Our May 7 book discussion event is quickly approaching, and we hope many of you will be able to participate. Attached is our promotional flyer; newjimcrowevent.

DATE:  Tuesday, May 7, 2013
TIME:  11:30 AM – 1 PM
LOCATION: Furman 303

Please bring a friend and your lunch.

If you have not yet read the book – The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander– we have some copies available in Furman 104.  Please contact Lynda Thomas about borrowing one: lynda.thomas@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-4661.

If we run out of books and/or you run out of time before the event, we encourage you to look at one of Alexander’s recent lectures online and come participate anyway:  Michelle Alexander’s Oregon Humanities Center Lecture.

It may not seem readily apparent from the title that this book is directly related to our work as an educational community.  As you read it, you’ll discover that it is about basic civil and human rights, the formation and perpetuation of racial stereotypes, the importance of paying attention to cultural and individual silences, the unconscious bias in our expectations of youth, the pitfalls of a personal responsibility credo, the marginalization and dismantling of families/communities, etc.  It is a powerful read.

Posted by Stacey Lee

The College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts invites you to attend one of three screenings of the documentaryFrom the Fields: An American Journey by American University Professor Carolyn Brown. This 30-minute documentary follows the life of Damian Trujillo: from farmworker in the Salinas Valley to San Jose State University to the NBC Newsroom. From the Fields: An American Journey has been aired on NBC stations around the country and has won has won a Gracie for Outstanding Director, the California Film Award Orson Welles Grand Award and the CreaTV Award- Excellence in Directing

Please join us for a screening on campus:
3:00 p.m. – May 3,  OSU Film Screening (in conjunction with TCE 576 ESOL class), Furman 101

Everyone is welcome to attend one or more of the above screenings.

All screenings will be followed by an open Question and Answer session with the filmmaker.  Questions can be submitted in advance to RSVP@oregonstate.edu.

Posted by Cheridy Aduviri