This week, CSSJ faculty member Cody Nielsen hosted a religious equity training during the Student Senate meeting. Senators discussed how religion was a part of Dickinson’s founding, and the implications of the Indian Removal Act, which we address in our Land acknowledgment before certain events. Nielsen also addressed ways students can watch for biases, and methods for identifying their own power or privilege. A common misconception about religion is that it is all about beliefs, practices, or prayers. However, religion is an identity deeply intertwined with culture, it is a way of living. We don’t always acknowledge how school breaks are often centered around Christian holidays. Many students and faculty members that celebrate non-Christian holidays have the conflict of class on said holiday. The term false neutral secularism describes this bias. It explains how modern secularism is in fact not equality for all religious and non-religious identities, but a false promise that elevates white Christians. On Dickinson’s website, a Religious community calendar is available to combat the hegemonization and institutionalization of Christianity. So far, there are 100 listed holidays, and the calendar is continuing to grow.