Ethnic Studies Week, October 1-7

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Women's Studies Program will co-sponsor lecture by Rinku Sen - Monday, October 11, 5:30pm. Rockefeller Hall 300 This event will support the "Banned Ethnic Studies Week" events of October 1 -7 where schools across the nation will hold public teach-ins about Arizona's immigration law SB1070 and efforts to ban the teaching of ethnic studies in public schools in Texas and Arizona.

Rinku Sen is the Executive Director of the Applied Research Center, the Publisher of Colorlines Magazine, and a leading figure in the racial justice movement. She is the author of "The Accidental American" and "Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing," and has significant expertise in race, feminism, immigration and economic justice. On Oct 11th, she will be discussing principles of racial justice and equity as they relate to journalism, media, community organizing and the current immigration debate.

Co-Sponsors:  Political Science, Sociology, Africana Studies, Women's Studies, Poder Latino, MECHa, and Urban Studies



Posted Monday, October 11, 2010