{"id":7659,"date":"2016-07-07T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7659"},"modified":"2023-04-10T08:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T12:34:56","slug":"2016-wob-conf-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/2016-wob-conf-july\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 With\/Out \u00bfBorders? conference at Kalamazoo College continues registration, and announces participants, performances and community partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"e-Map<\/a>Kalamazoo College officials announced today applications remain open to attend the 2016 With\/Out \u00bfBorders? Conference hosted by the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) on the K campus in Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 20-23.<\/p>\n

With\/Out \u00bfBorders? features a panel of distinguished participants, including actor and writer Daniel Beaty, American studies scholar and social movements historian Christina Heatherton, journalist and author Naomi Klein, and New Orleans poet and singer Sunni Patterson.<\/p>\n

\"Naomi
Naomi Klein [photo credit Kourosh Keshiri]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cThis conference brings together people whose work envisions an imaginative, robust and just future,\u201d said ACSJL Academic Director Lisa Brock. \u201cWe invite conversations across disciplines from American and international academics, writers, artists and activists on the front lines of climate change, peace, food justice, human rights and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Brock, Naomi Klein will deliver a conference keynote presentation and participate in panel discussions. Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, Shock has more than a million copies in print in 30 languages. Her critically acclaimed new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, was a 2014 instant bestseller now being translated into more than 20 languages. A documentary film based on the book will be shown during the conference.<\/p>\n

Also during the Conference, Sunni Patterson will perform a spoken word\/poetry piece, Christina Heatherton will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Policing the Planet, and Daniel Beaty will stage his play Emergency. In the play, Beaty performs 40 different characters who respond to the unexpected phenomenon of a slave ship emerging in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Through characters\u2019 individual responses to the ship and their varied testimonies on identity and personal freedom, Emergency weaves a stirring commentary on what it is to be human and the longing to be free.<\/p>\n

Community partners for the With\/Out \u00bfBorders? Conference include Alamo Drafthouse Cinema; Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute; Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at University of Chicago; ERAACE; Hispanic American Council of Kalamazoo; Kalamazoo Public Library; People\u2019s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo; University of Illinois-Chicago Social Justice Initiative; and YWCA of Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

According to Brock, other confirmed With\/Out \u00bfBorders? Conference participants thus far include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Simon Akindess \u2013 UNESCO Coordinator of Pan-African Schools
\n\u2022 Jaafar Aksikas \u2013 President of the Cultural Studies Association
\n\u2022 Blair Anderson \u2013 Detroit-based activist and former Black Panther
\n\u2022 Peter Bratsis \u2013 Scholar of EU polices, Greece and Brexit
\n\u2022 Adrienne Brown \u2013 Detroit-based science fiction writer, social justice activist and performer
\n\u2022 Prudence Browne \u2013 Scholar of charter schools as colonial education
\n\u2022 Dara Cooper \u2013 Black farmers and food justice advocate
\n\u2022 Sean Estelle \u2013 National divestment campaigner for Energy Action Coalition
\n\u2022 Nicholas Estes \u2013 Scholar of indigenous intellectual history in the U.S.
\n\u2022 Bill Fletcher, Jr. \u2013 Author and racial justice and labor activist
\n\u2022 Shreena Gandhi \u2013 MSU scholar of religion in the Americas
\n\u2022 Lewis Gordon \u2013 Philosopher and expert on Frantz Fanon
\n\u2022 Alex Lubin \u2013 Scholar of African-American\/Arab solidarities
\n\u2022 Shaya Plaut \u2013 Human rights journalist and educator
\n\u2022 Erin Polley \u2013 Peacebuilding program coordinator at American Friends Service Committee
\n\u2022 Shante Paradigm Smalls \u2013 Hip Hop scholar, artist and writer
\n\u2022 Valerie Thomas \u2013 Scholar of Afro-Futurisms
\n\u2022 Cynthia Young \u2013 Scholar of third-world solidarities
\n\u2022 Alice Kim \u2013 Coordinator of the Chicago Torture Survivors justice movement<\/p>\n

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (www.kzoo.edu\/arcuscenter<\/a>) is an initiative of Kalamazoo College. Its mission is to develop and sustain leaders in human rights and social justice through education and capacity-building. The ACSJL envisions a campus and world where every person\u2019s life is equally valued, the inherent dignity of all people is recognized, the opportunity to develop one\u2019s full potential is available to every person, and systematic discrimination and structural inequities have been eradicated.<\/p>\n

