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Events - 2009 & 2010 Fall '09 MISJT Events: Refreshments served at all events Please RSVP to Nancy Michaels at, nmichaels@roosevelt.edu ART EXHIBIT: “Interrupted Lives: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States.” August 24 to September 22 This extremely moving art exhibit curated by Rickie Solinger, seeks to educate the community about the realities of incarceration, especially its impact on mothers and their children. Interrupted Life has been hosted by over 100 college and university galleries. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/meridians/v007/7.2solinger.html . Exhibit at UIC Student Center East Montgomery Ward Gallery 750 Halsted, 2nd level Monday- Thursday: Noon to 9:00 PM; Friday Noon to 5 PM UIC Student Center East Montgomery Ward Gallery 750 Halsted, 2nd level Monday- Thursday: Noon to 9:00 PM; Friday Noon to 5 PM . Collaboration with DePaul & UIC and Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation. Film screening: “War on the Family: Mothers in Prison and the Children They Leave Behind” Monday, September 14th 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Murray-Green Library, Roosevelt University Film screening of: “War on the Family: Mothers in Prison and the Children They Leave Behind” http://www.peaceproductions.org/waronthefamily.html Discussion and Q&A following on Issues the film raises as well as women's incarceration and social justice praxis in the U.S. and what people are doing about it. Panel will include: Jodie Lawston, DePaul University Department of Sociology and author of Sisters Outside: Radical Activists Working for Women Prisoners, Renny Golden, activist, poet, academic and author of the book: War on Families: Imprisoned Mothers and the Families They Life Behind, and, Kathie Kane-Willis, acting director of the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs at Roosevelt University
Rickie Solinger discusses “Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States. Monday, September 21th 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Congress Lounge, 2nd Floor AUD Rickie Solinger discusses “Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States. Curated by Rickie Solinger, the exhibition seeks to educate the community about the realities of incarceration, especially its impact on mothers and their children. Interrupted Life has been hosted by over 100 college and university galleries. Rickie will speak at Roosevelt and present slides of very moving exhibit pieces featured in the “Interrupted Life” exhibit. Incarceration, Race and the Effect on Family Thursday, October 1st 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Murray- Green Library, Roosevelt University, 10th Floor Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Journalist with the Chicago Reporter, Craig Townsend, formerly incarcerated father of two and a representative from Civic Action Network will discuss the experience of separation of children from parents who are incarcerated, and consideration and protection of children during a parent's arrest, sentencing, time of incarceration, and re-entry. Discussion with Steve Bogira, Author of COurtroom 302 Wednesday, October 21st 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Congress Lounge, 2nd floor Reading, Discussion, and Book Signing with Steve Bogira, Author of: Courtroom 302 Overview of Steve’s project at 26th and California with focus on the issues of race discrimination in bail, sentencing, legal representation, he highlights in the book. COURTROOM 302: “A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse, by Steve Bogira, is a dazzling yet disturbing view of the day-to-day activities occurring in one American courthouse and, perhaps most troubling, a chronicle of events that repeats itself in courthouses and courtrooms across the United States.” Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman: Bookreporter.com
Gangs in Chicago: The Culture, The Violence, The ImpactMonday, November 2nd, 3:00 PM ito 4:30 PM in the Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University Gage Building 18 S. Michigan Ave. 1st Floor The Monday afternoon Crime & Social Justice Lecture Series begins with a discussion about Gangs in Chicago. We will be joined by members from the organization, BUILD. BUILD works with gang affiliated teens to achieve their goals of “prevention, Intervention, rehabilitation and BUILDing futures.” Sponsored by: The Dept. of Economics & the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice & Transformation RSVP: nmichaels@roosevelt.edu
