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The following workshops will be held in Pettengill Hall (unless otherwise noted), Monday, Jan. 21:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session I, 1:20 to 2:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Remembering King: Cultural and Political Representations of a National Icon<\/strong>
\nG50<\/p>\n

Convened by: Dan Aiello, Coordinator, AmeriCorps\/VISTA, Harward Center for Community Partnerships<\/p>\n

2. Palenques, Cumbia and Currulao: Rebellion and Resistance of Afro-Descendant Populations in Ecuador and Colombia
\n<\/strong>G52 (This workshop spans Sessions I and II.)<\/p>\n

Convened by: Baltasar Fra-Molinero and Mar\u00eda Mercedes Ortiz, Department of Spanish<\/p>\n

3. Teaching the Physical Sciences: The Intellectual Challenge of Diversity
\n<\/strong>G65<\/p>\n

Convened by: Cathy Middlecamp, director, Chemistry Learning Center, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nSponsored by: Departments of Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Math and Programs of Education, Women and Gender Studies, Environmental Studies and Biochemistry
\n4. Institutionalizing Unfinished Work
\n<\/strong>G21<\/p>\n

Convened by: Elaine Tuttle Hansen, President, Bates College
\nPanelists: Leslie Hill, Special Assistant to the President and Department of Politics; David Scobey, Director, Harward Center for Community Partnerships; Carmita McCoy, Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Transition; Christine Schwartz, Director, Dining Services; Carmen Purdy, Coordinator, Affirmative Action and Institutional Diversity; Bill Blaine-Wallace, Multifaith Chaplain; Ellen Peters, Associate Director, Institutional Research; and Bob Pallone, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations.<\/p>\n

5. Spoken Words and the Harlem Renaissance
\n<\/strong>G10<\/p>\n

Convened by: Cameron Seher ’08 and LeeAnne Cunningham ’08<\/p>\n

6. Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Hurricane Katrina
\n<\/strong>G54<\/p>\n

Convened by: Mira Daid ’09, Maayah Cohen ’10 and Andie Bisceglia ’09<\/p>\n

7. Creating Space for Democratic Dialogue about Social Justice Issues
\n<\/strong>G10<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Holly Lasagna, Ellen Alcorn, Deacon Lasagna, Ari Rosenberg ’06, Muna Hussein, and Josh Gagne, members of Youth+Adults+Dialogue=Action (YADA)
\nSession II, 2:35 to 3:50 p.m.<\/strong>
\n8. The Struggle Behind: Education in Prison
\n<\/strong>G50<\/p>\n

Convened by: Max Kenner, Director, Bard Prison Initiative; Rob Farnsworth, Department of English; Kay Bouchard, Educational Director, Men\u2019s Prison at Windham; Richard Lumb, Spurwink Institute, Public Safety and Planning, Policy and Research; Sponsored by: Department of French, Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Women and Gender Studies Program and the Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies
\n9. Palenques, Cumbia and Currulao: Rebellion and Resistance of Afro-Descendant Populations in Ecuador and Colombia (continued)<\/strong>
\nG52<\/p>\n

Convened by: Baltasar Fra-Molinero and Mar\u00eda Mercedes Ortiz, Department of Spanish<\/p>\n

10. Screening of The Home of the Brave<\/em>: The\u00a0 Story of Viola Liuzzo, A White Woman Murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in the Civil Rights Movement<\/strong>, directed and written by Paola di Florio (2006)<\/strong> (This workshop spans Sessions II and III.)
\nG65<\/p>\n

Convened by: Charles Nero, Departments of Theater and Rhetoric, African American and American Cultural Studies, and Eden Osucha, Department of English<\/p>\n

11. Warriors Don’t Cry<\/em>: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock<\/em>, by Melba Pattillo Beals
\n<\/strong>G63<\/p>\n

Convened by: Bonnie Trundy, Doris Vincent, Carmen Purdy, Marty Deschaine, and Lori Ouellette, Members of the Bates Office Professional Network (BOPN)<\/p>\n

12. Income Inequality and Democracy in the United States, China and Ukraine<\/strong>
\nG21<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Associate Dean of Bates and Department of Economics
\nPanelists: John Fitzgerald, William D. Shipman Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College; Rachel Connelly, Bion R. Cram Professor of Economics and faculty liaison to the Center for Learning and Teaching, Bowdoin College; and Dmytro Zhosan, Department of Economics<\/p>\n

13. From Dr. King to the Notorious BIG: Races, Class and the Hip Hop Generation
\n<\/strong>G10<\/p>\n

Convened by: David Canton, Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of History, Connecticut College<\/p>\n

14. Beauty Across the Races
\n<\/strong>Dana 119<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Staceyann Chin, New York City-based artist and social commentator
\nSponsored by:\u00a0 Women of Color, Bates College<\/p>\n

15. A Staged Reading of Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers,<\/em> by William Yellow Robe Jr.<\/strong> (This workshop spans Sessions II and III.)
\n162<\/p>\n

Convened by: Joseph Hall, Department of History
\nSession III, 4:00 to 5:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

16. Civil Rights in Cyberspace
\n<\/strong>G50<\/p>\n

Convened by: Sarah Davis ’10, Alexandra Israel ’10 and Natalie Brown ’10<\/p>\n

17. Screening of<\/strong> MPBN’s<\/strong>Somali Bantu Community: Making Their Way in Maine<\/strong>
\n<\/em>G52<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Elizabeth Eames, Department of Anthropology<\/p>\n

18. Discussion of<\/strong> Home of the Brave<\/em> (continued)
\n<\/strong>G65<\/p>\n

Convened by: Charles Nero, Departments of Theater and Rhetoric, African American and American Cultural Studies, and Eden Osucha, Department of English<\/p>\n

19. A Dream Deferred: The Content of Our\u00a0Character Phenomenon<\/strong>
\nG63<\/p>\n

Convened by: Amandla!, Bates College<\/p>\n

20. “Music, Technology and Black Emancipation”
\nG21<\/strong><\/p>\n

Convened by: Dale Chapman, Department of Music
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

21. Access for People with Disabilities: A Very Old Root, A Very Old Struggle
\n<\/strong>G54<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Gene Clough, Department of Geology<\/p>\n

22. Beauty Across the Races, continued
\n<\/strong>Dana 119<\/p>\n

Convened by:\u00a0 Staceyann Chin, New York City-based artist and social commentator
\nSponsored by:\u00a0 Women of Color, Bates College<\/p>\n

23. A Staged Reading of Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers<\/em> by William Yellow Robe Jr. (continued)<\/strong>
\n162<\/p>\n

Convened by: Joseph Hall, Department of History<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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