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Monday, October 11, 2010

INTL CONF. ON HATE, CENSORSHIP and FORBIDDEN CURRICULA DEC 2-4

                                     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - TLAHTOKAN
COMBATTING  HATE, CENSORSHIP & FORBIDDEN CURRICULA
DECEMBER  2-4
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
YWCA
EL RIO COMMUNITY CENTER
TUCSON, ARIZONA

COMBATING

HB2281 - ANTI-ETHNIC STUDIES LAW
SB 1070 - RACIAL PROFILING LAW
REPEAL OF 14TH AMENDMENT (BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP)
OPERATION STREAMLINE 
PROP 107 (ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION)

AFFIRMING OUR HUMANITY


RODOLFO ACUNA  - LESLIE MARMON SILKO  - SIMON ORTIZ - ISABEL GARCIA - TUPAK E. ACOSTA - SEAN ARCE   CHERRIE MORAGA – CELIA RODRIGUEZ - RAMSES NORIEGA - ANA O'LEARY - KARA BRIGGS -  ANITA FERNANDEZ – ANDREA ROMERO ZARCO - SANDY SOTO – DAMIAN BACA - CELESTINO FERNANDEZ - SALVADOR REZA - DULCE JUAREZ  - MARIA F. BRUMMER – JOSE GONZALEZ – NORMA GONZALEZ  - MANUEL DE JESUS HERNANDEZ-G.,  RAQUEL RUBIO GOLDSMITH - KEVAN CHUC - JULIO CAMMAROTA - GUADALUPE CASTILLO - JAMES ANAYA - AUGUSTINE ROMERO – CARLOS MONTES - LUCI TAPAHONSO - ELENA DIAZ BJORKQUIST - CIHUATL CE -  NICO-POETS DEL NORTE - FELICIA FE MONTES - FRANCISCO ALARCON – MIXPE-  STELLA POPE DUARTE – AMANDA HOLM – HEDY TREVINO – ELIAS SERNA – ALEX SOTO - TOLTEKA (Partial List)



CALL FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TIL OCT 15: PLEASE SEND A 150-WORD SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED PRESENTATIONS OR PANELS BY OCTOBER 15 TO E-ADDRESS BELOW. THOSE ACCEPTED WILL BE NOTIFIED NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 25. PRESENTATIONS & PANELS CAN BE SCHOLARLY OR CREATIVE, BUT ALL SHOULD REVOLVE AROUND THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE/FLORICANTO, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO ARIZONA.

PURPOSE: WHILE THE WORLD HAS COME TO KNOW ABOUT SHERIFF ARPAIO & THE DRACONIAN ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION - SB 1070 & THE FORTHCOMING EFFORT TO ELIMINATE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IN ARIZONA. LESS ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE INQUISITION-STYLE MEASURE  HB 2281 - A PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHOSE CLEAR INTENT IS BOTH TO CENSOR WHAT CAN BE TAUGHT IN ARIZONA SCHOOLS AND TO ELIMINATE ETHNIC/RAZA STUDIES.

THE FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE THE STUDENT/EDUCATOR/COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO THESE MEASURES (WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM AS LAWS) & RESISTANCE TO THE POLITICAL CLIMATE WE ARE LIVING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE DAILY  ATTACKS AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR AND SPECIFICALLY, AGAINST RED-BROWN PEOPLES OF THE STATE... FROM WHITEWASHING MURALS (PRESCOTT AZ) ... TO THE KANGAROO COURT KNOWN AS OPERATION STREAMLINE CONDUCTED DAILY IN TUCSON'S FEDERAL COURT, TO THE CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT & THE MIGRA. THIS EVEN INCLUDES PUBLICLY BOOING PROFESSORS OFF THE STAGE (U OF A) FOR SPEAKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
 

DAY OF RECKONING: UNLESS HB 2281 IS HALTED, ON DECEMBER 31, 2010, THE RAZA STUDIES-TUSD DEPARTMENT WILL CEASE TO EXIST.

OPEN INVITE: SCHOLARS/STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND PRESENT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO LEARN FROM THE COURAGEOUS YOUTHS/EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS THAT HAVE CHALLENGED ARIZONA'S REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION. THE CHALLENGES HAVE INCLUDED A SUMMER RUN FROM TUCSON TO PHOENIX IN 115-DEGREE HEAT, ALL-NIGHT VIGILS, WALKOUTS, MARCHES, RALLIES, PROTESTS AND MASS ARRESTS. AT THIS CONFERENCE, YOU WILL ALSO BE EXPOSED TO RESEARCH BY UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS & FACULTY FROM ARIZONA  COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES,  PLUS EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE RAZA STUDIES DEPARTMENT-TUSD.


PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION: EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, ORGANIZERS AND COMMUNITY ELDERS WILL PRESENT THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION FOR ETHNIC/RAZA STUDIES -- A DISCIPLINE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER INTENSE ATTACK SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THIS FOUNDATION - PART OF MAIZ-BASED KNOWLEDGE - IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD AND INDIGENOUS TO THIS CONTINENT. THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS HAS LABELED THIS KNOWLEDGE "UNAMERICAN," ALLEGING THAT IT LEADS TO SEGREGATION AND THAT IT CALLS FOR THE VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- THIS WHILE INSISTING THAT ONLY KNOWLEDGE ROOTED IN GRECO-ROMAN WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS WORTHY OF BEING TAUGHT IN ARIZONA SCHOOLS.

COSTS FOR THE CONFERENCE: FREE FOR STUDENTS/COMMUNITY.                             SUGGESTED $150 COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY FACULTY (NO ONE TURNED AWAY)

IN XOCHITL-IN CUICATL - FLORICANTO: CREATIVE EXPRESSION, FROM CON SAFOS THEATER, ZARCO, DANCE, PERFORMANCE ART, CORRIDOS, POETRY, SPOKEN WORD AND HIP HOP.


SPONSORED BY: UA-MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES - MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES-TUSD - YWCA-VOCES-TUCSON -PUENTE-ARIZONA - UA-MECHA - SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION PROJECT - CALPOLI TEOXICALLI - NO MAS MUERTES  -NATIONAL WRITERS UNION, TUCSON CHAPTER  (UAW #1981), UA SEMILLAS  (PARTIAL LIST)


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY - 7AM RUN IN DEFENSE OF ETHNIC/RAZA STUDIES

THURSDAY 10AM OPENING CEREMONIES- UA MALL
CALPOLLI TEOXICALLI



THURSDAY OPENING DAY 11-3 PM KIVA STUDENT UNION- UA
UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE PRESENTATIONS


THURSDAY 3-4:30 PM REGIONWIDE MECHA SUMMIT
OLD MAIN AUD

OPENING RECEPTION - THURSDAY 5-10PM YWCA-TUCSON
FEATURING & HONORING RAZA STUDIES-TUSD STUDENTS-ALUMNI & TEACHERS/EDUCATORS
KEYNOTE: RODOLFO ACUNA - OCCUPIED AMERICA & RAQUEL RUBIO GOLDSMITH

FRIDAY SPECIAL PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
8:AM-950 CHAVEZ 205-209
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE BY SEMILLAS EDUCATORS
10AM-11:30 AM
DECOLONIZING RESEARCH 
11AM-NOON BOOK READINGS
ROSALIA SOLORAZANO & FRANCISCA J. HERNANDEZ -CHICANA STUDIES READER

FRIDAY NOON-1:30 COMIDA & PLATICA UA MALL
1PM EXHIBIT - MAIN LIBRARY


FRIDAY 2PM-10PM GALLAGHER THEATER-UA
CONFERENCE & CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS


FLORICANTO  SATURDAY DEC 4  NOON-7PM
EL RIO COMMUNITY CENTER  - 2 STAGES                                                                                                                                                        LESLIE MARMON SILKO - CHERIE MORAGA - TOLTEKA - CIHUATL CE - ZARCO - SAFOS THEATER - FRANCISCO X ALARCON -  JO ANN MIXPE LEY - FELICIA FE MONTES  - MARGE PELLEGRINO - MIXELLE RASCON - LALYA M. HERNANDEZ  LUCI TAPAHONSO - HEDY TREVINO - AMANDA HOLM - ELIAS SERNA 
(PARTIAL LIST) SUGGESTED DONATION FOR FLORICANTO: $20 - PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS CONFERENCE.


UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT ALL WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THIS POLITICAL DESERT, THIS HERE IS A CALL TO SUPPORT THIS CONFERENCE. SEND WHATEVER YOU CAN: $25, $50 or $100 IN THE NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION. SEND TO VERONICA VERALTA, DEPARTMENT OF MEXICAN AMERICAN AND RAZA STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, CESAR CHAVEZ BLDG, 1110  E. JAMES ROGERS WAY, PO BOX 210023, TUCSON, AZ 85721-0023. 

FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ AT MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: RODRIGU7@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU OR 520-626-0824

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