Film Series: Film #1 “A Sentence for Two” Wednesday, November 18th 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM Spertus Lounge, 2nd Floor Documentary about the pregnancy’s of 3 women in an Oregon Prison. “With few options these three pregnant inmates must find a family member to care for the new baby, place the baby in foster care or choose adoption. In all cases the newborn is separated from the mother at birth and the possibility of never reuniting is very real. Film Discussant: Gail T. Smith from Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) Film #2 “Tulia Texas” Thursday, December 3rd 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM Spertus Lounge, 2nd Floor A powerful story of a small town's search for justice and the price Americans pay for the war on drugs. Film Discussant: Kathie Kane-Willis Other events MISJT supports: 1969: Chicago's Civil Rights Movement Revisited Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall - 7th Floor 40th anniversary commemoration of the struggle to integrate the building trades and endorse African American Contractors. Keynote speaker: Reverend C.T.Vivian - Leader of the 1969 Chicago Coalition, veteran of the sit-in movement, the Freedom Rides and Executive Staff of Martin Luther King's SCLC. Sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of History and Philosophy. Contact Erik Gellman for more information at egellman@roosevelt.edu “Interrupted Lives: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States.” Exhibit at UIC August 24 to September 22 at UIC Curated by Rickie Solinger, the exhibition seeks to educate the community about the realities of incarceration, especially its impact on mothers and their children. Interrupted Life has been hosted by over 100 college and university galleries. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/meridians/v007/7.2solinger.html . UIC Student Center East Montgomery Ward Gallery 750 Halsted, 2nd level Monday- Thursday: Noon to 9:00 PM; Friday Noon to 5 PM .Collaboration with DePaul & UIC and Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation. Panel discussion by Formerly Incarcerated Mothers Wednesday, September 9th 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM UIC-Jane Addams College of Social Work 1040 W. Harrison, Room 4013 (4th floor) hosted by CLAIM-VISIBLE VOICES.
Events - 2008 & 2009
Race, Labor and the City: Crises Old and New Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Fund for Labor Culture and History Conference At Roosevelt University! Thursday, May 28 - Sunday, May 31, 2009 For more information including the complete confernce schedulem see: http://chi-lawcha09.indstate.edu/
Spring Series on Criminal INjustice Spring Series on Criminal INjustice 4 events in the month of April! Join the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation and the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project as we explore issues of social justice and human rights in the criminal justice system; a theme that will be carried into the 2009-10 academic year. Please click on the link above for details on the series! Matthew Freeman Lecture and Social Justice Award Ceremony Join us for the Matthew Freeman Lecture and Social Justice Award Ceremony Thursday, April 23rd 11:00 to 12:30 Sullivan Room, 2nd Fl., Aud. Matthew Freeman was a Roosevelt student committed to working for a world Featured Lecturer: Ann-Marie Cusac, Assistant Professor of Journalism, will discuss her new book, Cruel and Unusual: The
Culture of Crime and Punishment in America.
Since 1973, America’s imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the
Social Justice and Transformation Film Screening
Each film will be followed by a discussion featuring an expert in that field of social justice RSVP Please: contact Ryan Kurkul at rkurkul@roosevelt.edu “Who Killed the Electric Car” Monday, March 30th 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Schaumburg Campus, Penthouse In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline. Ten years later, these futuristic cars were almost entirely gone. This film discusses: What happened? Why should we be haunted by the ghost of the electric car? “Waterfront” Wednesday, April 1st 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Chicago Campus, AUD 320 A documentary about a community's struggle against water privatization. The film shows citizens struggling with the question of how a valuable and essential public resource should be managed in the midst of an economic crisis that silences claims to human rights. “High Cost of Low Price” Monday, April 13th 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Schaumburg Campus, Penthouse & Thursday, April 16th 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Chicago Campus, AUD 320 A documentary that presents an unfavorable picture of Wal-Mart's business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Wal-Mart executives. The film intersperses statistics between the interviews to provide large-scale examinations beyond personal opinions Pizza & Soda will be served.
