<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Tahoma
}
--></style></head>
<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>
<div><span id="ecxOLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><i><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">What does a modern mass book banning look like? Find out more about what happened in Arizona in 2011 . . .</span></i></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></b><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Film Showing: Precious Knowledge</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></b><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Thursday, March 7th</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></b><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">5-7pm</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></b><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Graduate School of Library and Information Science</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></b><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Rm 126*</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">At Tucson High School, ethnic studies programs have improved graduation rates among Latino students.
But some state politicians think ethnic studies promote “racial solidarity” and anti-Americanism. When books are banned and the programs eliminated, teachers and students fight back in a modern civil rights struggle.
</span><span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">To learn more about the film, visit
</span><a href="http://www.preciousknowledgefilm.com/" target="_blank"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">http://www.preciousknowledgefilm.com/</span></a><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span><i><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Post Film Discussion Moderated by GSLIS Assistant Professor Emily Knox (
<a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/people/faculty/knox" target="_blank">http://www.lis.illinois.edu/people/faculty/knox</a> )</span></i></p>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<div><br>
</div>
<span id="ecxOLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div>
<div>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Snacks will be provided</span></b></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Free and open to the public</span></b><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">Co-Sponsors: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, La Casa Cultural Latina,
GSLIS Inclusions and Exclusions, Inclusive Illinois, UIUC ALA Student Chapter and GSLIS Connections.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-size:14px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large"> </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">For more information about this event contact Miriam Larson (</span><a href="mailto:larson40@illinois.edu"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">larson40@illinois.edu</span></a><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">)
or Amani Ayad (</span><a href="mailto:amani3@illinois.edu"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">amani3@illinois.edu</span></a><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">) http://www.lis.illinois.edu/events/2013/03/07/film-showing-precious-knowledge</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:large">*Directions & Parking: The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is located near the corner of 6th and Daniel at 501 E. Daniel. An accessible entrance is on the south side of
the building.</span></div>
<span id="ecxOLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div>
<div>
<div style="font-size:14px"><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span></div> </div></body>
</html>