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Provost's Conversations on
Diversity, Democracy, and Higher Education
Last White Witness:
Dealing with the Collective
Amnesia over Segregation
September 30, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Author Diane McWhorter, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will
discuss her feature-title book.
Redlining: It's not just for
housing anymore
October 12, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Filmmaker Dan Banda discusses his documentary, Redlining:
Its not just for housing anymore, about his journey from central
Mexico to his home town of Milwaukee, WI, one of the nation's
longstanding segregated cities.
The Browning of America:
Implications for Diversity in
Higher Education
November 2, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Dr. Joseph White, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and
Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine, will discuss higher
education in the 21st Century as we move toward the browning of America
and how we can make higher education more inclusive, inviting, and
welcoming.
Our Ethnic Studies
November 17, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Gary Okihiro, Professor of International and Public
Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
as well as Asian American Studies Program at Columbia University, will
speak to the connections among peoples of color, including Asian and
Pacific Islanders, African Americans, Native Americans, and Latina/os.
His talk will detail those links in education (our ethnic studies) and
music (Hawaiians and African Americans). Assistant Professor Mark
H. Lopez, from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy,
will serve as the discussant.
"Trans-Formations":
Dean Spade
November 22, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural
Center
In conjunction with the Trans-Formations Lecture Series, activist and
founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Dean Spade, will
discuss issues pertaining to transgender people and the intersections
of cultural theory and public policy concerns.
<>The Sharon Plan
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm @ Nyumburu Cultural
Center
Yisrael Ne'eman, Historian, will speak on the Israeli
perspective and government initiative being taken towards conflict
resolution. In essence, “The Sharon Plan”, in which Ne’eman will
discuss the Israeli security and the scuttling of any bi-national state
attempt.
Mr. Ne’eman’s areas of expertise include the Middle East
Conflict, the Holocaust, Diaspora Jewish History, Arab and Jewish
nationalism, and Zionist ideologies. He is the co- founder of Hamartzim
Educational Services, which provides seminar, lectures, and guiding
services throughout Israel.
The Failures of Integration:
How Race and Class are
Undermining the American Dream
Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural Center
**Book signing will take place at 11:30 am**
Sheryll D. Cashin offers a provocative look at
how segregation by race and class is ruining American democracy. Only a
small minority of the affluent are truly living the American Dream,
complete with attractive, job-rich suburbs, reasonably low taxes, good
public schools, and little violent crime. For the remaining majority of
Americans, segregation comes with stratospheric costs. In a society
that sets up “winner” and “loser” communities and schools defined by
race and class, racial minorities in particular are locked out of the
“winner” column. African-Americans bear the heaviest burden. But with
the expensive price tag attached to “winner” communities, middle income
whites also struggle to afford homes in good neighborhoods with
acceptable schools.
The Coming "Minority"
Majority and other Diversity
Challenges: Margin Notes of an Asian American Writer
Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural Center
Co-sponsored by the LGBT Studies Program and Asian American
Studies.
The American people are turning more colored, the
queers are getting married, the feminists are still marching-what other
evils are lurking as "minorities" become the majority? Students of
today face different challenges than those of yesteryear, but how
different? Can we move on to new conversations and images that this new
generation offers? Writer and activist Helen Zia shares her
personal observations and experiences about these dynamic times from
her work for social justice.
<>The Status of Race Equity
and Diversity in Public
Higher Education in the South: A Case Study of Three States
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural Center
University of Maryland faculty members: Sharon Fries-Britt,
Jeff Milem, Laura Perna, and John Williams.
This presentation draws on research funded by the Lumina
Foundation for Education and conducted by faculty and students in the
College of
Education at the University of Maryland, College Park.
