[Peace] FW: Announcements

[jamie storm]

FYI:
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>The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society's Critical Whiteness
>Study Group and the University of Illinois Panhellenic Council presents
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>"Taking Critical Race Theory and Critical Whitness Study to the Public"
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>Robert Jensen
>
>University of Texas- Austin
>
>Friday, December 1, 2006
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>141 Wohlers Hall- 3 p.m.
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>This event will offer a synthesis of emerging scholarship in critical
>race theory and critical whiteness studies, with emphasis on the
>practical application of such work.
>
>Robert Jensen, University of Texas-Austin journalism professor, authored
>numerous articles and publications on institutional racism and white
>privilege. His most recent publications include: "Ghetto Fabulous"
>Parties: the New Face of White Supremacy, Racism and Cheap Thrills"
>(CounterPunch, October 16, 2006), and The Heart of Whiteness:
>Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege, (City Lights, 2005).
>
>Following his talk, Jensen will join a panel discussion, moderated by
>Helen Neville (Educational Psychology and African American Studies),
>with UIUC scholars, Norman Denzin (Communications Research), Colin Flint
>(Geography), Lisa Nakamura (Speech Communication), and Laurence Parker
>(Educational Policy Studies) to discuss the application of critical race
>theory and critical whiteness studies in daily life.
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>Call for CDMS Co-sponsorship Requests
>
>
>
>The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society invites requests for
>co-sponsorship for the 2006-2007 academic year. Requests should be
>submitted by the following semester deadlines: November 15, 2006,
>February 15, 2007, and April 15,  2007. A CDMS Co-sponsorship Committee,
>working in conjunction with the Center's Director, will review all
>requests for co-sponsorship support. Requests must be submitted on or
>before the deadlines in order to receive full consideration.
>
>Requests for support should be submitted using the "Co-sponsorship
>Request Form" located on the Center's website http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu/
><http://cdms.ds.uiuc.edu/> . Forms should be sent either electronically
>to the Center (cdms at uiuc.edu) or via campus mail to: CDMS, 1108 W.
>Stoughton, MC-253. Decisions regarding support will be sent to
>applicants within two weeks of each semester's deadline date.
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>The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society's
>
>Criminal Justice Action Network presents
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>"Restorative Justice in a Democratic Society"
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>Anna Marshall, UIUC
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>Mark Krug, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program
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>Monday, December 4, 2006
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>Room 211 Union
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>buffet lunch will be provided for all who RSVP at cdms at uiuc.edu
><mailto:cdms at uiuc.edu>
>
>
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>Restorative justice is a promising new model for dealing with crime in
>society. A radical departure from the criminal justice system,
>restorative justice practitioners look for underlying causes of crime,
>bring community members together to resolve conflict, and seek to
>re-integrate offenders back into their communities. In this talk,
>Professor Marshall will talk about the promise of restorative justice
>not just for reducing crime, but also for making our criminal justice
>system more accountable to the community itself. In response to her
>talk, Mark Krug will describe the basic principals and practices of
>Balanced and Restorative Justice as used by the Illinois Juvenile Court
>Act.
>
>Anna-Maria Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Sociology
>Department (LAS) and the School of Law. She teaches courses in
>Criminology, Sociology of Law, and Law and Social Movements.
>
>Mark Krug directs the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program in Urbana.
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>
>Public presentation by Lisa Nakamura, Associate Professor, Speech
>Communication & Asian American Studies
>Wednesday, Novemeber 15, 2006
>Noon - 1:00 p.m.
>
>Asian American Cultural Center Lounge
>1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
>
>"Mixedfolks.com: 'Ethnic Ambiguity,' Celebrity Outing, and the Internet"
>
>In an article posted in 2004 on the bet.com (Black Entertainment
>Television) website, James Hill noted that white audiences are unaware
>of
>and unable to see stars' multiraciality: "What I found amazing was the
>filmmaker's assumption that the average White viewer would understand
>the
>subtlety of bi-racial features that let Black folks know Vin Diesel and
>Jennifer Beals had "something in 'em," where most White folks didn't
>seem
>to notice at all."   Film and television fans are intensely aware of
>race,
>and multiracial fans identify strongly with multiracial stars.  In this
>essay I will discuss a website for mixed-race users that "outs"
>mixed-race
>stars who are commonly thought to be white.  Mixedfolks.com is a
>community
>of fans and users who claim their right to participate in how stars
>ought
>to be represented racially, and in so doing work to form their own
>identities as mixed-race individuals.  Users who didn't know that
>comedian
>Rob Schneider is half Filipino, that actresses Jennifer Beals, Halle
>Berry,
>and Mariah Carey are half African American, and that Mercedes Ruehl,
>Madeleine Stowe, and Lynda Carter are part Latina are put straight on
>the
>site's homepage. These people are all recognized as "mixedfolks,"
>whether
>they identify themselves in that way or not. The site attempts to
>resolve
>the problem of missing role models for mixed-race "folks" or Web users
>by
>identifying listing actors, musicians, and other mixed-race celebrities
>who
>are often assumed to be white by many viewers and connecting them to
>their
>"hidden" racial backgrounds.
>
>For additional information, please contact Viveka Kudaligama at
>kudaliga at uiuc.edu
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>Julia Johnson Connor, Ph.D.
>Assistant Director
>Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
>1108 W. Stoughton
>Urbana, IL  61801
>phone- (217) 244-0188
>fax- (217) 333-8122
>email- jjconnor at uiuc.edu
>
>

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