Social Justice Week 2016
Social Justice Week at UWL
In This Together: Pursuing Social Justice in Changing ContextsApril 4-8, 2016
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday April 4 |
Tuesday April 5 |
Wednesday April 6 |
Thursday April 7 |
Friday April 8 |
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12:00-1:30 p.m. Brown Bag "Subalternity in the Gendered Marketplace: Exploring Transgender and Genderqueer Consumers' Experience in the Market" |
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Brown Bag
"Age Discrimination and Intersectionality" |
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Brown Bag
"Developing Change Agency in the Young Adolescent Learner" |
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Brown Bag "Imagining a Better World: Rap Music Skepticism and the Civic Activism of Young African Americans" |
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Brown Bag
"Children Who Are Homeless" |
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Research Session 1: Racism and White Privilege,
"Anti-black Racism in the Criminal Justice System: A Social-Psychological Perspective" "White Men on Campus: Transforming Learning about Privilege, Diversity, and Responsibility for Social Change" "Dishonorable Whiteness: Why Asians are Being Whitened and Why We Largely Don't Care" *************** Roundtable 1: Undergraduate Research,
"The Inclusivity of Literature in English High School Classrooms" "Staging Black Masculinity and Traditional Black Music Forms in the U.S." "Negotiating Respect and Exposing Power Dynamics in Rural Strip Clubs" *************** Roundtable 2: An Invitation for UWL Faculty to Explore a Social Reconstructionism Philosophy of Education, Joshua Miller and Students |
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Research Session 2: Social Justice Activism, "The Development of a Literacy Program at the La Crosse County Jail" "Peace History and Peace Activism in a Militaristic Society" "Does the First Amendment Advance or Hinder Social Justice?" *************** Roundtable 3: Exploring Marginalization and Writing Your Own "What is…" Speech, J. Scott Baker and Students ***************
Caucus 1: Jamie Capetillo ***************
Diversity Dialogues Session 1, Centennial 2214: SAPA Panel |
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Research Session 3: Graduate Student Research,
"The Panopticon of Racism" "Life after Voiced Stories: Understanding Transformative Learning Through Social Justice Performance" "Racial Battle Fatigue" ***************
Workshop 1: Activism,
"Augusto Boal Live: UsingTheatre of the Oppressed Forum Theatre to Solve Problems in Multicultural Contexts" ***************
Parts of Me Panel: Intersectionality, Onyx Klein *************** Diversity Dialogues Session 2, Centennial 2214: Panel on First Generation Students
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4:00-5:30 p.m.
Research Session 4: International Perspectives and Social Justice, "The Marielito Cubans of Fort McCoy" "Human Rights Accompaniment in Guatemala" "Racism, Citizenship, and Everyday Dominican-Haitian Interpersonal Relations in the Dominican Republic" *************** Research Session 5: Graduate Student Research, Centennial 3214 "Mental Health and Barriers at UWL" "Examining and Addressing Christian Privilege in Higher Education" "Using Your Privilege in Powerful Ways" *************** Roundtable 4: Obstacles to Equity and Opportunities for Teaching Exceptional Children and Youth,
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4:00-5:30 p.m.
Institute for Social Justice Spring Meeting and Closing Reception,
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5:30-7:00 p.m. Diversity Dialogues Plenary Speaker: "Islamaphobia in the United States" Director of the Department to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) |
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5:30-7:00 p.m.
Diversity Dialogues Keynote Speaker: "Addressing Rape and Sexual Assault on College Campuses" Co-Founder of End Rape on Campus Now and featured in the documentary, "The Hunting Ground" |
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7:30-9:00 p.m.
Plenary Speaker and Performer: Kit Yan |
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Plenary Speaker: "What's in a Name? Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching" |
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Plenary Speaker: "Peace and Social Justice Activism"
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7:00-8:30 p.m.
Performance: hereandnow theatre company |
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