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March 13, 2005

Affirming Action: Special Event at CCCC Conference, San Francisco

A Roundtable by Progressive SIG/Caucus Coalition and CCCC Diversity Committee
Wednesday,
March 16, 2005
5:00:00 PM to 7:00:00 PM
Session: PSIG.1
Moscone Center

For the past five years, the PSCC has worked to form a common space where different SIG and Caucus groups can meet to discuss how their different concerns can be wedded into a common agenda. In doing so, the goal has been to foster a sense of communal activism that crosses any particular interest group. The re-election of George Bush and the ascendancy of the Conservative Right has presented a clear challenge for academics committed to progressive coalition politics. “Affirming Action� provides an opportunity for CCCC participants to begin framing an activist agenda for the next four years.

AGENDA

Introduction:
Chair: Jonathan Alexander, University of Cincinnati

Presentation of Rachel Corrie Award
Recepient: Matthew Abrahams

What now? Progressive Academics and Diversity Politics
Scott Lyons, Syracuse University
Akua Duku Anokye, Arizona State University

Respondents/Facilitators
Jonathan Alexander, University of Cincinnati
Damian Baca, Michigan State University
Luisa Rodriguez Connal, Detroit Mercy College
Harriet Malinowitz, Long Island University
James McDonald, Louisiana State University

PSCC Members: Asian/Asian American SIG, Latino SIG, Labor SIG, Lesbian and Gay Professionals Caucus, Native American SIG, Non-Tenure Track SIG, Rhetoricians for Peaach, and the Working Class Culture and Pedagogy SIG

Posted by sparks at March 13, 2005 3:59 PM

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Comments

Looks like a great session; wish I could be there! Give us non-conference-goers some info about it afterwards, maybe?

Posted by: senioritis at March 15, 2005 7:18 PM

Got me all excited--I thought, "Well maybe I can make it to 4C's after all" but noooo, it really is in San Francisco, not San Diego. Oh well, I guess I'll go back to grading papers...

Posted by: Jim at March 16, 2005 3:26 AM