I recently found out about a wonderful educational and networking event being held here at UCSB. The UC Center for New Racial Studies is co-sponsoring an event with the department of Chicana/o Studies titled, "Doing Good Work? Bridging Activism and Scholarship in Latina/o Immigrant Communities." The event's registration is free and includes breakfast. Dr. George Lipsitz, Professor in Black Studies at UCSB, will deliver the keynote address. Dr. Lipsitz's research focuses on social movements, urban cultures, and inequality, and has many publications to document his research.
The UC Center for New Racial Studies' symposium hopes to assist local community members, UCSB students (undergraduate and graduate), staff, faculty, and administration to bridge their networks and begin to discuss strategy for developing continued activism through scholarship in the Latina/o communities. Topics of discussion include, but will probably not be limited to: Education and Youth Opportunities, Community and Family Resources, Immigration Enforcement and Policing, and Organizing and Resistance.
The symposium is to be held Friday, May 25, at the Mosher Alumni House at UCSB. The symposium is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Please click the following link to register and attend for free:
"Doing Good Work? Bridging Activism and Scholarship in Latina/o Immigrant Communities"