General Schedule (As of June 8, 2009)

Morning Sessions: 8:30am-1:00pm (10:00am-10:30am break)
Lunch: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Afternoon Sessions: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Light Evening Meal: 5:00pm-5:30pm
Evening Sessions: 5:30pm-7:30pm

General Guidelines:

Please, note that you will most likely be unable to read all the materials during the seminar.

We encourage you to read as much as you can in advance.

Finally, we also encourage you to actively participate in the discussions, especially when there is time allocated for questions and answers, presentations in small groups, or when you have a question that is indispensable to your understanding of a lecture or discussion. Remember: If you are in doubt, it is likely there are others!

Generally, your participation will facilitate your learning and the learning of others! With this in-mind, remember to be an active participant and allow others to timely express their concerns, questions, and opinions.

Daily Agenda — WORKING DOCUMENT

Day 1: Sunday, June 7th
Welcome and Check-in (UCLA Guest House)

7:00pm – Welcome Dinner

Introduction s and ice breakers – so that we can get to know each other!

General a nnouncements.

Readings:
Bellagio Proposal
GAAPP Concept Note

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Day 2: Monday, June 8th

1. Morning Session

8:30am-10:00am

What Happened in the 20th Century? Mapping the Connections to our Global Affirmative Action Praxis Project
Instructor: Kimberlé Crenshaw

Readings:
Aldon D. Morris. “A Retrospective on the Civil Rights Movement: Political and Intellectual Landmarks.” A. R. Sociology, Vol. 25. 1999: pp.517-539.
Video: At the River I Stand (Excerpts from Dr. King speech in Memphis)

10:00am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-1:00pm

Competing Conceptions of Equal Citizenship

Instructor: Kimberlé Crenshaw

Readings:
Marshall v. Reynolds Debate at the Bi-Centennial of the US Constitution
Thurgood Marshall. (November 1987). “Commentary: Reflections on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.” Harvard Law Review.
William Bradford Reynolds. (November 1987). “Another View: Our Magnificent Constitution.” Vanderbilt Law Review.

1:00pm-2:00pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

2:00pm-5:00pm

Constitutionalizing America as a Racial Project

Readings:

US Supreme Court Case: Plessy v. Ferguson. (May 18, 1896) (Excerpt)
Video: Race and the Power of an Illusion (DVD, Excerpts)

Optional Readings:

US Supreme Court Case: The Civil Rights Cases. (October 15, 1883) (Excerpt)

5:00pm–5:30pm

Evening Snack

3. Evening Session

Free

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Day 3: Tuesday, June 9th

1. Morning Session

8:30am-11:00am

Whiteness, Property and Wealth in the 21st Century
Contributors: Cheryl Harris, George Lipsitz

Video: Race: The Power of an Illusion

Readings:
Cheryl Harris. “Whiteness as Property.” Harvard L.R., Vol. 106, No. 8. June 1993: pp. 1707-1791. (edited version, 1L UCLA LAW Reader).
George Lipsitz. “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness.” The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit From Identity Politics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.

Optional Readings:
Thomas Shapiro. “Middle Class in Black and White: How Level is the Playing Field?” The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

11:00am-11:30am

Break

11:30am-1:30pm

Historicizing Laws, Policies and Praxis in India and Brazil
Moderator: Kimberle Crenshaw

Discussion Points: Can we locate laws and policies in Brazil and in India that functioned to disenfranchise Afro-Brazilians and Dalits? How did debates about race and caste shape the founding of the Brazilian and Indian nation?  How do these dynamics intersect with cultural and religious practices in Brazil and India? We invite participants to share their thoughts and raise points illustrating parallels and contrasts.

1:30pm-2:30pm

Lunch Viewing

Video: Eyes on the Prize (DVD Excerpts)

2. Afternoon Session

2:30pm-5:00pm

Building a Narrative of Injustice: The Fight for Freedom Comes Home
Instructor: Luke Charles Harris & Kimberle Crenshaw

Readings:
Brown v. Board of Education (Edited Version)
Video: Eyes on the Prize (DVD, excerpts)

Notes from a Child of Apartheid
Instructors: Luke C. Harris

Readings:
Luke Harris. “Notes from a Child of Apartheid.”

