Exhibit Area: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Publications Display:

To Be Announced

Conference Fees

should be received by October 1^st, 2001

                                          Regular                                                  Part time / students

Full Conference               $110  (including all meals)                        $50   / Late registration $75  

                                          Late registration $135                               (No meal on Saturday)         

One Day                           $50  (includes one meal)  / Late registration $75          

All presenters must register for the conference

Make Checks Payable To

 Race, Gender & Class Conference

Mail to Jean Ait Belkhir or Lenus Jack, Jr., Southern University at New Orleans, Department of Social Sciences, New Orleans, LA 70126. Ph: (504) 286 5232 or (504) 286 5157 -- Fax: (504) 286 5231. E-mail: jbelkhir@suno.edu or ljack@suno.edu

Accommodations Fees

Please remember to register for the conference hotel by the deadline. The negotiated special rates are only available to conference delegates who have made their room reservations by the deadline September 15th, 2001.

Ask for Southern University at New Orleans Race, Gender & Class Conference

Radisson Hotel Reservation Fees

(504) 522-4500

Deadline for Reservation: October 1st, 2001

Radisson Hotel at New Orleans, 1500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112

Single Rate $129, Double Rate $129, Triple Rate $140, 

Quad Rate $150

 

 

Overflow Hotel  Near the

Radisson Hotel

 

CRESCENT ON CANAL

Rooms Available, October 18-20

1732 Canal Street

(504) 412-4000

 

HOLIDAY INN SUPERDOME

Rooms Available, October 18-20

330 Loyola Avenue

(504) 581-1600

 

All guests must make reservations directly with the Radisson Hotel on an individual basis, identifying themselves as members of SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS RACE, GENDER AND CLASS CONFERENCE. For the convenience of the attendees, the Radisson Hotel offers a toll free reservation number: 1-800-333-3333. The hotel offers shuttle service to and from the Hotel to the French Quarter from 10:00 am to 12:00 midnight. The Radisson Hotel New Orleans is 14 miles from the New Orleans International Airport, and 3 blocks from the French Quarter.

3:00 - 8:30 pm  

Grand Ball Room C. (Foyer)

Grand Ball Room

Speaker

State University of New York-College at Buffalo

Professor, Educational Foundations

Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Research in Urban Issues

Sponsored by the Master of Arts for Teaching in Urban Schools Program

Chair: Deborah B. Smith, Director, M.A.T. SUNO 

7:00 - 9:30 pm

Audubon A.B.C.

Reception

8:30 - 9:45 am 

Audubon E.

Welcome to the Third Annual Conference

Barbara A. Worthy, Interim Dean

College of Arts and Social Sciences, 

Southern University at New Orleans

Greetings

Joseph Bouie Jr., Chancellor

Southern University at New Orleans

Andrea Green Jefferson

 Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Southern University at New Orleans

Speaker

Bill Fletcher Jr.

AFL-CIO and National Organizer for The Black Radical Congress

10:00 - 11:30 am  

Students RGC Roundtable

Grand Ballroom C

Roundtable 1

Chair: Thomas Hebert, Southern University at New Orleans

         Race, Gender & Class in General Psychology

Participants: Javone Johnson, Andre Aguillard, Adele Mouton, Lakeisha Wilson, Joseph Tarwoe, Christopher Thibodeaux

Roundtable 2

        Race, Gender & Class in Social Sciences

Chair: Barbara Cotton, Southern University at New Orleans

Participants: Roxanna Becknel, Claudia Wilson, Edna Camp, Danny Williams, Southern     University at New Orleans

Chair: Richard K. Caputo, Yeshiva University

         Discrimination and Human Capital: A Challenge to Economic Theory & Social Justice

Barbara Waterfall, Laurentian University

        Social Justice for Whom?: A Critical Indigenous Perspective

Dawn Addy,  Florida International University, Teaching for Social Justice: Developing Critical Thinkers Across Race, Class and Genders

