[URBANTH-L]symposium addresses NAFTA's continued impact
Jane Henrici
jhenrici at memphis.edu
Wed Jan 26 19:07:09 EST 2005
Please distribute, to your colleagues, Sections and Listservs--Thank you
very much. --Jane Henrici
"Trading Justice: NAFTA's New Links and Conflicts"
"Trading Justice: NAFTA's New Links and Conflicts," a transnational
symposium co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Women and the
Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, will be held on March
24-26, 2005 at the University of Memphis. The opening plenary on March
24 will feature representatives from each of the three signatory
countries to the North American Free Trade Agreement: Drs. Isidro
Morales Moreno (Mexico), Marjorie Cohen (Canada) and Michael Dreiling
(USA). Additional presentations by such scholars at Drs. Ann E.
Kingsolver (USA) and Monica Gambrill (Mexico) will address NAFTA's
implications for civic engagement, cross-border organizing, and
corporate environmental practices, among other topics. The symposium
will be conducted primarily in English with interpretation services
available for Spanish speakers upon request.
The cost of registration for the three-day event is $75.00 and includes
breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday. To register, please complete
the registration form
<http://cas.memphis.edu/isc/crow/Nafta_registration.pdf> and return it
to CROW, along with your registration fee by February 18, 2005.
All events will be held at the Fogelman Executive Center on the campus
of the University of Memphis. For more information, go to
http://cas.memphis.edu/isc/crow/
GUEST ARTIST
Todd Drake is an artist who opens up the art-making process to the
influence and contributions of people he encounters in diverse
settings--from truck stops to museum exhibits. Currently a Rockefeller
fellow at UNC-Chapel Hill, Drake will participate in the NAFTA symposium
by creating art from the doodles and drawings of other attendees. An
example of his work is below.
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