SATURDAY, March 9th
Social Justice Movements in California
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Room, Grand E
Wherever There’s a Fight: Californians Fighting for Civil Liberties
in California, the nature of the “movement” was different -- rather than it being focused on a single group of people fighting for a single cause (voting rights), it was people from many different groups, with many different causes based on different historical contexts, who at times found themselves at cross purposes but, over time, came to find common cause in the struggle for social justice
Stan Yogi, Author
Plenary Panel: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Room: Grand Peninsula ABC
“Finding Common Cause”: A Conversation with Eva Paterson and DREAMers
"Common cause" in struggles for social justice is developed by people who cross boundaries and unite with others. Eva Paterson shares her vision of the “Grand Alliance,” the institutional philosophy on which she founded the Equal Justice Society. She will discuss plans to commemorate the 50thanniversaries of the March on Washington (1963), the Civil Rights Act (1964), the Voting Rights Act (1965), and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Ms. Paterson will be joined by two Dream Act student leaders, Sofia Campos and Catherine Eusebio, courageous immigrant youth who are building a new civil rights movement, risking arrest and deportation to fight for the rights of immigrant youth and their families.
EVA PATERSON
Co-Founder and President, Equal Justice Society
Veteran civil rights attorney Eva Paterson is President of the Equal Justice Society, which she co-founded in 2000.EJS is a national civil rights legal organization working to fully restore the constitutional protections of the Fourteenth Amendment. Eva co-chairs the California Civil Rights Coalition, which she co-founded and previously chaired for 18 years. She is a graduate ofU.C. Berkeley'sBoalt Hall School of Law and Northwestern University, where she received her B.A. in political science and was elected the first African American student body president.
SOFIA CAMPOS
National Chair, United We Dream
Sofia Campos is the national chair of United We Dream, a network of youth-led immigrant organizations around the country striving to achieve equal access to higher education for all people, regardless of immigration status. UWD aims to address the inequities and obstacles faced by immigrant youth and to develop a sustainable, grassroots movement. Sofia is a UCLA graduate, currently works with the Dream Resource Center of the UCLA Labor Center, and has been featured on Diane Sawyer and Larry King.
CATHERINE EUSEBIO
Organizer, API Dream Summer
Catherine Eusebio is a leader of ASPIRE, an Asian American organization of Dream Act students. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley, and participated in Dream Summer, the first national internship and scholarship program for Dream Act students. She is currently working with Asian Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy to launch API Dream Summer, a program designed to build support for Asian Pacific Islander Dream Act students.
Breakout Sessions: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Rooms | Sandpebble A, Sandpebble B, Sandpebble C, Sandpebble D, Sandpebble E
“Common cause” has come about through efforts of people who cross boundaries and create unity. The Bay Area Veterans of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and current social justice activists, including Dream Act youth leaders, will dialogue with one another and with conference participants about their work to advance social justice across racial, cultural and gender divides.
crmvet.org
The Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement have a website, www.crmvet.org, where the history of the Southern freedom movement can be found, including personal stories, photographs, a timeline and historical documents. The Vets also provide speakers for classrooms; visit the website for details.
Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement
Veterans from the southern freedom movement, including those who were on the freedom rides or who worked with…
ª The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Special Guests: Wazir Peacock, Jean Wiley, Jimmy Rogers, Phil Hutchings, Cathy Cade
ª The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Special Guest: Mimi Real
ª The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Special Guest: Bruce Hartford
ª The 1964 COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) Mississippi Summer Project (“Mississippi Freedom Summer”)
Special Guest: Chude Pam Parker Allen
ª The 1965 SCOPE (Summer Community Organization and Political Education) Project
Special Guest: Maria Gitin, Sherie Labedis
Sessions and Workshops
At least one session, workshop, lecture or panel addressing the 1963-2013-2063 themes will be going on at all times during the conference, starting on Friday at 9:45 AM – make a point of learning from a variety of perspectives and approaches!
C1 We Shall Overcome: Have We Overcome?
D5 King, Malcolm and Ceasar: DBQ meets Common Core
D7 Teaching the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Workshop 4 Civil Rights Stories in the Post-9/11 United States
J4 Religious Liberty...the Push Behind the March for Civil Rights
J6 Examining Effects of the Children's March Using Primary Source Documents
K2 Picturing Civil Rights: Teaching All Students through Visuals
K6 Foot Soldiers and the African American Freedom Struggle
L3 Talking Back: Student Voice, Oral History, and the Lives of LGBTQ Citizens
M4 Finally Free: Assisting Students in Understanding Emancipation
M5 The 14th Amendment - The Winding Road to Justice
Q3 Connecting California Common Core Standards to César Chávez Civics Curriculum