B.J. Bryson,  Barry University, A Qualitative Investigation of AIDS Related Stigma: Developing Social Justice Across Diversities

Njoki Wane, University of Toronto

        African Canadian Feminism and Its Implications for Social Justice

Tulane Ballroom

Chair: Felix James, Southern University at New Orleans  

George Amedee and Dickey Selmon, Jackson State University

        The Black Farmers Settlement: Its True Impact on African-American Entrepreneurship

Michael S. Clark, Saint Xavier University

        White/Black Binary: Group Domination as a Function of Discourses of Color, Race, and Culture

Marta I. Cruz-Janzen, Florida Atlantic University

        Race and Racism in Paradise: The Case of Puerto Rico

Nicole Willey, University of Alabama

        Historical Materialism and the Limits of Commonsense Theory: The Economy of Our Nig

Chair: Sudipta Das,  Southern University at New Orleans

        A New World for South Asian Women: From Purdah to Politics in the 21^st Century

Zenobia Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Hong

        Cooking Soup to Writing Papers: A Gender Perspective

Pamela Sugiman, McMaster University

        Breaking the Silence of the Past: Japanese Canadian Nisei Women during the Second     World War

Sonya Xiongya Gao, Southern University at New Orleans

        Confucianism and Social Injustice against Women in Chinese Society

Chair: Bob Gremore, Metropolitan State University

        Working-Class Literature and the Theft of Childhood

Carolyn Whitson, Metropolitan State University

        Classing Passing: Black Women in Early American Film

Renny Christopher, California State University Stanislaus

        Springsteen, Diallo, and the NYC Police: An Intersection of Race, Gender and Class

Exhibition Hall A

Chair: Tyronne Gibbs, Southern University at New Orleans

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Christopher Bettinger, San Francisco State University

        Race, Riots and Police Militarization

Jane Twomey, American University

        Media Discourse of International Reports of Police Violence in the U.S

Allison Anadi, Southern University at New Orleans

        Women in Law Enforcement: A Case Study of the New Orleans Police Department

Russell L. Dawkins, Southern University and A&M College

        Criminal Justice Programs on Black College Campuses: Evolving Trends, Developing Scholars, and Emerging Challengers

Tulane Ballroom A

Chair: Keith M. Kilty, Ohio State University

Eric Swank,  Ohio State University

        The Intersection of Race, Gender & Class in Social Work

Betsy Erbaugh, University of New Mexico

        Women's Community Organizing and Identity Transformation

Ellen Reese, University of California-Riverside, and Ernest Savage, Savage City Productions

        Resisting the Workfare State

Azalea Room

Terrance Lewis and Thomas Hebert, Southern University at New Orleans

        Race, and Gender Distribution of Adult Images on the Usenet Newsgroup Portion of the Internet

Jackie De Hon, De Hon Communications

        Developing Strategies to Enhance All Facets of Life for Americans of All Races, Genders, and Classes

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Grand Ball Room

Luncheon

Race, Gender & Class Award Presentation

Jean Ait Belkhir and Lenus Jack Jr.

Race, Gender & Class Spark Award

Dr. Brenda Jackson

Southern University at New Orleans

Race, Gender & Class Academic Award

Dr. Deborah Smith

Southern University at New Orleans

Race, Gender & Class Undergraduate Research  Award

Dr. Guillarne Leary

Southern University at New Orleans

Race, Gender & Class Founder Award

Dr. Andrea Green Jefferson

Southern University at New Orleans

Race, Gender & Class Service Award

Dr. Christiane Charlemaine

RGC Managing Editor

Speakers

John Russo and Sherry Linkon

Co-Directors, Center for Working Class Studies

Youngstown State University

1:15 - 2:45 pm

Audubon E

Rhonda Miller, Moderator, Associate Director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Carole BeBelle, Ashe Cultural Center, New Orleans

Donald De Vore, Former Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans

James B. Borders, Former Executive Director of the Louisiana Division of the Arts

