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Summit Schedule 2008

4th ANNUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT
Stand.Speak.Act!

Saturday, April 19, 2008
California State University, Fullerton
Titan Student Union
9:00am - 5:00pm

Summit Program
Time Description
8:00AM-9AM REGISTRATION
9:00AM-10:00AM WELCOME SESSION & KEYNOTE – SUHEIR HAMMAD
10:15AM-11:15AM WORKSHOP SESSION 1
  • Student Movement for a Department of Peace
  • Land Conservation in Urban Southern California
  • Genocide & Sudan
  • The Artist’s Responsibility—Art and Social Activism
  • Gender and Sexual Orientation 101
  • Hunger and Poverty and the American Promise: Waging a War to Live
  • Impact of HIV and AIDS within the Latino Community of Orange County
  • Struggle in the Fields: Cesar E. Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement
11:30AM-12:30PM WORKSHOP SESSION 2
  • What is Being Green Exactly?
  • Witness: Living a Life of Justice Through Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
  • Continuing Developments Regarding Hate Crime
  • Ensuring Access to Healthcare for the Poor: The Ventura County Model
  • 21st Century Grassroots Reform in a 19th Century K-12 Educational System
  • The Common Enemy and the Machete: Neoliberalism and Indigenous Resistance in Oaxaca.
  • Spirituality and the Struggle for Social Justice
  • Resistance, Real Media and the Role of American Suckers - Coverage of the Iraq War
12:30PM-1:45PM RESOURCE FAIR & VEGAN LUNCH
1:45PM- 2:45PM WORKSHOP SESSION 3
WORKSHOPS TO BE ANNOUNCED
  • Immigration: Struggles, Dreams and the Future
  • Animal Rights and Vegetarianism
  • GLBT Equality 2008 – Perseverance & Progress with McDonald's
  • California Youth Connection: Grassroots Advocacy for Foster Youth
  • Biking as Alternative Transportation: Raising Awareness, Building Critical Coalitions
  • Real World Solutions to End Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Environmental Racism: Past, Present and Future Tuffree
  • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as Seen from the Peace Camp
3:00PM - 3:45PM CLOSING SESSION & KEYNOTE – STACEYANN CHIN
4:00PM- 5:00PM INFORMAL DIALOGUE SESSION

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