“Reclaiming Democracy” Spring 2017 Teach-in

Topic: Overcoming Exclusion, Discrimination and Oppression

We’ll be looking at exclusionary/discriminatory/oppressive policies & practices past and present, both in the US and CA. Includes: immigration, racial profiling/policy brutality, voting rights, religious discrimination, reproductive rights, gender/sexuality, art, language/discourse/narratives.

Speakers:
Stewart Chang will speak on racism and immigration.
Amanda Trefethen (Dept. of Philosophy) will speak on reproductive and voting rights.
Yousef Baker (Dept. of International Studies) will speak on Islamaphobia.

Discussion Leaders:
Jeff Blutinger – Anti-Semitism
Ali Igmen- Islamaphobia
Lori Baralt – Reproductive Rights
Darin DeWitt – Voting Rights
Sarah Lynn Miralles – Racism and Immigration