5:00pm-5:30pm

Evening Snack

3. Evening Session

5:30pm-7:30pm

Open Session

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Day 4: Wednesday, June 10th

1. Morning Session

8:30am-11:00am

Are We Post Racial Yet? The Threat of Colorblindness Ideology in the 21st Century
Instructor: Kimberle Crenshaw

Readings:
Kimberlé Crenshaw. “Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law.” Harvard L.R., Vol. 101, No. 7. May 1988: pp. 1331-1387.

11:00am-11:30am

Break

11:30am-1:30pm

Race and Caste Across the Globe: Pitfalls and Promises

Discussion Points: Has caste historically functioned as race and vice-versa? How did caste and race as concepts evolve in India and Brazil? In what ways are they clearly distinct and where do they share similarities?

Readings:
Martin Macwan. “Caste May be Not Race.” National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. New Delhi, 2001.

1:30pm-2:30 pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

2:30-5:00pm

Performing Race
Instructor: Devon Carbado

Video: A Question of Color

Open Discussion

5:00pm-5:30pm

Evening Snack

3. Evening Session

5:30pm-7:00pm

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Day 5: Thursday , June 11^th

1. Morning Session

9:30am-11:00am

The Emergence of Critical Race Theory: The Scholars Response to Institutional Discrimination

Instructor: Kimberle Crenshaw

11:00am-11:30am

Break

11:30am-1:00pm

Contemporary Challenges to Inclusion: Standardized Testing and Stereotype Threat

Reading:

Claude Steele. “Thin Ice: Stereotype Threat and Black College Students.” The Atlantic. August 1999.

1:00pm-2:00pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

2:00pm-3:00pm

Taking the Bias Test (Info Lab Law Building)

3:00pm–3:30pm

Discussing Test Results

3:30pm–5:00pm

Contemporary Challenges to Inclusion: Understanding Implicit Bias
Contributor: Jerry Kang

Readings:
Shankar Vedantam. “See no Bias.” Washington Post Company. 23 January 2005: p. W12.
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. “‘I Didn’t Get That Job Because of a Black Man’: Color-Blind Racism’s Racial Stories.” Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism And The Persistence Of Racial Inequality In The United States. Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

3.    Evening Session

7:00pm–8:30pm: SUNSET PICNIC AT SANTA MONICA PIER

Santa Monica Beach Weekend Kicks-Off
Check-in at the Hostel International Santa Monica (students)
Check-in at the Hotel Angeleno (scholars)

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Comparative Sub-Program Kicks Off:

Guest Alums: Claudia Pena and Priscilla Ocen (coordinators of small group work)
Guest Scholars: Christian Davenport and Mark Sawyer

Day 6: Friday, June 12th

1. Morning Session

9:00am-11:00am

Intersectional Research and Advocacy: Best Practices in the US, India, and Brazil
Panelists: Russell Robinson, Jurema Werneck, and Manjula Pradeep
Commentator: Kimberlé Crenshaw

Readings:

AAPF Intersectionality Primer

Manjula Pradeep. “Dalit Women’s Leadership and Its Struggle in the Present Scenario.”

Optional Readings:

Manjula Pradeep. Interview (audio file). On the Patan Case.

Peggy A. Lovell. “Gender , Race and the Struggle for Social Justice in Brazil.” Latin American Perspectives , Vol. 27 , No. 6 2000: pp. 85-103.

Sonia Mahey. “The Status of Dalit Women in India’s Caste Based System.” James Gifford and Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux , eds. Culture + The State:  Alternative Interventions.  2003: pp. 149.

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality , Identity Politics , and Violence Against Women of Color.” 43 Stanford L. Rev. 1241. 1991 (Edited version).

Devon W. Carbado. “Black Rights , Gay Rights , Civil Rights: The Deployment of Race/Sexual Orientation Analogies in the Debates About the ‘Don’t Ask , Don’t Tell’ Policy.” Devon W. Carbado , ed. Black Men on Race , Gender , and Sexuality: A Critical Reader. New York City: NYU Press , 1999: pp. 283-302.