Kalamazoo College, founded in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1833, is a nationally recognized liberal arts and sciences college and the creator of the K-Plan that emphasizes rigorous scholarship, experiential learning, leadership development, and international and intercultural engagement. Kalamazoo
\nCollege does more in four years so students can do more in a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Conference hosted by the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL) on the K campus in Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 20-23.<\/p>\n<p>With\/Out \u00bfBorders? features a panel of distinguished participants, including actor and writer Daniel Beaty, American studies scholar and social movements historian Christina Heatherton, journalist and author Naomi Klein, and New Orleans poet and singer Sunni Patterson.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_7435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7435\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7435 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/aomi-Klein-by-kourosh-keshiri-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi Klein [photo credit Kourosh Keshiri]\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naomi Klein [photo credit Kourosh Keshiri]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cThis conference brings together people whose work envisions an imaginative, robust and just future,\u201d said ACSJL Academic Director Lisa Brock. \u201cWe invite conversations across disciplines from American and international academics, writers, artists and activists on the front lines of climate change, peace, food justice, human rights and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Brock, Naomi Klein will deliver a conference keynote presentation and participate in panel discussions. Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, Shock has more than a million copies in print in 30 languages. Her critically acclaimed new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, was a 2014 instant bestseller now being translated into more than 20 languages. A documentary film based on the book will be shown during the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Also during the Conference, Sunni Patterson will perform a spoken word\/poetry piece, Christina Heatherton will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Policing the Planet, and Daniel Beaty will stage his play Emergency. In the play, Beaty performs 40 different characters who respond to the unexpected phenomenon of a slave ship emerging in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Through characters\u2019 individual responses to the ship and their varied testimonies on identity and personal freedom, Emergency weaves a stirring commentary on what it is to be human and the longing to be free.<\/p>\n<p>Community partners for the With\/Out \u00bfBorders? Conference include Alamo Drafthouse Cinema; Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute; Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at University of Chicago; ERAACE; Hispanic American Council of Kalamazoo; Kalamazoo Public Library; People\u2019s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo; University of Illinois-Chicago Social Justice Initiative; and YWCA of Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brock, other confirmed With\/Out \u00bfBorders? Conference participants thus far include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Simon Akindess \u2013 UNESCO Coordinator of Pan-African Schools<br \/>\n\u2022 Jaafar Aksikas \u2013 President of the Cultural Studies Association<br \/>\n\u2022 Blair Anderson \u2013 Detroit-based activist and former Black Panther<br \/>\n\u2022 Peter Bratsis \u2013 Scholar of EU polices, Greece and Brexit<br \/>\n\u2022 Adrienne Brown \u2013 Detroit-based science fiction writer, social justice activist and performer<br \/>\n\u2022 Prudence Browne \u2013 Scholar of charter schools as colonial education<br \/>\n\u2022 Dara Cooper \u2013 Black farmers and food justice advocate<br \/>\n\u2022 Sean Estelle \u2013 National divestment campaigner for Energy Action Coalition<br \/>\n\u2022 Nicholas Estes \u2013 Scholar of indigenous intellectual history in the U.S.<br \/>\n\u2022 Bill Fletcher, Jr. \u2013 Author and racial justice and labor activist<br \/>\n\u2022 Shreena Gandhi \u2013 MSU scholar of religion in the Americas<br \/>\n\u2022 Lewis Gordon \u2013 Philosopher and expert on Frantz Fanon<br \/>\n\u2022 Alex Lubin \u2013 Scholar of African-American\/Arab solidarities<br \/>\n\u2022 Shaya Plaut \u2013 Human rights journalist and educator<br \/>\n\u2022 Erin Polley \u2013 Peacebuilding program coordinator at American Friends Service Committee<br \/>\n\u2022 Shante Paradigm Smalls \u2013 Hip Hop scholar, artist and writer<br \/>\n\u2022 Valerie Thomas \u2013 Scholar of Afro-Futurisms<br \/>\n\u2022 Cynthia Young \u2013 Scholar of third-world solidarities<br \/>\n\u2022 Alice Kim \u2013 Coordinator of the Chicago Torture Survivors justice movement<\/p>\n<p>The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/arcuscenter\">www.kzoo.edu\/arcuscenter<\/a>) is an initiative of Kalamazoo College. Its mission is to develop and sustain leaders in human rights and social justice through education and capacity-building. The ACSJL envisions a campus and world where every person\u2019s life is equally valued, the inherent dignity of all people is recognized, the opportunity to develop one\u2019s full potential is available to every person, and systematic discrimination and structural inequities have been eradicated.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College, founded in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1833, is a nationally recognized liberal arts and sciences college and the creator of the K-Plan that emphasizes rigorous scholarship, experiential learning, leadership development, and international and intercultural engagement. 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