Lenwood O. Sloan, Former Arts Programmer with the CAC in New Orleans

Kenneth Ferdinand, Community Businessperson

Azalea Room

Chair: Cesar A. Cruz, Cesar Chavez Elementary

        American History 101 and "Illegal Aliens"

Gillian Richardson, Canisius College

        Making Literacy Political: Incorporating a Critical Pedagogy in the Facilitation of a Focus Group of Working Class Parents

James H. Adams, Mississippi State University

        "Even if it is Minimum Wage, They Need to be Working": Conflicts and Contradictions of Job Readiness Training

Tulane Ballroom B

Chair: Marcia Marx and 

Patricia Little, California State University-San Bernardino

        Similarities and Differences: Comparing Homophobia and Racism

Jacqui C. Williams, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault

        Sexual Assault Survivors of African Descent

Joan Clingan, Prescott College

        In Service to Social Justice: A Contextual Approach to Scholarship

Michelle Emery Blake, University of Southern Indiana, and Suzie T. Cashwell, Auburn         University

        Poetry as a mean of Communicating about Gender and Cultural Issues: A Model for Feminist Social Work Education

Vanessa Lynn FennerBarbour, University of Natal, South Africa

Exhibition Hall A

Chair: Abul Pitre, Southern University at New Orleans

Gilda L. Ochoa, Pomona College

        Constructing Puentes: Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants Mobilize in Response to the Politics and Practices of Their Local School District

Dan J. Pence, California State University/Chico

        Building a School in Kenya: An Epiphany on Privilege

Dave Ramsaran and Simona Hill, Susquehanna University

        Teaching Issues of Diversity in a Sea of Sameness

Deborah C. Saldana, St John's University

        An Examination of the Goals and Aspirations for Higher Education of Adolescents in a Low-Performing Urban Middle School

The Digital Divide 

Tulane Ballroom A

Chair: Kai Koong, Southern University at New Orleans

        The Digital Divide

Peter Mok, Tulane University

        Methods Available for Bridging the Digital Divide in Public Housing Development in Louisiana

Afolabi Okewole and June Lu University of Houston-Victoria

        An Examination of the Issues Raised by the Digital Divide

Usamah A. Zagaar and June Lu, University of Houston-Victoria

        The Digital Divide: The Grand Canyon of the Internet

Exhibition Hall

Joyce Butler, and Betty Bennett,  Parent Liaisons in the New Orleans Parish Schools

Roundtable on Spirituality and Education 

Exhibition Hall B

Chair: George J. Sefa Dei

Participants: Njoki N. Wane, Gulnara, Renu C.S. Sharma, Gurpreet Singh Johal, Erica Lawson, University of Toronto and Barbara Waterfall, Laurentian University

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Chair: Christiane Charlemaine, University of Paris VI

        Race, Gender & Class in Psychology

Lisa J. Schulte,  Xavier University of Louisiana

        Similarities and Differences in Homophobia Among African Americans Versus Caucasians

Paul Barton-Kriese and Randall E. Osborne, Indiana University East

        Politics and Psychology of Hate

Exhibition Hall

Resistance to Racist Class Oppression in the Deep South

Chair: Jay Arena, Tulane University

Mike Howells, Tulane University

        Workers Democracy Network: "Capitalist Globalization, Racism and Resistance: The case of Charleston 5 Dockers.

