\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nI hold hope that the students, faculty, and administration at Hamline will continue to reflect on this incident and its reverberations, and that they will take steps to listen deeply to each other and emerge from this as a stronger campus community. I also hope that as we navigate similar challenges related to religious diversity across the higher education sector, that we as educators and administrators will approach them with an ethos of generosity and curiosity; that we will acknowledge our own knowledge gaps and fill them by listening to a multitude of perspectives; and that while we unwaveringly support our students in their diverse identities, we will also continue the hard but essential work of encouraging both ourselves and our students to build relationships across divides and engage productively with ideas that deeply challenge us.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRebecca Russo is the Senior Director of Higher Education Strategy at Interfaith America.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n