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The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice Hits Laramie on March 28-30


March 20, 2007 (Laramie, WY) -- The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, March 28-30, will once again offer exciting programming and excellent education opportunities.  Presenters for the symposium are from across the state of Wyoming and the United States. 

The Symposium begins Monday evening with a Hip Hop Event featuring Jeff Chang.  The event will also feature performances by Adrian Molina, Collected Elements, and other local performers.  Chang is a journalist and author of Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop:  A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. 

Thursday begins with concurrent session in the Wyoming Union, followed by a plenary panel entitled, “Global Social Justice.”  The panel is composed of experts and activists in social justice:  Charles Robbins, Garth Massey, Carol Rinehart, and Emily Broyles.  Robbins is an NGO delegate to the United Nations representing the International Association of Schools of Social Work.  Massey is the Director of the International Studies program at UW.  Rinehart and Broyles both represent Project Education Sudan.

Thursday afternoon will continue with concurrent sessions and culminate Thursday evening with the showing of “God Grew Tired of Us,” directed and produced by Christopher Quinn.  The movie will be shown at the Wyo Theater at 6:30 with a Q&A afterwards with Mr. Quinn.

Friday continues with concurrent sessions before the endnote speaker, Susan McKay, delivers her address, “Stolen Girlhood.” McKay is a professor at UW and is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to work on issues related to formerly-abducted girl soldiers.  Following the closing speaker and lunch, a troupe of African dancers will perform.

The Symposium concludes with the Ceasar Chavez dinner in Crane Hill Hall.  The dinner will feature the unveiling of the MEChA Mural and special speaker Ruby Chacon.

For additional social justice events, a symposium agenda, and full program, please visit www.shepardsymposium.org

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Sheila Atwood-Couture at
(307) 766-5641 or satwood@uwyo.edu.