A Conversation with
Vijay Prashad
Monday, April 18, 2005, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Nyumburu
Cultural Center
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Student Union and the
Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education. Vijay Prashad is
Associate Professor of International
Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He is the author of eight
books, including two that were chosen by the Village Voice as the top
25 books of the year and has just finished
writing Darker Nations: The Rise and Fall of the Third World
(New York: The New Press, Summer 2005). He is Vice Chair of the
Executive Board of the Center
for Third World Organizing (www.ctwo.org), on the Advisory Board of the
Connecticut Union Community Fund (AFL-CIO), an editor of Amerasia
Journal and of The Subcontinental.
Of God and War:
Religion,
Government Power, and the Nation State
September 19, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of
California, San Diego and Author Peter Irons will
discuss his book War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency
Hijacked the Constitution as well as his current book project God
on Trial: America's Growing Religious Wars.
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The Constitution and the
Supreme Court in the
Twenty-First Century
September 22, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.,
Nyumburu Cultural Center
The Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr., Chief
Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, discusses one of our
country's most important documents and the role of our courts in
interpreting it.
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The Hidden Cost of Being
African American
November 2, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Pokross Professor Thomas Shapiro of Law and Social
Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management from
Brandeis University will present on his notable work and book on the
major developments in racial inequality and the racial wealth gap
during the past decade.
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A Conversation with Patricia
Hill Collins
October 20, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Nyumburu Cultural Center
Held by the Consortium
on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity and co-sponsored by the University
Maryland's Library Diversity Committee and the Provost's Conversation
Series, University of Maryland Professor and the leading voice of Black
Feminism, Patricia Hill Collins will be speaking as
part of a Graduate Colloquium on "New Commodities, New Consumers:
Selling Blackness in the Global Marketplace."
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Intersectionality
and New Media Audiences: Popular
Racial Formations on the Internet
October 31, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural
Center
Co-sponsored with the Asian American
Studies Program, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and
Visual Culture Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Lisa
Nakamura will discuss issues pertaining to new media theory,
Asian American media, and digital visual culture.
She is the author of Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and
Identity on the Internet (Routledge, 2002) and a co-editor of Race
in Cyberspace (Routledge, 2000). She has published articles on
cross-racial roleplaying in Internet chatspaces, race, embodiment, and
virtuality in the film The Matrix, and political economies of
race and cyberspace. She has completed a book manuscript entitled Visual
Cultures of the Internet which is forthcoming from the University
of Minnesota Press in 2006.
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The Indian Mascot
Issue
November 14, 2005, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Nyumburu Cultural
Center
Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee
Muscogee) is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator and policy advocate, who
has helped Native Peoples recover more than one million acres of land
and numerous sacred places. She has developed key federal Indian law
since 1975, including the most important national policy advances in
the modern era for the protection of Native American cultures and arts:
1996 Executive Order on Indian Sacred Sites ; 1990
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; 1989 National
Museum of the American Indian Act ; and 1978 American Indian
Religious Freedom Act .
Ms. Harjo is President and Executive Director
of The Morning Star Institute, a national Native rights organization
founded in 1984 for Native Peoples' traditional and cultural advocacy,
arts promotion and research. Additionally, Ms. Harjo is one of seven
prominent Native Americans who filed the Morning Star-sponsored
lawsuit, Harjo et al v. Pro Football, Inc., regarding the name of
Washington's professional football team, before the U.S. Patent &
Trademark Board in 1992. They won in 1999, when a three-judge panel
unanimously decided to cancel federal protections for the team's name
because it “may disparage Native Americans and may bring them into
contempt or disrepute.” Their victory was reversed in federal district
court in 2003, and is pending before the federal appeals court, which
heard oral argument on April 8, 2005.
