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Ethnic Studies: 40 Years Later Race, Resistance, RelevanceOctober 7–10, 2009San Francisco State University San Francisco, California

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Schedule of Events

Wednesday, October 7th

8:30am–10:00am ............................................................... OpeningCeremony MalcolmXPlaza

10:30am–2:00pm ............................................................... Plenary 1 & 2 JackAdamsHall

12:00pm–5:30pm .............................................................. Panels,Discussions,Workshops,Films&Displays VariousVenues

Thursday, October 8th

9:00am–5:00pm ................................................................. Panels,Discussions,Workshops,Films&Displays VariousVenues

6:00pm–9:00pm .................................................................. Performancesby: McKennaTheatre YoussouphaSidibe-Kora AllegraBandySextet SFSUAfro-CubanEnsemble ComediansMarkHoward&DerrikEllis—seenonBET’sComicView

Friday, October 9th

10:00am–6:00pm ............................................................... Panels,Discussions,Workshops,Films&Displays VariousVenues

4:30pm–6:30pm ................................................................. DeansReceptionHonoringAcademicFounders JackAdamsHall

Saturday, October 10th

6:30pm–11:00pm .............................................................. GalaDinner St.FrancisYachtClub,SanFrancisco

Room LocatorJackAdamsHall ................................................................... CesarChavezStudentCenter,2ndFloor

RichardOakesMulticulturalCenter(ROMC) ............. CesarChavezStudentCenter,2ndFloor

RosaParksRoomsA/B/C/D/E/F ...................................... CesarChavezStudentCenterLowerLevel

RoomT-153 ............................................................................ CesarChavezStudentCenter2ndFloor

RoomT-160 ............................................................................ CesarChavezStudentCenter2ndFloor

McKennaTheatre ................................................................. CreativeArtsBuilding,FirstFloor

HUM408 ................................................................................. HumanitiesBuilding,FourthFloor

ancientKemeticfoundationandtraditionalAfricangroundingforthedevelopmentofBlackPsychology;surveythereciprocalincubationofcontemporaryBlackPsychologyandAfricanaStudies;and,thendiscussthere-emergenceoftheSahkuSheti(i.e.,theilluminationofthespirit)asillustrativeofacriticalfeatureandresponsibilityofMulti-culturalandEthnicStudiesdiscourse.

Dr.MaulanaKarenga,AfricanaStudies,CSU-LongBeach

“Social Justice in Ancient Egypt: Maatian Discourse in Contemporary Times”

ThegoverningpurposeofthispaperistodelineateandcriticallyexaminetheancientEgyptianconceptionofsocialjustice,itsrootednessintheconceptofMaatanditsrelevanceasaphilosophicoptionforcontemporarytimes.Todothis,Iwillconductacriticalexaminationoftheconceptualfoundationsandinstitutionalapparatuswhichundergirdandinformthisancientandengagingnotion.TheseincludeMaatian:(1)moralanthropology;(2)politicaltheology;(3)legalframework;and(4)socio-ethicalstandardsasevidencedintheavailablerelevanttexts.Theprojectisinformedbythreeinterlockingandmutuallyreinforcinginterests:recoveringancientAfricandiscourseonsocialjustice;advancingthemulticulturalinitiativeintheacademy;anddemonstratingtheMaatianethicaltradition’sconceptualcapacityandusefulnessasaphilosophicoptioninaddressingmajorissuesofourtimes.

Dr.ObaT’Shaka,AfricanaStudies,SFState

“New African Culture: An Original Expression of Ancient African Culture”

AsanextensionofKarenga’sKemetictheme,myinputwillinvolveaCulturalandPhilosophicalanalysisoftheTwaoriginofcivilizationincludingtheiroriginationofthefoundationofKemeticandAfricanPhilosophythroughthenotionofMassouriandMaau,whichmeans“good,right,tobegood,welltobestraight.”IwillalsoexaminetheiroriginationofDemocracy(consensus-based)theiroriginationofthenotionof“VitalForce,”andotherconcepts.ThisexaminationofthefoundationofAfricancultureandphilosophyprovidesthebasisforanexaminationofNewAfricanCulturethatrestsuponanAfricanculturalfoundation.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday October 7th

OPENING CEREMONYMalcolm X Plaza .................................................... 8:30 am–10:00 am

Institutionalizing Ethnic Studies at SF StateJack Adams Hall ....................................................10:30 am–12 noon

Moderator:JuanitaTamayoLott,demographerandauthor

Panelists:Dr.ElizabethParent,formerchairofAmericanIndianStudies,SFState,Dr.JamesGarrett,BSUandSFStatealum,DanGonzales,J.D.,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState,Dr.RayeRichardson,formerchairofBlackStudies,SFState,Dr.GeorgiaBowen-Quinones,formerchairofRazaStudies,SFState

Ethnic Studies in the UC, CSU, & Community College Systems Jack Adams Hall ....................................................12:30 pm–2:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.RobertKeithCollins,SFState,AmericanIndianStudies

Panelists:TamikaBrown,AfricanAmericanStudies,LaneyCommunityCollege,Dr.ElaineKim,Literature,UniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley,Dr.JamesHirabayashi,SFState,FormerDeanofCollegeofEthnicStudies,Dr.MaulanaKarenga,AfricanaStudies,CSU-LongBeach,Dr.JesseOwenSmith,President,CSUBlackFacultyandStaffAssociation

Classical African Studies: Principles, Paradigm, and Modern IssuesJack Adams Hall ...................................................... 2:10 pm–4:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.ShirleyWeber,ChairofAfricanaStudies, San Diego State

Panelists:Dr.WadeW.Nobles,AfricanaStudies,SFState

“From Classical Kemetic Science to Traditional Bantu-Congo Thought to Contemporary Black Psychology: The (Re)Emergence of Sahku Sheti”

ThispresentationwillbrieflydiscussthegroundingofclassicalandtraditionalAfricanthoughtrelativetothemeaningofbeinghumanandthescienceofthespirit.Itwillillustratethe

Ethnic Studies: 40 Years LaterRace, Resistance and Relevance

October 7–10, 2009CésarChávezStudentCenter,SanFranciscoStateUniversity

Wednesday,October7,2009 8:30am–4:00pm 8

Beyond Ethnic Politics: The Future of Liberation Studies, a View from the LeftRosa Parks F ............................................................. 2:10 pm–4:00 pm

Moderator:ArnKawano,CommunityActivist

Panelists:Dr.HarveyDong,AsianAmericanStudies,UCBerkeley,andactivist,Dr.CarlosMuñoz,Jr.,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley,Dr.NorbertoValdez,AnthropologyandEthnicStudies,ColoradoStateU,Dr.MerleWoo,M.A.,EnglishLiterature;author,poet,radicalwomanactivist,SFState

FortyyearsafterthefoundingofEthnicStudies,whydoespovertyanddeprivationpersistinourreservations,ghettos,barriosandAsiatowns?Isthisaraceorclassissueorboth?ThispanelwilldiscusstheroleofEthnicStudiesasaresourceforliberatingourcommunitiesfrompovertyandoppression.

Voices: Students Redefine Ethnic Identities through Study AbroadRosa Parks E ............................................................. 2:10 pm–3:30 pm

Dr.DavidWick,StudyAbroadProgram,SFState,MariaFlores,StudyAbroadProgram,SFState,Dr.MarilynJackson,StudyAbroadProgram,SFState

AsacomplementtoEthnicStudies,studyabroadoffersanothertoolforstudentstoexploretheirethnicandnationalidentities.Thepanelwilldiscusstheresultsoftheirresearchofstudyabroadwithafocusontheexperiencesofstudentsofcolor,especiallyasitrelatestotheirexaminationofAmericanandethnicidentities.

BEAUTIFUL ME(S): FINDING OUR REVOLUTIONARY SELVES IN BLACK CUBA (Film)Rosa Parks D ............................................................ 2:10 pm–3:30 pm

Director:Dr.RobinJ.Hayes,EthnicStudies&PoliticalScience,Santa Clara University

Thefilmisaprovocative,character-drivendocumentaryfilmaboutIvyLeagueAfricanAmericanStudiesstudentswhotraveltotherebelstateofCubaandlearnthatracialinequalitycannotbeextinguishedbysilencingdiscussionsofrace.Itsproductionunveilshowafreshperspective,whichembracesyouthinvolvement,democratizestechnicalexpertiseanddirectlyconnectsthecinematoclassroomsanddiversityprogrammingoncampuses,maybeincorporatedintothegrowingdocumentaryfilmgenre.Theyouthinvolvedinmakingthisfilmbrokethroughideologicalandgeographicboundariesandfoundtheirownvoicesintheprocess.Q&AwiththeDirectortofollow screening.

“LA RAZA TEATRO WORKSHOP” (Film, 19min)T-153 ......................................................................... 2:30 pm–3:00 pm

Director:VeronicaGamez;Producers:EdwardSalcedoandVeronicaGamez

ExecutiveProducer:CarlosBaron

Thinking about Race in the XXI CenturyROMC ........................................................................ 2:10 pm–3:30 pm

Moderator:JulietteHua,GenderandWomen’sStudies,SFState

Panelists:LouCaton,WestfieldStateCollege

Forty Years of Ethnic Studies: “Why Comparativism Now in a Late Postcolonial World?”

IwillrelateEthnicStudiestocomparativeliteraturedepartmentsinthatbothdemandcrossdisciplinaryeffortsbutshoulddosounderapresuppositionofhightheory.Thesemovestowardalargervisionofcommunityareabstractandnecessarilyvexed,demandingmoreemphasisontheoryratherthanthecomplacencybroughtonbythesupposedtransparencyoftermslike“community,”“inter-communication,”and“peoplesofcolor.”

Dr.JaredSexton,AfricanAmericanStudies,UCIrvine

Critical Black Studies and the New Black/Non-Black Divide

ThispaperexploresthesignificanceforEthnicStudiesoftheongoingshiftinthecolorlinefromawhite/non-whitetoblack/non-blackconfigurationinthepost-civilrightseraUnitedStates.Itaskshowwemightreframediscussionsofimmigration,multiracialism(racemixture),andcoalition-buildingamongpeopleofcolorinthiscontext.

Dr.StephanySpaulding,English&ForeignLanguages,ClaflinUniversity, SC

Black House, White Market: Critical Whiteness Studies in the Future of Ethnic Studies

“ThispaperdiscussesfuturedirectionsofEthnicStudiesprogramsinwhichcriticalwhitenessstudiesbecomesacrucialelementintheirprogressivedevelopment.

Islamophobia in System of KnowledgeT-160 ..........................................................................2:10 pm-3:30 pm

Chair:Dr.KhanumShaikh,ResearchFellow,AMED,SFState

Panelists:Dr.HatemBazian,NearEasternandEthnicStudies,UCBerkeley,NaeemJeenah,Afro-MiddleEastCenter,SouthAfrica,DhameeraAhmad,1968Striker,Principal,OaklandUnifiedSchoolDistrict,FahdAhmed,JD,ResearchAssociate,AMED,SFState,HiraZahir,President,MuslimWomenStudentAssociation,MWSA,SFState,Abdul-LatefAboujaoude,President,MuslimStudentAssociation,SFState

Discussant:Dr.KhanumShaikh,ResearchFellow,AMED,SFState

Inourcurrentsocio-politicalcontext,IslamandMuslimsaredefinedastheabsoluteandirredeemableOther,acceptablydemonizedinmedia,publicdiscourses,andtheacademy.Thispanelwillexaminehowlimitedconceptualframeworkscolorourunderstandingsofhistory,class,race,gender,religion,andevensocialjusticeinregardstoMuslims.

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The Anti-Colonial Impulse in Ethnic Studies: Praxis and Organic IntellectualsRosa Parks F ............................................................. 4:10 pm–5:30 pm

Moderator:Dr.JasonFerreira,RaceandResistanceStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.JulianKunnie,DirectorandProfessorofAfricanaStudies,UofArizona

Ethnic Studies in the 21st Century: The Struggle to Overcome Neo-Liberalism

EthnicStudies—whichwassparkedbythe1969studentmovementatSFState—ismorecriticalthaneverbecausetheforcesofneo-liberalismorneo-colonialismhavenotabated,evenwiththehistoricascenttothepresidencyofBarackObama.Thepaperdemonstratesthatcapitalaccumulationisstilltheprincipleobstacletohumandevelopmentandthatthedownsizingoffacultyandthemarginalizationandexclusionofstudents,particularlythoseofcolorandfromtheworkingclass,ispartofthestrategicdesigntoperpetuatethehegemonyofcorporatecapitaliststructuresandclassesatthecostoffurtherdispossessingthevastworkingclassmajorityintheU.S.

MarceloGarzo,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

‘If We Choose to Make Them So’: Ethnic Studies and a Vision of the Complete Revolutionary

WeexploretheimplicationsofasmallphrasearticulatedbyProfessorRonaldTakakiatSonomaStateUniversityonNovember17,2004,andrelatethisstatementtothestruggleoftheThirdWorldLiberationFront(TWLF)andEthnicStudiesingeneral.Wewillusethisnotion(thetitleofthepaper)asapointofdeparturefortheorizing‘thecompleterevolutionary’,orapoliticalsubjectthatchoosestointegratedifferentaspectsoftheirdailylivesintotherevolutionaryprojectininnovativeandloving ways.

