[Antiracism] Mini-Conference on Class Thursday, Sept. 20th, 3:30-8:00 P.M.

[Sam Stegeman]

>  Mini-Conference on Class/Classism ­Sept. 20, 2007
> Franklin Patterson Hall
> Hampshire College
> 3:30-8:00 P.M.
> ~All are Welcome~
> 3:30-4:30 Opening
> 4:45-6:15 Workshops
> 7:00-8:00 Closing-Where Do We Go From Here?
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> Keynote Presentation: What¹s Class Got to Do With It?
> Keynote Presenter: Felice Yeskel, Ed.D.
> Felice is the Director of Class Action, a national, non-profit working to end
> classism. Felice is a Founder and was the Co-Director of United for a Fair
> Economy. She comes from a working-class Jewish family from New York City¹s
> lower east side. She is on the faculty of the Social Justice Education
> Program, at UMass, Amherst where she founded and directed The Stonewall
> Center: A LBGT Resource Center for over 20 years. She is currently editing a
> special issue of the journal Equity and Excellence in Education on Class and
> Education, it will be out in 2008. Felice is the co-author of Economic
> Apartheid in America, published by The New Press in the fall of 2000; a second
> edition came out in the Fall of 2005.
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> Workshops
> The Race/Class Connection
> In the United States, class has been racialized. A greater percentage of
> people of color are adversely affected by the rules of the economy. Yet racism
> keeps people whose economic self-interest is similar from uniting to change
> the conditions. Bill Fletcher, president of TransAfrica and former union
> leader, writes, "Class is the faultline of US society, and race is the trip
> wire." Are race and class inextricably intertwined, or is it possible to tease
> them apart? Does race trump class or does class trump race? Where and how do
> we even start talking about all of this? Join Rhonda Soto, Class Action¹s
> Race/Class Intersections Program Coordinator to explore the race/class
> connection.
> Facilitator: Rhonda Soto
> Rhonda is Class Action¹s Race/Class Intersections Program Coordinator. Rhonda
> is bi-racial and grew up in Harlem, NY. She was a single mom on welfare and
> started college when she was 31 years old. She has lived the race/class
> connection.
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> The Complexities of Class
> It¹s kind of a no-no in the United States to talk about class. Our country¹s
> supposed to be classless ‹ this is one of our great national myths leading to
> much confusion and mystification. Felice Yeskel, Class Action¹s Executive
> Director, will lead an interactive workshop on the complex dimensions of
> class. We will look at the language of class, class indicators, different
> frameworks for understanding class, the nuances of class, class cultures, and
> how to speak about class on campus and off.
> Facilitator: Felice Yeskel, Ed.D.
> Felice Yeskel, Executive Director of Class Action and Co-Founder of United for
> a Fair Economy comes from a working class Jewish family from New York City's
> lower-east side.  She is an educator and activist and the co-author of
> Economic Apartheid in America, a 2nd edition was published by The New Press in
> the fall of 2005.
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> Becoming a Class Ally
> What does it look like some one with privilege (i.e. with  money, connections
> to institutional decision-makers, many choices, extensive formal education) to
> be an ally to low-income and working class people authentically, thoughtfully
> and powerfully? In this interactive workshop Class Action founder Jenny Ladd,
> will help participants think positively about how they can stand with working
> class and poor people against classism. We will explore how to create
> effective social change, on campus and off, by collaborating with
> low-income/working people and by leveraging our own personal, social and
> financial resources for the good of the whole.
>  
> Facilitator: Jennifer Ladd, Ed.D.
> Jenny, was a founder and served as co-director of Class Action; she comes from
> a white, academic, agnostic, upper-class family from Cambridge, Massachusetts
> and inherited money at 21. She is an educator, wealth counselor, and donor
> organizer.
>  
> Making Class Matter
> Given the often-invisible nature of social class in academic and
> interpersonal discussions, it can be an overlooked factor in one¹s day-to-day
> experiences. This session will give you the opportunity to explore your class
> background and consider the ways it influences your experience at
> Hampshire‹academically and socially.  This session is open to all regardless
> of class background and/or current class position.
>  
> Facilitator: Rachel Rybaczuk
> Rachel Rybaczuk grew up poor in Miami.  She is a Hampshire alum and current
> graduate student in the Sociology department at UMass-Amherst. Rachel was an
> Intern with Class Action.
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> Free and Open to the Public
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> In the area? Join us at our Open House Tuesday, September 25th from 5-7 p.m.
> We're on the corner of Route 9 and West Street (the Hadley Common).
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> Felice Yeskel, Ed.D.
> Executive Director, Class Action
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> Class Action
> 104 Russell Street
> P.O. Box 350
> Hadley, MA 01035
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> Tel: 413.585.9709 ext. 202
> Fax: 413.585.9708   
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> www.classism.org
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> Class Action inspires action to end classism.
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> We raise awareness, facilitate cross-class dialogue, support cross-class
> alliances, and work with others to promote economic justice. 
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