RIDGS Keynote Lecture with Karma Chávez

The Assault on Higher Education and What You Can Do About It
Karma Chavez in a defiant pose with arms crossed looking into the camera, standing in front of a university building
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Event Location
Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Cowles Auditorium

301 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Event Registration
Dr. Karma Chávez (Bobby and Sherri Patton Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at Austin) will present the RIDGS Keynote Lecture entitled: “The Assault on Higher Education and What You Can Do About It.” Dr. Jessica Lopez Lyman (Associate Professor, Chicano & Latino Studies) will serve as discussant.
 
In this talk, Karma Chávez uses her experiences organizing against the right-wing attacks on higher education in the state of Texas to discuss the state of higher education; the Right's playbook for higher education--including in blue states; and what faculty, staff, students, and community members can do to confront the assault and build the institutions we need and want. 
 
This event is free and open to the public.
Registration is required, and space is limited.
 
Co-sponsored by: African American & African Studies, American Studies, American Indian Studies, Chicano & Latino Studies, Gender Women, and Sexuality Studies, American Indian Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
 

This event will be preceded by a lunch discussion for graduate students with Dr. Chávez. Register for the graduate student lunch.

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