UW-La Crosse’s 3rd Annual Social Justice Week
March 23, 2018
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social justice week uw-la crosse 3rd annual sponsored by the uw-la crosse institute for social justice program ommunities l 2-6, 2018
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“Communities in Action: Interdependent Justice-Making” – Barb Pollack, Andrea Hansen, Hetti Brown, and Terry Glenn Lilley2:30-3:45 p.m. | “Stories from People, Stories from Trees: Empowering Anishinaabe Identity and Reclaiming Traditional Land Use Through the Rings of Trees” | 3310 Student Union
Evan Larson University of Wisconsin Platteville4:00-5:30 pm | Research Session 1: Language, Leadership and Social Justice | 2201 Centennial
“(De)humanizing Latin@ Child Immigrants in United States Spanish- and English-language Print Media” – Megan Stromm
“Linguistic Human Rights: Preparing all Teachers to Work with English Learners” – Heather Linville
“Latinx Student Leadership in the Post-election Era” – Adele Lozano and Paige Kieler
4:00-5:30 p.m. | Panel 1: Fashioning Justice | 3103 Centennial
Using fashion to explore social justice issues – Terry Glenn Lilley and Students
4:00-5:30 p.m. | Roundtable 1: Graduate Student Research | 3106 Centennial
“Making Fraternity and Sorority Life a Tool for Social Change” – K Weinberg
“Men, Masculinity, and Membership: The Intersection of Gender and Student Leadership”-Amber Schneide
“LGBTQ+ Students in Housing and Residence Life” – Jalon Falconer and Trev Leeper
5:30-7:00 p.m. | Plenary Panel 1: What Ta-Nehisi Coates Says to Me | 1300 Centennial Hall of Nations
Ron Malzer, Facilitator
Panelists: Kate Parker, Richard Breaux, and Uttara Manohar
“Living and Learning : Examining Racial and Ethnic Biases”4:00-5:30 p.m. | Roundtable 2: Undergraduate Student Research | 2201 Centennial
“White Perceptions of Black Social Movements” – Kyleigh Hall
“The LGBTQ+ experience in Cuba” – Demitra Weisbrod
“The Influence of Socialization on Black Women within the Stress Process Model” – Sydney Yarbough4:00-5:30 p.m. | Diversity Dialogues Session 1: Planting SEED’s: Using Peer Education to Create Change | 3103 Centennial
Migdaila Simpson, Jori Given, Isaiah Thomas, Karter Etchin, Sam Strooza, Sophia Juame, Aprajita Singh, Mackenzie Lee, Hannah Asiyanbi, Katheryn Horne, Macy Ramos, Becky Hawkins and Jess Nussbaum
Richard Breaux and Antoiwana Williams
Something New “Products of A Revolution” -Gwen Brown and Ronald Smith, President and Director
“What it Feels Like to be Imprisoned: Handcuffed, Being a Number, and Other Fond Memories of Being ‘Dehumanized’” – Frank Kroncke, Viterbo University
Sponsors: United Academic Professionals of UWL, The Office of Continuing Education and Extension, UWL Faculty Senate, UWL Student Association, and the Department of Political Science and Public Adimistration4:00-5:30 p.m. | Social Justice Activism 2: White Social Justice Accomplice Development: An Emerging Model | 2201 Centennial
Jake Dyer and Jörg Vianden
Susan Crutchfield, Kelly Sultzbach, and Students4:00-5:30 p.m. | Diversity Dialogues Session 2: Both/And: How Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education Uphold Systems of Oppression | 3106 Centennial
Megan Pierce, Angela Birrittella, and Matthew Evensen
Kate Ebert, Organizer7:30-9:00 p.m. | Plenary Speaker | Graff Main Hall Auditorium
Dr. Adrienne Keene, Assistant Professor at Brown University “Native Appropriations, Indigenous Social Media, and Responding to Racism”
Presentation will begin at 12:30
“Historical Perspectives on Reproductive Justice” Jodi Vandenberg-Daves4:00-5:30 p.m. | Social Justice Activism 3 | 2201 Centennial
“Teaching Hmong History and Culture Through a Young Adult Verse Novel: Insights from Middle School Teachers on Their Teaching of Mai Chao’s Gathering Fireflies” – Emily Mootz and Jim Carlson“Revolutionary Ethics for Revolutionary Communities” – Kevin Hundt
“An Analysis of Hate and Bias Response Data to Support Critical Pedagogy and Inclusive Teaching Practices” – Roi Kawai
4:00-5:30 p.m. | Roundtable 4: Adventure Education and Social Justice | 3103 Centennial
Rafael Ramirez, Kate Evans, and Matt Mauer
4:00-5:30 p.m. | Interactive Session: Collective Community Engagement and Responsibility for Teacher Candidates | 3106 Centennial
Scott Baker and students
5:30-7:00 p.m. | Workshop: The Importance of Peace and Grass Roots Organizing | 1300 Centennial Hall of Nations
Sponsored by Students for a Free Tibet
7:00-8:30 p.m. | Plenary Speaker | 1400 Centennial
Dr. Annette Lareau, Stanley I. Sheerr Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, “Challenges for First-Generation College Students in College”
“Social Media Activism and The Black Lives Matter Movement: Building Revolutionary Communities” – Charles Martin-Stanley and Charles Martin-Stanley II, University of Iowa1:45-3:45 p.m. | “Combating the Demand for Sex Trafficking” | 3314 Student Union
Terry Forliti, Executive Director of Breaking Free7:30-8:30 p.m. | Social Justice Concert: “We Can Mend the Sky” | Annett Recital Hall Center for the Arts
UWL Concert Choir
G Yamazawa, Social Justice Rapper, Poet, and Comedian