Dr.W.F.Santiago-Valles,AfricanaStudies,UniversityofWesternMichigan

Analytic praxis of Ethnic Studies scholars in the era of global capitalism

Thispaperexamines:a)theliteratureandplaceswhererevisionofconceptslikeracializationofclass,geographicconcentrationofpoverty,forceddisplacement,andunequalpowerrelationsisbeingverifiedthroughdirectactionoforganizedworkers;andb)thesourceoftheState’seconomicpowerduringthecurrentworldwidedepression.Thegoalistodiscussanalysesinformingstrugglesthatinterrupt/dismantlemonopoliesofpower,andexploretheroleofteachers/researchersinthoseliberationmovements.

Possibilities and Challenges for Teaching and Learning about Social Justice in the Present Moment Rosa Parks E ............................................................. 4:10 pm–5:30 pm

Moderators:Dr.AllysonTintiangco-Cubales,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState,Dr.RuthLove,DAIS,SFState

WediscusshowEthnicStudiesandenvironmentaljusticeclassroomsaresitesforexploringoppression,resistanceandliberationwithintoday’sparticularsocio-historicalcontext,thuscontinuingtobuildasocialjusticepraxis

Living the Promise: Ethnic Studies in San Francisco Public SchoolsRosa Parks A–C ........................................................ 3:10 pm–5:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.AllysonTintiangco-Cubales,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState

Panelists:PeterHammer,SFUSDCurriculumandTeaching,TeachersfromSanFranciscoUnifiedSchoolDistrict

Oneofthemajorgoalsofthestrikein1968wastomakesurethatEthnicStudieswasincludedinK–12curriculum.InApril2007theSFBoardofEducationrequestedareportfromtheOfficeofTeachingandLearningonEthnicStudiesinSFUSDhighschools.Thereportdocumentedalmostnocourseofferingsinthe2006–07schoolyears.ThissaddiscoveryhasleadtoanamazingefforttodevelopanEthnicStudiescurriculumthatwillbepilotedinthe2008–09schoolyear.Thispanelwillsharethecurriculumthatwascreated.

Critical Hip-hop Pedagogy Workshop: From the Activism of the Black Panther Party to the Revolutionary Music of Dead PrezT-160 ......................................................................... 4:10 pm–5:30 pm

MarkBautista,UCLASchoolofEducation

ThisworkshoplocatesthecultureofHip-hopasacontinuationofpastsocialmovementsandcivilrightsactivism.ThecriticalpedagogypartofthisexplorationisembeddedinthewaysthatHip-hopmusicandculturecanbeusedasatooltoengagestudentsintoadialogueofpast,present,andfutureconditionsofunderprivilegedandunderrepresentedcommunities,incitinganalysisandactionaroundthoseexistentialexperiences.

Wednesday,October7,2009 4:10pm–5:30pm 10

Thinking Comparatively, Thinking TransnationallyROMC ........................................................................ 4:10 pm–5:30 pm

ThispanelconsidersthepastsandfuturesofEthnicStudiesasanimated,inpart,byafieldconstitutedrelationallybyarangeofglobalprocesses.Indoingso,wesamplecurrentscholarshipthatexploresquestionsofcomparativeracializationinatransnationalframework.

Chair:Dr.NelsonMaldonado-Torres,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Panelists:JohnJ.Dougherty,DoctoralStudent,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Justifying Conquest, Defending the Indigenous: Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Critique of Modernity

JasonU.Kim,DoctoralStudent,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Dirty Clothes on the Color Line: The Laboring of Race and Gender in the U.S. & Canada

YomairaCatherineFigueroa,DoctoralStudent,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Multiple Languages Toward a Reclaimed Humanity: The Politics of Native/Colonial Languages in African and Afro-Caribbean Literature

Dr.KeithFeldman,EthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Dissonance and Diaspora: Suheir Hammad’s breaking poems and the Work of Comparative Ethnic Studies

SPEAK OUT! IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION (Film)Jack Adams Hall ...................................................... 4:10 pm–5:00 pm

MaxHampton,student,SFState,filmdirectorandco-producer

JeraldReodica,activistandstudent,SFState

ThisdocumentaryfeaturesindepthcommentaryfromconcernedCSUstudents,teachersandstaff.Thefilmanalyzesthehistoryofthebudgetcuts,prioritiesofCaliforniaspending,andwhatCaliforniashouldbedoingtosaveandpromotepubliceducation

WHAT’S RACE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (Film) T-153 ......................................................................... 4:10 pm–5:00 pm

California Newsreel

TenyearsafterSkinDeep,anewdocumentaryfilmchroniclestheexperiencesofadiversegroupofcollegestudents—inthiscase,ledbyveteranUCBerkeleyfacilitatorsoverthecourseofasemester—astheyconfrontrace,diversity,andtheirownresponsibilityformakingadifference.

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The Hip Hop Generation’s Coming of Age—New Directions for Ethnic Studies at the Turn of the 21st Century: Youth Organizing and Environmental JusticeRosa Parks D .......................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

Organizer:Dr.DianaPeiWu,EnvironmentalScience,PolicyandManagement,UCBerkeley

Thissessionseekstobringtogetheryouthenvironmentaljusticeorganizersandleaderswithacademicsandprofessionalswhosupporttheirwork.Wehopetoshareourvisionandworkwiththoseattendingtheconference,inordertoinspirefutureworkandcollaborationsbetweenstudents,faculty,organizersandcommunitiestowardsaholisticvisionforthefuture.

The Origins of Black Studies at SF StateRosa Parks E ........................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

Moderator:MaryumAl-Wadi,firstBSUPresident

Panelists:AubreyLaBrie,Taughtthefirst“BlackNationalism”classatSFState,MaryLewis,AfricanAmericanStudies,LaneyCommunityCollege,Dr.JoeIllick,HistoryProf.EmeritusandfirstfacultysponsorofaBlackStudiescourse,AskiaMuhammadToure,poet,oneofthefirstfacultyintheBlackStudiesDept.BlackStudiesbecameanissuewhenblackstudentsdemandedacurriculumthatwasmorerelevanttotheirexperience.OutofthespecializeddemandsofblackstudentsgrewthebroadbasedEthnicStudiesprogram.

Oral Histories and Personal Narrative in Ethnic StudiesT-153 ....................................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

Moderator:Dr.NancyMirabal,RazaStudies,SFStateUniversity

Panelists:Dr.CharleneRiggins,History&EthnicStudies,CSUFullertonandWendyElliott-Scheinberg,History,CSUFullerton

More Voices Needed: Documenting Ethnic Experiences through Oral History

Developingoralhistoriesisaviablestrategyallowingforinclusionofafullrangeofethnicexperiences.Documentingthelivesandendeavorsofethnicminoritiesprovidesahistoricalsenseofplacetotraditionallymarginalizedpopulations.

ZarinahShakir,PerspectivesInterfaith

How the College of Ethnic Studies Influenced My Life’s Perspective

Itisonlyinthedictionarythatthejourneytosuccessprecedestheword“work.”Mylife’sperspectives,travelsandworksinInterfaithasanAfrican-American,Muslimwomanwereinfluenced,modifiedandexpandedfrommyexperiencesintheCollegeofEthnicStudies.

Exploring Social Problems through FilmT-160 ....................................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

CaliforniaNewsreelFilmswithLarryAdelman,CreatorandExecutiveProducer

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009

Mapping Arab Diasporas: Justice Centered ActivismROMC ........................................................................ 9:00am–10:50am

Chair:BisharaCostandi,ResearchAssociate,AMED,SFState

Panelists:Dr.IbrahimAoude,Chair,EthnicStudiesDepartment,UniversityofHawaii,Dr.LilaFarah,Professor,Women’sStudies&PerformanceStudies,DePaulUniversity,LilaA.Sharif,UCSanDiego,LoubnaQutami,EthnicStudies,SFStateGraduateStudent,DinaOmar,UCBerkeley

Discussant:Dr.RababAbdulhadi,CollegeofEthnicStudies,AMED,SFState

ThispanelexploresseveralquestionsattheheartofEthnicStudiesandracerelations,includingtheplaceofArabDiasporicexperiencesinthefieldofEthnicStudies;performativityandthepoliticsofraceandresistanceinLebaneseexperiencesofwarandexile;PalestinianyouthactivismintheUSandtransnationally;andthepoliticsandpoeticsofcolonizationanddisplacementinthepoetryofthelatePalestinianpoetMahmoudDarwish.

Sovereignty & Self-Determination: Strategies from Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, South Africa & OkinawaRosa Parks A/B ...................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

Moderator:JohannaAlmiron,Doctoralstudent,AmericanStudies,Univ.ofHawai’iatManoa

Panelists:AnthonyJohnson,Doctoralstudent,Anthropology,CityUniversityofNewYork

“The War at Hanapepe, Colonial Contexts”

Inthesamespiritofcoalition-buildingandthefoundingofEthnicStudies(SFState),thispanelbroadlyengagesthemesofindependence,sovereignty,anti-imperialistactionandsolidarityatmultiplesitesincludingHawai’i,PuertoRico,SouthAfricaandOkinawa.Eachpresentermeditatesonthewaysindependenceremainsincompleteintheseso-calledformercolonies.

“Hanging in the balance: The politics of service delivery and housing policies in contemporary S. Africa”

ChihiroKomine,Doctoralstudent,AmericanStudies,Univ.ofHawai’i-Manoa

“Indigenous Possibility: Relocating Okinawa in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond”

Keli’iCollier,GraduateStudent,HawaiianStudies,Univ.ofHawai’i-Manoa,

“Hawaiian Sovereignty: A Continuation of Po”

EnriqueFigueroa,M.A.,InternationalAffairs,NewSchoolUniversity

“Puerto Rico: Modalities of Globalization”

KristyRingor,Doctoralstudent,AmericanStudies,UniversityofHawai’i-Manoa

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andvaluesystems.ThispresentationexaminestheroleofvisualcultureinadvancingBlackPowerinitiativesfortyyearsago.

MarkVillegas,CultureandTheory,UCIrvine

Sign of the Crossover: Mainstreaming Filipino Liminality

FilipinosareexertingadominantpresenceintheU.S.bothdemographicallyandinAmerica’slivingrooms.Evenso,IcommentontheincongruityofFilipinosasthecenterofanAsianAmericanracialdiscoursebecauseofU.S.denialofcolonialviolenceandtheconstrictingnarrativesofEastAsianOrientalism.

Dr.ChetachiA.Egwu,Communication,NovaSoutheasternUniv.Florida

Beyond Kingdoms, Kwashiorkor, Conflict and Corruption: The role of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency in Reshaping Perceptions of Africa and Africans

ThisresearchprojectemploysfocusgroupdataandcontentanalysistechniquestoaddressthelackofcompleximagesofAfricaandAfricansthatexistintheAmericanmedia,usingtheNo.1LadiesDetectiveAgencyasavehicleforcomparison.

“Naturalizing race? The categorization of Mexicans and Gloria Anzaldúa’s influence on Ethnic Studies”Rosa Parks C ........................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Moderator:Dr.TeresaCarrillo,RazaStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.GeorgeHartley,English,OhioUniversity,

Gloria Anzaldúa’s Impact on Ethnic Studies

IdiscusstheinfluenceofGloriaAnzaldúaonthedevelopmentofEthnicStudiesoverthelasttwodecades,providinganoverviewofAnzaldúacriticismandappropriation,followedupbyadiscussionoflimitationsIseeinthesetrendsandofferamore“Anzaldúan”takeontheseelementsandissues.

Dr.M.A.(“AJ”)Jaimes-Guerrero,SFStateUniversity,WomenandGenderStudies

Between Indigenous Women and Feminism: Gender Perspective on Traditional Movement Activist

Isthereanexus,inwhathasbeentermed“indigenousfeminism,”betweenindigenouswomenandothersinthetransnationalmovementsinLatinAmericancountries,ontheonehand,withfeministsandEthnicStudiesscholarsintheU.S.,ontheotherhand,inthecauseforsocio-politicaljusticefromelitistoligarchies?

MarcoDurazo,DeptofPoliticalScience,UCLA

Race and the Mexican Question

Thetheoreticalaimofthisstudyistofurtherarticulatehowrace,asasocialandpoliticalcategory,isconstructed,transformed,andnaturalized.TheempiricalfoundationofthisprojectwilldetailtheconstructionofMexicansasadistinctracialgroup.

Introduction and Opening Remarks, 9:40–10:00 Screening of 20-minute excerpt from episode one of RACE: THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION10:00–10:30 Screening of 28-minute excerpt from “Place Matters” episode of UNNATURAL CAUSES10:30–10:40 Discussion with Larry Adelman and Dr. Antwi Akom, Cesar Chavez Institute, SF State10:40–10:50 Q&A from Audience

Thedivisionoftheworld’speoplesintodistinctgroups—“red,”“black,”“white”or“yellow”peoples—hasbecamesodeeplyimbeddedinourpsyches,sowidelyaccepted,manywouldpromptlydismissascrazyanysuggestionofitsfalsity.Yet,that’sexactlywhatthisprovocative,newthree-hourseriesbyCaliforniaNewsreelclaims.RACE:THEPOWEROFANILLUSIONquestionstheveryideaofraceasbiology,suggestingthatabeliefinraceisnomoresoundthanbelievingthatthesunrevolvesaroundtheearth.Yetracestillmatters.Justbecauseracedoesn’texistinbiologydoesn’tmeanitisn’tveryreal,helpingshapelifechancesandopportunities.

TheacclaimeddocumentaryseriesUNNATURALCAUSEStacklestherootcausesofouralarmingsocio-economicandracialinequitiesinhealth.Theseriescrisscrossesthenationuncoveringstartlingnewfindingsthatsuggestthereismuchmoretoourhealththanbadhabits,healthcare,orunluckygenes.Thesocialcircumstancesinwhichweareborn,live,andworkcanactuallygetunderourskinanddisruptourphysiologyasmuchasgermsandviruses.

