"Landscaping Racism and the Asian American Movement in the 21st Century" is the theme of this year's UC Berkeley Asian American Law Journal Symposium, happening on Thursday, March 15. With the buzz both good and stupid around Jeremy Lin and the suicide of Private Danny Chen, now's the time to re-think race and racism in the U.S. More info:
The ASIAN AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL proudly presents, the 2012 academic symposium:Learn more about the symposium here.
"LANDSCAPING RACISM AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
~From Theory To Practice~
Thursday, March 15, 2012
10:00-10:45 AM - Breakfast Reception (Goldberg Room)
10:45-12:15 PM - MORNING PLENARY (Goldberg Room)
-- Sora Han, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine
-- Michael Omi, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
-- Irum Shiekh, Lecturer, UC Riverside
12:45-1:45 PM - KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Rm 105)
-- The Honorable Judge Edward M. Chen
-- Federal Judge for the Northern District of California
2:15-3:45 PM - AFTERNOON PLENARY (Goldberg Room)
-- Veena Dubal, Former Staff Attorney, Asian Law Caucus
-- Vincent Pan, Executive Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action
-- Rajdeep Singh Jolly, Director of Law and Policy, Sikh Coalition
