8th Annual Practical Activism Conference

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Date:

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Time:

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Event Type:

Conference

Organizer/Author:

Rachel Ogata

Location Details:

College Nine & College Ten Multipurpose Room, UCSC

The Practical Activism Conference is a daylong, student led conference which features a keynote speaker, ten workshops, various on and off campus organizations, performances, and a variety of hands-on activism activities.

2010 Workshop Topics:
*Hip Hop as Social Resistance
*Extractive Industries: Disproportionate Impact on Indigenous Peoples
*Mental Health: Exploring Stigmas, Barriers, and Prison as the "new asylum"
*Aid in Africa: Helpful or Harmful?
*School to Prison Pipeline (Emphasis on K-12 Education)
*Racism, Policy and UC
*Media Response: Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake
*Gender Constructs and Heteronormativity
*AB540: Student Experience and Activism Opportunities
*Immigration Reform: A Look at SB1070

For more information: http://activism.ucsc.edu

Added to the calendar on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 3:57PM

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