SESSION ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTJack Adams Hall .................................................... 9:35 am–10:50 am

Panelists:Dr.WadeNobles,AfricanaStudies,SFState,EvaMartinez,AcciónLatina,BrigitteDavila,ProgramDirectorofRazaStudiesCommunityServiceLearningProgram,SFState,JamesQueen,President,CenterforStrategicPlanning,SteveNakajo,Exec.Director,Kimochi,instructorSFState,SocialWorkGraduateProgram,

Thissessionexploressomeoftheearlymodelsofscholar-engagementwithcommunityissuesaswellascontemporarymodelsofcommunityservicedesignedforstudent-communityengagement.

Media Images: race, representation, and repressed historiesRosa Parks A ........................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Moderator/Discussant:Dr.HalifuOsumare,AfricanAmericanandAfricanStudies,UCDavis

Panelists:Dr.Jo-AnnMorgan,AfricanAmericanStudies,WesternIllinoisUniv.

Visual Culture in African American Studies

AnunderstandingofthehistoryofartandvisualculturehasmuchtoofferthefieldofAfricanAmericanStudies.Imagerycanbekeyinunderstandingsocialbehavior,politicalalliances,

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Archive.Thefirstsegmentisareviewofthehistoryunderlyingthesignificanceofthe1968–69BSU/TWLFStrikeandthenecessityforaSchoolof3rdWorldStudiesatSFState.Nextwe’lldiscusstheOralLifeHistoriesQuadrantandasenseofcontinuitythroughcurrentstudents’participation;anoverviewofbudgetingandresourcerequirements.Finallywe’llshowanddiscussaseriesof3to5minuteindividualinterviews,fromthe‘68–69era,withintroductionsbyastudentinvolvedinconductingeachparticularinterview.

Murals at SF State: Counter Hegemonic Narratives of Art, Politics and Survival ROMC ....................................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Facilitator:AimeeZenzeleBarnes,SFState

Panelists:JustinMetoyer,AfricanaStudies,BlackStudentUnion,BSU,SFState,KobyObiesie,AfricanaStudies,BlackStudentUnion,BSU,SFState,JackieMendez,StudentCenterGoverningBoard,CesarChavezStudentCenter,SFState,GiulioSorro,JuneJordanSchoolforJustice,RamseyAl-Qare,GeneralUnionofPalestineStudents,CityCollegeofSanFrancisco


ThepanelisacomparativeexplorationofthehistoryofmuralsatSFStateingeneralandtheparticularitiesofeachcase.ItisrelevanttotheconferencethemeofwhatbecamepossibleasaresultofthevictoryofthestrikeandthecreationoftheCollegeofEthnicStudies(CoES).Thepanelwillalsoexplorehowandwhetherstudentsworkingonthesemuralsnegotiatedtheirrelationshipwith“thecommunity”(orrather,‘communities,’becauseitwasneverasinglecommunity),theuniversity(againnotamonolithicactor)andamongstthemselveswithinthesamegroupandwithothergroups.ThepanelwouldspeaktotheroleofcommittedarttosocialchangeandsocialjusticeandtothespacesahospitableenvironmentsuchasSFState(postCoES)opensfortheintellectualandpoliticalgrowthofyoungactivists.

Race and San Francisco’s Public SchoolsJack Adams Hall ..................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Moderator:RonaldColthirst,PoliticalScience,SFState,

Panelists:Dr.SerieMcDougal,AfricanaStudies,SFState,HooverLiddell,SpecialAssistanttotheSFUSDSuperintendent

Thispanel/symposiumisbasedontheMay2009roundtablepresentation/discussionattheRichardOakesMulticulturalCenterfeaturingHooverLiddellandhisreportentitledRaceandtheSanFranciscoSchools,wherehehasfoundcontinuedandpersistentracialsegregationinSanFrancisco’spublicschoolswithparticularlydevastatingresultsforSanFrancisco’sAfricanAmericanpublicschoolstudents.

“The Internment of Japanese in the U.S. and Abroad: the Politics of Memory”Rosa Parks D ........................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Moderator:Dr.WesleyUeunten,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState

Panelists:CathleenKozen,DoctoralCandidate,EthnicStudies,UC San Diego

‘Never Again!’: Tracing a Politics of Japanese Latin American Redress as Global Justice

ViaatracingoftheongoingstruggleforredressbyJapaneseLatinAmericanswhowereinternedbytheU.S.governmentduringWWII,thispaperseekstoaddresskeyquestionsconcerningthepoliticsofredressasitcontendswithcategoriesofcitizenship,practicesofrecognitionand(national)belonging,andnationalandglobalframeworksforracialandsocialjustice.

JoyTaylor,DoctoralCandidateAmericanStudies,WashingtonSt. U.

“Generating Internment Camp Narratives at Obon Festivals in the Pacific Northwest”

Obonfestivalsfocusontherememberingofone’sancestors,andwhenthereisanoverlapbetweenthisremembranceandthecommemorationoftheinternmentofJapaneseAmericansduringWorldWarTwo,theissueofauthorityemerges.IdiscussinterviewsIconductedwithformerinterneeswhoattendedtheannualsummerevent.

PERFORMANCE: FROM NAPS TO RAPS (Film)T-160 .....................................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Director:Dr.MelvinDonalson,ActingChair,PanAfricanStudiesCSULosAngeles

ThefilmpresentsablackwomanjournalistwhoreluctantlytakestheassignmenttointerviewaretiredblackactorwhomadehisHollywoodcareerinthe1930s–40sportrayingracialstereotypes.Intheprocessoftheinterview,thejournalistdiscoversthemanbehindthescreenimages.Q&AwiththeDirector to follow screening.

SF State Archive ProjectT-153 .....................................................................11:00 am–12:15 pm

Moderator:RogerAlvarado,1968Striker,SFStatealum

Panelists:Dr.JasonFerreira,RaceandResistanceStudies,SFState,MeredithEliassen,librarianandarchivist,SFState,Dr.MargaretLeahy,1968Striker,SFStatealum,DanGonzalesJ.D.,Asian-AmericanStudies,SFState,Dr.Dawn-ElissaFischer,EthnicStudies.,SFStateRoyHarrison,1968Striker,SFStateAlum,ConnellPersico,1968Striker,SFStateAlum,SFStateStudents:JesseMarieDiCarlo-Wagner,CrystalEstrella,MaxTranscorff-Gerhardt,DanaeMartinez,JoyNg,KyawOo,JiroIgnacioPalmieri,CharlottePeak,JonRodriguez,HeatherLeighRudolph

TheArchiveProjectCommitteewillpresentathreesegmentprogramontheestablishmentoftheSchoolofEthnicStudies’

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“We’re Still Waiting for Our College of Ethnic Studies!”—The State of Ethnic Studies and UC Berkeley After Forty Years—UC Berkeley Graduate Student PerspectivesRosa Parks E ...........................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Moderator:Dr.WesleyUeunten,Asian-AmericanStudies,SFState

Drawingonphilosophical,intellectual,political,sociologicalandhistoricalcritique,thispanelofUCBerkeleyEthnicStudiesPh.D.studentsandalumniexaminestheEthnicStudiesprojectfromoriginmomenttothepresentinordertoapproachthequestion,“WhyarewestillwaitingforourCollegeofEthnicStudies?”

Panelists:DalidaMaríaBenfield,Ph.D.Candidate,UCBerkeley

The Underside of the University: Ethnic Studies from Below in Ronald Takaki’s Pedagogy and Epistemology

If,asEnriqueDusselasserts,itisthinkingfromtheglobalperipherythatrevealstheundersideofmodernityandbeliesitstruths,areU.S.EthnicStudiesscholarsthosewhoinhabittheuniversity’sunderside?ThroughtracesofTakaki’sepistemologicalandpedagogicalinterventionsatUCBerkeley,hisworld,thisworld,ourworld,emerges.

RobertoHernandez,Ph.D.Candidate,UCBerkeley

TWLF: on social, epistemic and historiographic(?)…revolutions

StudentscreatingEthnicStudiesdepartmentswereanti-systemicmovementsandtentativesocialandepistemicrevolutionsinabroadlong-historicalcritiqueofstructuresofknowledgeinwesternliberaleducationundertheworldhistoricalsystem.However,thedominantstudent-ledrevoltnarrativehasdrawbacks,andIseektothinkthroughourintellectualproject“now.”

JohnHayakawaTörök,Ph.D.EthnicStudies2008,UCBerkeley

Why Are We Waiting? Structural and Historical Considerations in U.S. Higher Education and at UC Berkeley

Thispaperdrawsfromawork-in-progressentitled“StructuralRacismandAmericanHigherEducation,”whichtakesaninstitutionalandintellectualhistoryapproachtoitstopic.ThearticlewaspromptedbytheU.S.SupremeCourt’srecenthighereducationaffirmativeactionjurisprudenceandisintendedforfuturelawreviewpublication.

SPEAK OUT! IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION (Film)T-160 .......................................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

JeraldReodica,activistandstudent,SFState

PhilKlasky,AmericanIndianStudies,SFState

ThisdocumentaryfeaturesindepthcommentaryfromconcernedCSUstudents,teachersandstaff.Thefilmanalyzesthehistoryofthebudgetcuts,prioritiesofCaliforniaspending,andwhatCaliforniashouldbedoingtosaveandpromotepubliceducation

Redefining Race Consciousness: African Immigrant and African American—Perspectives”Rosa Parks D ..........................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Moderator:Dr.KevinWashington,AfricanaStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.AboladeOlagoke,ReligionandSocialChange,WaynesburgUniversity

Pedagogical Engagement of Second Generation African Immigrants

Paucityofknowledgeaboundsaboutthecivilrightsstruggleinthesixtiesandevenbeforethisera.ThispaucityisnotjustamongtheyoungersecondgenerationofAfricanimmigrantsbutalsoamongyoungpeopleingeneral.Pedagogicalengagementthatwillinstruct,enlighten,andenableinterculturaldynamicstogerminateandinformthecominggenerationisthepurposeofthispaper.

Dr.AlphonsoSimpsonJr.,Chair,AfricanAmericanStudies,WesternIllinoisUniv.

Mother to Son: Toward A New Generation of Teaching African American in a Multi-Cultural and Pluralistic Society

Thispresentationdemonstrateshowinstructorsofcultureandethnicitycanacknowledge,andeffectivelyteachBlackCultureintheirclassrooms.Moreover,itwillunmasksomeofthenotionswehavelearned,practiced,andnormalizedwithintheworldofacademiaasithighlightsmethodsthatcanbeemployedtoinsuretheirdismissal.

Historic Buildings in San Francisco Minority CommunitiesRosa Parks F ...........................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Panelists:Dr.JohnettaRichards,AfricanAmericanStudies,SFState,Dr.JohnTempleton,HistorianandJournalist

ThepurposeofthispanelistointroducethenexusbetweenAfricanaStudiesandhistoricpreservationasappliedresearch.In1857thefirstAfricanAmericanbankinAmericanhistorywaslaunchedonCaliforniaStreetinSanFrancisco.MostSanFranciscansarenotawareofsuchsignificantcontributionsofblackpeople.FacultyinAfricanaStudies,alongwithlocalhistorian,Mr.JohnTempleton,havedocumentedover400buildings(commercialandprivate)thatshouldbeplacedintheNationalandStateRegisterofHistoricalPlaces.

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“Reading and Teaching Ethnic Literature”Rosa Parks A-B......................................................... 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Moderator:Dr.Wei-MingDariotis,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.TomoHattori,English,CSU,Northridge

“Hybridity and the Anxiety of Assimilation: Yangsook Choi’s The Name Jar and Asian American Studies”

ThispaperonculturaltheoristLisaLowe’sImmigrantActs(1996)andchildren’sbookauthorYangsookChoi’sTheNameJar(2001)arguesthatproductiveethicalempowermentinAsianAmericanculturerequiresreadingandteachingstrategiesthatembraceapost-racialhybridity.Thepapersupportsanethicsofminoritypowerthataccommodatesassimilation.

Dr.LindaKrumholz,English,DenisonUniversity

Beyond Literature: Approaches to Teaching an Ethnic Literature Course

TeachingliteratureisagreatwaytoteachEthnicStudies;storiestransmitculture,values,andbeliefs.Inourteaching,ourtheoriesandbeliefsareputtothetest.IwilltalkaboutgoalsandstrategiesinteachinganEthnicLiteraturecoursewithafocusonbeginnings—establishingthediscourse,assumptions,andgroundrulesforthecourse—andonwaystosupplementtheliterature—throughresearchpresentationgroups—inordertomaketheEthnicLiteraturecourseworkasanEthnicStudiescourse.

One Way Street: Challenges and Opportunities for Ethnic Studies Beyond the ClassroomRosa Parks D ............................................................ 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Panelists:DarleneA.Hall,IntersectionsConsulting,ReneQuiñonez,IntersectionsConsulting

Thisinteractive,interdisciplinarypresentationusesstorytellingandthepersonaljourneysoftwopeopletoexaminehowwellEthnicStudiesreachesthecommunitiesitcaresaboutwhileaddressingtheimportanceofunlearninginternalizedoppressionssothatwemaycrossboundariesthatartificiallydivideusandtakelearningbeyondtheclassroom.

Lecture with Questions and Answers on the first Native American Studies Program in the USARosa Parks F ............................................................. 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Dr.LehmanBrightman,NationalPresidentofUnitedNativeAmericans

Alecture/discussiononthetrialsandtribulationswe,asFirstNationspeople,enduredtoimplementNativeAmerican/IndigenousstudiesontheUCandCSUlevel.In1968whentherewereonly10NativeAmericanIndiansthatheldPh.Ds.Itwas,tosaytheleast,somewhatdifficulttopersuadeauniversityintoestablishingaNativeAmericanStudiesprogram.Whentheyfinallyagreedtoit,itwasuptometorecruitfacultyandstudentstomakethisprogramasuccess.

