Eighth Annual "Eyes on the Mosaic" Student Conference
Ethnic Communities:
Challenges of the Coming Decade
APRIL 7, 2001
SWIFT HALL
1025-35 E. 58TH STREET
Registration 8:30a-12:00
Continental Breakfast 8:30-9:00
Session I- 9:00- 10:30
PANEL A: Racing Education: "Leave No Child Behind"
Paper 1:"Public, Counter-Public, and
the Ford Foundation's Mission in
Black Studies: Organizational Practice at the Intersection of
Philanthropy and Higher Education" Fabio Rojas, University of Chicago
Paper 2:"Assessing the Influence of Structure
in Urban Environments: A
Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Effects and Educational Outcomes"
Odis Johnson, University of Michigan
Paper 3:"The Resilience of an African-American
Male: An Exploratory Case
Study" Keisha Ferguson, University of Michigan
Discussant: Liz Kirby
Session II- 10:40-12:10
PANEL A: Black Literature and Film Criticism
Paper 1: "Unmasking Homoeroticism in
Franz Fanon's Black Skin, White
Masks" Christopher Freeburg, University of Chicago
Paper 2: "The Phenomenology of Migration
in Charles Johnson's Faith and the
Good Thing" Karin Wimbley, University of Chicago
Paper 3: "Message to the Modern Black
Man: The Point of Spike Lee's
'Bamboozled'" Raymond Black, University of Chicago
Discussant: Shawn Christian, University of Michigan
PANEL B: Public Policy and the Influence of
Race
Paper 1: "Investigation into Welfare" Sylvia Orduno, University
of Michigan
and Sheilah Garland-Olaniran, National Welfare Rights Union
Paper 2: "The Importance of History and
Hyperlinks: Framing the Online
Abortion Debate Within Organizations of Color" Jenny Korn, Northwestern
University
Discussant: Waldo E. Johnson, University of Chicago
Luncheon Panel 12:10-2:00
"Fair Housing and Economic Opportunities
in the Chicago Region"
John Lukehart, Vice President, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open
Communities
Tony Preckwinkle, Chicago Alderwoman
"Opie Doesn't Live Here Anymore: A Comprehensive
Strategy for Assisting
Newcomers and Local Communities"
John Trasvina, Special Counsel, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights
Division
Session III- 2:00-3:30
PANEL A: Rethinking Race, Identity and Black Political Leadership
Paper 1: "Black Women and the Perception
of Political Leadership"
DeAunderia Bryant, University of Michigan
Paper 2: "The Miseducation of Malcolm
X" Michael Ralph, University of
Chicago
Paper 3: "A New Identity of a New Race?:
The Historical Limitations and
Political Implications of a Biracial Identity for People with One Black
and
One White Parent" Minkah Makalani, University of Illinois, Champaign
Discussant: Illya Davis, University of Chicago
Session IV- 3:40-5:10
PANEL B: Culture, Political Activism and Community Based Mobilization
Paper 1: "Labor Market Segmentation,
Collective Action, and Identity
Formation: Explaining Union Organizing Among Undocumented Mexican
Workers in the Midwest" Geraldine Franco, University of Michigan
Paper 2: "God and Karate in the Southside:
The New Ethnic and Cosmopolitan
Pluralism" Joseph Yi, University of Chicago
Paper 3: "Community Based Initiatives
and Social Capital" Lorrie Frasure,
University of Chicago
Paper 4: "Working on an Imagery of the
'City That Works': An Analysis of
Selected Speeches of Richard M. Daley, 1989-99" Deidre Ferron, University
of Chicago
Discussant: Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago
Closing Reception 5:10-6:00
sponsored by: The Minority Graduate Student
Association, The Center for the
Study of Race, Politics and Culture, Coordinating Council for Minority
Issues, and Student Government Association
