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<P class=MsoPlainText>Please share with your students, faculty, staff and
administration.<BR><BR><B>1st Annual Ethnic Studies
Conference</B><BR><B><BR>“Honoring Our Communities, Building Our
Futures”</B><BR><B>Friday & Saturday, October 1-2, 2010</B><BR><B>Building
G-103</B><BR><B>San Diego Mesa College</B><BR><BR><B>Special
Guests</B><BR>Auggie Romero, Director of Student Equity, Tucson Unified School
District<BR>Sean Arce, Director of Mexican-American Studies, Tucson Unified
School District<BR><BR>Sparked by the recent passage of Arizona’s House Bill
(HB) 2281, which eliminates Ethnic Studies courses at secondary level
educational institutions, the San Diego Ethnic Studies Consortium (SDESC)
invites you to attend its first annual conference on Ethnic Studies. We seek to
unite faculty, students, staff, and community members throughout San Diego
County in order to reflect upon the recent attacks on the Raza Studies
Department in the Tucson Unified School District and its impact on our
disciplines. Our conference examines the state of Ethnic Studies on our campuses
and celebrates how our important work continues to transform social, political,
and community landscapes.<BR><BR>The two-day conference features keynote
presentations, a teach-in, press conference, workshops, and performances from
faculty, students, and community members. <U>Invited guests Auggie Romero and
Sean Arce from the Tucson Unified School District will offer a special
presentation on Saturday 10/2 at 9:00 am</U>. This weekend event kicks off
national Ethnic Studies Week which runs October 1-7, 2010. For more information,
please email <A href="mailto:sdethnicstudies@gmail.com" target=_blank><FONT
color=#0000ff>sdethnicstudies@gmail.com</FONT></A>.<BR><BR><B>Registration:</B>
$10 for faculty; $5 for students/community. No one will be turned away for lack
of funds. To register on-line, visit <A
href="https://mail.sdccd.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://fs3.formsite.com/sdethnicstudies/form876842155/index.html"
target=_blank><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://fs3.formsite.com/sdethnicstudies/form876842155/index.html</FONT></A>.<BR><BR><B>Workshop
Topics<BR></B>The State of SD Ethnic Studies: Report from Our Campuses
<BR>Critical Race Theory<BR>Chican@ Literature<BR>African American
Music<BR>Indigenous Studies in K-12 Curricula <BR>Coalition Building <BR>Student
Caucus<BR>Graduate School in Ethnic Studies<BR>Faculty Health and
Survival<BR><BR><B>Conference Schedule</B><BR><U>Friday, October 1,
2010</U><BR>3:00-5:00pm Registration @
G-Building<BR>5:00-6:30pm
Welcome<BR>6:30-8:00pm Opening Plenary @
G-101/102<BR>
Featuring: Elisa Barnett, Mesa
College<BR> Patti
Dixon,
Palomar<BR> Sharon
Elise, CSUSM <BR>
Jorge
Mariscal,
UCSD<BR> Shirley
Weber,
SDSU<BR> Wayne
Yang, UCSD <BR>8:00-9:30pm Performances by Te Sa
Thiossane, Ishé, Kaleo,Teatro Izcalli, and Sherehe Roze<BR><U><BR>Saturday,
October 2, 2010</U><BR>7:30-9:00am Registration @
G Building<BR>8:30-9:00am Kumeyaay Drumming &
Prayer<BR>9:00-10:00am Keynote Presentation by Auggie Romero
& Sean Arce, Tucson Unified School District<BR>10:00-10:30am Press
Conference <BR>10:30-12:00pm Teach-in @
G-101/102<BR>
Featuring: Starla Lewis, Mesa
College<BR> Justin
Akers Chacon, City
College<BR> May
Fu,
USD<BR> Joely
Proudfit, CSUSM <BR>12:00-1:15pm
Lunch<BR><BR>1:30-3:00pm Concurrent Workshop &
Break-out Session 1<BR>o Workshop 1A: The State of San Diego Ethnic Studies:
Report from Our Campuses (Various Faculty)
<BR>o Workshop 1B:
Injecting Race into the Discourse: Critical Race Theory (Manuel Velez,
Mesa)<BR>o Workshop 1C: Chican@ Literature in San Diego Unified School District
(Joe Lara & Macedonio Arteaga, Teatro Izcalli)<BR>o Workshop 1D: African
American Music as Social Commentary (Dolores Fisher, SDSU)<BR>o Workshop 1E:
SDESC Student Caucus (Elisa Barnett,
Mesa)<BR><BR>3:15-4:45pm Concurrent Workshop &
Break-out Session 2<BR>o Workshop 2A: Knowledge is Power: Keys to Surviving
Administrative Challenges & Developing Administrative Success (Shirley
Weber, SDSU and Thekima Mayasa, Mesa)<BR>o Workshop 2B: Race and the Uneven
Pipeline to Graduate School: A Workshop with UCSD’s ES Graduate Students<BR>o
Workshop 2C: The Role of Culture in K-12 Education: Pacific American Academy and
All Tribes American Indian Charter School (All Tribes American Indian &
Pacific Islander Academy Charter Schools)<BR>o Workshop 2D: Ethnic Studies as
Educational Justice: Building an Organizational Coalition for Oct 7 + The
Importance of Activism (UCSD Students)<BR><BR>5:00-5:30pm
Closing<BR><BR><B>About the San Diego Ethnic Studies Consortium
(SDESC)<BR></B>SDESC is a collaborative of faculty, staff, students, and
community members committed to the study of race, ethnicity, and social justice.
We represent autonomous academic disciplines and intellectual traditions,
including American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Black/African
American/Africana Studies, Chican@/Latin@ Studies, and Ethnic Studies. Viewing
ourselves as distinct and interconnected, we are dedicated to the promotion and
advancement of our disciplines through scholarship, teaching, institutional and
community engagement, advocacy, and collaboration.<BR><BR><B>Contact<BR></B>For
more information please contact:</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Thekima Mayasa</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Associate Professor, Black Studies Department</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>San Diego Mesa College</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A href="mailto:tmayasa@sdccd.edu" target=_blank><FONT
color=#0000ff>tmayasa@sdccd.edu</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText>César López, Ph.D.</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Associate Professor, Chicana/o Studies Department</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>San Diego Mesa College</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A href="mailto:celopez@sdccd.edu" target=_blank><FONT
color=#0000ff>celopez@sdccd.edu</FONT></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><BR><I>Organized by Ethnic
Studies faculty, staff, and students from San Diego Mesa College, City College,
Palomar College, San Diego State University, CSU San Marcos, University of San
Diego, & UC San Diego</I><SPAN
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