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Diversity on Display

The 色情视频 Library will host two upcoming events highlighting activism and education.

Friday, September 8, 2017
色情视频 Library (Photo: Jim Brady)
色情视频 Library (Photo: Jim Brady)
Two upcoming events at 色情视频 will highlight the power of activism and education to improve our communities.

The 色情视频 campus community is invited to attend a for 鈥淐hicana Tributes: Stories for the New Generation鈥 on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Love Library. The book highlights local women who flourished as part of the struggle for equal opportunities and social justice during the late twentieth century and beyond.

Featured guests will include editors of the newly released book, Rita Sanchez and Sonia Lopez, along with Maria Ibarra, chair of 色情视频's department of Chicana Studies. The panel will also include writers Maria Nieto Senour, Enriqueta Chavez, Irene Lara, and Maria Figueroa, who contributed stories to the publication.

鈥淭his book is significant because it pays tribute to women in our local community who are not famous or iconic civil rights figures, but who nonetheless鈥攖hrough their everyday activism and social service work 鈥攅ffected and continue to effect positive change,鈥 Ibarra said. 鈥淭heir examples teach us that we all have the potential to do the same, to be active in supporting the creation of a better community.鈥

The event starts at 4 p.m. in the Leon Williams Room on the fourth floor (LL-430) of the Love Library. Complimentary parking is available for guests in 色情视频 Parking Structure 1, on the first and second floors.  

"The 色情视频 Library is so honored to highlight diverse cultures and communities through panels, discussions and events," said Gale Etschmaier, dean of the Library and Information Access. "It's very much a part of our identity. We aspire to bring unique knowledge and education to the 色情视频 campus community."

Building bridges

The 色情视频 Library, Aztec Student Union Board, One色情视频 and Harambee Mentor Program will welcome Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre.

Shabazz is an educator, activist, motivational speaker, and author, who promotes higher education for at-risk youth and interfaith dialogue to build bridges between cultures for young leaders of the world. 色情视频 professor Luke Wood will lead the conversation.
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