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Smith Hosts National Conference On Diversity Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, sociologist Nathan Glazer, anthropologist Johnnetta Cole, California Polytechnic State University president Robert Suzuki and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith will be among the participants at "What's Next? American Pluralism and the Civic Culture: Challenges and Proposals," which will take place at Smith November 46. A committee chaired by Peter Rose, Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, organized this national conference on issues of racial and ethnic diversity, which will focus on three challenges: examining relations between America's minority and new immigrant communities; fostering respect and cooperation within various ethnic groups and in relation to generational, gender, class and political differences; and overcoming intergroup barriers to create "a more perfect union." "Our objective is to have our lecturers and panelists assess the present and suggest concrete initiatives for future actions on the campus and well beyond the Grécourt Gates," says Rose. There will also be a keynote address, the Otelia Cromwell Lecture, by Guinier; performances by Anna Deavere Smith and Sweet Honey in the Rock, the African-American female a cappella ensemble; and "Intolerance," an exhibition of documentary photographs from the civil rights movement from the collection of Sam Zailin of Biddeford, Maine. The panels will include Rubén G. Rumbaut, Michigan State University; Katharine H.S. Moon '86, Wellesley College; Mary Catherine Bateson, George Mason University; Charles V. Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Larry Toy, Foundation for California Community Colleges; Rudy Crew, chancellor of New York City schools; Evan S. Dobelle, Trinity College; Kathryn Rodgers '70, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund; Betty Burkes, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Gary Rubin, New York Association for New Americans; Milton D. Morris, Creative Futures International; Roberta Uno, University of Massachusetts/Amherst; and Gilbert Cardenas, University of Texas. Participating from the Smith faculty will be Ginetta Candelario '90, Andrea Hairston '74, Ellen Kaplan and Yvonne P. Daniel. A number of Smith students will participate in the conference sessions, including the opening event, a discussion of innovative ways to address issues of race and diversity on the college campus. The conference will be open to the public.-AS |
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