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February 13, 2006
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William Paterson University’s Political Science Department Sponsors Series of Lectures on Civil and Human Rights Issues
African debt, political issues in South America, and civil rights in the American south are topics of lectures to be held at William Paterson University during the month of February. All events are open to the public. Admission is free.
Lessons of a Lifetime of Struggle for Social Justice and Peace
Tuesday, February 14
Hunziker Wing 108
6 to 7:15 p.m.
George Houser, a prominent American civil rights leader who used non-violent resistance as a method of social change, will speak about his experiences in the 1940s when he helped to organize the March on Washington to protest racial discrimination in the armed forces. In 1942, he co-founded the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE), one of the leading civil rights organizations. In 1947, he was one of the organizers of the first Freedom Ride into the Deep South to challenge existing laws that discriminated against African Americans who used public transportation. From 1955 to 1981, Houser directed the American Committee on Africa, which is credited with helping to end apartheid in South Africa.
Africa in the Age of Global Economic Apartheid: A Day of Training, Issue Education and Organizing
Wednesday, February 15
Cheng Library Auditorium
9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
This workshop is dedicated to the discussion of the crippling and onerous debt crisis in Africa. The program is scheduled to begin with the Ebonee Poets, a group of William Paterson student poets, reciting their works at 9:30 a.m. Conducted by the American Friends Services Committee (AFSC), the first workshop, “Debt 101 Workshop: An African Case Study,” will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Panelists include Deborah Calhoun, Jessica Walker Beaumont, and Roxanne Lawson, all with AFSC’s African outreach units. Lunch and a plenary address by Imani Countess, also with the AFSC, will be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Hobart Manor. Reservations are required for lunch; please call 973-720-3428. The workshop continues from 2 to 3:15 p.m. when the topic under discussion is “Building a U.S. Movement for Africa: Organizing and Advocacy.”
The Domestic Crisis: U. S. Militarism and It’s Social Costs
Tuesday, February 21
Atrium Auditorium
7:15 p.m.
A talk about the social costs of U. S. militarism by Frances Fox Piven, distinguished professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and the author of “The War at Home: The Domestic Costs of Bush’s Militarism.” Fox is past vice-president of the American Political Science Association, and has served as program co-chair of the annual political science meetings, and is a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the President's Award of the American Public Health Association, and the American Sociological Association's Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, as well as their award for the Public Understanding of Sociology. Her numerous books deal with the development of the welfare state, political movements, urban, political, and electoral politics. Fox will be available to sign copies of her book.
South American Jurist and Professor to Lecture at William Paterson University
The distinguished Uruguayan jurist Dr. Lilia Ferro Clerico, professor of international politics and international relations at the University of Uruguay, and a member of Uruguay’s Supreme Court, will present three lectures about political issues in Uruguay, Lectures are as follows:
The Human Rights Legacy of the Southern Cone Dictatorships
Wednesday, February 22
Raubinger Hall, Room 312
6 to 8 p.m.
Comparative Law: Latin America and the United States
Thursday, February 23
Raubinger Hall, Room 311
12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
U. S. Policy Towards South America: A View from the South
Tuesday, February 28
Atrium 126
12:30 to 2 p.m.
For additional information, call Sheila Collins, director, master’s degree in public policy and international affairs, department of political science, William Paterson University at 973-720-3424 or via email at collinss@wpunj.edu.
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