Gloria Ladson Billings
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Co-Sponsored by the Maryland Institute for Minority Urban Education
“What if we leave ALL the children behind: The challenges of
teaching and learning in urban schools”
February 9, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
Emory University
Co-Sponsored by the Maryland Institute for Minority Urban Education
"What Hurricane Katrina uncovered about Schooling in America
”
February 22, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Walter Allen
University of California , Los Angeles
“Deja Vu...All Over Again: Race, Opportunity and Higher
Education-- Reflections from 30 years in the Trenches”
February 23, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Mildred Garcia
Berkeley College
Co-Sponsored by the Latina/o Graduate Student Association and Hispanic
Heritage Coalition
March 16, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Pedro Reyes
University of Texas-Austin
Co-Sponsored by the Maryland Institute for Minority Urban Education
“Hispanics in the United States : Schooling, Achievement and
Policy Implications”
March 29, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Aida Hurtado
University of California , Santa Cruz
Co-Sponsored by Latina/o Graduate Student Association and Hispanic
Heritage Coalition “The Universal Importance of Gender Equity”
April 6, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Amitava Kumar
Vassar College
Co-Sponsored by the English and Comparative Literature Departments
“If you live in history, do you belong to one nation alone?
Or, one religion? One identity?”
April 12, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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William Tate
Washington University
Co-Sponsored by the Maryland Institute for Minority Urban Education
“A Matter of Public Interest: Schools, Neighborhood, and
Social Inequality”
April 19, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Faisal Alam
Founder & Director of Al-Fatiha
Co-Sponsored by LGBT Studies, Asian American Student Union, and the
Pride Alliance
“Hidden Voices - The Lives of Queer Muslims”
April 27, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
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Latina/o Access
& Success Project
University of Maryland , College of Education
Research Project Findings
May 3, 2006, Nyumburu Cultural Center at noon
Kenji Yoshino
Yale University
"Covering:
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil
Rights"
Professor Kenji Yoshino will discuss his book, Covering.
This event is co-sponsored by African American Studies, American
Studies, Asian American Studies, the Assistant Vice President for
Student Affairs, Cross Cultural Initiatives, the Curriculum
Transformation Project, Graduate Student Life, the Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Education, Nyumburu Cultural Center, and the
Department of Sociology.
Thursday, October 5, 2006, in the
Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
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"Can Religion Be a Bridge for Peace?"
Discussion led by Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus of the
University
of California, Riverside; Rabbi Gerry Serottam of the Temple Shalom;
and Iman Yahya Hendi of Georgetown University. This event
is co-sponsored by the Office of Human Relations Programs, the
Interfaith Dialogue Project, Resident Life, Multicultural Involvement
and Community Action, and the Campus Chaplains.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006, in the
Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall
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"Framing the Issues: Rebuilding After
Hurricane Katrina"
This event will be in conjunction with the
‘Rebuilding with Tools for
Social Justice: Hurricane Katrina One Year Later Symposium’ led by Dr.
Patricia Hill Collins, Dr. Mary C. Waters, and Mr. John O’Neal. This
event is co-sponsored by the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 in the Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
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<>June Cross
>Columbia
University<>
"Towards a New American Identity"
Discussion with June Cross of Columbia University
>Thursday,
October 19, 2006 in the <>Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu
Cultural Center>
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"A Symposium on African American Education"
This discussion will be led by Dr. Odis Johnson of the Department of
African American Studies, Dr. Courtland Lee of the Department of
Counseling and Personnel Services, Dr. Carol Parham of the Department
of Education Policy and Leadership, and Dr. Jennifer D. Turner of the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This event is co-sponsored by
the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum and
Instruction.
Thursday, October 26, 2006 in
the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
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Thomas
Friedman
"The World is Flat"
A First Year Book discussion with
Thomas Friedman. This event is
co-sponsored by the First Year Program
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 in Tawes
Fine Arts Building
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Elaine
Brown
"Condemnation in the
Black Community: A
Conversation with Elaine Brown"
This discussion will be led by writer
and activist Elaine Brown.
Thursday, November 9, 2006 in the Multipurpose
Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
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"What is it Like to
Be a Sexual or Gender
Identity Minority? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and Work at
College Park"
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for
Leadership and Organizational Change.
