Cabrini Day 2018: Positive Identity & Resilience
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the campus community celebrated Cabrini Day, an annual celebration of heritage and mission honoring Cabrini’s namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the campus community celebrated Cabrini Day, an annual celebration of heritage and mission honoring Cabrini’s namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.
On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the campus community celebrated Cabrini Day, an annual celebration of heritage and mission honoring Cabrini’s namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. Each Cabrini Day, classes are canceled and students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in the day’s mission-oriented activities and educational programming. The 2017 theme, Connecting Through Culture, celebrated multiculturalism as a way to promote learning and communication about diverse cultures.
“Social justice is like building a cathedral,” said Northampton Community College Professor Javier Ávila, the 2015 Pennsylvania Professor of the Year and keynote speaker for Cabrini Day 2017. “You’re working toward something, and you might not live to see the finished product, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to stop working on it. The next generation will work on it, and then the next generation, until you have something beautiful.” In his presentation, “The Trouble With My Name,” Ávila expounded on Connecting Through Culture, the theme of this year’s Cabrini Day, an annual celebration of heritage and mission honoring Cabrini’s namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.