Reminder
April 28, 2007 on 3:01 am | In Act NowNational Emergency Forum to Protect Dissent and Critical Thinking: Why Ward Churchill Must Not Be Fired
Saturday, April 28 ~ 10:00am – 3:30pm
Muenzinger Auditorium EO50
Welcome
- Tom Mayer –- Prof. of Sociology, CU-Boulder 5mins
The Implications for Students and Faculty
- Aaron Smith, Ann-erika White Bird, Dave Staub — CU Students, Students for True Academic Freedom
- Elisa Facio — Assoc. Prof. of Ethnic Studies, CU-Boulder
- Dean Saitta — President of the Faculty Senate and Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver
The Impact on Indigenous Studies, Critiques of Empire
- Chris Mato Nunpa — Assoc. Prof. of Dakota and Indigenous Nations Studies, Southwest Minnesota State Univ.
- Matthew Abraham –- Asst. Prof. of English, DePaul University (Chicago)
- Jennifer Harbury (by video) –- noted attorney, author and activist for human rights reforms in Guatemala and the US
Lunch
- Remarks — Vijay Gupta, Member of CU-AAUP, Prof. of Civil Engineering, CIRES, CU-Boulder
Solidarity Messages with Introduction
- Reggie Dylan, Organizer, National Defend Critical Thinking Initiative
Keynote: “Drawing the National Connections”
- Alan Jones — Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience, Pitzer College
Followed by a roundtable with forum speakers
- Moderated and with opening remarks by Emma Perez, Assoc. Prof. of Ethnic Studies, CU-Boulder