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September 29, 2006
Diversity and Affirmative Action: The effects of California's Prop 209 and Texas' Hopwood case
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Palmer Commons, Forum Room
Come and hear first hand from faculty and students from California and Texas as they describe the effects of ending affirmative action in their states.
Panelists include:
• Khaled Beydoun, graduate of UCLA's law school and current attorney and field organizer for the ACLU of Michigan
• Dr. Darnell Hunt, Professor of Sociology and Director of Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA
• Dr. Sue Kaufmann, Associate Director of The Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan and author of a report on the potential impact of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative on employment, education and contracting.
The panel will be followed with refreshments and community discussions with your peers from Wayne State University, University of Detroit, Eastern Michigan University and Michigan State University.
This event is sponsored by The Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service & Learning, The Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Affairs, The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities, University Unions Arts & Programs, and University Housing Residence Education: The Division of Student Affairs and The College of LS & A.
For more information, please contact Robin Routenberg: robinrr@umich.edu, (734) 936-1875
This event is sponsored by MChange - Social Justice at the University of Michigan, http://www.mchange.umich.edu/
Posted by swortman at September 29, 2006 08:01 AM