Presented by the University of Oregon Law School, the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the United States District Court
Keynote Presentation: 12:00-1:30
Prof. Ian Haney-López, University of California, Berkley Law
Dog Whistle Racism: Race + Politics in 2012
Two themes dominate American politics today – at the forefront is declining economic opportunity and coursing underneath is race. This talk connects the two. In the last fifty years, dog whistle politics has driven broad swaths of voters to adopt a self-defeating hostility toward government, and in the process remade the very nature of race and racism. American politics today – and the crisis of the middle class – simply cannot be understood without recognizing the powerful role of coded racial appeals.
Panel Discussion: 1:30-3:30
Educational Opportunities Post-Fisher
The fate of affirmative action in our universities will be decided this term by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Fisher case. Our distinguished panel will discuss what the elimination of affirmative action enforcement may mean for our communities, as well as ways to promote educational opportunities in a post-Fisher world.
*Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Ph.D., J.D., Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Univ. of Oregon
*Chandra Brown, M.B.A., Vice President of Oregon Ironworks, President of United Streetcars
*Jilma Meneses, J.D., Chief Diversity Officer, Portland State University
*Cynthia D. Morris, Ph.D., M.P.H, OHSU Professor and Vice Chair, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology Director, Education and Career Development
*Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
*Moderator: Jeffrey D. Jones, J.D., Associate Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark School of Law/Of Counsel at Barran Liebman LLP
Lunch is provided and a hosted reception will follow the panel discussion. Pending approval, this program is applicable towards 3 hours of Equal Access to Justice CLE credits. Download the flyer here.
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