Day of Dialogue IX: Power, Resistance and Democracy
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
9:00am to 10:00pm
| Schedule of Panels, Workshops and Performances: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9:05-10:00 am | Opening Plenary: From Wall Street to California Avenue: Hofstra Students and the Current Wave of Protests This panel will include several CCE Interns and representatives of various student groups on campus, as well as activists involved in the “Occupy Wall Street” mobilization to discuss the latest developments in popular protests, and why students are getting involved. Sponsored by CCE Interns. |
Room: Leo Guthart Cultural Center Theater |
| 10:10-11:05am | Endless Wars Pt 1: The War in Afghanistan Speaker: Phyllis Bennis, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Moderator: Carolyn Eisenberg, Professor of History and Foreign Policy, Hofstra |
Room: Cultural Center Theater |
| State of the Unions: Presidents and Representatives of the various unions on campus address students about the key issues in collective bargaining, and what it means to have these unions on campus, how they function, and how they are connected to other worker’s struggles off campus. Speakers include: Dr. Dennis Mazzocco, AAUP, Dr. Greg DeFreitas, Professor of Economics, and Director of the Center for Labor History Sponsored by AAUP |
Room: BDC 246, Axinn Library | |
| Transitions to Democracy – Middle East and South Africa Co-sponsored with the Department of Global Studies and Geography Grant Saff, Professor of Global Studies and Geography: "Thoughts on transitions: the South African case." Stefanie Nanes, Professor of Political Science: "Thoughts on transitions: Egypt and Libya" Moderator: Dr. Linda Longmire (Global Studies and Geography) |
Room: Plaza Room West | |
| 11:15-12:40pm (COMMON HOUR) | What Matters in 2012? Identifying the Themes, Issues, and People That Will Mobilize Voters Panelists: Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins, and Professor of History, Claflin University, Dr. Millicent Brown Moderators: Meena Bose, Michael D’Innocenzo Room: Cultural Center Theater In this plenary session for Day of Dialogue, panelists will discuss the challenges related to encouraging political participation in the 2012 elections, historical comparisons with other elections in modern American politics, particularly 2008, and their own personal experiences with mobilizing turnout for political campaigns, especially in a time of crisis. |
Room: Cultural Center Theater |
| 12:50-1:45pm | Somebody Had To Do It and Did: Historical and Personal Reflections on Early Southern School Desegregation Panelists: Dr. Millicent Brown will head a panel that will include: Constance Curry and Charmaine McKissick-Melton, scholars of the school integration process and activists. |
Room: Cultural Center Theater |
| Food, Sustainability, and Equity Co-sponsored with the Department of Global Studies and Geography. Robert Brinkmann, Department of Global Studies and Geography Donna Boyce, Director of Sustainable Long Island. Moderator: Kari Jensen, Global Studies and Geography |
Room: BDC 246, Axinn Library | |
| 1:55-2:50pm | Endless Wars Pt 2: Global Security and U.S. Policy, Post 9/11 Speaker: Phyllis Bennis, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Julian Ku, Professor of Law, Hofstra University Moderator: Rusti Eisenberg, Professor of History and Foreign Policy, Hofstra |
Room: Cultural Center Theater |
| The New Economics of Latin America: The Case of Peru and the Andean Region Speaker: Dr. Gerardo Renique, Professor of History, City University of New York, co-author of Peru: Time of Fear. Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Moderated by Dr. Conrad Herrold, Professor of Economics, Hofstra University. |
Room: BDC 246 | |
| 2:55-4:20pm | “Who are You Calling a Slut?” Controlling Women’s Sexuality through Shame and Violence Featuring participants of SlutWalk NYC Moderator: Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti, Associate Professor, Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies |
Room: Leo Guthart Cultural Center Theater |
| The Housing Foreclosure Crisis and Community Development in Uniondale Speakers: Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby Jeannine Maynard, Greater Uniondale Area Action Committee, GUAC Christopher Niedt, Department of Sociology/National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University Moderator: Dr. Greg Maney, professor of sociology, co-director, CCE, Hofstra University |
Room: 246 BDC, Axinn Library | |
| Learning In-Between Politics and the Police: Power, Resistance and the Possibility of Democratic Education Today Panelists: David Backer, PhD candidate, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University Eduardo M. Duarte, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Literacy, Hofstra University Mike Schapira, PhD candidate, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, Columbia University |
Room: Plaza Room West | |
| 4:30-6pm | Immigration and the Legal System: A Law School Fall Faculty Workshop Sponsored by the Hofstra Immigration Law Society Speaker: Professor Michael Pinard, Director, University of Maryland Clinical Law Program, on Supreme Court Requirements for Legal Representation of Criminal Defendants Whose Cases Present Immigration Issues. (Organized by Professors Norman Silber and Yishai Boyarin). |
Room: Hofstra Law School |
| 4:30-5:55pm | Homosexuality in The Black Church Speaker: Pastor Dennis Meredith of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta changed his preaching against homosexuality when his son finally came out to him. Come join him and his son as they share their story with us. Sponsored By: The Pride Network, Black Students Union, and the Center for Civic Engagement |
Room: Cultural Center Theatre |
| Latin American Democracy, Indigenous Resistance and Popular Mobilization Speakers: Dr. Gerardo Renique, Professor of History, City University of New York, and Prof. Mario A. Murillo, co-director, CCE, Hofstra University Moderated by Christian Aguilar, M.A. Candidate (Spanish) Sponsored by LACS |
Room: BDC 246, Axinn Library | |
| Is "Reform" Killing or Reviving Public Education? Panelists: Norm Scott, GEM (Grassroots Education Movement) Michael Regnier, NYC Charter School Center Moderated by Dr. Catherine DiMartino, Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership, Hofstra University |
Room: Plaza Room West, Student Center | |
| 6:30-7:55pm | Labor, Performance and Human Rights D. Soyini Madison will examine the relationship between labor activism and public performance by illuminating the aesthetic and rhetorical power of workers' strikes, rallies, memorials, and testimonials within key moments in the history of the USA labor union movement.Introduced and organized by Dr. Lisa Merrill, professor of Performance Studies, School of Communication, Hofstra University |
Room: Cultural Center Theater |
| Human Trafficking: Bangladesh and Long Island Co-sponsored with the Department of Global Studies and Geography Kari Jensen (Global Studies and Geography) and Naser Khan (Freelance photographer) Gregory Maney (Sociology) Christa M. Stewart (Coordinator, NYS Human Trafficking Program Manager, Immigrant Community Liaison Unit Bureau of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance/OTDA) Moderator: Dr. Linda Longmire (Global Studies and Geography) |
Room: 246 BDC | |
| 8:05-9:30pm | Art as Cultural Diplomacy – Performance and Talk with Heather Raffo A discussion with playwright and actress Heather Raffo about the role theater plays in our understanding of contemporary war. Using monologues from her acclaimed play 9 Parts of Desire about the lives of Iraqi women, Raffo takes the audience deep into the heart of why theater can best communicate the complex issues still facing Iraq and America today. Host: Irene Siegel; Sponsors: Women’s Studies; Speech Communication, Rhetoric, and Performance Studies, Center for Civic Engagement. |
Room: Leo Guthart Cultural Center Theater |
| Student Engagement Roundtable What is civic engagement from the perspectives of students and youth activism, from Tahrir Square to Europe, the Wall Street occupation to the Hofstra Campus; how do we get active in our communities and make a difference? Sponsored by CCE interns |
Room: Plaza Rooms, Student Center | |
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