Getting Paid To Cause Trouble: Carreers for Organizing for Social Change Come meet organizers from local community organizations and unions, "walking the walk" and learn aboug careers in grassroots organizing. Saturday, April 4th 11:00 AM to 1:00 Am Roosevelt University Gage Building 18 S. Michigan ave. in the Gage Gallery , 1st Fl Free and Open to the public & lunch provided Please r.s.v.p. to Carrie Breitbach at cbreitba@csu.edu Organizers from Illinois AFSCME, UNITE HERE!, UFCW, Communities for an Equitable Olympics (CEO), Center for Community Change and other unions and community groups will be here to talk about jobs and internships available NOW!
Social Justice in a Changing World Undergraduate and Graduate Student Conference
Friday, April 17, 2009
The Department of Sociology and the RU Sociological Society are sponsoring a conference at the Chicago Campus on Friday, April 17. Undergraduate and graduate students will gather to discuss the challenges confronting local and global communities as well as solutions that can be advanced by social justice movements. Generating social science discourses informed by principles of social justice is vital for addressing today's multi-faceted challenges. http://www.rusociologicalsociety.org Join us for an Interactive Dialogue on Two Historic Speeches Obama's Vision / King's Dream Monday, April 20th 2:30 to 4:00 PM Roosevelt University, Schaumburg Campus Alumni Hall Annex, Room 155A 430 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 RSVP to Nancy Michaels, nmichaels@roosevelt.edu RU Students, faculty, and staff are invited to discuss Barack Obama's speech entitled "Perfecting the Union," also known as "Obama's Speech on Race," and Martin Luther King's, "I Have a Dream Speech." Please come prepared by reading these speeces, http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html , http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html so we can have a productive discussion of the meaning of the text in a comparative dialogue.
Cruel & Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America by Professor Anne-Marie Cusac Reading, Book Signing and Reception Wednesday, March 11 5:00 PM Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University Please join us for a reading, book signing and reception to launch Professor of Communication Anne-Marie Cusac's new book - Cruel & Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America (Yale University Press) The book explores the cultural evolution on punishment practices in the United States. Cusac discusses the dramatic rise in the use of torture and restraint, corporal and capital punishment, and punitive physical pain. And, she links this new climate of punishment to shifts and other aspects of American culture, including changes in dominant religious beliefs, child rearing practices, politics, television shows, movies and more. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Communications and the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation
Opening Reception & Lecture by Nina Berman and Photo Exhibit, HOMELAND Opening Reception: Thursday, February 12, 5 to 8 PM
Berman, a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape, is the recipient of 2 World Press awards, a 2006 fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a 2005 grant from the Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Fund. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project and the Department of Communication Exhibit Runs February 12 – May 22, 2009 The "Homeland–Photos by Nina Berman" exhibition at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University, the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, and Roosevelt University’s Department of Communication.
Conversation with Documentary Photographer Nina Berman Friday, February 13
This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made online, by email at events@prairie.org, or at 312.422.5580. Join us for lunch and conversation with photographer Nina Berman, whose exhibit "Homeland– Photos by Nina Berman" at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery tells the story of post-9/11 America. Berman, a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape, is the recipient of 2 World Press awards, a 2006 fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a 2005 grant from the Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Fund. This program is co-sponsored by The Public Square, Gage Gallery of Roosevelt University, and The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation. The "Homeland–Photos by Nina Berman" exhibition at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University, the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, and Roosevelt University’s Department of Communication. Join us for an Interactive Dialogue on Two Historic Speeches Thursday, February 19th 2:30 to 4:00 PM Roosevelt University, Room 244 430 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 Obama's Vision / King's Dream RU Students, faculty, and staff are invited to discuss Barack Obama's speech entitled "Perfecting the Union," also known as "Obama's Speech on Race," and Martin Luther King's, "I Have a Dream Speech." Please come prepared by reading these speeces, http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html , http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html so we can have a productive discussion of the meaning of the text in a comparative dialogue.
