 40 people. Doors open at 5pm with dinner served at 5:30pm.
Topics to cover for this session include....SVPI- Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative Update, Support Networking, and Bias Analysis
Meghan Weyrens Kuhn is the program director for the Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative, which seeks to establish sexual violence prevention as a shared responsibility of the entire Virginia Tech community. She will provide an overview of its work and progress over the last six months. Kuhn is seeking feedback regarding the strategic plan for prevention at Virginia Tech and would love to hear from the VT community on this important initiative.
Cassidy Nelson is a current graduate student and IWILL member and mentor. She will guide students in a conversation around community and cultural capital, finding your support network, and then assessing whether you have biases within that network. This will be very interactive and activity-based.
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 13 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT to
Wednesday, March 13 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
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Location
Owens Banquet Hall
Nailed It!
Description
🍪 Calling all cookie lovers! 🙌 Get ready to unleash your creativity and Nail It at our upcoming cookie decorating event with Dining Services! 🎉🎨 Don't miss this chance to show off your decorating skills and satisfy your sweet tooth. 🤤 There are only 80 spots available. If you reserve a spot, our team will follow up to confirm the week of the event. If we do not hear from you, we will release your spot back into the open pool, thank you for respecting our process!
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 13 2024 at 7:30 PM EDT to
Wednesday, March 13 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
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Location
Dietrick Hall
285 Ag-Quad Ln, Blacksburg, VA
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Making it Work for Everyone: A Speaker Series for VT Staff with guest speaker, Reese
11-11:30am
Via Zoom
Register at: https://virginiatech.questionpro.com/t/AVkvpZ1O8f.
Organized by the DEIB Committee of Staff Senate.
Contact: Tasia Persson, tpersson@vt.edu.
Women & Gender in International Development with Dr. Neeti Aryal Khanal
Date / Time:
March 14, 2024
12:30 - 1:30pm
Location:
In-person: Goodall Room (Multipurpose room 101) in Virginia Tech's Newman Library
Virtual via Zoom
Dr. Neeti Aryal Khanal, a Nepali scholar with decades of advocacy for the rights of women with disabilities will speak March 14 in Blacksburg as part of the Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series.
Beginners Bowling Tournament
Date / Time:
March 14, 2024
6:30 - 9pm
Location:
Breakzone (Squires Student Center)
Friday, March 15, 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Yoga with Gratitude Meditation
Date/Time:
Saturday March 16, 2024
3:30 - 4:30pm
Location:
McComas Hall Studio B
Class is open to all VT Community (students and employees)
No McComas or Group Exercise Membership required
Class will be appropriate for all fitness levels
Gamerzone
Date / Time:
Saturday, March 16, 2024
8:00 - 11:00pm
Location:
Breakzone (Squires Student Center)