Crossing Colonial Borders: Resisting (U.S.) Passport PrivilegeROM ........................................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Chair:XandraIbarra,INCITE!,EthnicStudies,SFState

Panelists:DeborahAlkamano,DoctoralCandidate,PACE,USC,SriyaShrestha,graduatestudent,PACE,USC,KennyGarcia,GeraldLenoir,InterfaithPeaceBuilders,JuliaGoodfox,Professor,Women’sStudiesandTribalStudies,HaskellIndianNationsUniversity,MarkGonzalez,HumanWritesProject,LosAngeles.


PeopleofcolorwhotraveledtoPalestineandwitnessed,firsthand,livingconditionsunderIsraelioccupation,willdiscusstheircontradictoryexperiencesbetweenracismandsuspicion,ononehand,andtheirabilitytoeasilycrossbordersandgettoplacesPalestiniansarebannedfrombecauseoftheirUScitizenship,ontheother.

The Legacy of Manilatown Archival Project: Transforming Historical and Cultural Preservation To Ask Questions of HistoryT-153 .......................................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Organizer:Ellen-RaeCachola,InformationStudies,UCLA

ManilatownArchivalProjectusesweb2.0technologiesasarchivalrepositoriestohighlightpracticesofhistoricalandculturalpreservationthatcrosses—orexistsoutsideof—traditionalacademicandarchivalboundaries.Thepurposeistofacilitatebridgesbetweenacademicandcommunity-basedknowledgeproduction,toassistcriticalthinkingaboutdevelopment,history,andimmigrantnarratives.

The Continuing Significance of Ethnic Studies for Students TodayJack Adams Hall ....................................................12:35 pm–1:50 pm

Moderator:LarrySalomon,EthnicStudies,CollegeofEthnicStudiesSFState

Discussants:UndergraduatestudentsinEthnicStudies

Fortyyearsago,studentswhofoughtforandlatertookthenation’sfirstEthnicStudiesclassesusedtheirnewcriticaleducationtoinspirecommunity-basedmovementsforjustice.Twogenerationslater,studentscontinuetofindrelevance,inspirationandguidancefromtheCollegeofEthnicStudies.Thispanelpresentationwillfocusontheexperiencesofcurrentstudents,whowilldiscusstheirexpectations,hopes,frustrations,andtheextenttowhichtheireffortstodayandfutureworkoutsidetheclassroomisshapedbytheirexperiencehavingtakenmanyofthediversecourseofferingsinEthnicStudies.

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“Activist Journals under the Auspices of the National Council of Black Studies and SF State’s Africana/Black Studies Department”

Student Activism Over the YearsJack Adams Hall ...................................................... 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Moderator:JimmyCrutison,GraduateStudent,EthnicStudies,SF State

Panelists:Dr.JohnL.Jackson,BlackStudies,DenisonUniversity

“At the Table of Power, Just Like You: Multicultural Privilege between Two Generations of Black Student Activists”

Thispaperexaminestheideologicalorientationsofcollectiveactionintwoblackstudentprotesteventsduring1970and2007.1970’sstudentscalledforinstitutionstofulfilltheirmissionbymovingbeyondWesternclassicstoadvancearadicalredistributionofpowerinacademe.Motivatedbyafictiveideologyofmulticulturalprivilege,2007studentsironicallydemandedafamilialrespectforpersons.Lastly,consequencesforthefutureofAfricanAmericanstudiesprogramswerefoundineachstudentgenerationofcampusprotests.

RandQuinn,Doctoralstudent,Education,StanfordUniv.

Radical Reform from the Inside Out: San Francisco State College BSU, 1963–1969

ThepaperpresentsanearlyhistoryofthepoliticalactionandrhetoricofSanFranciscoStateCollegeBlackStudentUnion(BSU).Universitiesarecommonlyconceptualizedasentrenchedinstitutionsofferinglittleopportunityforstudent-ledreformation.Drawingfromnewspaper,university,andCongressionalarchives,thepaperexplicatestheBSU’ssuccessatradicalreformation.

ArthurSheridan,Alumni,SFState

AstudentleaderatSFStateduringthecivilrightseraofthesixtieswillpresentapaperonhisinvolvementintheprotestsagainstlocalbusinessinS.F.andtheimportanceofSFStateasaleaderinstudentactivism.

ElizabethMartinez,CommunityOrganizerandAuthor

Presentation on the Alcatraz OccupationJack Adams Hall ...................................................... 3:35 pm–5:00 pm

Presenters:PhilKlasky,AmericanIndianStudies,SFState,AimeeBarnes,RichardOakesMulticulturalcenter,StudentInterns,SFState

Wewillbetakingaboutproducingafilmandexhibitaboutthehistorical40thanniversaryoftheoccupationofAlcatrazIsland.Archivalfootagewillbeshown.

UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? (Film)T-153 ......................................................................... 2:10 pm–3:25 pmCalifornia Newsreel

Thisacclaimeddocumentaryseriestacklestherootcausesofouralarmingsocio-economicandracialinequitiesinhealth.Theseriescrisscrossesthenationuncoveringstartlingnewfindingsthatsuggestthereismuchmoretoourhealththanbadhabits,healthcare,orunluckygenes.Thesocialcircumstancesinwhichweareborn,live,andworkcanactuallygetunderourskinanddisruptourphysiologyasmuchasgermsandviruses.

The Ethnic Studies Department at James Logan High School (Union City, CA)T-160 ......................................................................... 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Moderator:Dr.DorothyAllen,NewHavenUnifiedSchoolDistrict/JamesLoganHighSchool

Panelists:MembersoftheEthnicStudiesDepartmentofJamesLoganHighSchool:TinaBobadilla,GabrielaEsquivez,RoxanaMohammed,OscarPenaranda,MeganSafford,IvanSantos,LourdesMadrigal,LindaRodrigues

JamesLoganHighSchool,locatedinUnionCity,California,happenstobeaveryuniquehighschoolwithapopulationofover4,000students.Itistheonlytraditionalhighschoolinthecity.Additionally,LoganholdsthedistinctionofbeingtheonlyhighschoolinthenationwithanEthnicStudiesDepartment.

Pushing the Boundaries of Ethnic StudiesROMC ........................................................................ 2:10 pm–3:25 pm

Thispanelwillreflectoncontributions,developmentsandchallengeswithinthefieldofEthnicStudies.Itwillexaminesomeofthegapsindifferentdisciplinesandaddressproblemsandissuesthathaveemergedwithinthecontextofglobalization,thecurrenteconomiccrisis,andchangesindemographics.

Panelists:Dr.RababIbrahimAdbulhadi,EthnicStudiesDept.,AMED,SFState

Home at Last? AMED, Race, and the Politics of Belonging

Dr.RobertKeithCollins,NativeAmericanStudies,SFState

The Politics of Studying African-Native Americans in the United States: Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects

Dr.IsabelleThuyPelaud,Asian-AmericanStudies,SFState

Vietnamese American Literature in Asian American Studies

Dr.KatynkaZ.Martínez,RazaStudies,SFState

New Media and Old Challenges: Latino advocacy journalism today

Dr.DorothyTsuruta,AfricanAmericanStudies,SFState

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Pinoy Educational Partnerships: Creating an Ethnic Studies PipelineRosa Parks B............................................................. 3:35 pm–5:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.AllysonTintiangco-Cubales,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState

Panelists:ArleneDaus-Magbual,AssociateDirectorofProgramDevelopmentofPEP,RodDaus-Magbual,AssociateDirectorCurriculumDevelopmentofPEP,AristeldelaCruz,CoordinatorofPEPBalboa,AngelicaPosadas,CoordinatorofPEPBalboa,MarieSheridanEstacio,CoordinatorofPEPLongfellow,EuniceMaeLee,CoordinatorofPEPLongfellow,NicolletteMagsambol,CoordinatorofPEPCCSF,JonellMolina,CoordinatorofPEPCCSF,JocylSacramento,CoordinatorofPEPBurton,RaymondSanDiego,CoordinatorofPEPBurton

Establishedin2001,PEPisaFilipina/oAmericanStudiescurriculumandteachingpipeline.PEPiscurrentlyaservice-learningprogramofSFState’sAsianAmericanStudiesDepartmentintheCollegeofEthnicStudies.PEPpartnerswithSanFranciscopublicschoolsandtheFilipinoCommunityCenterlocatedintheExcelsiorneighborhoodwhichhasthehighestconcentrationofFilipina/oyouth.ThemainfocusofourpartnershipsistoprovideanEthnicStudiesandFilipina/oAmericanstudiescurriculumforyouthinSanFranciscoandtoalsoencouragemorestudentsofcolortobecometeachersandeducators.RosaParksD

RACE: THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION (Film) T160 ........................................................................... 4:10 pm–5:00 pm

Thedivisionoftheworld’speoplesintodistinctgroups—“red,”“black,”“white”or“yellow”peoples—hasbecamesodeeplyimbeddedinourpsyches,sowidelyaccepted,manywouldpromptlydismissascrazyanysuggestionofitsfalsity.Yet,that’sexactlywhatthisprovocative,newthree-hourseriesbyCaliforniaNewsreelclaims.Race:thePowerofanIllusionquestionstheveryideaofraceasbiology,suggestingthatabeliefinraceisnomoresoundthanbelievingthatthesunrevolvesaroundtheearth.Yetracestillmatters.Justbecauseracedoesn’texistinbiologydoesn’tmeanitisn’tveryreal,helpingshapelifechancesandopportunities.

EntertainmentMcKenna Theatre .....................................................................6:00 pm

AssociatedStudentsPerformingArts&Lecturespresents:

LivePerformances:YoussouphaSidibe-Kora,AllegraBandySextet,SFSUAfro-CubanEnsembleandMarkHoward&DerrikEllis—comediansasseenonBET’sComic View.

forstudentstounderstandandanalyzehowglobalcircuits,throughwhichpeople,wealth,andculturescirculateandlink,bearonLatinAmericansandLatinas/osinthe21stcentury.

Dr.RonaldW.Lopez,ChicanoandLatinoStudies,SSU

History and Activism in Sonoma County

SonomaCounty’srichtraditionofChicano/LatinocommunityorganizingrangesfromcampusbasedorganizationslikeMEChAtocommunitybasedorganizations,allofwhicharesmall,over-workedandoverlookedinthemainstream’s“gaze,”andhardly-knownoutsidethecounty.Asignificantradiostation,KBBF-LaNuestra,remarkablythenation’sfirstbilingualpublicradiostation,hasplayedaroleand,itsboardmembersandsupportershavehelpedpromoteChicano/LatinoactivisminSonomaCounty,connectingthelayLatino/aworkertotheSpanish-speakingpublic.ThecountymuseumrecentlysponsoredthefirstLatinoheritageexhibit,andaprocessisunderwaytodocumentSonomaCountry’sChicano/Latinohistorythroughinterviewsandoldrecords,todevelopaHistoryofLatinosintheNorthBayInterviewProject.

Dr.DanielMeleroMalpica,ChicanoandLatinoStudies,SSU

Professors and Students in the Community: Working with the Graton Day Labor Center

TheGratonDayLaborCenterhasestablishedastrongfootholdinthewesternregionofSonomaCounty,wherescantstaffandboardmembersworkardentlytoachievegoals.Aprofessor-boardmemberexploreshisexperienceandinvolvement,andtheCenter’sconnectionstotheUniversity,includingpresentationsbylaborersinCALSclasses.Service-learning,andclassroomteachingandlearningprocessesarecontrastedandcompared.

Ethnic Studies and Activism in the Age of Capitalist Crisis and Globalization: Pedagogies and StrategiesT-153 ..................................................................... 10:10 am–11:25 am

Dr.JoonKim,Chair,EthnicStudies,ColoradoStateU.

Dr.MaricelaDeMirjyn,EthnicStudies,ColoradoStateU. Dr.PamelaJumperThurman,EthnicStudies,ColoradoStateU. Dr.NorbertoValdez,EthnicStudies,ColoradoStateU.

ThispaneldiscusseshowournewgradandundergradEthnicStudiesDepartmentatColoradoStateappliesitsuniqueapproachtovitalissuesinordertocreatesocialjusticecommunities.WeexplaintheimportanceofcomparativeglobalEthnicStudiesinthecontextofcapitalistcrisisandglobalizationinfulfillingourobjectives.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH

Jews, the Middle East Conflict, and Ethnic Studies in the Age of ObamaHUM-408 ................................................................10:10 am–12 noon

Panelists:Dr.JoelBeinin,History,StanfordUniversity,Dr.JudithButler,RhetoricandComparativeLiterature,UCBerkeley,Dr.AlexLubin,ChairofAmericanStudies,UniversityofNewMexico,Dr.HiltonObenzinger,AssociateDirectoroftheHumeWritingCenter,HonorsandAdvancedWriting,StanfordUniversity,Dr.KylaWazanaTompkins,GenderandWomen’sStudiesandEnglish,PomonaCollege

InhislandmarkCairoaddress,PresidentBarackObamaarticulatedacognitivemapformedbyAfricanAmericancivilrights,Islamicenlightenment,andJewishDiasporicpolitics.Inlightofthisnewconfigurationofthediscourse,thisroundtablesymposiumwilldiscussthefraughtrelationshipofJewstotheMiddleEastconflictandEthnicStudies.Thesymposiumwilldiscusstheimpedimentsandpossibilitiesofdiscourseinthepastandthepresent,includingcriticismofIsraelipoliciesandhistoriesofexpressionoutsideofZionistorthodoxy,theaccusationsof“anti-Semitism”and“self-hatingJews”forthosewhocriticizeIsraelorexpresssolidaritywithPalestinians,thecomplexalliancesandriftsbetweenAmericanJewsandAfricanAmericans,eruptionsofanti-SemitismandthepossibilitiesofchangeandrealignmentintheageofObama.