Albert "Chui" Clark Merge, Tulane University

    Parents, Activists and the Fight Against Increased Repression Against African American Youth: A Case Study of Myrtle Banks School

Jay Arena, Tulane University

        Racist Political Repression at the Workplace: The case of the Avondale 28

Alex Hebert, Tulane University

        Teamster for Democracy: Racism and the Fifth for Union Democracy"

Exhibition Hall B

Chair: Allison Anadi, Southern University at New Orleans

        Racial Profiling: Social, Legal and Psychological Implications

Michael D. Wiatroski and Elizabeth Lopez, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Washington

         Delinquency Prevention and Community Development Strategies

Linda Kelly Woodruff, Southeastern Louisiana University

        Impediments to Effective Academic Diversity Initiatives: A Jungian Perspective

Spirituality and Education 

Exhibition Hall C

Chair: George J. Sefa Dei,  University of Toronto

        Spirituality and Education: Race, Class and Gender. Implications for Social Justice

Renu C.S. Sharma, University of Toronto

        Spirituality and Education

Gurpreet Singh Johal, University of Toronto

        Revolutionary Spirituality

Njoki N. Wane, University of Toronto

        African Women and Spirituality: Implications for Social Justice and Education

Tulane Ball Room A

Barbara Major, David Billings and Angela Winfreg, The People's Institute for Survival and       Beyond at new Orleans

        The People's Institute for Survival & Beyond: Undoing Racism (Community Organizing), Perspectives on Durban and Its Implications on Local Organizing

Session 2: Social Work

Audubon E

Chair: Beverly Favre, Southern University at New Orleans

Rose Leung, Biola University, State University of New York at Stony Brook

        In Search of Social Justice: Challenges to the "Model Minority Myth, An On-Depth Analysis of Real Issues  and needs of "Successful" Chinese Americans and Other Asian Americans in Suburbia

Ben Menes Robertson, Dillard University of Louisiana

        Spirituality: The Process of Awakening

David N. Cramer and Joy Smith McElveen, Southern University at New Orleans

        Undoing Racism in Social Work Practice

Sundiata ibn Hyman, LSU HSC, :When Work Disappears": The Meta-Axiological Dilemma of the New Urban Poverty

Exhibition Hall

Chair: Althea Francois

Participants

Malik Raheem Housing, Prison, and political Activist

M Walimu Johnson, Executive Assistant for the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana

Robert King Wilkerson, Former Political Prisoner and Member of the Angola 3

Derwin Bunton, Attorney with the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

Melissa Burch and Khalil Shahyd,  Education Not Incarceration

5:00 - 7:30 pm  Grand Ball Room C

Race, Gender & Class Business Meeting

Jean Ait Belkhir and Lenus Jack Jr.

 Co-Directors Southern University at New Orleans

 Race, Gender and Class Project

RGC Conference Managing Assistant

What Have we Done since Conference 2000?:

Report: RGC Conference 2001, RGC Conference 2002, 

RGC Association

8:30 - 9:45 am

Curtis Muhammad, District Director and Community Labor Unite Organizer, How to Evolve Discussion and Strategies on Race, Gender and Class Community Base Organization

Chair: Njoki Wane, University of Toronto

        Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Women and Feminism(s)

Kathy Deliosky, University of Toronto

        Transgressive Whiteness: The Social Construction of White Women in Interracial Relationship with Black Men

Erika Lawson, University of Toronto

        Contemporary Images of Black Women

Natalie Adams, The University of Alabama

        Uncertain Possibilities: Enacting Feminist Team Ethnography

Tonja "Tee" Lee-Fall, Miami University Oxford

        Enhancing Organizational Transformative Leadership Skills of Black Women

James Randels and Lisa Richardson, Students at the Center

        Making Education Public: Classroom Community Collaboration

Session 2: Sociology

 Audubon B

Chair: Tyronne Gibbs, Southern University at New Orleans

Isis Draper-Walton, Virginia State University

        Drinking Habits among College-Aged African American Women: The Frequency of Problem Drinking

Waverly Duck, Institute of Gerontology in Detroit

        The Effects of Beliefs about Masculinity on the Health of African American Men

Randy L. Lewis, Southern University at New Orleans

        Sentence Disparity Based on Race: The Attitude of Black and White College Students

Debra Campbell, Southern University in Baton Rouge

        Female Offenders and Victims: A Gender, Race and Class Approach

Chair: Deborah B. Smith, Southern University at New Orleans

Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin at Madison

        Race, Gender and Class and Education

Leetta Allen-Haynes, Southern University at New Orleans

        School Reform Through Building Community: The African American Tradition of Care Reconsidered

JoAnn Bamdas,  Florida Atlantic University

        Using Children's and Adolescent's Literature to Teach Social Justice

        Post-Secondary Remedial Programs: Liberating or Discriminating?