Space is limited to please RSVP to Nancy Michaels at nmichaels@roosevelt.edu Events Around Town We Support: Haymarket Books presents:
Recent Events: Campus Event - Stop the Killing: You Can Help Reduce Youth Violence
Faculty and students are invited on Thursday, Dec. 11 to attend a presentation and workshop from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Congress Lounge on "Stopping the Killing: You Can Help Reduce Youth Violence." Steven Meyers, Professor of Psychology
Book Presentation and Discusstion of U.S. War Crimes with Deborah Nelson
Download the event flyer [PDF] . Please join the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation on November 20th at 5:30 in the Gage Gallery as we welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Deborah Nelson. Ms. Nelson will discuss her new book about Vietnam War crimes, “The War Behind Me.” “Nelson takes readers along with her on an unusually intimate journalistic journey to uncover what the government had hoped to keep secret—war crimes too cold-blooded and routine to fathom. As her riveting book reminds us, war is hell—for everyone involved. A must read for soldiers, scholars, journalists and any one else interested in both courage and cover-up during wartime.” —Dana Priest, The Washington Post “Young Americans went to Vietnam imbued with a high moral purpose. But the war dehumanized many, as Deborah Nelson vividly illustrates in a book that evokes a shameful chapter in our history.” —Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History
‘hell-bound to repeat’ the same mistakes.” —Library Journal
PAST 2008 EVENTS : One Book/One University Thursday, October 30, 2008 This years annual Roosevelt University event sponsored by MISJT will feature Katha Pollitt who will discuss her book, Virginity or Death! a collection of her essays originally published in The Nation. These essays showcase Pollitt's keen insights and mordant wit as she skewers one hypocrite at a time from every side of the political spectrum. No matter what the subject, Pollitt's writings are always as eloqunt as they are provocative . Virginity or Death! is a powerful collection from one of our most important writers today.
PUBLIC SQUARE A Post-Election Roundtable: What Happens After the Vote? Thursday, November 6, 2008 Free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made online, by email at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580. The question of who will be the next president is about to be settled. Join us for this post-election roundtable discussion to grapple with the urgent question of what the new administration will mean for America and the world. With a depression underway, two wars raging, unresolved racial conflict, and more, what role will the media and public mobilization and participation play in shaping a new agenda? Jeremy Scahill, author of the award winning book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Institute for Policy Studies; Tracy Van Slyke, Program Director of The Media Consortium; and James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice, will offer their thoughts on the aftermath of this historic race for the White House. More about the panelists and moderator... This program is co-sponsored by The Public Square, In These Times, The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, and Roosevelt University's Department of Political Science. Film Screening - Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen
Please join us this Wednesday, Nov. 12 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in AUD 326 for a screening of the film Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen. Ann Brigham, Associate Professor of English & Women's and Gender Studies, Director, WGS Program
Justice for Agent Orange Victims Monday, October 20, 2008 Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave.
Past Events 2007 Nov 27 – Glorifying the Hangman: Crime, Class and Race in the Era of Mass Imprisonment - Geert Dhondt PhD Nov 30 – The Politics of the New Chicago Labor Movement Dec 4 – Race, Gender and Genetic Technologies: a New Reproductive Dystopia – Dorothy Roberts Colloquium Dec 4 – "Roosevelt University's Revolutionary Economics Department, 1945-1955" – Dr. Rolf Weil Vietnam Veterans Against the War (National conference -- 40th anniversary of VVAW) Loving Conference (National conference -- 40th anniversary of the Loving Decision -- struck down anti-miscegenation laws) Matthew Freeman Lecture, Eric Klinenberg Mansfield Lecturer - BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN - Weaving a Family Exploring Whiteness and Philanthropy Sociology/Social Justice Colloquia,
Dorothy Roberts Getting Paid to Cause Trouble: Careers in Social Justice Resistance & Social Movements:
The Ongoing Fight
for Freedom Sociology/Social Justice colloquia,
Mary Patillo Speak Out! with Irshad Manji Past Events 2006 25 Years with HIV/AIDS Gender Based Violence Tubeho Project September 16, 2006 Voices From Home: Local Authors Speak, After Elections in Palestine and Israel, What Has Changed? Voices From Home: Local Authors Speak: An Evening With Heather M. Dalmage The Hip-Hop Generation:
A Workshop To Discuss The Impact of
Hip-Hop Culture on The
Self-Esteem of Boys/Young Men (PDF) Kathy Emery Lecture, "Education and Social Protest: What Mississippi Can Teach Us Today" (PDF) MISJ Workshop: Are You Thinking of
Applying For a PhD? (PDF) 2nd Annual Matthew Freeman Lecture Vietnam Victims of Agent Orange Need Justice "The Faces of AIDS Exhibit" followed by "Putting a Face to AIDS" discussion We are all affected, even if we're not infected. Some of Chicago's leading activists and people directly affected by HIV/AIDS are speaking out, bypassing all you've already learned and making it real. Join:
For a real life, in-depth question and answer discussion around the issue of HIV/AIDS in Chicago. The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice in cooperation with the Chicago Department of Public Health is pleased to present “The Faces of AIDS Exhibit” on display in the Michigan Ave. Lounge. The exhibit features photographs documenting the personal testimonials of those living with HIV/AIDS in America’s Heartland. Incarcerated and Infected: A Life Sentence The presence of HIV/AIDS in the correctional system is often overlooked, but with the number of infected inmates estimated to be more than 14 times higher than the general population, it can hardly be ignored. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 2% of inmates in state prisons are estimated to be HIV-positive. Advocates are concerned that increases in the number of HIV-positive African-Americans may be linked to the disproportionate incarceration of African-American men and women. Reverend Doris Green, Director of community affairs, AIDS Foundation of
Chicago From Chicago to Rwanda: Women and AIDS with Dr. Mardge Cohen, CORE center for the prevention, care and research of infectious diseases. In the spring of 1994, as most of the world - including the United States - watched, "never again" happened again. More than 800,000 men, women and children in Rwanda were bludgeoned, stabbed, blown up, burned alive, shot, strangled, drowned and hacked to death in 100 days of premeditated madness. During this time men infected with HIV raped countless numbers of women. Now, 11 years later, many of the women who survived the abuse are dying of AIDS. For them, the genocide continues, a sort of “murder on the installment plan.” Dr. Mardge Cohen has been traveling between Chicago and Kigali to set up an HIV clinic and a research project that will track the disease in women tormented by the restless ghosts of genocide. "We deserted this country once,” Cohen says. “We shouldn't do it again." Here at home, nearly 66% of Illinois women living with HIV are African-American. Many of these women became infected through no fault of their own. Can you see the similarity? If not, look again! Dr. Mardge Cohen shares her groundbreaking work with women infected with HIV and illustrates the link between “the land of 1,000 hills” and “the Windy City”. Announcing the Matthew Freeman Memorial Lecture and Book Collection Good Cops Book Talk (PDF, 137K) 2005
Mansfield Lecturer Barbara Ransby Reparations is Not "40 Acres and a Lexus" The Promise of Public
Housing, 1936-1983, sponsored by the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice Newsletter (PDF, 40K) Race & Criminal Justice: Conversations about the System Mansfield Lecture Sponsored by Office Depot and the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, hosted by
the Mansfield Institute Co-sponsored with Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, Human Relations Foundation,
Girl Scouts of America Panel discussion, "Alum Doing Social Justice" Your Vote Counts Conference
Co-sponsored with Rolling Thunder Co-sponsored with Women and Gender Studies Program Panel discussion:
"Finding Hope and Inspiration: Engaging in Social Justice Work" Panel discussion:
"What Do We Stand to Lose?: Perspectives on Social Justice" |
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“…alarming stories and important lessons for a country
THE WAR BEHIND ME includes copies of original sworn statements of soldiers describing in their own words atrocities they witnessed, as well as a complete list of case summaries of U.S. war-crime investigations compiled by army staff during the Vietnam War.