Surviving on a Shoestring: Chicano Studies in the North BayROMC ................................................................... 10:10 am–11:25 am

AbriefhistoryoftheChicanoandLatinoStudiesdepartmentatCSU-Sonoma(SSU),from“Mexican-American”to“ChicanoandLatinoStudies”title,itsupsanddownsinenrollmentandfacultyduringvariousbudgetcuts,andtheUniversitycommittees’occasionalattemptstomergeitawayunderone“EthnicStudies”department.Nowinits39thyear,ithassurvived,andisthrivingwithvibrantyoungerfaculty,whilemediatingthestrainbetweenservinglarge-capacityGEclassesanditsMajorsandMinorsneeds.Thissemester,thisdepartmentwasabletocreateaMinorinLatinAmericanStudies(whichpreviouslyfloatedinthecatalogw/oahomedept)underitsdomain.

Panelists:Dr.ElizabethC.Martinez,SSU,Chair,ChicanoandLatinoStudiesDept.

Staying Alive and Thriving

Dr.PatriciaKim-Rajal,ChicanoandLatinoStudies,SSU

Curricular Responses to Globalization

WhilehistoricallegaciescontinuetoshapetherealitiesofChicanoandLatinocommunitiesintheUnitedStates,theglobaleconomicandculturalprocessbearsdownontheexperiencesofindividualswithinthesecommunities.Teachingcoursesrequiresexploringoutside-on-insideandinside-on-outsideperspectivesandunderstanding.Acrucialgoalis

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opportunitiesfortheaudiencetoparticipateinframingtheirownresearch.

Theater Pedagogies for Dialoguing DifferenceRosa Parks D .......................................................... 11:10 am–1:00 pm

Dr.JoyceLu,CSUPomona,

Thisworkshoputilizestheaterartsasatoolforexploringdifferencesinhowwesee,perform,talkandteachaboutrace,culture,power,andresistance1968tothepresent.ThefacilitationstyledrawsontechniquesfromTheatreoftheOppressed,PlaybackTheatre,andsociodrama.

The Origins of the Negro Student Association (NSA) at SF StateRosa Parks F ........................................................ 11:10 am–12:25 pm

Moderator:AbdulK.Sabry,part-timestudent,1961-’68,managingeditorofBlackDialogue,amagazineproducedbystudentsfromSFStateduringthe1960.

Panelists:GeorgeMurray,studentactivist,EdSpriggs,writer/poetandmuseumcurator,earlyorganizerofSFState’sNSA.,MarcPrimus,educator,writer,performerandafoundingmemberofNSA,JoeGoncalves,writer,poet,publisher,formermemberoftheNSA

ThepaneldealswiththeoriginoftheNSAanditsevolutionintotheBlackStudentUnion(BSU).

Critical Analysis of Team-Teaching Area and Ethnic StudiesRosa Parks E .........................................................11:10 am–12:25 pm

Moderator:Dr.MelDonalson,ActingChair,PanAfricanStudies,CSU-LA

Panelists:Dr.ChorSwangNgin,AsianandAsianAmericanStudies,CSU-LA,Dr.MichaelSoldatenko,ChicanoStudies,CSU-LA,Dr.EnriqueOchoa,LatinAmericanStudies,CSU-LA,Dr.C.R.D.Halisi,PanAfricanStudies,CSU-LA

ThispanelcomprisingfacultyfromareaandEthnicStudiesatCalStateLAwillcriticallyengageinaconversationonthefutureofethnicandareastudiesbasedonourexperienceofteam-teachingcomparativeEthnicStudies.Theissuesincludetheoreticalreformulation,comparativemethodology,pedagogy,andprogrammaticmatters.

“Activist Education and intellectual Embattlement”Rosa Parks A .......................................................... 11:10 am–1:00 pm

Moderator:RussellJeung,ProfessorofAsianAmericanStudies,SF State

Panelists:MirelsieVelazquez,doctoralcandidate,EducationalPolicyStudies,Univ.Illinois

“The Rican’: Living and Writing in the Puerto Rican Diaspora”

TheRican:AJournalofContemporaryPuertoRicanThought,establishedin1971,wasquiteinstrumentalinprovidingPuerto

Moving Beyond Self-validation: Institutional and Pedagogical Strategies for Avoiding CooptationJack Adams Hall .................................................. 10:10 am–11:35 am

Moderator:Dr.BenKobashigawa,EthnicStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.JulietteHua,WomenandGenderStudies,SFState

Historical Legacies and the Future of Ethnic Studies: Identity, Politics and Pedagogy

FromtheperspectiveofthepedagogicalstrategiesofoneEthnicStudiesPhDprogram,thispaperexplorestheintellectualandpoliticalquestionsfacingEthnicStudiestoday.Itcallsformovingbeyondthevalidationofdifferentialexperiences,whichitargues,riskstobecomeanapoliticalexerciseinmainstreammulticulturalism.

JuanitaTamayoLott,demographerandauthor,&PennyNakatsu,attorney

Collective Memories and Common Destiny

Wefocusontherelevanceandlimitationsofaninstitutionalizedethnicstudiesinthe21stcenturygivenmoretimelydemographicdescriptorsoftheU.S.,andaglobaleconomyandworkforce.Basedonourmacro-andmicro-multidimensionalperspectives,research,andexperienceinpublic,private,nonprofitanduniversitysectorsfor40years,wediscussthreepoints:[1]therelevanceandtimelinessforaSchoolofEthnicStudiesin1968inSanFrancisco;[2]successesandlimitationsofEthnicStudiesinthe20thCentury;[3]howmightEthnicStudiesadapttoachangingenvironment?

Dr.JosephWhite,UCIrvine,psychologist,activistandfounderofTheEducationalOpportunityProgram(EOP)

You Listen, We Rap! Postcoloniality in Native Hip HopT-160 .......................................................................10:10 am–12 noon

Presenter:Dr.AlanAquallo,AmericanIndianStudies,PalomarCollege

ThispresentationcriticallyinvestigateshowNative(American)artistsembracetheartandcultureofHipHoptoarticulateapostcolonialrhetoricinspace,locationandidentity.Iwillcriticallyunpackcentristlayersofpost-modernismthatcontributetoaformofdisenfranchisementforNativepeople(i.e.,reservation/urbancenters).

Ethnic Studies Beyond the Academy: Theory and Action at the GrassrootsRosa Parks C .......................................................... 11:10 am–1:00 pm

Sessionorganizer:YvonneLiu,AppliedResearchCenter,Oakland

Thisinteractivepanelexploresalternativeframesforresearchtobothmoveorganizingcampaignsandinfluencepolicymaking.Ourspeakersincludeacademics,researchers,andcommunityorganizersworkingtouncoverracialdisparitiesandthesolutionstoclosethegap.Theywillunpackthedominantframedistortingpolicydebateandthenoutlinetheirresearch,toldthroughtheiralternativeframe.Thepanelwillalsoprovide

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Ricanscholarsaspacewheretheirintellectualandliterarycontributionscouldnotonlygainaccesstoalargeraudience,butalsochallengeill-rootednotionsoftheirownscholarship,whilesimultaneouslybuildingrelationshipsbeyondtheirowngeographicandethniclocales.

RickeyVincent,Lecturer,AfricanAmericanStudies,UCBerkeley

Activism and Education at Berkeley in the 1980s: The Ethnic Studies Graduation Requirement

Inthe1980s,students,educatorsandactivistsworkedtoestablishanEthnicStudiesGraduationRequirementatUCBerkeley.Thecompromise“AmericanCultures”requirementnowexistsforundergraduates.Theobjectives,themethodology,andthelegacyofthiseffortareimportanttothefutureofEthnicStudiesasadiscipline.

Dr.DonnaNicol,WomensStudies,CSUFullerton

Ideas Have Consequences: Conservative Philanthropy, Black Studies and the Evolution and Enduring Legacy of the Academic Culture Wars, 1945–2005

Thispaperexamineshowtheacademic“CultureWars”ofthe1980sand1990sgaverisetoavirulentattackagainstBlackStudies,madepossiblethroughconservativephilanthropyfromAmericanbigbusiness.Itexploresthehistoryofconservativepoliticalthoughtonissuesofraceandmulticulturalismtounderstandtheideologicalapparatuswhichmadethe“CultureWars”possible.

Dr.ErinKimura-Walsh,Lecturer,EthnicStudies,SantaClaraUniversity

Balancing the Values of Ethnic Studies and Academe: Cooptation and Self Determination in Faculty Hiring and Promotion

Thismulti-casestudyexpandsourunderstandingofhowinstitutionalcooptationshiftsEthnicStudies’valuesthroughroutineprocesses.Namely,facultyhiringandpromotionpushesEthnicStudiesawayfromcommitmentstocommunityandstudents.Inresponse,thefieldmustexpandstrategicactivitiesthatsimultaneouslyadvanceitsvaluesandgarnerinstitutionalrecognition.

MOVING QUEERS : Sexuality and the Field of Ethnic StudiesJack Adams Hall ................................................ 12:00 noon–1:15 pm

Panelists:Dr.AmySueyoshi,CoordinatorETHSProgram,SFState,Dr.CatrionaRuedaEsquibel,EthnicStudies,SFState,Dr.TomasAlmaguer,RazaStudies,SFState,Dr.AndrewJolivette,AmericanIndianStudies,SFState,

QueersinEthnicStudiesaremoving.Movedbyideologicalforcesoutoftheircontrolandatthesametimefacilitatingmovementsininstitutionalandsocialstructuresantagonistictotheirhealthandhappiness,queersarebothmovedandmovers.CometoapaneldiscussiononthesignificanceandcontributionofqueerandLGBTpeopleasananalyticalframeworkandasacommunityofindividuals.Youwillbemovedbysong,dance,prose,andmore.

Social Movements and the Sociology of Race and EthnicityRosa Parks A-B......................................................... 1:10 pm–3:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.EdwardMcCaughan,Sociology,SFState,

Panelists:Dr.TomasAlmaguer,RazaStudies,SFState,Dr.ChrisBettinger,Sociology,SFState,Dr.AndrewJolivette,AmericanIndianStudies,SFState,Dr.TonyPlatt,Sociology,SFState,Dr.GraceYoo,AsianAmericanStudies,SFState,

Across-generational,interdisciplinarypanelofscholarswilloffercriticalreflectionsondevelopmentsinthesociologyofraceandethnicityfromthe1960stothepresent.

Two Papers for TeachersRosa Parks F ........................................................... 1:10 pm – 2:00 pm

[1] Teach Prep. For Bilingual Educators: Critical Reflection, Reconstruction and Transformation

Panelists:Dr.JosephineArce,SchoolofElementaryEducation,SFState&Dr.DebraLuna,Chair,SchoolofElementaryEducation,SF

Dr.LiliaDeKatzew,ChairofEthnicStudies,CSU-Stanislaus

[2] Opening the Multicultural Discourse under Ethnic Studies Pedagogical Spaces: An Exercise In Metanoia

Thispaperarguesthatonewaytoavoidtheperilinwhichpoliticalcorrectnessmayenhanceapaternalisticinterpretationofminoritygroups’experienceistopedagogicallyapplythedeeperconnotationofmetanoia,thatis,tostrivetobringaboutinstudentsa“fundamentaltransformationofmind,”andthatEthnicStudiesprovidesthepedagogicalspaceinwhichaninstructor,teachingmulticulturalcourses,can,moresuccessfully,approachanexerciseinmetanoia.

Impurities of RaceRosa Parks C ............................................................ 1:10 pm–2:25 pm

Moderator:Dr.FaluBakrania,ProfessorofEthnicStudies,SFState

Panelists:Dr.RachelGorman,Women’s&GenderStudies,Univ.Toronto

‘Obama’s my dad’: Mixed race suspects, political anxiety and the new imperialism

IargueforapoliticizedphenomenologyofracethatservestogroundandspecifyEthnicStudies,andrevealandhistoricizeglobalrelationsofpower.IexplorenarrativesofObamaandmyfather,andbringatransnationalfeministframeworktoanexaminationofontologicalandculturalideologiesofmixedrace identity.

TomSarmiento,AmericanStudies,Univ.ofMinnesota

Imagining Filipina/os in Minnesota: The Politics of Nationalism in the Diaspora

Theearlytwentieth-centuryhistoryofFilipinosinMinnesotailluminesthefigureoftheFilipinoscholarandtheroleofempireinshapingthecontoursofFilipina/oAmerica.My

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paperarguesthatraceandgenderco-constitutivelydefinedhowFilipinosconceptualizedthemselvesasvisitingscholars,immigrantsettlers,anddiasporicsubjects.

Transnational BelongingRosa Parks D ............................................................ 1:10 pm–2:25 pm

Panelists:NahidAfroseKabir,U.WesternAustralia,ResearchFellow,EdithCowanUniversity

Ethnic Studies: Focus on Muslims in Australia and Britain

InmylasttenyearsofEthnicStudiesresearchfocusedonMuslimsinAustraliaandBritain,Imetpeopleofdiversebackgroundsandlearnedoftheirsettlementexperiencesandidentities.InthispaperIdiscussmyresearchmethodandevaluatetheimportanceofthisstudyforacademia,policymakersandotherdiverseinterests.

