Speakers and Book Talk Videos
A Conversation on Compassion: Voices from Around the World
February 11, 2021
Explore the true meaning of Trinity’s core value of compassion with five panelists who share their awe-inspiring stories from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Archiving What’s Precious to You
February 8, 2021
Grandma’s wedding photo. Your third-grade report card. Learn the basics of document care and organization from Trinity Archivists Joe Lapinski and Marissa Maggs, who also host the popular video series, “Ask Trinity Archives.”
Knowledge Bites: Parenting, Stress and the Child
January 29, 2021
Trinity Commons Knowledge Bites offer accessible and engaging conversations and learning opportunities for all ages on a range of topics, such as parenting, stress management, education, mindfulness, and mental health wellness.
Trinity Commons Speaker Series with Millie Peartree
January 21, 2021
Full Heart Full Bellies is Chef Millie Peartree’s latest venture and response to COVID-19. By feeding children disproportionally affected by the pandemic, Peartree is following her passion to share food that comforts others.
Trinity Commons Speaker Series with Dr. Tasha Golden
December 3, 2020
Dr. Tasha Golden, PhD, Senior Arts in Health Research Scientist at the International Arts + Mind Lab in the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute, works to advance the field of applied neuroaesthetics, which explores the impact of the arts, architecture, and music on the human brain and behavior. Join us for an enlightening look at the value of art as data and how we can use it to learn from youth voices.
Different Americas: The Stories We Tell about Ourselves with Colin Woodard
November 12, 2020
We are living through a time of diverging national narratives. How do we come to understand who we are as a country? Hear from Colin Woodard, author...
Highlights from Trinity Commons Speaker Series with Alex Wagner
October 29, 2020
What does it mean to be American in this fractured 21st century landscape? Who are our people? Emmy-nominated journalist Alex Wagner (Showtime's The Circus) explores how race, immigration, and politics shape our collective identity, drawing upon themes from her book, Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest and the Secret to Belonging.
The Great Fight to Win the Vote with Elaine Weiss
October 28, 2020
The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas spoke with Elaine Weiss, author of The Women’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, a riveting account of the final fight to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in Tennessee in 1920.
Trinity Commons Speaker Series with Kevin Tuerff
September 23, 2020
When Kevin Tuerff and his partner began their flight from France to New York City on September 11, 2001, they had no idea that the world was about to change forever.
Truth, Then Reconciliation
June 11, 2020
Sheila Walker, a black woman, and Chester Johnson, a white man, are both Arkansas natives, born in the same decade, with family ties to a race massacre that killed more than a hundred African Americans a century ago.