11:15am-1:15pm

Achieving Equality with a Census of Untouchability: A Collaboration across Disciplines and Fields
Panelists: Martin Macwan and Christian Davenport
Commentator: Kevin Brown

1:15pm-2:15pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

2:15pm-4:15pm

Pioneer Work in the Center of Brazil: The Experience of Affirmative Action in Federal Universities
Panelists: Rosangela Malachias and Isis Conceição
Commentator: Mark Sawyer

6:30pm-8:30pm

Reception at the House of the Brazilian Consul General in Los Angeles
(Beverly Hills)

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Day 7: Saturday, June 13th

1.  Morning Session

9:00am-10:00am

The Myths About Affirmative Action: a Public Policy Under Siege in the US
Panelists: Kimberlé Crenshaw and Luke Harris

Readings:
AAPF 13 Myths – online link
Kimberlé Crenshaw. “Framing Affirmative Action.” (edited).
Luke Harris and Uma Narayan. “Re-envisioning the Rationale for Affirmative Action: From ‘Preferential Treatment’ to ‘Equal Opportunity.’” (excerpt), 1996.

Optional Readings:
Thomas Boston and Usha Nair-Reichert. “Affirmative Action: Perspectives from the United States, India and Brazil.” The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 March 2003.

10:00am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-12:30pm

Locating Traveling Myths: The Rhetoric Against Caste-Based Reservations in India and Race-Based Quotas in Brazil
Panelists: Rosangela Malachias and Kevin Brown
Commentators: Jurema Werneck and Martin Macwan

Readings:
Mala Htun. “From ‘Racial Democracy’ to Affirmative Action: Changing State Policy on Race in Brazil.” Latin American Research Review, Vol. 39, No. 1 February 2004: pp. 60, 61, 68-75, 78-83 are particularly relevant.
Ashwini Deshpande. “Affirmative Action in India and the United States (working paper).” Work Development Report. (revised Jan 2005).

12:30pm-1:30pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

1:30pm-4:30pm

Reframing Affirmative Action Across Borders: Locating Effective Strategies
Open Workshop Discussion Section

Readings:
Ambrose Pinto. “Reservation and Social Justice.” In Search of Inclusive Policy: Addressing Graded Inequality. Kumar Narender and Sukhadeo Thorat, eds. Rawat Press, 2008.
Flávia Piovesan. “Affirmative Action in Brazil, Challenges and Prospects.” Revista Estudios Feministas, Vol. 16, No. 3 2008: pp. 887-896.

4:30pm–5:00pm

Evening Snack

3. Evening Session

5:00pm-6:00pm

Visualizing our Work Thus Far: Discussants Forum
Daniel Teixeira
Christian Davenport

8:00pm-11:00pm

Dinner at Prof. Crenshaw’s House

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Day 8: Sunday, June 14th

Fun Day:
Options: Getty Center (no cost to enter) Or
Getty Villa, Malibu (no cost to enter) Or
Universal Studios (about U$ 50.00 to enter) Or
Disneyland  (about U$ 70.00 to enter)

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Day 9: Monday, June 15th

1. Morning Session

8:30am-1:00pm GAAPP Empowerment Workshop: Choosing a Common Project:

•    8:30am-10:00am:

Small Group Country Work to Elect a Concrete Collective Intervention and Write an “Action Outline” for members of GAAPP to carry forward.
Coordinator: Saul Sarabia

10:00am-10:30am

Break

•    11:00am-1:00pm:

Presentation of “Action Outlines” by elected student leader by each delegation.

1:00pm-2:00pm

Lunch

2. Afternoon Session

2:00pm-5:00pm

Writing of a Collective Outline:
•    Election of 3 Short-Term Goals;
•    Election of 1 Large-Term Goal
•    Concrete Next Steps
•    Election of a Student-Based GAAPP Executive Committee

5:00pm-5:30pm

Evening snack

3. Evening Session

5:30pm-6:30pm

Recapping the Work Done and Looking to the Future: How to build upon this moment and continue the good work

6:45pm-8:30pm

Closing Dinner:

Acknowledgments
Certificates and Final Comments (open mic)

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Tuesday, June 16th

International Departure from Los Angeles