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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/
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September 06, 2006
China: A Time of Change - Photo Exhibit
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) is offering an exhibit of comtemporary and original photographs of China. The exhibit is being shown from August 21 to September 22, 2006 in the first floor exhibit space of the School of Social Work Building. Photos from the exhibit may also be viewed online at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/ccs
Faculty, graduate students and affiliates of the China Center were invited to participate in a contest with the theme of “China: A Time of Change.” Contest requirements included submission of a short description of where the photo was taken, and how this image related to the overall theme of the contest. Submissions were judged by a panel of China Center faculty affiliates and staff, and were judged on artistic and technical ability, and the degree to which the image conveyed the theme. The award for First Place was given to CCS MA student Jomo Smith for his photo entitled “Running Water, Scorching Earth,” Second Place to CCS MA student Patrick Regan for his photo “Hutong Series #3,” and Third Place was awarded to political science Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Hanson for his photo “Starbucks.”
For information on more exhibits sponsored by the International Center go to their exhibit web site at http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/iisite/gallery/exhibitions.html
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