Civil Rights Symposium Resource Archive

Presentations

2008 Symposium

2007 Symposium

Jacqueline Jones Royster - Key Note (pdf)
Carol Suziki (pdf)
Harold Bailey (pdf)
Jennifer Moore (pdf)
Carlos Salinas (pdf)
Fred Harris (pdf)
Art Gonzales - UNM Demographics (Powerpoint)
Community Health Clinics and Human Rights (Powerpoint)
Girls and Women in Sport (Powerpoint)
García Vs. Taft (Powerpoint)
Native Identities and Gender Rights (Powerpoint)
Women's Health (Powerpoint)
Electronic Literacy (Powerpoint)
Amnesty International and Universal Human Rights (Powerpoint)

Agendas

We extend our sincere appreciation to Dr. Henry Cisneros for his support and encouragement for the 2007 UNM Civil Rights Symposium. The film tribute to WW II civil rights reformers was made possible by the generous assistance of CityView Housing, San Antonio (Sylvia Arce-García) and produced by the University of Texas, San Antonio Department of Communication (Steven Levitt) and Center for Distance Learning and Academic Technology (Ernest Hernandez and James Borrego). This tribute will be available via online streaming on this web site.

40 years of Community Activism, 1967-2007:

Civil Rights Reform, Then and Now

Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Sub Ballroom B

Friday, September 28, 2007 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Sub Ballroom C

The 2007 Civil Rights Symposium at the University of New Mexico is scheduled for Thursday, September 27 in Sub Ballroom B and Friday, September 28 in the Sub Ballroom C. The theme of UNM Civil Rights Symposium is “40 Years of Community Activism, 1967-2007: Civil Rights Reform, Then and Now.” The event will feature roundtable discussion panels with UNM scholars in Women’s Studies, African American Studies, Native American Studies, and Chicano Studies examining civic activism and civil rights reform over the past forty years. We seek to include a rich and diverse range of perspectives on U.S. civic engagement, representation, and civil rights reform, past and present.

Framing Questions

The symposium format is designed to promote collective deliberation among UNM faculty, staff, students and community members on past and present civil rights issues affecting historically-excluded groups in U.S. social and political life. Panelists will address these framing questions as they relate to their communities, histories, and current social conditions: how has civic activism changed over the past forty years; what inequities endure within the U.S. social system; where and how can current leaders affect positive change?

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Featured Speakers

Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster will deliver the morning key note address, “Literacy and Civic Engagement.”

Dr. Kehaulani Kauanui will deliver the key note address, “Native Sovereignty, Civil Rights, and Questions of Social Justice.”

Dr. Vicente Ximenes will deliver the luncheon address on Friday, September 28, “LBJ’s Great Society, Civil Rights Reform.”

Hector Galán will close the symposium in a panel discussion about his work documenting the Mexican American civil rights movement. The Panel ¡Chicano! will be facilitated by Dr. Jesse Alemán.

Dr. Henry Cisneros will deliver a video tribute to WW II civil rights reformers.

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Schedule

Thursday, September 27 Schedule (Roundtable Discussion Format)

8:30-9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks:
David Richard Jones, Chair of the Department of English
Viola Florez, Interim Provost
Brenda Claiborne, Dean College of Arts & Sciences

9:00-10:00 Community Health & Human Rights Panel:
Brenda Claiborne (Arts & Sciences)
Arthur Kaufman (Medical School)
Magdalena Avila (Education)
Giovanna Rossi (Governor's Women's Health Advisory Council)

10:00-11:00 International Perspectives on Human & Civil Rights Panel:
Jennifer Moore, Carol Suzuki (Law School)
Roberta Rael (Youth Radio & Inspired Leadership)
John Scenters-Zapico (UTEP)
Carlos Salinas (UTEP)
Carole Nagengast (Anthropology)

11:00-12:00 New Mexico Community Engagement Panel:
Ann Massmann (Center for Southwest Research)
Frank Sanchez (Needmor Fund)
Stephanie Willis (Out ch'Yonda)
Cecil Lynn (NAACP)
Joseph García (GPSA)
Dan Young (Service Learning)

