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CONSCIOUSNESS,COMMUNITY,LIBERATION:FULFILLINGTHEPROMISEOF‘68

ACommemorationofthe40thAnniversaryofthe1968SFStateStudentLedStrike

LearnAbouttheHistoryandRelationshipbetweentheLiberationMovementsofpeopleofcolorfromtheVeteransoftheStruggleinthe60s/70sandtheNewGenerationActiviststoday.

JoinustodiscussArab&MuslimMovementsforLiberation,Self­Determination,andJustice–Then&Now

TheSpiritofBandung:3rdWorldismasPraxis,Resistance,andSolidarity

Thursday,October30th,20082:10­3:25p

RichardOakesMulticulturalCenter

RevolutionintheAirFriday,October31st,2008

11:00­1:00pmJackAdamsHall

IntheSpiritofLegacies:ThePalestinianMuralThursday,October30th,2008

4:00­5:25pmRosaParksC

PeopleofColorCoalitionBuilding:WhatWillOur68’StrikeLookLikein08’Thursday,October30th,2008

12:35­1:50pmJackAdamsHall

This panel will illuminate the idea of 3rd worldism asclaimedbymilitantsinstrugglesofpeopleofcolor.Inthespirit of call and response, younger activists fromvariouscommunitiesofcolorwillengage theireldersanddiscussthespiritofresistanceandsolidarity,thenandnow.

MembersoftheGeneralUnionofPalestineStudentssharetheirownnarrativeofthestruggleandtheforgedalliancestocreatethePalestinianCulturalMuralHonoringProfessorEdwardSaid

From Oceanhill Brownsville to Harlem and El‐Barrio;fromAlgeriatoPalestine;fromVietnamtoCuba,PuertoRican, Afro‐American, and Palestinian movementsresisted colonial domination and sought to write theirown histories in the struggles for dignity, self‐determinationandanindivisiblesenseofjustice.

PanelistsInclude:RababAbdulhadi(AMED,PSC,UPWA),NadeenElshorafa(AROC),RamseyEl­qare(GUPS),JaimeVeve(YoungLords),RogerAlvarado(TWLF),NickOcchiponti,TerryCollins(BSU),JavadJahi(MXGM),TonyGonzalez(AIM)andMichelle&NadiaMoraira(SKINS)

PanelistsInclude:JackieHusaryandCharlieEl­qare

PanelistsInclude:YuriKochiyama(OrganizationofAfro­AmericanUnity,HarlemParentsCommittee),RababAbdulhadi(AMED,PSC,UPWA)&JaimeVeve(YoungLordsParty)

StudentactivistsatSFSUwilllookattheeffectofthe68’strikeontheiractivismtoday.

PanelistsIncludeGeneralUnionofPalestineStudents(GUPS),A.S.Women'sCenter,LeagueofFilipinoStudents(LFS),BlackStudentUnion(BSU),LaRazaStudentOrganization,andMovimientoEstudiantilChican@sdeAzltan(M.E.Ch.A.).

TheStrike,TheArrests,TheDefenseAndTheLessonsForToday

Thursday,October30st,20086:00­8:00pm

JackAdamsHall

LiberatingtheAcademy:ArabandArabAmericanStudentLegacies

Thursday,October30th,200811:00­12:15pmRosaParksC

PanelistsInclude:LailaAl­Arian,TerrenceHallinan,HankJones,MargaretLeahy,RoyHarrisonandTonySerra.

Panelistswill lookathow theuseofpoliceaffected thestruggle of the strike and also the growing repressiontodayinlightofthedevelopmentsinthe1960s.

Presenter: Magid Shihade. Examines the legacy of thestudents’ struggle tohavevoice in theacademyoutsidetheWhitedominantstructure,lookingatArabsandArabAmericansstruggleintheacademyasanexample.