Chair: Michael O'Loughlin, Adelphi University

Moderator: Rob Linne, Adelphi University

Participants: Jason Cato, Texas A & M University, Altered Selves between Borders: Speaking Silences with Iriguay and Kristeva, Mehrunnisa A. Ali, Ryerson University, Molly Quinn and Anne M. Mungai, Adelphi University, 

Azalea D

Chair: Linda Tucker, Xavier University of Louisiana,

        Multiple Perspectives on Ethics, Medicine and Science

Christiane Charlemaine, University of Paris VI,

        What MZ Twins Tell Us About Genetic Determinism

Dr. Roland Pattillo, Morehouse Medical School

        The Henrietta Lacks Case: Multiple Perspectives on Ethics, Medicine and Science

Barbara Wyche, Morgan State University

        Medical Misdiagnosis and Scientific Success: Mrs. Henrietta Lacks and HeLa

Linda Tucker and Jay Ciaffa (Commentary), Xavier University of Louisiana

10:00 - 11:30 am

Ethics and Science: Movie Session

Azalea Room

Linda Tucker, Xavier University of Louisiana

Session 2: Community Labor United Forum  

Grand Ball Room

Curtis Muhammad, District Director and Community Labor Unite Organizer, How to Evolve Discussion and Strategies on Race, Gender and Class Community Base Organization

Media  Oak Room

Chair:  Kirk R. Mauldin, Idaho State University

        "True" Heroism and the Morphology of Hollywood Villianization

Maki Nagao, San Jose State University

        The Selling of Asian American-Teenage Interpretation of Asian American Images in Print Media

Kira Pirofski, San Jose State University

         Changes in Disability Narratives and Graphics in Children's Magazine Pre-and-Post Public Law 94-142

Audubon C

Chair: Cecile Brookover, Xavier University of Louisiana

        Minority Access to Health Care for Older Adults

Marian McDonald, Tulane University

        The Public Health Crisis in Vieques

Gail Wallace, Iowa State University

        Black Women Coping Strategies: Perspectives on Black Women's Mental Health

Audubon B

Chair: Tyronne Gibbs, Southern University at New Orleans

Barbara Wyche, Morgan State University

        Crossing Class and Color Lines Without Passing and Without Violence

Relationship Between Aspiration and Opportunity in U.S. Public Schools Symposium 

Grand Ball Room

Chair: Michael O'Loughlin, Adelphi University, Ain't no Makin'it, A Symposium on the Relationship Between Aspiration and Opportunity in U.S. Public Schools

Participants: :Anita Carman, Babylon School District, Carmen Garcia Collins, William Floyd School District, Luisa Garcia-Soler, Deer Park School District, Anthony Griffith, Arizona State University, Barbara Leshinger, Central Islip School District, Anne M. Mungai, Adelphi University

Audubon E

Chair: Pamela N. Waldron-Moore, Xavier University of Louisiana, A Question of Social Justice? The Case of New Orleans Communities an d the Struggle for Environmental Sustainability

Participants: Pamela Waldron-Moore, Anthony McKinney, Ariel Howard, Amanda Brown, Xavier University of Louisiana

Audubon C

Chair: Fernando Gapasin, University of California at Los Angeles

Edna Bonacich, University of California at Riverside, (presentation title to be announced)

Beverly J. Mason, Xavier University of Louisiana, Class and Gender within the World System: A Comparative Analysis of Jamaican and Egyptian, Working-Class Women

Grand Ball Room C

University of Wisconsin in Madison