CCSRE HONORS THESIS PRESENTATIONS
We cordially invite you to attend our Honors Thesis Presentations on Thursday, May 26th in the CCSRE Conference Room (Building 360), from 12:00pm-2:00pm. *Lunch will be Provided*
PRESENTERS:
Kevin Calderon | "Recuerdos: Queer Central American Identity Formation in/through Photography"
Josh Pe |"Revoked Refuge: How Deported 1.5 Generation Cambodian American Refugees Navigate the Contradictions Between Their Citizenship and Belonging"
Josia Josef Keoni Quon Rodriguez | "Mohala Nā Pua Kahiki: An Exploration of the Kanaka ʻŌiwi Past in Diaspora"
Brentley Sandlin | "Urban Indigenous Self-Expressionism from 1960s to Present and Its Impact on Indigenous Identity."
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ALOK (CSRE '13) ON MAKING A LIFE
Alok Vaid-Menon creates life-affirming public scholarship at the intersections of race, gender, and transness. They teach us the power of an education in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity for crafting alternative ways of being in—and transforming—the world.
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BY PERLITA R. DICOCHEA | May 25, 2022
You might know Alok Vaid-Menon (CSRE ‘13) as the gender non-conforming model who has a stylist for their body hair. Or you might have seen ALOK’s writing or image in The New Yorker, Huffington Post, CNN World, GQ India, PBS NewsHour, or Teen Vogue. Or you might follow ALOK on IG, where their posts offer scenes from the cutting edge of non-binary fashion photoshoots and the personal notes of a cultural critic.
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Place Matters: The United Farm Workers Movement in Salinas, California
Thursday, May 26 | 5-6:30p | BLDG 120, Studio 40
Marshall Ganz will share his perspective about the goals, strategies, and memories of the UFW and his experiences in Salinas in the 1970s. Carol Lynn McKibben will present the way the movement is remembered by Salinas's residents from various perspectives and discuss its short- and long-term impact on the city and its residents through readings from her book, SALINAS: A History of Race and Resilience in an Agricultural City.
Moderated by Tomás Jiménez and presented by the Program in Urban Studies.
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Reimagining African Borders
Through Cultural Objects
May 27 | 3-5p
Stanford Archeology Center | BLDG 500
This student-curated exhibition features cultural objects that entered Stanford University's collections from the modern states of Egypt, Ethiopia, the Sudan, and South Sudan. Join us as we discuss how these collections inspire us to reorient the way we imagine Africa and transcend colonial categorizations.
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ACROSS THE NORMATIVE DIVIDE: Religion, Race, and Justice in America
May 26-27 | In-person & On Zoom
"Across the Normative Divide" is a hybrid gathering that aims to foster collaboration and conversation between historians and ethicists on religion and racial justice in the US, and thereby to advance public conversation on these urgent issues.
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CAMPUS NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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May-Ling Kuo Gonzales wins 2022 Amy J. Blue Award
BY ALEX KEKAUOHA | May 11, 2022
Growing up in a military family, May-Ling Kuo Gonzales moved frequently, making it hard to maintain lasting friendships as a kid.
“I remember learning that some people have childhood friends that they stay connected to, which seemed so unfamiliar to me,” she said. “But not having that constant growing up has made me a community builder, as I see the beauty and benefit of bringing people together.” READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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Tackling Environmental Justice Locally and Globally:
When Garbage Burning, Climate-Smart Agriculture And
Soil Lead Contamination Meet
Thursday, May 26 | 11:30a | Y2E2 - 473 Via Ortega, Rm 299
In this talk, Eri Saikawa will cover three different projects that we are currently working on – garbage burning in Asia and Latin America, climate-smart agriculture to mitigate air pollution and climate change, and soil lead contamination in the Westside of Atlanta. The projects may seem quite different, yet they all have the same underlying theme - work towards environmental justice while bringing different disciplines together to tackle a complex problem related to the Earth, energy, and environment. LEARN MORE
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OPEN STUDIO with Gauri Gill
Roberta Bowman Denning Visiting Artist
Thursday, May 26th 2022, 11:00a - May 27th 2022, 6:00p
Art Gallery | 419 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 | Lower Level
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The Universal Race:
Garveyism and the Practices of Pan-Africanism
Thursday, June 2 | 4-6p | Levinthal & Online
"The Universal Race," also the title of Getachew's current book project, is concerned with interwar pan-Africanism, especially through the lens of Garveyism. Drawing on the idea "Universal Negro” of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, the lecture is concerned with the constitution of blackness as a geopolitical category and political agent.
Presented by the Stanford Humanities Center. Reception to follow. LEARN MORE
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San Francisco Citywide Black Student Union's First Annual
JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL
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June 18 | 12P | Jerry Garcia Amphitheater
100 John F Shelley Dr, San Francisco, CA, 94134
San Francisco Citywide Black Student Union is a youth-led collaborative that emphasizes the importance of Black culture and youth in San Francisco. They work as a supportive and networking outlet for Black students across multiple districts in San Francisco. Members of SF Citywide BSU are advocates for social justice and change, and look for new ways to improve and implement positive, lasting change in San Francisco. SF Citywide BSU is excited to launch one of their biggest projects, their First Annual Juneteenth Festival. This festival is a day for the community, fully planned by San Francisco's youth to promote local entrepreneurs, creators, and artists and celebrate the varieties of creativity within Black culture. This event is free and family friendly.
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