Upcoming CMEP Event: Racial (In)Justice

As a follow-up to recent community forums and panel on the future of race in America, NYU Student Diversity team is offering a series of hands-on interactive workshops and trainings for long-term action and support. Participants are encouraged to drop in on sessions throughout the teach-in. This event is hosted by NYU's Center for Multicultural Education and Programs (CMEP).

Schedule:
10:30 - 11:00 - Vigil on the Kimmel Stairs
11:00 - 12:30 - Opening Session (Welcome with Dr. Elizabeth R. OuYang), NYU Gospel Choir performance, and mindfulness workshop and discussion)
12:30 - 1:50 - Workshop Break Out (Choose 1 of 3)
2:00 - 3:20 - Workshop Break Out (Choose 1 of 3)
3:30 - 4:00 - Closing session and reflections

Workshop offerings include:
How to Have Difficult Conversations about Race
What is Anti-Black Racism and Black Organizing?
Student Organizing and Activism 101
 
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Faculty Speaker Bio:
Civil Rights Attorney Elizabeth R. OuYang is an adjunct professor at NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. For nearly 15 years, Ms. OuYang has been teaching a comparative pre-law course, Constitution and Communities of Color. She has served as the staff attorney with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund for eight years and represented multiple victims of police brutality and misconduct ranging from illegal strip searches, unlawful raids, to the 1995 fatal shooting of 16 year old Yong Xin Huang in the back of the head. Currently, she serves as 2014 President of OCA-NY Asian American Advocate), where she helped lead a successful organizing effort to get trumped up charges dismissed against 84 year old Kang Wong after he sustained stitches to his head.