Ethnic Studies Under Attack! Join the Struggle!
Raza/Ethnic Studies Teachers From Embattled Arizona
To Speak !!!
UNLH (Univeristy Lecture Hall)
5 – 6:30 pm
This Thursday educators from Tucson’s highly successful RAZA/ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAM will visit UCR on a Southern California Tour to raise awareness & funds in their struggle to defend the teaching of Chicano/Ethnic Histories, Literature and Culture in Arizona. They file a case in Federal Court this week against Arizona Bill HB 2281 – the anti-Ethnic Studies bill. Learn about issues of censorship, cultural rights and the endangerment of academic freedoms.
Opening Song “Rosa Parks Soliloquy” (a Cranky Box Performance) by Prof. John Avalos. Opening remarks by Dylan Rodriguez (UCR Ethnic Studies), MEChA. Program also features Film Trailer of “Precious Knowledge,” a PBS Documentary on the Raza Studies Program in Tucson. Co-Sponsored by MALCS-UCR, the Ethnic Studies Department, and Chicano Student Programs. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
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