AlexJ.S.Lee,UniversityofIllinois,Champaign

“Race” in (East) Asia: Thoughts on a Global Racial Order

Mypaperexploreshowracialideologiesprominentin“theWest,”specificallytheconflationof“whiteness”withauthentic“Americanness,”achievenewsalienceoutsideaU.S.context.ReflectingbrieflyonmyownexperiencesinSouthKoreaandJapan,Iarguethatthelanguageof“race”and“racialization”thoughuncommoninEastAsiaremainsacodedpresencepervadingvariousspheresofEastAsiansociety,namelytheboomingEnglishlanguageindustry.Consequently,EthnicStudiesscholarshipthatemploysaparadigmthatstretchesbeyondaU.S.frameworkisincreasinglyvaluable.

Financial Literacy equals Access to Capital Rosa Parks E ............................................................. 1:10 pm–2:00 pm

Presenters:SedrickTydus,AltaAllianceBank,SFStatealum,JainWilliams,StateFarmInsurance

Financialliteracyisafoundationalelementtocapitalformation.Wewilldiscusshowcreditdecisionsaremadeandwhatarethecriticaldecisionpoints.Inadditionwewillexaminehowthecreditenvironmenthaschanged.Finally,wewilltalkaboutwealthmanagementandassetprotection.Thisincludeshowinsuranceiskeyforthepreservationofassets.

Race and IndigeneityROMC ........................................................................ 1:10 pm–3:00 pm

Moderator:Dr.RobertKeithCollins,NativeAmericanStudies,SFState

Panelists:NeilMacLean,IndigenousPeoplesSolidarityGroup

Ohlone Dissidents, Ethnic Recovery, Indigenous Roots

ThispaperdevelopstheculturalnarrativestrategythatguidesmysixteenyearsoforganizingwithOhlone,SanFrancisco’soriginalinhabitants.ItexplainstheuseofradiobroadcastsandfilmprojectionsontoCoitTower,asacommunitybased‘recovery’strategybreakingdenialaboutongoing,politicallymotivatedOhlonedisappearanceandgenocide.

RaulMoreno,PoliticalScience,UCLA

Erasing Race: Indigeneity, the State, and the Discourse of Mestizaje in El Salvador, 1930–1950

Thispaperexaminesthemannerinwhich“Indianness”asaracialcategoryceasedtoofficiallyexistinElSalvadorafterthefirstpopulationcensusof1930andbecameconstruedasapreeminentlyethniccategory.Inaddition,thisprojecttracesimportancethatthisshiftinracialcategorizationhaduponSalvadoranpoliticaldevelopment.

DarrylOmarFreeman,GraduateStudent,EthnicStudies,SFStateInterveningIdentityandCitizenshipBoundaries:NativeAmericansandAfricanHeritageIndiansReconciliationandCollectiveAction

InourincreasinglymulticulturalU.S.society,thegreatestchallengesoftheEthnicStudyacademyistofostermutualrespectandcontinuoussearchforcommongroundwiththediversityofethnicgroupsinthiscountry.Thisessayillustratesbycaseexample,theurgentneedforaconcertedeffortbyEthnicStudiesscholarstocommittoanethosofethnicsolidarity.

Dr.RobertKeithCollins,NativeAmericanStudies,SFState

Blackness and Indigenity

Whatistherelationshipbetweenblacknessandindigenity?Toengagethisquestion,thispapertakesacomparativelookatthesalienceofthisrelationshipinthelivesofAfrican-NativeAmericans(i.e.,individualsthatareofblendedculturaland/orracialAfricanandNativeAmericandescent)andAboriginalAustralians.BlacknessandIndigenitymustbeunderstoodinamannerconsistentwiththedynamicnatureinwhichbeingbothblackandindigenousisnavigatedineverydaylives.Inthispaper,Iwillarguethatethnographicdiscussionsofblacknessandindigenitymustrejectsocio-culturaldeterministicconceptionofthisrelationshipandbeexpandedtoincludethediversityofpeoplethathavebeenclassifiedunderthesenotionsovertime,soastonotlendtheillusionthatthisrelationshipisonlyaprecipitateofU.S.racemakingpolicy.Juma’a Under the Sun: Race, Resistance, and RelevanceQuad and Malcolm X Plaza....................................1:00 pm–2:45 pm

Imam:Dr.HatemBazian,NearEasternandEthnicStudies,UCBerkeley

Juma’aiscommunalandcollectiveprayersMuslimspracticeonFridays.TheMuslimStudentAssociation(MSA)andtheMuslimWomen’sStudentAssociation(MWSA),incoalitionwithotherstudentgroups,suchasBlackStudentUnion(BSU)andtheGeneralUnionofPalestineStudents(GUPS),willholdaspecialSalaatal-Juma’a,intheQuadandMalcolmXPlaza,SFStatecampus,underthesuninhonorofthe40thAnniversaryofthefoundingoftheCollegeofEthnicStudies.Beforethecommunalprayers,theImamdeliversakhutba(sermon),whichspeakstothesocial,cultural,spiritual,andpoliticalconcernsofthehour.AstheImamdeliverswhatamountstoapedagogicallessonoftheoppressed,non-MuslimsjoinintoexpresstheiroppositiontohatespeechandIslamophobia,andinsistontheprincipleofjusticeforall.

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The Celtic Samurai: Searching for Shamrocks in Zen GardensRosa Parks E ............................................................. 3:10 pm–5:00 pm

Performer:StephenMurphyShigematsu,StanfordUniversity

TheCelticSamuraiisastorytellingofatransculturaljourneybetweenJapanandAmerica.ItisanarrativeadventureofthesonofaJapanesemotherandIrishfatherborninOccupiedJapan,raisedintheU.S.,ashenavigatesracial,cultural,andnationalborderworldsandassertsmultipleidentities.

Where Do We Go From Here?Rosa Parks A-B.......................................................3:10 pm–4:25 pm

Aroundtablediscussionco-hostedbyfacultyoftheCollegeofEthnicStudiesatSFState.

The Chicana/Latina/Indigenous Pathfinders and Their Impact on Today’s ChallengesROMC ........................................................................ 3:00 pm–5:00 pm

Moderator:DorindaMoreno,SFStateUniversityGraduate,1973

Panelists:Dr.VirginiaLea,CSUSonoma,“ContemporaryEducationParadigmofPauloFreire”,Dr.CarlosMunozJr.,Emeritus,UCBerkeleyDr.DionneEspinoza,CSULosAngeles,“DorindaMorenoandThirdWorldWomen’sPerspectives:AnEarlyParadigmofGenderinGlobalContextinEthnicStudies”,IfieLott,videodocumentarian,Nigerianrefugee,Dr.GeorgiaBowen-Quinones,“PeaceMakingThroughFilm:Paper:ThewritingsofRosarioCastellanos,OficiodeTinieblas/BookofLamentationsandherinfluenceonthepresentdayZapatistaUprisingandNationalMovement”,ElenaHerrada,&DianaRivera,“TheChicanaandtheMovimiento,NationalandInternationalMovements”

ThispanelbridgesEthnicandWomen’sStudies.Itaddressestheprofoundcontributionsofwomenandthemenwhocreatedpathstowardsunderstandingandreconciliationinregardtopersistentcontemporarygenderissuesimpactingtheyouthofcolorinthiscomplexsociety.

Hidden Jewish Narratives and Identities: Histories and Visions of Jewish Anti-ZionistsT-160 ......................................................................... 3:10 pm–5:00 pm

Moderator:SaraKershnar,Int’lJewishAnti-ZionistNetwork

Panelists:MichLevy,InternationalJewishanti-ZionistNetwork,LisaRofel,Anthropology,UCSantaCruz,BarbaraLubin,MiddleEastChildren’sAlliance,KinneretIsraeli,TamaraSpira

ThispanelincludesUSandInternationalJewishvoicesaboutthehistories,identities,cultures,politicalorganizingandvisionsthatZionismhasobscured.PresentationswillsharetheInternationalJewishanti-ZionistNetwork’sliberationpolitics,organizingandvision,includinganunderstandingoftheroleofthelegaciesofJewishtrauma,persecutionandprivilegeinthehistoricandcurrentviolenceofZionismandIsrael.❦

40 Years of LeadershipTheCollegeofEthnicStudiesSan Francisco State University1969–2009

JamesA.Hirabayashi,1969–1977&1979–1980

DaniloT.Begonia,1978–1979

D.PhillipMcGee,1980–1999

GeraldWest,1999–2001

ThomasAlmaguer,2001–2004

KennethMonteiro,2004–present

IncertainyearstheofficeoftheDeanwasreferredtoastheDirectorandtheCollegewasreferredtoastheSchool.

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SF State, College of Ethnic Studies Faculty and Staff

DeanKennethP.Monteiro,Ph.D.AssociateDeanLaureenChew,Ed.D

Tenure/Tenure Track FacultyRababAbdulhadi,Ph.D.AntwiAkom,Ph.D.TomásAlmaguer,Ph.D.FaluBakrania,Ph.D.JoanneBarker,Ph.D.DaniloBegonia,M.A.TeresaCarrillo,Ph.D.LaureenChew,Ed.D.RobertCollins,Ph.D.Carlos Cordova, Ed.D.JoseCuellar,Ph.D.WeiMingDariotis,Ph.D.RafaelDiaz,PhD.LorraineDong,Ph.D.JeffreyDuncan-Andrade,Ph.D.CatrionaEsquibel,Ph.D.JasonFerreira,Ph.D.Dawn-ElissaFischer,Ph.D.VeliaGarcia,Ph.D.ShawnGinwright,Ph.D.DanielGonzales,J.D.LauraHead,Ph.D.MarlonHom,Ph.D.RussellJeung,Ph.D.AndrewJolivette,Ph.D.BenKobashigawa,Ph.D.MaiNhungLe,Dr.P.H.JonathanH.X.LeePh.D.SerieMcDougal,Ph.D.KatynkaMartinez,Ph.D.NancyMirabal,Ph.D.AlejandroMurguia,M.F.A.MelissaNelson,Ph.D.WadeNobles,Ph.D.TheophileObenga,Ph.D.IsabellePelaud,Ph.D.John-CarlosPereaPh.D.BelindaReyes,Ph.D.JohnettaRichards,Ph.D.RobertoRivera,Ph.D.ValerieSoe,M.F.A.AmySueyoshi,Ph.D.AllysonTintiangco-Cubales,Ph.D.ObaT’Shaka,Ph.D.

DorothyTsuruta,Ph.D.WesleyUeunten,Ph.D.KevinWashington,Ph.D.AguibouYansane,Ph.D.GraceYoo,Ph.D.

StaffRosalieAlfonsoRaphaelAllenMiguelCasusoMadelineFlamerJacquelineHusarySaharKouryEllieLuisBetteMatsuokaBeckyMouJamesQuesadaDorothyRossGabrielaSegovia-McGahanKurtSchroederSabbaShorakaSoTrinh

LecturersEuniceAaronFahdAhmedThomasCaseyMalcolmCollierBisharaCostandiBrigitteDavilaIreneDullerRobertFungSamuelHarvellDonnaHubbardBettyKanoFelixKuryThabitiMtambuziMiraNabulsiNaomiQuinonezLarrySalomonKhanumShaikhSamiaShomanReneeStephensKathyWallaceJeannieWoo


Black/Africana Studies

TheBlackStudiesDepartmentwaschangedtoAfricanaStudiesin 2005

Founding Faculty/Administration AmiriBarakaKareniaBooksterRonBoydJosephBrooksWilmetBrownMalongaCasquelourdRobertCayouNontsiziDelorisCayouColtraneChimurengaRobertChrismanFlournoyColesJoeGonzalesJohnHandyNathanHareMohammedHassanJacquelineHowardAnthonyJohnsonLucilleJonesAbdulKenyattaSyedKhatibRichardKingMaryLewisReggie MajorsAlmaMaxwellPhillipMcGeeAgnesMortonMilhaleniNjisaneWadeNoblesOpalPalmerJulianRichardsonRayeRichardsonSoniaSanchezTomatraScottPatThortonObaT’ShakaGeraldWestJosephWhiteMarvinX

Community SupportersWillieBrownCarletonGoodlettRonDellumsCecilWilliams

The Black Student Union (BSU)DhameeraAhmadJohnHenryAlexisJahidAshleyScottB.GeorgeP.ColbertGwenColemanTerry CollinsTommieCollinsElmerCooperNiaCarolCornwellDonald CraigNesbitCrutchfieldFlorence DavisHariDillonJohnDoyleMichaelFergusonCharlesFranklinPatFullerJaniceGarrettJamesGarrettDannyGloverLeroyGoodwinJoeGoncalvesDeLeonHarrisonRoyHarrisonFayeHerringJoeHuntCalvinJonesMartinJonesSharonJonesJudyJuanitaAubrieLabrieGeraldLabrieReginalLockettReginald MajorsDonMcAllisterPatricia McClainJoanneMitchellMalcolmMorrisGeorgeMurry

On Whose Shoulders We StandEarly Contributors to the College of Ethnic Studies


PaulOpokumTimPeeblesWilliePhillipsEvelyn ProcterRobertPrudhommeWilliamPulliamPeterPursleyBridgesRandallGayleQuinnYolandaRedfordArtSheridanChuckSizemoreVernSmithDonSmothersLarrySneadBennyStewartBernardStringerDarcelStockyRamonaTascoeMarilynTheriotCarolynThompsonCherylThompsonClarenceBuzzThomasGwenThomasSharonTreskunoffJerryVarnadoMarilynVarnadoEdWashingonMichaelWhiteMayumAl-WadiLandonWilliamsOraWilliamsOscarWilliamsRobertWilliamsClaudeBoorayWilsonClaudeE.WilsonWadeWoods

Africana Studies Exemplary Leader: Dr. Raye Richardson

Dr.RayeG.Richardsonwasbornin1920inArkansasandgrewupinWaukegan,Illinois.SheenteredTuskegeeInstituteatage16,andlateralsoattendedtheSanFranciscoAcademyofArt.AtTuskegeeshemetJulianRichardson,whowouldbecomeherhusbandandpartnerinpoliticalactivismfor58years.InSanFrancisco,wherethecouplesettled,theystartedSuccessPrintingCompanyinthethen

thrivingFillmoreDistrict.In1960theyfoundedMarcusBookswhichquicklybecameahubofculturalandpoliticalactivityandanationallyacclaimedresourceofliterature“ByandAboutBlackPeopleEverywhere.”In1976RayeandJulianopenedasecondbookstoreintheEastBay,whichisnowlocatedinOakland.In2008,MarcusBooksStorescelebratedtheir48thanniversary.

