Together RIT Registration

We are excited to have you join us for Together RIT: Day of Dialogue on Taboo Topics: Politics, Religion, and Spirituality on Friday October 23, 2026. Use the registration form below to pick your sessions for the day. 

For concurrent session one, two, and lunch, please only pick one session.

*please note many sessions have maximum capacities and remaining availability is listed next to each session. 

This event is only open to the RIT community. 

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Opening Film: 10:00 a.m.- 10:50 a.m.
Ingle Auditorium, SAU The film focuses on the role money plays in North Carolina politics and the democratic national voting process. If interested in discussing the film check out the lunch discussion opportunity. [481 remaining]
Concurrent Session 1: 11:00 - 11:50am (Choose 1)
Eastman 4125 | Explores tribal citizenship as a political and legal expression of Indigenous sovereignty. [28 remaining]
CPC 2610 | Presenter: Joy Getnick from the University of Rochester's Hillel. [40 remaining]
SMT 1500 – Allen Chapel | This workshop will explore history, theory, and hands-on dialogical behavior practices for plurality in a faith context. [40 remaining]
SAU 1510 | The film looks at moments, leaders, and some of the significant public protests in this country. There will be no formal discussion to follow. You are encouraged to continue the conversation on your own. [23 remaining]
Ingle Auditorium | Dr. Tom’s long-standing medical partnerships with Afghan colleagues demonstrate how trust and shared purpose can transcend political conflict and differences of faith. An abridged version of the film will be screened with a brief discussion to follow led by Professor Dan Swinton. This session will be extended as a result from 11am-1pm. [488 remaining]
CPC 2050 | The presenters will share their research from student interviews that they turned into comics to tell the stories of how individuals experience the impact of the Israel and Gaza conflict, war, and terrorism. Presented by UMass-Amherst guest facilitators, Musbah Shaheen and Sally Pirie. Both are faculty. [38 remaining]
LBR 1251 | This session is a re-examination of a Jesus healing and disability story through the lens of access, liberation, and connection. [28 remaining]

Interactive Stations: Passive Programming - SHED Atrium (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) No registration required.

  • Station 1: Counseling and Psychological Services will have a table to discuss their services.
  • Station 2: Stand-alone comic strip exhibition of the UMass faculty research on the student impact of the Gaza and Israel conflict, war, and terrorism.
  • Station 3: Are You Living the Ten Commandments? Opportunity for people to know what the commandments are. Those interested can rank how well they follow them using colored stickers.
  • Station 4: Roar the Vote: Voter Registration Drive.
Lunch Table Discussions (12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.; Bring Your Own Lunch Unless Noted. Choose 1)
Eastman 4125 | Explores how "otherness" informs our political beliefs, identities, and actions. [29 remaining]
WAL 2nd Floor Cary Collection | Professor Daniel Worden will lead a tour of his exhibition, Joe Kubert and the Art of Yossel: April 19, 1943. Attendees will then create their own “What If” comic drawn from their own lives or a particular moment in history. [20 remaining]
CPC 1010/1015 | If you attended the film screening earlier and would like to discuss it further drop in to discuss with others. Guided questions will be provided. [20 remaining]
LBR 1251 – Stan McKenzie Commons | Explores the reasons for how we respond to difficult conversations. Lunch will be provided at this location thanks to the College of Science. [16 remaining]
SAU 1510 | Student leaders will share their experiences with practicing their faith, spirituality, and religion on campus. [40 remaining]
Concurrent Session 2: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Choose 1)
SMT 1500 – Allen Chapel | An opportunity to converse about the connection between faith and civic engagement from a Jewish tradition. Other faiths are welcomed to share how their faith frames this connection. [30 remaining]
CPC 1010/1015 | Participants will review the national voting trends of college students and include information on RIT student voting patterns. [28 remaining]
Eastman 4125 | Participants will have a better understanding of the impacts of the Trump Administration's immigration actions on the RIT community. RIT faculty will be presenting their research with staff, faculty, and students. [30 remaining]
SAU 2510 – MOSAIC | Presentation and discussion about how queer Muslim students navigate sexuality, religion, and faith. Facilitated by UMass-Amherst guest facilitators. [25 remaining]
SAU 1510 – 1829 Room | STEM faculty and staff will share their personal experiences embracing religious and spiritual life alongside STEM professions. [36 remaining]
CPC 2050 – PRISM | Participants will identify commonalities across spiritual beliefs while also naming the unique ways religion intersects with other identities. [29 remaining]
LBR 1251 – Stan McKenzie Commons | Participants will learn how poetic writing can help one connect to humanist spirituality as well as provide tools for dealing with trauma. [28 remaining]
Closing Session (2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.)
LBR A205 | The film follows a group of Indigenous youth from St. Paul, Minneapolis who decide to request a meeting at the Vatican to explain how the 15th-century document has impacted Indigenous peoples across the globe. Screen 60 minutes with a 15-minute discussion. [97 remaining]