For program information please visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~ethnicst/fortieth.html CONSCIOUSNESS, COMMUNITY, LIBERATION: FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF ‘68 A Commemoration of the 40 th Anniversary of the 1968 SF State Student Led Strike Learn About the History and Relationship between the Liberation Movements of people of color from the Veterans of the Struggle in the 60s/70s and the New Generation Activists today. Join us to discuss Arab & Muslim Movements for Liberation, Self-Determination, and Justice – Then & Now The Spirit of Bandung: 3 rd Worldism as Praxis, Resistance, and Solidarity Thursday, October 30 th , 2008 2:10-3:25p Richard Oakes Multicultural Center Revolution in the Air Friday, October 31 st , 2008 11:00-1:00pm Jack Adams Hall In the Spirit of Legacies: The Palestinian Mural Thursday, October 30 th , 2008 4:00-5:25pm Rosa Parks C People of Color Coalition Building: What Will Our 68’ Strike Look Like in 08’ Thursday, October 30 th , 2008 12:35-1:50pm Jack Adams Hall This panel will illuminate the idea of 3rd worldism as claimed by militants in struggles of people of color. In the spirit of call and response, younger activists from various communities of color will engage their elders and discuss the spirit of resistance and solidarity, then and now. Members of the General Union of Palestine Students share their own narrative of the struggle and the forged alliances to create the Palestinian Cultural Mural Honoring Professor Edward Said From Oceanhill Brownsville to Harlem and El‐Barrio; from Algeria to Palestine; from Vietnam to Cuba, Puerto Rican, Afro‐American, and Palestinian movements resisted colonial domination and sought to write their own histories in the struggles for dignity, self‐ determination and an indivisible sense of justice. Panelists Include: Rabab Abdulhadi (AMED, PSC, UPWA), Nadeen Elshorafa (AROC), Ramsey El-qare (GUPS), Jaime Veve (Young Lords), Roger Alvarado (TWLF), Nick Occhiponti, Terry Collins (BSU), Javad Jahi (MXGM), Tony Gonzalez (AIM) and Michelle & Nadia Moraira (SKINS) Panelists Include: Jackie Husary and Charlie El-qare Panelists Include: Yuri Kochiyama (Organization of Afro- American Unity, Harlem Parents Committee),Rabab Abdulhadi (AMED,PSC,UPWA) & Jaime Veve (Young Lords Party) Student activists at SFSU will look at the effect of the 68’ strike on their activism today. Panelists Include General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS), A.S. Women's Center, League of Filipino Students (LFS), Black Student Union (BSU), La Raza Student Organization, and Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@s de Azltan (M.E.Ch.A.). The Strike, The Arrests, The Defense And The Lessons For Today Thursday, October 30 st , 2008 6:00-8:00pm Jack Adams Hall Liberating the Academy: Arab and Arab American Student Legacies Thursday, October 30 th , 2008 11:00-12:15pm Rosa Parks C Panelists Include: Laila Al-Arian, Terrence Hallinan, Hank Jones, Margaret Leahy, Roy Harrison and Tony Serra. Panelists will look at how the use of police affected the struggle of the strike and also the growing repression today in light of the developments in the 1960s. Presenter: Magid Shihade. Examines the legacy of the students’ struggle to have voice in the academy outside the White dominant structure, looking at Arabs and Arab Americans struggle in the academy as an example.
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Forprograminformationpleasevisit:http://www.sfsu.edu/~ethnicst/fortieth.html
CONSCIOUSNESS,COMMUNITY,LIBERATION:FULFILLINGTHEPROMISEOF‘68
ACommemorationofthe40thAnniversaryofthe1968SFStateStudentLedStrike
LearnAbouttheHistoryandRelationshipbetweentheLiberationMovementsofpeopleofcolorfromtheVeteransoftheStruggleinthe60s/70sandtheNewGenerationActiviststoday.
JoinustodiscussArab&MuslimMovementsforLiberation,SelfDetermination,andJustice–Then&Now
TheSpiritofBandung:3rdWorldismasPraxis,Resistance,andSolidarity
Thursday,October30th,20082:103:25p
RichardOakesMulticulturalCenter
RevolutionintheAirFriday,October31st,2008
11:001:00pmJackAdamsHall
IntheSpiritofLegacies:ThePalestinianMuralThursday,October30th,2008
4:005:25pmRosaParksC
PeopleofColorCoalitionBuilding:WhatWillOur68’StrikeLookLikein08’Thursday,October30th,2008
12:351:50pmJackAdamsHall
This panel will illuminate the idea of 3rd worldism asclaimedbymilitantsinstrugglesofpeopleofcolor.Inthespirit of call and response, younger activists fromvariouscommunitiesofcolorwillengage theireldersanddiscussthespiritofresistanceandsolidarity,thenandnow.
MembersoftheGeneralUnionofPalestineStudentssharetheirownnarrativeofthestruggleandtheforgedalliancestocreatethePalestinianCulturalMuralHonoringProfessorEdwardSaid
From Oceanhill Brownsville to Harlem and El‐Barrio;fromAlgeriatoPalestine;fromVietnamtoCuba,PuertoRican, Afro‐American, and Palestinian movementsresisted colonial domination and sought to write theirown histories in the struggles for dignity, self‐determinationandanindivisiblesenseofjustice.
PanelistsInclude:RababAbdulhadi(AMED,PSC,UPWA),NadeenElshorafa(AROC),RamseyElqare(GUPS),JaimeVeve(YoungLords),RogerAlvarado(TWLF),NickOcchiponti,TerryCollins(BSU),JavadJahi(MXGM),TonyGonzalez(AIM)andMichelle&NadiaMoraira(SKINS)
PanelistsInclude:JackieHusaryandCharlieElqare
PanelistsInclude:YuriKochiyama(OrganizationofAfroAmericanUnity,HarlemParentsCommittee),RababAbdulhadi(AMED,PSC,UPWA)&JaimeVeve(YoungLordsParty)
StudentactivistsatSFSUwilllookattheeffectofthe68’strikeontheiractivismtoday.
PanelistsIncludeGeneralUnionofPalestineStudents(GUPS),A.S.Women'sCenter,LeagueofFilipinoStudents(LFS),BlackStudentUnion(BSU),LaRazaStudentOrganization,andMovimientoEstudiantilChican@sdeAzltan(M.E.Ch.A.).
TheStrike,TheArrests,TheDefenseAndTheLessonsForToday
Thursday,October30st,20086:008:00pm
JackAdamsHall
LiberatingtheAcademy:ArabandArabAmericanStudentLegacies
Thursday,October30th,200811:0012:15pmRosaParksC
PanelistsInclude:LailaAlArian,TerrenceHallinan,HankJones,MargaretLeahy,RoyHarrisonandTonySerra.
Panelistswill lookathow theuseofpoliceaffected thestruggle of the strike and also the growing repressiontodayinlightofthedevelopmentsinthe1960s.
Presenter: Magid Shihade. Examines the legacy of thestudents’ struggle tohavevoice in theacademyoutsidetheWhitedominantstructure,lookingatArabsandArabAmericansstruggleintheacademyasanexample.
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