Dr.Richardson’spoliticalactivism,brilliantintellect,andcommittedleadershipmadeheramuchsoughtafterspeakeratuniversitiesandconferencesthroughouttheUnitedStates.IntheBayArea,shehastaughtatGoldenGateUniversity,USFLawSchool,UCBerkeleyCenterforUrbanBlackStudies,andtheGraduatetheologicalUnion.SheisformerChairofBlackStudies—nowAfricanaStudies—intheCollegeofEthnicStudiesatSanFranciscoStateUniversity.Dr.RichardsonretiredasthefirstProfessorEmeritusoftheSchoolofEthnicStudies,hertenureservingasasymbolofthe“comingofage”ofBlackStudiesasaseriousandrespecteddiscipline.DuringhertenureatSFSUshewrote,produced,anddirectedMontageofaDreamDeferred,basedonaLangstonHughes’poem.ShealsowroteanddirectedRequiemforMalcolm.

Dr.Richardson’spoliticalandcommunitycreditsspanoverfivedecades.TheyincludeappointmenttotheSanFranciscoLibraryCommissionbyMayorMosconeandappointmenttoCaliforniaMedicalQualityAssuranceCommittee,RegionIV.ShechairedtheBurningBushGoverningBoardfortheCenterforUrbanBlackStudiesattheGradateTheologicalUnioninBerkeley,andco-foundedtheCarltonB.GoodlettInstitute.MajorWillieBrownappointedDr.RichardsontotheWesternAdditionCitizensAdvisoryCommittee;MayorNewsomappointedDr.RichardsontotheSmallBusinessCommission.Dr.RichardsonisHonoraryCo-chairoftheWomen’sInternationalNetwork(WIN)andhaswrittenfortheSanFranciscoSunReporterNewspaper.AmonghermostrewardingexperiencesisservingontheDisparityCommitteeoftheHospitalCouncil,designedtoclosethegapbetweenthedeliveryofmedicalservicesbetweenBlackandWhitepopulations.

Dr.Richardsonhasreceivednumerousawards,includingTheDanielE.KoshlandCivicUnityAward,theJonesMethodistCommunityAchievementAward,andKGOTVProfilesinExcellenceAward.ShehasbeenhonoredbytheCaliforniaStateLegislature,theCaliforniaStateSenate,theCityandCountyofSanFrancisco,theAssociationofBlackPsychologists,theSanFranciscoBlackChamberofCommerce,theSanFranciscoBusinessandProfessionalwomen,DeltaSigmaThetaSorority,andtheCenterfortheArtsatYerbaBuenaGardens.In2001,Dr.RichardsonwasawardedtheprestigiousSPURAward.Sheisahighlycommittedadvocateforyouth.In2001,CityCollegeofSanFranciscohonoredherforheroutstandingcontributionstotheeducationalcommunity,andshereceivedaWomenofAchievement,Values,andExcellence(WAVE)AwardfromGirlSource.Bothin1999and2006,shereceivedtheBestBookStoreAwardpresentedattheAmericanBooksellersAssociationnationalconferences.

Inadditiontohermanypoliticalandcommunitycommitments,Dr.RayeRichardsonisthemotheroffivechildren,grandmotheroften,andgreat-grandmotherofseven.


Native/American Indian StudiesThe Native American Studies Department was changed to the American Indian Studies Department in 1980.

Early Contributors

Individuals

PaulaGunnAllen

WallaceBlackElk

CanutoAranaydo

BurtonGordon

AnnHardin

BernardHoehner-Peji

VernonT.Ketcheshawno

JeanLaMarr

DorothyLewis

BeatriceMedicine

Eagle Medicine

StephenMcLemore

WoeshaCloudNorth

RichardOakes

ElizabethParent

ElsieParrish

DonaldL.Patterson

CarolLeeSanchez

LujanTelesfor

JohnTrudell

HoraceSpencer

Campus-Based Organizations

StudentKouncilofIndianNations(SKINS)

FirstHawks

Community-Based Organizations

AmericanIndianChildResourceCenter

CaliforniaIndianLegalServices

InternationalIndianTreatyCouncil

FriendshipHouseAssociationofAmericanIndians

NativeAmericanAIDSPreventionCenter

NativeAmericanHealthCenter

American Indian Studies Exemplary Leader: Dr. Elizabeth Parent (Athabascan)

Dr.ParentreceivedaB.A.inAnthropologyfromtheUniversityofAlaska,Fairbanks,anM.A.inEducationAdministrationfromHarvardUniversity,andaPh.D.inAnthropologyfromStanfordUniversity.Herdissertation,entitledTheEducationalExperiencesoftheResidentsofBethel,Alaska:AHistoricalCaseStudy,focusedoneducationalissuesconfrontingAlaskaNatives.

AfterteachingasalecturerforthreeyearsinNativeAmericanStudiesattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,ParentjoinedtheAmericanIndianStudiesDepartmentasalecturer(1980–81)beforebeingappointedasanAssistantProfessor(1981–82)atSFSUasasinglemotherofthree.Shetookontheresponsibilitiesofchairingtheprogram,guidingAIStodepartmentstatusanddevelopingtheminoremphasis.Shewasthefirsttenured/promotedfacultymemberofthedepartment.SheretiredasProfessorEmeritusinJanuary2001.

Throughouthercareer,Parenthasbeenactivelyinvolvedinjournalismandmulti-media.SheisamemberoftheNativeAmericanJournalismAssociation.Whileapost-doctoralfellowattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,shehostedapublicbroadcastingshowcalledReality,Mind&Languageaswellasabi-monthlyradioshowonPasadenaCommunityCollege’sKPCC,earningherthenickname‘TreatyLady’becauseoftheshow’sattentiontoissuesoftreatyrights.Currently,Dr.ParentservesontheBoardofDirectorsfortheNativeAmericanCulturalCenterinSan Francisco.


Asian American StudiesThecreationofAsianAmericanStudiesatSanFranciscoStatewasthecollectiveeffortsofmanypeople—mainlystudents,communitymembers,andfaculty.Theliststhatfollowareourincompleteattempttoprovidesometokenacknowledgmentoftheiractivities.Theselistsarebasedonnotes,minutes,andpeople’smemories,andarecertainlyincomplete.Weapologizetothosewhomwehaveoverlookedaswellasforanymisspellingofpeople’snames.Wehavegroupedpeopleincategoriestogivethemsomeformofidentity.Somepeoplearelistedinseveralgroups,astheirroleschangedwithtimeortheybelongedtomorethanonegroup.

Students active in student organizations, AAS planning groups, and the creation of AAS from 1968 to 1971

AAPA (Asian American Political Alliance) and/or the Japanese Planning Group 1968–1971

CindyFukagai,MikeIkeda,BetteInouye(Matsuoka),DaroInouye,BettyKimura,KrisKiyomura,GeorgeLeong,JaneMakiTabata,NoriMayeda,PennyNakatsu,DonnaNomura,KayNomura,JeffMori,SteveNakajo,LloydNekoba,JaniceOgawa,BruceOka,FrancisOka,MarianOkamura,MiyoOta,RogerOyama,MasayoSuzuki,TerryTerauchi,SharonUratsu,RichardWada,AlfredWong,StanWong,andPaulYamasaki

ICSA (Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action) and/or the Chinese Planning Group 1968–1971

ConnieChan,DorothyChen,HerbertChew,LaureenChew,AlanChin,EddieChin,GordonChin,PhilChin,WandaChin,GarretChin,JuliaChing,PaulChinn,MalcolmCollier,CurtisChoy,IreneDea,JeannieDere,JimDong,LelandyDong,DannyEngDannyEng,LincolnFong,LoraFoo,BobGin,JaneGin,JudyGin,LolanHo,SpencerJoe,BerwynLee,NathanLee,RoseLee,DiDiLeong,GeorgeLeong,RussellLeong,TonyLeong,KuoLew,ArthurLim,FredLau,JohnLum,KendrickLum,DavidQuan,RobertQuon,JudySeto,BenjaminTong,JohnWichman,AlfredWong,ColemanWong,MasonWong,GeorgeK.Woo,RowenaWong,MayMayWong,DorothyYee,RobertYee,StanYee,VickiYee,MichaelYep,andFrankYoung.

PACE (Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor) and/or the Pilipino Planning Group 1968–1971

RosalieAlfonso,SonnyAranaydo,DaniloBegonia,ReginaCalacal,RayCordova,EvelynDacanay,ArikaDacumas,RodneyDelaConcepcion,DeLyndaDeLeon,EdwarddelaCruz,ManuelDifuntorum,CharlesDionisio,EleanorEvangelista,VirginiaEvangelista,BruceGali,IsidroGali,MingnonGeli,DanielPhilGonzales,TonyGrafilo,EleanorHipol-Luis,TedirenioHipol,EdwardIlumin,RobertIlumin,OrvilleJundis,FerdinandLucky,BenjaminMonicoLuis,BayaniMariano,CarlwoodMendoza,MadelineMendoza,KarlenePalomares,AlicePatacsil,OscarPeñaranda,RonaldQuidachay,MagdalenaRamirez,FranciscoRosario,EdnaSalaver,PatrickSalaver,AnitaSanchez,AlexSoria,BlesSoriano,Luis

Syquia,SerafinSyquia,SamuelTagatac,JuanitaTamayo,DennisUbungen,ValValledor,andMarilynZarsaIlumin.

Community members who provided assistance from 1968 to spring 1971:

NestorAquino,GeorgeAraki,NancyAraki,AliceBarkley,FredBasconcillos,CarolinaBorromeo,RichardCerbatos,PhilipP.Choy,AlexEsclamado,IsidroGloria,SueHayashi,JamesA.Hirabayashi,TomKim,HimMarkLai,GordonJ.Lau,RollandC.Lowe,KarlMatsushita,JulitaMcLeod,JaniceMirikitani,KenjiMurase,JovinaNavarro,PhilippineConsulGeneralSamsonSabalones,AniciaTamayo,LazaroTamayo,Rev.AntonioUbalde,EdisonUno,EmilUrbiztondo,JasonVillafuerte,YoriWada,LloydWake,AlanS.Wong,Rev.LarryJackWong,GeorgeK.Woo,andJoyceYamamoto.

SF State administrators, staff, and faculty who provided assistance from 1968 to spring 1971:

GeorgeAraki,DanielFeder,DonaldGarrity,JamesA.Hirabayashi,Kai-YuHsu,TedJitodai,DonaldLowe,KenjiMurase,UrbanWhitaker,Jr.,andHideoYanenaka.

Faculty members from fall 1969 to 1977. This list includes individuals who actually taught the classes, regardless of their official status. Many instructors were also active on the planning groups:

VivianAbe,MarilynAlquizola,GeorgeAraki,DaniloBegonia,CarolinaBorromeo.EmilyCachapero,JaniceChan,JefferyP.Chan,TeresaChen,FrankChin,PhilipP.Choy,MalcolmCollier,EdwarddelaCruz,LuzDeLeon,JamesDong,MoonEng,DanielP.Gonzales,NeilGotanda,AnthonyGrafilo,EricHayashi,CaroleHayashino,JamesA.Hirabayashi,Kai-YuHsu,MichaelIkeda,EdwardIlumin,JoeKamiya,Rev.DainemKatagiri,SaichiKawahara,DoraKim,ThomasKim,BokuKodama,HimMarkLai,JoaquinLegaspi,LilyLoh,BayaniMariano,KarlMatsushita,JohnMinamoto,KazMinawa,JaniceMirikitani,CeliaMora,KenjiMurase,RayNagai,StephenNakajo,PennyNakatsu,JovinaNavarro,LloydNekoba,WesleyNihei,LaneNishikawa,WilburObata,MarianOkumura,JamesOkutsu,OscarPeñaranda,VictorinaPisingan,RodelRodis,RodneySantos,StephenP.Shon,LeeThomasSurh,HidekoPatriciaSumi,SamuelTagatac,JuanitaTamayo,WinifredTang,BenjaminTong,EdisonUno,FelicissimoVelasquez,AlanS.Wong,AlfredWong,Rev.LarryJackWong,GeorgeK.Woo,KenWoo,WilliamD.Y.Wu,MorganYamanaka,MaryYang,andJamesDudleyYasuda.

Department Coordinators/Chairs from 1969 to 1977

JamesA.Hirabayashi—1969–70;alsoSchoolofEthnicStudiesDirector/Dean,1970–76

JefferyPaulChan—1970–72

DaniloBegonia—1972–75;alsoSchoolofEthnicStudiesActingDean,1976–78

JefferyPaulChan1975-1984


Asian American Studies Exemplary Leader: Daniel Phil Gonzalez, J.D.

