No human is illegal.
Since 9/11, political discourse on immigration has become increasingly dehumanizing and alienating: under the Obama administration, a record breaking 2 million undocumented immigrants have been deported. Join the PSU in collaboration with IDEAS, as we hear artist Favianna Rodriguez speak on art as an agent of change, her fight for migrant justice and the future of immigration reform. In addition, a Pomona student will share her experiences as an undocumented member of our very own community. Q&A will follow the talk, so bring your questions! Favianna Rodriguez's website: Favianna.com Favianna will be selling her artwork after the talk, she obviously can't do ClaremontCash so bring those wallets if you're interested. There will be a post-talk discussion in scc 217 led by the IDEAS Club and Favianna will join us.
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At Pomona College, a multitude of different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds contribute to a wide diversity of knowledge. However, not all social/cultural knowledge is incorporated equally into the Pomona College community — whether academic or social.
Join us as we hear from distinguished faculty and staff as they reflect on their experiences navigating spaces of higher education. Through this discussion, our speakers will explain how structures of power lead to socialization, manipulation of identity and even negation of self for students who are in the socioeconomic and cultural minority. Do you have many different skills & passions? Do you have trouble fitting neatly into one box or settling on a single path? If so, you might be a multipotentialite: someone with many interests & creative pursuits in life.
Join the PSU & Puttylike.com founder Emilie Wapnick for an evening of education & discussion aimed at helping you design a multifaceted career that incorporates many of your interests. Learn about what it means to be a multipotentialite, the unique challenges faced by those who are wired this way, & how you can use your multipotentiality to fuel your career. Want to learn more about how this applies to you? Show up to the talk & then sign up to join us at the CDO for a workshop with our speaker! Emilie Wapnick is the Founder and Creative Director at Puttylike.com, an online “home” for multipotentialites. She is the author of Renaissance Business, and is currently at work on her second book, Multipotentialite. This event is put on with the support of the Pomona College Career Development Office. The Pomona Student Union, in conjunction with the Pomona College Art Department, presents Roman Mars, the award-winning host of 99% Invisible (99pi.org), a tiny radio show about design, architecture, and the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world.
Mars, who has been called the "Ira Glass of design" by the New York Times, will be giving a *live* podcast performance about the story of design! Among the most popular podcasts on iTunes, 99% Invisible is a completely independent production that just recently broke all previous records for a journalism project on Kickstarter after raising more than $375,000. Roman Mars is redefining podcasting as an art, and join the PSU in learning more about his craft firsthand! In recent years, France has often erupted in protest over proposed burqa bans, Denmark has banned the ancient practice of male circumcision, and in our own neuroscience classes students debate the ethicality of deaf parents selecting genes to have deaf children. In cases like these, where the conflict is often between two different cultures and their own moral codes, how do we decide whose morality is better? Is it cultural imperialism to rule a cultural practice is immoral? CAN we even decide if certain individuals have better moral intuitions than others?
Join the PSU as we debate the key question at the heart of these issues: the relationship between Personal Experience and Universal Morality. Featuring: Martin Kavka, Professor of Religious Studies at LeHigh University C.C. Pecknold, Professor of Theology at Catholic University of America Ever since Roe v. Wade, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have battled each other in a range of forums, most publicly in front of reproductive health care facilities. This January, the Supreme Court heard arguments in McCullen v. Coakley, a case contesting the constitutionality of a Massachusetts law imposing a 35-foot fixed buffer zone around abortion clinics. Proponents of the law argue that buffer zones promote public safety, while opponents of the law claim that it infringes upon the freedom of speech of the protestors. Come join the PSU for a discussion of the constitutionality of buffer zones, free speech, and the current state of abortion politics.
Speakers: Loretta Ross is a founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective and was the National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women’s Lives in Washington D.C. She co-authored Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice. She is currently writing a book about reproductive rights and editing an anthology about reproductive justice. Carrie Severino is chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network. She has written and spoken extensively on the constitutional limits on government, the federal nomination process, and state judicial selection. She also filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in McCullen v. Coakley. Joshua Wilson is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Denver. His research focuses on the varying abilities of political and social movements to use the law in pursuit of political ends. He is the author of The Street Politics of Abortion: Speech, Violence, and America’s Culture Wars. |
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