Thursday, November 16, 2006 in the Multipurpose
Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
"A
Conversation with
Charles Ogletree"
Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard University Law School
This event is co-sponsored with the Norman and Florence
Brody Public Policy Forum, "Policy Watch with Doug Besharov"
February 27, 2007, in Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
*See the linked document for the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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"Internationalization
of Higher Education"
A discussion with Professor Jonathan Jansen of University of Pretoria
March 1, 2007, in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu
Cultural Center
*See the linked document for the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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"A
Conversation with Glenn Loury"
Professor Glenn Loury of Brown University
This event is co-sponsored with the Norman and Florence
Brody Public Policy Forum, "Policy Watch with Doug Besharov"
March 27, 2007, in Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
*See the linked document for the Selected Reading
List[.doc]
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"Peace
Education: New Models for School
Organization and Teaching Innovation"
A discussion with Professor Jing Lin of University of Maryland
April 18, 2007, in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu
Cultural Center
*See linked document for the Selected
Reading List[.doc]
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"A
Conversation with
Ray Suarez"
Ray Suarez is the Senior Correspondent with The Newshour
This event is co-sponsored with the Norman and Florence
Brody Public Policy Forum, "Policy Watch with Doug Besharov"
"A Conversation
with Professor Ronald Walters"
Professor Walters of the
Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland
This event is also co-sponsored with the Norman and
Florence
Brody Public Policy Forum, "Policy Watch with Doug Besharov"
April 24, 2007, in Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
*See the linked document for the Selected Reading
List [.doc]
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"From
Widow to 'Welfare Queen': Race and the
Reconstruction of Welfare"
A discussion with Professor Premilla Nadasen of Brooklyn College, CUNY
May 2, 2007, in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu
Cultural Center
*See the linked document for the Selected
Reading
List[.doc]
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"Fences,
Towers, and
Tunnels: Can the Federal Crackdown Tame the Lawless U.S.-Mexico Border?"
A discussion with Richard Marosi, writer for the Los
Angeles Times
May 8, 2007, in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural
Center
"Constitution Day Event"
Mr.
Douglas M. Duncan, Vice President
for
Administrative Affairs and former Montgomery County Executive
Mr.
Duncan spoke about one of our country's most
important documents. He currently serves as the Chief
Administrative and Finance Officer for the campus. He oversees
seven departments including University Human Resources, Comptroller,
Public Safety, Facilities Management, Environmental Safety, Business
Services, and Procurement and Supply.
September 17, 20007, in the
Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
***See the linked document for the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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“Dispossession
and Collectivity: The Pursuit of Disability Rights in
Order to Realize Democracy”
Dr. Sharon Snyder and Dr. David
Mitchell, University of Illinois at Chicago
This conversation will offer
an exploration of how culturally-rooted disability studies seeks to
accomplish curricular as well as social change under the direction of
university-based programs and the inclusive efforts of disability
services offices.
October
10, 2007, in the Maryland
Room, Marie Mount Hall
***See the linked document for
the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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“Democracy
and the Multiversity Project”
Dr. Pat Gurin,
University of
Michigan
This talk examines Professor Gurin's work on Affirmative Action and its
after-effects at the U. Michigan, as well as her research and work
around the educational benefits of diversity using intergroup dialogues
as an example and the preliminary findings from the multiversity
research project.
October
25, 2007 in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
***See
linked document for the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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“Race in
Institutions of Higher Education”
Dr. Howard Stevenson,
University of Pennsylvania
This conversation will
examine the experience of being a minority in higher education-- the
discomforts, the obligations, and the requirements.
November
8, 2007, in the Multipurpose
Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
***See
linked document for the Selected
Reading List [.doc]
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“IT'S
REAL!
Racism, Discrimination, Color Blindness, and the Future of
Racial Stratification in America”
Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke
University
Will explore race matters in post-civil rights America. Overall, he
will argue that although "racism," discrimination, racial ideology, and
racial stratification have changed, they are still fundamental factors
of social organization in the polity.
November
15, 2007, in the Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center
***See the linked document for the Selected
Reading
List[.doc]
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