AdmittedtoSFStateviaEOPandPACE,DanGonzalesparticipatedinthe1968-69StrikeatSanFranciscoStateCollege,theninitiatedtheformalprocesstoestablishtheSchoolofEthnicStudiesinSpring1969bysecuringthesupportofDeanDanielFeder.DeanFederinstructedandadvisedrepresentativesfromBSU,LaRaza,SKINS,AAPA,ICSA,andPACEontheadministrative,political,andeconomicprocessesforestablishingdepartmentsand

schoolstodevelopcurriculumandsupportingbibliographies,tocompletecourseproposals,andtodirectlyengageAcademicSenatecommitteesandtheCollegeadministrationtosecureapprovalandimplementationoftheSchoolofEthnicStudies.

InFall1969,heco-taught“IntroductiontoAsianAmericanStudies”intheSchoolofEthnicStudies’firstsemester.Healsoco-wrotetheoriginalPilipinoAmericanandAsianAmericanStudiescurriculum.WhileearninghisJDfromHastingsCollegeofLaw(1974-1977),hecontinuedteachingpart-timeinAAS.Immediatelyaftergraduation,DantookonthetaskofrepresentingtheinterestsoftheSchoolandAASinkeyuniversitypositions.HewastheSchoolrepresentativetotheCourseReviewCommittee(theonlynon-AssociateDeanmember),theAcademicSenatorforEthnicStudiesduringtheso-called“GEWars,”andservedsimultaneouslyontheCurriculumReviewandApprovalCommittee,theAcademicPolicyCommittee,andtheEducationalPolicyCommittee.DaninitiatedtheEthnicStudiesGeneralEducationcurriculumdevelopmentcampaignandlaterservedontheSenateExecutiveCommitteeandtheGESegmentIIBehavioralandSocialSciencesCommittee.Morerecently,heservedontheGeneralEducationCouncil,theAcademicProgramReviewCommittee,andtheAcademicSenate.

ForFilipinoAmericanStudies,DanwasoneofthekeyleadersoftwoimportantprojectsatSFState.TheywerethePhilippineAreaandLanguageOverseasStudies(PALOS)project,wherestudentsstudiedabroadattheUniversityofthePhilippines,andtheFilipinoAmericanExperienceResearchProject(FAX-RP)wherehundredsofstudentsconductedresearchonthehistoryofFilipinoAmerica.DanhasdevotedhimselftirelesslytoPACEandChiRhoOmicron,XPO,asafacultyadvisorandtoAASduringthepastfortyyears.

Offcampus,music,andmediawereamonghismaininterests.HeplayedkeyboardsforthegroupMundofrom1971–73,andwasacontributingphotographer(aswellasco-editor)ofLiwanagthemuchcelebratedoriginalbookofFilipinoAmericanliteraryandvisualart,ahistoryconsultantfortheclassicdocumentaryTheFallofI-HotelandthePresidioArmyMuseumexhibitentitled“BahalaNa,”andformanyyears,thewriter,director,andproducerforthePacificMagazinesegmentofManila/Manilatheweeklynationaltelevisionprogram.Hehasservedonnumerouscommunityboards,includingNAATA–nowtheCenterforAsianAmericanMedia--andmostrecentlythePin@yEducationalPartnership.

EthnicStudies,AsianAmericanStudies,andFilipinoAmericanStudiesaswellasthestudentsandcommunityatlargeareindebtedtoDanielPhilGonzaleswhohasfaithfullystayedwiththestrugglefrom1968tillnow,overfortyyearslater.Thereistrulynoonemorededicatedtothecausethan“Gonzo”!


Race and Resistance StudiesQPOC(QueerPeopleofColor)wasfoundedbygraduatestudentsintheM.A.programinEthnicStudiesinMay2005.ThestudentgroupbeganasLaFamilia,yetsoonafterexpandedtoQPOCinrecognitionoftheimportanceofcollaboratingwithotherqueersofcolor.FoundingmembersconsistedofIsabelMillanandAlejandroHurtado,Co-Chairs;AbramJackson,Treasurer;andAnayvetteMartinez,Recorder/Archivist.QPOCorganizeditsfirstpublicevent,QPOCExpressionsonMarch10,2006,aneveningofperformancesuchasdragandspokenwordandwentontoco-organizethefirstQPOCleadershipsummitwithUCBerkeleyandUCDavisinthesameyear.QPOC,initiatedbyimpassionedqueergraduatestudentsofcolordedicatedtocommunitybuildingthroughcoalitionalpolitics,embodiesthefoundingtenetsofRaceandResistanceStudiesinitsmulti-racialandintersectionalanalysis

Race and Resistance Studies Exemplary Leader: Dr. Rafael M. Díaz

RafaelDíazjoinedtheCollegeofEthnicStudiesin2002astheDirectoroftheCésarChávezInstitute(CCI)andProfessorinwhatwasthencalledtheEthnicStudiesProgram.ForfiveyearsheworkedtirelesslytoreinvigoratetheCCI,breakingnewgroundwithprojectsthatforthefirsttimeaddressedsexualityaswellasmultipleracialgroups.InthespiritofcommunityorganizerCesarChavez,Dr.Díazhasfortifiedaresearchcentercommittedtocoalition-

buildingacrossdifferingethno-racialcommunitiesinthefightforsocialjustice.HehasmentoredfacultyinallfiveunitsoftheCollegeofEthnicStudies,providingexceptionalsupporttojuniorfacultyinvaryingdisciplinestoconductcommunityparticipatoryactionresearchthroughprogramssuchastheMinorityResearchInfrastructureProgram(MRISP).From2006to2007Dr.DíazplayedacriticalroleintheformalizationoftheRaceandResistanceStudiesasitjustbeganitspathtorenameitselfandcreateaminordegreecurriculum.HeembodiestheidealsofRaceandResistanceStudies,aprogramthatseekstounderscoretheimportanceofbroadcoalitionsandconsiderationsofcommunitiesinwhichgender,sexuality,andclassremaincentralissuesofanalyses.Dr.Díazisasocialworkerandadevelopmentalpsychologistbytraining.HehaspreviouslyworkedattheUniversityofNewMexico,StanfordUniversity,andtheCenterforAIDSPreventionStudiesattheUniversityofCaliforniaatSanFrancisco.HehasbeenthePrincipalInvestigatoronseveralprojectsfundedbytheNationalInstituteofHealthandremainsbestknownforhisbookLatinoGayMenandHIV:Culture,Sexuality,&RiskBehaviorthathasbecometheleadingguidingframeworkforthedevelopmentofHIVpreventioninterventionswithgaymenofcolor,aswellasapolicymonographtitled“SocialDiscriminationandHealthOutcomes:ThecaseofLatinogaymenandHIV”releasedbythePolicyInstituteoftheNationalGayandLesbianTaskForce.


Raza StudiesEarly Contributors RogerAlvaradoEstebanBlanco(FirstChairoftheLaRazaStudiesProgram1969–71)BeckyCarrilloDr.AngieChabram-DernersesianMyrthaChabranDr.Jesus“Chuy”Contreras(studentactivist,lecturerinRazaStudies,facultymemberatSFSU,DirectoroftheFaculty/StudentMentorshipProgram)Dr. Carlos CordovaRobertoCorrea,EOPcounselorandinstructorinRazaStudiesMarta EstrellaDr.JuanFloresEsterHernandezMarioGallardoRupertGarciaDr.VeliaGarciaRonaldGómez(Lecturer,LaRazaStudiesProgram)JuanGonzalez(LecturerandChair,LaRazaStudiesProgram)CeciliaGuidosFelixKuryYolandaLopezRalphMaradiagaAnitaMartinez(FirstdirectorofEOP,SFSU)AlbertoMartinezDr.Elizabeth“Bettita”MartinezEvaMartinezDr.JuanMartinez(ChicanolecturerinHistory,SFSU)RafaelMartinezAdelaMarquezAnaMontes(Lecturer,LaRazaStudiesProgram)DorindaMoreno(Lecturer,LaRazaStudiesProgram)AlejandroMurguiaDr.TedMurguia(LecturerandChair,LaRazaStudiesProgram)RichardOakesCarmenOlivaresMariaOlivares,J.D.RaulOrtega,InstructorDonOrtez(Chair,LaRazaStudiesProgram)GilbertoOsorioRosaPerez,SanJosé/EvergreenCommunityCollegeDistrictChancellorJuanPifarré(EarlylecturerinRazaStudies)IndianaQuadraOscarRios,formermayorofWatsonvilleAlfredoRivas(LaRazaStudiesProgramChairlate1970s)Dr. Roberto RiveraDr.MaryRomero(Chair,LaRazaStudiesDepartment)MaraRosales,J.D.(Lecturer,LaRazaStudiesProgram)

Eva RoyaleGeneRoyaleRobertoVargas

Community SupportAcciónLatinaCentroLegaldelaRazaClínicaMartinBaróGaleriadelaRazaLaRazaStudentOrganization(LRSO)LatinAmericanStudentOrganization(LASO)MexicanAmericanStudentConfederation(MASC)MissionCulturalCenterfortheArtsMovimientoEstudiantílChicanodeAztlánMujeresMuralistas

Raza Studies Exemplary Leader: Ana MontesAsbothastudentleaderatSFSUandaninstructorinLaRazaStudiesinthe1970s,AnaM.MontesexemplifiedaleadershipstylethatwascommonamongLatinasatthetime.Daybydayshesteadilyworkedwithhercolleaguestocreateacollectivevisionofchangeandthenstrategicallymakethatchangehappen.SheworkedwithanenormoussenseofurgencyanddedicationbutinasteadyandreliablewaythatovertimeallowedAnaandhermanycollaboratorstomovemountains—onestepatatime.

AnaearnedherBAinRazaStudiesandJournalismfromSFSUin1974.ShewentontograduatestudyinCommunicationsandMexicanAmericanStudiesatSJSU.LaterAnareturnedtoSFSUasaninstructorandtaughttheRazaWomen’sSeminaraswellasotherRazaStudiescourses.SheworkeddiligentlytogainGEstatusformanyoftheRazaStudiescoursesandtogiveavoicetowomenofcolorinourcollegeanduniversity.

AnaMontescontributesonanon-goingbasistoElTecolote,abilingualnewspaper,bywritingbothnewsstoriesandawomen’sissuescolumnthatempowersLatinaMissionDistrictresidents.Montes’commitmenttoadvocacyjournalismledhertocloselymonitortechnologicaldevelopmentsinmediaandcommunications.ShebecamealeaderinthefieldoftechnologyandLatinosandwasamongthefirstBayAreaactiviststoaddressthedigitaldividethataffectlow-incomecommunitiesofcolor.MontesiscurrentlyengagedinconsumeradvocacyworkastheOrganizingDirectorofTURN,TheUtilityReformNetwork.

AnaMontesismarriedtoJuanGonzáles,aStockton-bornChicanoactivistwithalonghistoryofcommunityengagementandadvocacy.GonzáleshadjustgraduatedwithaB.A.inJournalismwhenhewasrecruitedbytheCollegeofEthnicStudiestocreateandteachthefirstmedia-relatedcurriculumforRazaStudies.Inhisclass,hefoundedElTecolote,abilingualcommunitynewspaperbasedoutoftheMissionDistrict.GonzálesservedasLaRazaStudieschairin1972-74and1983-84.Duringhistenure,hehelpedestablishtheMajorinLaRazaStudieswithjournalismasauniqueareaofemphasis,andheencouragedtheincorporationofcommunityserviceinternshipswithintheMajor.GonzáleshascontinuedworkingwithstudentsasChairoftheJournalismdepartmentatSanFranciscoCityCollege.HecontinuestoworkwithElTecoloteandwasrecentlyinductedintotheNationalAssociationofHispanicJournalists’HallofFame.Gonzálesiscurrentlyproducingavideodocumentarythattracesthe200-yearlonglegacyoftheLatinopressintheUnitedStates.


FIRM PRINICPALS:

MEL CAMMISA, P.E. VICTOR WONG, P.E. ROBERT BOYD, P.E. PAUL O’CONNELL, P.E. DAIG O’CONNELL, P.E. GEORGE PUFFETT, P.E.


Delroy Lindo congratulates the College of Ethnic Studies for 40 years

of very special and critical work, in service to students and the community.

Much continued success. Bravo!


Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Institute

Congratulates SF State’s College of Ethnic Studies

for 40 Years of educating and liberating minds

Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett (right) was a physician, psychologist, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and community leader

who stood with students in 1968 demanding the creation of the College of Ethnic Studies. He was a fearless advocate for education, peace, social justice, civil rights and liberties, and

for children and their families.

Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett (July 23, 1915 – Feb. 1, 1997)


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Dr.DorothyTsuruta

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40th Conference Staff

DanielK.Maxwell

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Program Committee Members

Dr.LaureenChew

Dr.DorothyTsuruta

Dr.LorraineDong

Dr.IsabellePelaud

Dr.KatynkaMartinez

Dr. Robert K. Collins

Dr.AllysonTintiangco-Cubales

Dr.RababAbdulhadi

RaphaelAllen

Chair Committee Members

Dr.AmySueyoshi,EthnicStudies

Dr.LorraineDong,Asian-AmericanStudies

Dr.DorothyTsuruta,AfricanaStudies

Dr.JoanneBarker,NativeAmericanStudies

Dr.TeresaCarrillo,RazaStudies

Ceremonial Committee Members

Dr.KevinWashington,AfricanaStudies

Dr.WesleyUeunten,AsianAmericanStudies

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Thank You to All Our Volunteers

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