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Announcement:
I'm delighted to report to you the creation of a Fund for
Ethnic Studies here at Columbia's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and
Race. As you know, the Center was created largely through the efforts
of students, and the Fund is accordingly devoted to succeeding generations
of Columbia students. Specifically, the Fund, depending upon the amount
accummulated, will be used to: 1) support a staff position at the Center,
a person who must be a recent Columbia graduate and whose
responsibilities will include student, alumni, and community relations;
2) purchase books, films and videos, magazines and newspapers, and the
like for our Resource Center; and 3) fund an annual undergraduate conference
on ethnic studies. The Fund will be administered by an oversight committee
composed of students and the Center's director. Donors will be able to
designate where they want their contributions to go to 1, 2, 3, or any
combination thereof. Checks must be made out to "Columbia University"
and sent to me at Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, 422 Hamilton
Hall, 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Please publicize the creation of this Fund, and thanks so much for your
kind interest and help.
Gary Y. Okihiro, Director
Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Columbia University
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informal gatherings every sunday around 6:30pm in the IRC kitchen
Updated: "history & archive"
website section
also of interest & importance
:
NYU's Struggle for
Latino/a Studies
Hunter's struggle
against tuition increases
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SPEaK, Students Promoting
Empowerment and Knowledge, has been speaking truth to power since 1998.
Founded by folks with roots in the 1996 hunger strike and struggle that
brought Latino Studies and Asian American Studies programs to Columbia,
SPEaK believes that as students, we should be active in shaping our education.
In the last four years, we have fought for student input in decisionmaking
processes and greater autonomy for Ethnic Studies and Women's and Gender
Studies programs, created extracurricular spaces for dialogue about race,
class, gender, and sexuality including an underground student-run Native
American Studies program, and curated public art to express our visions
of the world and our interpretations of the historical and existing injustices
around us, among other things. Feel free to send questions, ideas, feedback
or information to our core committee at
speak@columbia.edu.
last updated 3.21.03