12:00-1:00 Language Rights and New Mexico Diversity Issues:
Rebecca Blum Martinez (Education)
Christine Sims (Education)
Maria Dolores Gonzalez (Spanish)
Phyllis Perrin Wilcox (Linguistics)
Paul Platero (Linguistics)
Juan Guerra (University of Washington)

1:00-2:00 College Support Programs Panel:
Joe Cecchi (Engineering)
Richard Van Dongen (Education)
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (Law School)
Scott Carreathers (African American Student Services)
Summer Little (Women's Resource Center)
Art Gonzales (Office of Equal Opportunity)

2:00-3:00 Environmental Justice and Human Rights:
Vera Norwood (American Studies)
Eileen Gauna (Law School)
Teresa Cordova (Architecture)
Virginia Scharff (History)
Jake Kosek (American Studies)
Enrique Lamadrid (Spanish)

3:00-4:00 American Indian Students and New Mexico Tribal Communities:
Pamela Agoyo (AISS)
Benny Shendo (New Mexico Indian Affairs)
Glenabah Martinez (Education)
Roseann Willink (Linguistics)
Tiffany Lee (Native American Studies)
Mark Chino (President, Tribal Council)

4:00-5:00 Native Identities and Gender Rights:
Elizabeth Archuleta (Arizona State University)
Jennifer Denetdale (History, IfAIR)
Sherrick Roanhorse (Diné Coalition for Cultural Preservation)

Thursday, September 27 (Concurrent Session):

2:00-4:00 Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop “Building Authority in Teaching and Writing.”

Facilitated by: Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster (Sponsored by OGS)
Coordinators: John Miles & Whitney Myers
Ortega Hall Conference Room 335

Friday, September 28 Schedule: (Roundtable Discussion Format)

8:30-8:45 Welcome:
David Richard Jones (English)

8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks:
Fred Harris (Political Science)

9:00-9:45 Key Note Address:
Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster “Literacy and Civic Engagement”
Introduction: Chuck Paine (English)
Respondent: Juan Guerra (University of Washington)

10:00-10:45 Women’s Issues Panel:
Facilitator Gail Houston (English, Women's Studies)
Christine Sierra (Political Science)
Joy Griffin (Education)
Elizabeth Archuleta (Arizona State University)
Barbara Reyes (History)

11:00-11:45 African American Issues Panel:
Facilitator Finnie Coleman (English, African American Studies)
Harold Bailey (NM Office of African American Affairs)
Josef Powdrell (NAACP)
Antoinette Murphy (ASUNM)
Teresa Neely (Zimmerman Library)

12:00-12:45 Key Note Address:
Dr. Kehaulani Kauanui “Native Sovereignty, Civil Rights, and Questions of Social Justice”
Introduction: Elizabeth Archuleta

1:00-1:30 Luncheon Address:
Dr. Vicente Ximenes “LBJ’s 'Great Society' and Civil Rights Reform ”
Introduction: Michelle Hall Kells
Respondent: Frank Martinez (Urban Coalition)

1:30-2:30 Introductions & Remarks:

Tribute to WW II Civil Rights Reformers: Henry Cisneros
“Toward Equality in Our Schools” Commemoration of 1947
Mendez v. Westminister: Margaret Romero (US Postal Service)
Office of the Mayor of Albuquerque: Martín Chávez
Introduction of Dr. David Schmidly by Bernadine Hernandez
Office of UNM President: David Schmidly
Tribute to New Mexico World War Veterans: John Garcia,
Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services.

2:30-4:00 Presidential Inaugural Lecture
¡Chicano! Documenting the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement:
Featured Speaker: Hector Galán (¡Chicano! Series and WWII Latinos film documentary)
Facilitator: Jesse Alemán

4:00-4:30 Closing Remarks: Office of Student Affairs: Cheo Torres

7:00-9:00 National Hispanic Cultural Center. Capturing the Latino World War II Experience: Films by Hector
Galán. Hosted by NHCC Executive Director, Eduardo Díaz and Director of History & Literary Arts, Carlos Vásquez.