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“The Challenge of Pluralism: Native Nations and U.S. Justice" Rebecca Tsosie Professor of Law, Arizona State University
Tsosie will discuss the history and contemporary expression of native sovereignty and the way that race and nationality intersect with that political status. On a global scale, this discussion has relevance to race relations within the United States, as well as a context for pluralism that can enrich international relations. |
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"Hate Crimes: Moving from Discrimination to Tolerance”
Allison Bennett, Coordinator of the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program, University of Maryland
This panel discussion will explore both the history and the recent resurgence of hate crimes locally, nationally, and internationally.
This conversation hopes to answer the questions of “Why do we hate?” and “How does hate become a crime?” This esteemed
panel seeks to shed light on an increasingly important issue facing our nation, and will consider how the University community can
better protect against and respond to hate crimes on campus and at large. |
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“Obsession, Culture, and Disability: How OCD Can Help Us Understand Disability Studies in a Biocultural Context” Lennard Davis Distinguished Professor and Director of Project Biocultures, University of Illinois at Chicago
Davis will discuss how we can understand the social, cultural, political, and historical roots of a psychological disorder. If there is a biocultural context to obsessive compulsive disorder, how does that help us rethink the medical and social models proposed by disability studies? |
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and the American Studies Department “Push: Literacy, Women and African American Literature” Sapphire, Acclaimed Author
With the film adaptation of Push, her 1996 award-winning novel, set to be released in movie theaters this November (under the title “Precious”), author and poet Sapphire comes to our campus to discuss literacy, literature, and gender in an African American context. |
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Where: The Atrium, Room 1107, Adele H. Stamp Student Union |
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Douglas F. Gansler Attorney General, State of Maryland "The federal government’s Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 requires all educational institutions that receive federal funds to hold an educational program on the United States Constitution." Douglas F. Gansler was elected on November 7, 2006 as Maryland’s 44th Attorney General. As Attorney General, Mr. Gansler has focused on environmental, public safety and consumer issues. Taking a strong stance on ensuring companies comply with Maryland’s environmental laws, Mr. Gansler participated in reaching the largest air pollution settlement in the history of the United States, a $4.6 billion settlement with American Electric Power and reached a settlement with ExxonMobil which included a $4 million civil penalty, the largest ever levied for an oil spill in Maryland. Mr. Gansler serves as Honorary Chair of the Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, Most Valuable Kids, and the Washington Regional Alcohol Program. He has also served as Chair of the Montgomery County NAACP Criminal Justice Committee and the CollegeBound Foundation. Mr. Gansler received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, and graduated cum laude from Yale University. |
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