3rd Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium

Full Schedule For Friday, February 2, 2007

*As the event draws closer, the schedule will be updated with more detailed event information.

The times for the morning panels are correctly listed on this website, we apologize for the mistake in the printed program.

Conjuntos: Black and Brown Political Collaboration for Social Justice
Panel & Discussion
10:00am-11:30am, Council Chambers

Carlos Chavez, Radio Journalist , Community Activist
Wiley G. Barnett, Educator, Community Activist
Floyd Cruse, Former Black Panther Leadership
Luz Villarroel, Chicana Feminist, Educator
Ivvone Rivero, Journalist, Writer, Community Activist
Eduardo Angulo, Director of Salem/Kaiser Coalition for Equality
Jose Quinonez, Former American Indian Movement Leadership

Moderated By
Elliot Young, Associate Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College

From the colonial era until today in these United states wealthy elites have used "divide and conquer" protocols to maintain their status while supressing everyone else. Yet, anglo-european indentured servants, slaves, farmers, women, workers, small business owners, craftsmen, sucessive waves of immigrants, and refugees have found ways to unite, resist, rebel, and revolt.

This discussion will address these two historical threads in contemporary times: divisive and supressive measures used by the power elites, and collaborative initiatives and resistance used by the oppressed...and your role either way.

*Moderator/Panelist

Diversity in the Sciences at Lewis & Clark: Where Do We Stand?
Roundtable Discussion
10:00am-11:30am, Thayer

Naiomi Cameron, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Lewis & Clark College
Ken Clifton, Associate Professor of Biology, Lewis & Clark College
Jane Hunter, Associate Dean of the College, Lewis & Clark College
Lisa Webb, Director of Ethnic Student Services & Associate Dean of Students

Moderated By
Julio de Paula, Dean of the College, Lewis & Clark College of Arts & Sciences

In October 2006, the Lewis & Clark College sent a delegation of faculty and administrators to attend the “Symposium on Diversity in the Sciences: Mentoring and Retaining Underrepresented Students” at the University of Washington. This roundtable discussion will share the findings of the College’s delegation with all interested members of the community, to listen and learn from the experiences of the students, faculty and staff, and to discuss how improving diversity on campus, and particularly within the sciences, can benefit the entire college community.

Race and National Security in America
Panel & Discussion
1:00pm-2:30pm, Council Chamber

William Chin, Professor of Legal Analysis & Writing, Lewis & Clark College Law School
Leerom Medovoi, Associate Professor of English, Portland State University
Steve Wilson, Teacher, Aloha High School (Beaverton, OR)

Topics to include: The Reorganization of Racism under the War on Terror, Immigration, Affirmative Action, and other historical perspectives on Race and National security in America.

African-Americans and the Politics of Public Memory
Panel & Discussion
3:30pm-5:00pm, Miller Center for the Humanities 105

Reiko Hillyer, Visiting Instructor of History, Lewis & Clark College
Charles Neal, Law Student, Lewis & Clark College
Mitch Reyes, Assistant Professor of Communication, Lewis & Clark College

Moderated By Naiomi Cameron, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Lewis & Clark College

Topics Include: Malcolm X and the Politics of Public Memory & Memorializing York at Lewis & Clark College

Keynote Address

Journey From The Land of No
Roya Hakakian, Iranian Writer & Film Producer
7:00pm, Agnes Flanagan Chapel

A founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Roya Hakakian serves on the board of Refugees International and is a fellow at Yale University's Whitney Humanities Center. She has appeared on CSPAN-Book TV, CNN International, CBS Early Show, and Now with Bill Moyers, speaking about the Middle East and human rights. A writer and poet, her memoir of growing up Jewish in post-revolutionary Iran, Journey from the Land of No, has received much acclaim including the Persian Heritage Foundation's Latifeh Yarshater Literary Award.