Dear Marquette faculty and staff: First, please accept my deepest gratitude for your service to Marquette University as we face the effects of a “triple pandemic” of three national crises hitting us all at once: a health crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis and a racial justice crisis. These are critical times in our history that require changes on many fronts. The care and … [read more]
How broken must our world be?
By Dr. William Welburn, vice president for inclusive excellence “I can’t breathe…” These are haunting words, especially in the midst of a pandemic that has taken away the breath of more than 360 thousand people worldwide. How do we share our feelings of frustration at a time when we should be together but are so fractured by what Thomas M. Shapiro called toxic inequality, a dangerous conversion of racial and economic inequality? We are tired, overwhelmed and fearful. The evidence tracking the progress of COVID-19 in the United States has pointed to hot spots among the … [read more]