[RAICES] Fwd: Conference: A Revolutionary Convening: The Vision of June Jordan

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    Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:39:12 -0500
    From: Ka Yan Cheung <kcheung at email.smith.edu>
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 Subject: Conference: A Revolutionary Convening: The Vision of June Jordan
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>Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Association with
>The New World Theater, The Black  Student Union,
>the Women of Color Leadership Network,
>and the Office of ALANA Affairs Proudly Presents a two day
conference.
>
>Free and open to the public.
>
>A Revolutionary Convening: The Vision of June Jordan
>Friday February 27-Saturday February 28, 2004
>
>Poet, novelist, essayist, professor, orator, performance artist, and
>political activist,
>June Jordan was one of the world's most articulate and essential
>voices in the liberation struggles of the past forty years.  Jordan's
work
>  flourished at the crossroads of arts and activism.  Confronting
>white supremacy
>and imperialism, celebrating resistance struggles across the globe,
extolling
>the strength and endurance of African American culture, and singing
lyrically
>about the healing power of love, Jordan's work transcended
traditional
>boundaries of self and society with the vision of a passionate
revolutionary.
>Jordan's vision provides the basis for this event, which will feature
>conversations among scholars, artists, and activists confronting the
>political
>situation we face today.
>
>
>Keynote Speech:  Poet and Activist Sonia Sanchez
>Friday February 27, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom at
the
University >of Massachusetts in Amherst
>
>
>  Roundtable Discussions
>Saturday, February 28th -- Campus Center 101
>
>  .  From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., panelists from a variety of spheres
will
>engage in roundtable dialogues about arts, politics, anti-racism,
>anti-sexism,
>  anti-imperialism, and revolutionary pedagogy.
>
>Panelists include artists like
>Sonia Sanchez, Magdalena Gomez, and Letta Neely; activists like
Paulina
>Hernandez (from the Highlander Center), Bhairavi Desai (New York Taxi
Workers
>Alliance), Katya Hahn D' Errico (a Breast Cancer activist), Dawn Lundy
Martin
>(co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation), Loretta Ross (Founder and
>Executive
>Director of the National Center for Human Rights Education), Frances
>Crowe and
>Jo Commeford (former and current directors of the American Friends
Service
>Committee), Alan Shaw (from the Algebra Project), Jane Sapp
>(director of Voices
>of Today), and Camilia Leiva (an anti-sweatshop activist); and
>scholars include
>Vijay Prashad, Agustin Lao-Montes, and Adolph Reed, Jr.
>
>(complete schedule below)
>
>These discussions are  free and open to the public.
>
>Blueprints for Revolution:  A Performance
>Bowker Auditorium 8:00
>
>The conference will culminate in a performance showcasing artists and
poets.
>Sonia Sanchez, Magdalena
>Gomez, Evelyn Harris,
>Kate Rigg, Project 2050,
>  Jane Sapp and the Voices of  Today
>This event is also free and open to the public.  Seating is limited,
and
>admittance will be given on a first come, first serve basis.
>
>
>
>SCHEDULE OF SATURDAY ROUNDTABLES -- ALL IN 101 CAMPUS CENTER
>
>                                           9:00-10:30 Art and
Politics
>
>Magdalena Gomez, poet
>
>Letta Neely, poet
>
>Sonia Sanchez, poet
>
>
>
>                                         11:00-12:30 Revolutionary
Pedagogy
>
>Paulina Hernandez, Highlander Center
>
>Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor of Political Science, The New School
>
>Jane Sapp, teacher/activist/director of Voices of Today
>
>Alan Shaw, Algebra Project
>
>
>
>                                           2:00-3:30 U.S. Anti-Racism
>and Anti-Sexism Struggles
>
>Bhairavi Desai labor activists, organizer, Taxi Drivers, NYC
>
>Katya Hahn d'errico, Breast Cancer activist
>
>Dawn Lundy Martin, Ph.D. co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation
>
>Loretta Ross, Founder and Executive Director of the National Center
>for Human Rights Education
>
>
>
>                                4:00-5:30 Anti-Imperialist Struggles
>
>Frances Crowe & Jo Commeford, former and current directors of
>American Friends Service Committee
>
>Agustin Lao, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass
>
>Camilia Leiva, anti-sweatshop activist, high school student, Albany,
NY
>
>Vijay Prashad, Assistant Professor of International Studies, Trinity
College

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