[OccupyCU] The Nongovernmental Impulse Symposium

[Rachel Storm]

Hey Occup(iers),

I'm going to be presenting at this conference and I think you'd really
enjoy it. It's all about the non-profit industrial complex and the
co-optation of social movements. Boom! There's also going to be some
fabulous keynote speakers.

RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/269899653098782/

xoxo
Rachel


(Department contacts, please forward this announcement to faculty and
graduate students in your unit.)

*THE NONGOVERNMENTAL IMPULSE: NEGOTIATING THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE OF CARE *
*APRIL 19-20, 2012*
*Levis Faculty Center / 919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana*

Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations are called upon as solutions to
an ever-widening array of social problems, including world poverty, sexual
health “crises,” environmental degradation, and human trafficking. Yet a
growing body of critique points to the ways in which nonprofits and NGOs
facilitate neoliberal aims of economic liberalization and privatization of
public resources, even while propagating seemingly universal principles of
self-empowerment and participation.

*The Nongovernmental Impulse Symposium* aims to consider the nature of
nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations and their relations to states
and a global civil society, the positioning of civil society and its
institutions in promoting a more democratic world, and the interface of
civil society with the academy as a topic of scholarship and collaboration.


*FEATURED SPEAKERS:*
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*April 19*
*4:00 PM Opening Keynote Address by Jai Sen *
*Director of CACIM (India Institute for Critical Action: Centre in
Movement) and Unnayan*
Talk Title: "TBA"

*April 20*
*9:45 AM Keynote Address by Gada Mahrouse*
*Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University*
"The Racialized Politics of Emotions in the Making of Global Citizens"
*5:15 PM Closing Keynote Address by Sonia Alvarez*
*Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics and Studies, Director of the
Center for **Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies*
“Beyond the Civil Society Agenda?: Civic Participation and Practices of
Governance, Governability and Governmentality”

*And presentations by Focal Point participants and UI graduate students:*
*Sarah Cassinelli** *|English
*Rachel Lauren Storm** *| Department of Educational Policy, Organization,
and Leadership
*Anna Lutomia* | Human Resource Development
*Shantel Martinez** *|* *Institute of Communications Research
*Martha Althea Webber** *|English
*Rich Potter** *|Institute of Communications Research
*Ishva Minefee** *| International Business
*Margaret Fitzpatrick** *| Global Studies in Education
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The full symposium schedule can be found here:
thenongovernmentalimpulse.weebly.com
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For additional information about this event, contact:
NGOSymposium2012 at gmail.com
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