Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution Day Conference at SF State
Thursday, September 17, 2015 (All day) to Friday, September 18, 2015 (All day)
As part of a nationwide celebration commemorating the 228th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, SF State presents a two-day conference exploring some of today's most pressing issues. Marriage equality, #BlackLivesMatter, domestic violence, pornography and copyright, and free speech and hate speech are several of the topics to be discussed by SF State faculty, legal experts and other scholars. September 17, 2 - 7pm. September 18, 9am - 7pm. Free.
Location:
Cesar Chavez Student Center, Jack Adams Hall
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Sponsor:
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Contact:
Marc Stein
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Keynote speakers
- David Cruz, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, “Marriage/Equality”
- Rhonda Y. Williams, History Department and Social Justice Institute, Case Western Reserve University, “Regimes of Inequality: Race & Struggles for Justice in the 21st Century”
Co-sponsors
- California Faculty Association – SF State chapter
- College of Ethnic Studies
- College of Extended Learning
- School of Cinema
- Division of Graduate Studies
- History Department
- Labor Archives and Research Center
- Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
- Political Science Department
- School of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement
- Sociology and Sexuality Studies Department
- Women and Gender Studies Department
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