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Attracta Kelly to speak on 鈥楾he Latest in Immigration Law鈥� at CLASA event, Nov. 5
Monday October 27, 2025
Attracta Kelly, OP, J.D., a prominent member of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, known for her work as an immigration attorney and director of their Immigration Assistance Office, will be the guest speaker at a special Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) event on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Briggs Building, Room 317.All are welcome to attend to this free event.
Sr. Attracta will provide an overview of immigration law with a focus on recent legislation, orders and practices related to immigration. She’ll also explore how Church teachings inform her work and share her efforts to help alleviate the suffering and problems associated with border crossings.
A former Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Congregation, Sr. Attracta has a history of community organization, including efforts to integrate schools, assemble discussion groups and address basic needs in marginalized communities. She also advocates for immigrant rights and climate action and was awarded the Thomas More Award by the Catholic Lawyers Guild. Sr. Attracta earned her Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America in 1996. She then worked for the Jesuit Refugee Service in Dublin and other places.
For more information, please contact CLASA Director Gail Presbey at 313-993-1124 or presbegm@udmercy.edu.
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Safety Street halloween festival returns Oct. 24 for all students
Thursday October 23, 2025For the first time ever, Student Life, the Campus Activity Board (CAB), and the School of Architecture & Community Development (SACD) are combining forces to put on a premier community festival here on the McNichols Campus.
Safety Street trick-or-treating itself has been going on at 黑料在线 for more than 30 years. Safety Street begins at 4:15 p.m. in Lot F by the main entrance of the McNichols Campus. But this year, the Safety Street festivities will be immediately followed by SACD’s ‘Movies at Mercy’ event.
At 7:15 p.m., SACD will be screening in retro-style 鈥榙rive-in鈥� the 2025 live action film How to Train Your Dragon. SACD students have specially prepared furniture for everyone to relax on as they enjoy the movie.
For more information on facade decoration and candy collections, There are monetary prizes for best facade and most candy donated. Feel free to reach out to hisnersj@udmercy.edu听if you have any questions. We hope you can participate in one or all sides of this fantastic event!
To volunteer for the event,
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Celebrate community at TENN鈥檚 third annual meal, Oct. 30
Wednesday October 22, 2025
Join Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) in celebrating our community at the third annual community meal on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 5-7 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge inside the Student Union. All are welcome to come together to share a meal, connect and celebrate what makes our community so special.Volunteer Chef Bob from R贸Bear Culinary will be preparing a delicious meal for all to share.
This event is free, but please help us plan and ensure there’s plenty of food, by registering using the link below.
For any questions, please email tenn@udmercy.edu.
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Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis, lecture set for Oct. 29
Wednesday October 22, 2025
The presents “Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis,” a lecture by Judith Weisenfeld, the Agate Brown and George L. Collard Professor of Religion at Princeton University.This event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., in the Architecture Exhibition Space, inside the Loranger Architecture Building. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.
Weisenfeld will examine the rise of mental institutions as public institutions in the late 19th Century and the increasing prominence of a racialized understanding of 鈥渞eligious excitement鈥� as a public health crisis that served as justification for the institutionalization of the formerly enslaved and their descendants.
Weisenfeld’s research and teaching focus on African American religious history, religion and race, and religion in modern American culture. She is the author most recently of Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and American Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake and听New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration, which was awarded the 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions. She is also the director of The Crossroads Project: Black Religious Histories, Cultures, and Communities, which is funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and supported by Princeton鈥檚 Center for Culture, Society and Religion.
For any questions, please contact Chair of the Department of Religious Studies Todd Hibbard at hibbarja@udmercy.edu.
The event is co-sponsored by 黑料在线 College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, the African American Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies.
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SAAC Halloween Trunk or Treat prior to men鈥檚 soccer game, Oct. 31
Tuesday October 21, 2025Celebrate Halloween with the Detroit Mercy Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Titans at this frightfully fun event on Friday, Oct. 31 in the Titan Field parking lot.
All are invited to a spooktacular evening of Trunk or Treating from 5-6 p.m.
Then, stick around for the 黑料在线 men鈥檚 soccer game at 6 p.m. at Titan Field and show your spirit for the Titans as they take on Purdue Fort Wayne.
Costumes are encouraged. There will be a costume contest, so bring your best Halloween look and show off your fang-tastic creativity.
Bring your friends, grab some candy and enjoy Halloween, Titan-style!
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