Faculty Affiliates Earn Teaching Award | CSRE Commencement | Comparative Race Studies at Stanford | Asian American History

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF STRENGTH IN SOLIDARITY

CCSRE eNEWSLETTER | JUNE 8, 2022

FEATURE EVENT

CSRE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

CLASS OF 2020, 2021 & 2022

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Lomita Mall South Green

Luncheon 12:30-2p | Diploma Ceremony 2-3:30p

CCSRE NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

CCSRE FDIs Asad L. Asad (Soc) and Sarah Derbew (Classics) and Faculty Affiliate Steven Zipperstein (History) Earn 2021-22 School of Humanities & Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching

CAMPUS NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Stanford Ethnic Studies Program Lacks Consistency, Faculty Say

BY ITZEL LUNA | June 2, 2022 |The Stanford Daily

The structural limits of Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford are addressed by CCSRE faculty leadership including current Director Paula M. L. Moya. Among the constraints, CCSRE cannot appoint its own faculty.

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Stanford’s History is Inextricably Linked with

Asian American History

Opinion by the Community | May 31, 2022 | The Stanford Daily

From its inception, Stanford University has benefited from the contributions of Asian Americans, including these unsung Chinese workers. Even so, the institution’s relationship with Chinese Americans in particular has been anything but straightforward.

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SIEPR Report: Impact on children who live through shootings

The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is a stark reminder that school shootings are a horrific American phenomenon. SIEPR Senior Fellow Maya Rossin-Slater has conducted extensive research that shows how school shootings impact the mental health, educational attainment and economic outcomes of children who witness them. READ THE REPORT

Jimmy Chen, Camara Phyllis Jones receive inaugural President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good

Social entrepreneur Jimmy Chen is founder and CEO of Propel, an anti-poverty software company. Camara Phyllis Jone, a family physician and epidemiologist, has conducted groundbreaking research on racism and health.

READ THE FULL STORY BY CHELCEY ADAMI

The Politics of Art from the Chicano Movement to Zapatismo

Friday, June 10 | 3:00 PDT

Online RSVP

How has art made by U.S. Latina/o/xs contributed to, and been shaped by, Left movements? What can this work teach us about contemporary struggles against racism, colonialism, exploitation, and displacement? Jennifer S. Ponce de León (University of Pennsylvania) will address these questions as she presents her research on ideology, cultural production, and popular movements in the Americas.

Presented by the Feminist, Queer, and Trans Studies Research Workshop. Contact: Marco Antonio Flores.

AROUND THE BAY

TEATRO VISIÓN AND LA QUINTA TEATRO PRESENT

ROOTS: THE BOOK OF JOURNEYS/RAÍCES: EL LIBRO DE LOS CAMINOS

Select Dates in July | 8p

Mexican Heritage Plaza | 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San José, CA 95116

A world premiere created with community in California and México by La Quinta Teatro and Teatro Visión

music by Guillermo Galindo

Raíces: el libro de los caminos is a brand new spectacle inspired in the tradition of street theater, and created with input from hundreds of community members, that explores migration as a boundless journey. A story told through movement, costume, props, and music, Raíces: el libro de los caminos will take audiences of all ages, languages, and cultures on a magical journey like no other.

Ticket prices range. Performances may be held indoors or outdoors on select dates.

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