Community Engagement

Humanities Advocacy Day

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 11:45am to 1:45pm

Location:
Oviatt Library, Ferman Presentation Room
Cost:
Free
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Second Annual Humanities Advocacy Day
Humanities Advocacy Day features a performance and workshop by community group #VigitlantLOVE, as well as a student-faculty panel on immigration and incarceration.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Oviatt Library, Ferman Presentation Room

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
#VigilantLOVE performance and workshop
Drawing connections between the rise in Islamophobia in recent years with the incarceration of Japanese Americans, as well as current immigration and incarceration policies that target communities of color. #VigitlantLOVE's mission is to create spaces for connection, solidarity work, and grassroots movement in the greater L.A. area. Who is #Vigilant Love?  Here is their website and a two-minute video 

 

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Reception with light refreshments.

 

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Student-faculty panel on immigration and incarceration

Organized by the Dean's Student Council

 

Sponsored by the College of Humanities
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement, the Office of Graduate Studies, Civil Discourse and Social Change, the Women's Research and Resource Center, and Middle Easter & Islamic Studies.