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Letter to the Editor

The Hawk Staff October 18, 2022

Dear Editor,  I’m writing this letter to address St. Joe’s lack of attention toward their root in slavery.  Recently, the Inquirer published a piece titled “Indebted,” written by Zoe...

'We are an altar of stars'

‘We are an altar of stars’

Taicha Morin February 11, 2020

Black History is more than pain and struggle Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot about my blackness; what it is perceived to be in this world, what I thought it meant for most of my life and what our...

Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., talks to the crowd about slavery in the Bible. PHOTO: LESLIE QUAN ’22/THE HAWK

Speaker explains connection of slavery and Bible

Carly Calhoun November 12, 2019

The Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations hosted a lecture on Nov. 6 in Doyle Banquet Hall North about how the Bible was used to sanction slavery. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D., spoke to the audience about...

The traveling exhibit from the Lest We Forget Museum of Slavery came to St. Joe's in Feb. 2016. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY.

Investigation on hold

Ana Faguy April 30, 2019

Working group on St. Joe’s ties to slavery inactive for two years It has been two years since an informal task force on St. Joe’s and its connections to Jesuit slaveholding last met, and there have...

Editorial: Revisiting the sins of the past

sjuhawknews October 25, 2016

Reflection on Jesuit history is key to university's future In the April 27, 2016 issue of The Hawk, the editorial staff challenged Saint Joseph’s University to publicly acknowledge the potential connection...

Continuing the conversation

Angela Christaldi September 20, 2016

Jesuit universities evaluating connections to slavery Angela Christaldi '17 Managing Editor In the April 27, 2016 issue of The Hawk, Katryna Perera, ’16, first wrote about the potential involvement...

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