Institute on Race and Ethnicity- Category C (Campus Activites)

Fay Yokomizo Akindes, UW-Parkside
Sharon Cloud and Andrew Gokee, UW-Stevens Point
Portia Hamlar and Kirby Throckmorton, UW-Stevens Point
Elizabeth Horikawa, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County
Jonathan Majak, UW-La Crosse
Nora McGuire, UW Colleges

Fay Yokomizo Akindes, Center for Ethnic Studies, UW-Parkside - "Lecture by Dr. Manning Marable - Slave Reparations: The Land, the Mules, the Money."
The objective of Dr. Marable's lecture is to engage students, faculty, staff, and community members in historical discourse surrounding black slavery in the U.S. and the political movement for slave reparations. His speech will also tangentially address the prison industrial complex, criminal injustice, and the alarming mass incarceration of African Americans. Dr. Marable is a scholar of African American history and director of Columbia University's Institute on Research in African American Studies. The event will take place at UW-Parkside during Black History Month, 2004.

Sharon Cloud and Andrew Gokee, Native American Center, UW-Stevens Point - "Wisconsin Indians: Cultural Perspectives on Educational Issues (Education 305/505)."
Institute funds will be used to help sponsor a guest lecture series to enhance a recently developed course on Wisconsin Indians. The Native American Summer Lecture Series will convene individuals from various tribal communities who represent an array of knowledge and expertise on a number of current issues related to Indian education such as the Native American world view; tribal language maintenance efforts; environmental regulation and land issues; gaming and economic development; and contemporary Native American lifestyles/family issues. The series will be videotaped and copies will be made available for a nominal fee to other UW System campuses. The original video recordings will be housed in the current NAC Resource Room, where such collections are accessible for campus and public use. The primary target group will include both present and future teachers. A secondary group will include the larger campus community (e.g., campus administrators and faculty from various disciplines), as well as interested members of the general public.

Portia Hamlar, Equity and Affirmative Action Office, and Kirby Throckmorton, Office of Institutional Research, UW-Stevens Point - "Campus Diversity Climate Survey."
Over the past fifteen years, and particularly during implementation of Plan 2008, numerous diversity activities have been initiated. However, there has been no campuswide evaluation of these activities. To remedy this, four separate campus climate surveys in web and hard copy form will be sent to approximately 2,000 undergraduate students (25% of the total enrollment); 640 administrators, faculty and academic staff; and approximately 370 classified staff. The results will enable the establishment of a baseline against which all future initiative can be measured.

Elizabeth Horikawa, English Department, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County - "Workshop on White Privilege/Race Matters."
Two four-hour workshops will be held on the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County campus to learn about and discuss white privilege and race issues. Participants in the first session will be asked to read Allan Johnson's book Privilege, Power and Difference and Peggy McIntosh's essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." In the session, they will discuss the readings and Ms. Horikawa will use a lesson from Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (eds. Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell and Pat Griffin) to work through B. Harro's cycle of socialization. In the second session, Beverly Daniel Tatum's "Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Questions About Race will be used to introduce the participants to vocabulary necessary to engage in intelligent, informed dialogue about race issues. They will also be introduced to James Banks' five dimensions of multicultural education.

Jonathan Majak, Institute for Ethnic and Racial Studies, UW-La Crosse - "Campus Lecture by Frank H. Wu."
In Spring of 2004, Frank Wu, a scholar activist, will present a lecture at UW-LaCrosse. In his book, Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, Wu examines the discourse on race and ethnicity that has often been dominated by a black/white paradigm, challenging this dichotomy. He critiques the "color blind" ideal offered by the opponents of affirmative action admission in academe. Wu is an Asian American who teaches at a historically black institution - Howard University Law School. It is expected that he will provide some interesting insights into the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the University of Michigan affirmative action case, particularly since he is currently a visiting professor in their Law School as well as an alumnus.

Nora McGuire, Student Affairs, UW Colleges - "Campus Climate in the University of Wisconsin Colleges: A Workshop for Faculty, Staff and Administration."
The UW Colleges will conduct a one-day workshop for faculty, staff and administrators from across the UW System. Dr. Alberto Cabrera, professor of Educational Administration, UW-Madison, will be the keynote speaker. He will address the issues of campus climate for students of color and disadvantaged students, sharing information derived from his research. To prepare for the workshop, participants will be asked to conduct a guided discussion with their campus collegium about faculty, staff and student perceptions pertaining to campus climate. Utilizing the information obtained from the initial campus collegium discussion, the workshop will afford the participants two interactive opportunities. First, there will be a discussion with both Dr. Cabrera and the central administrative team during which participants will share the perception of their campus related to multiculturalism. The group will be asked to help identify ways in which the UW Colleges central administration can assist in campus efforts to improve the environment for students of color, and to enhance the appreciation of majority students of multiculturalism. Second, the campus teams will be provided with an opportunity to identify how what they have learned from Dr. Cabrera's presentation can be integrated in their campus Plan 2008 initiatives. Each campus team will be expected to provide a brief presentation at a meeting of the campus collegium that will include the information they obtained at the workshop and their suggestions for improving the campus climate for students of color.