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Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Contacts: Tova Stabin, interim diversity coordinator, (541) 463-5852, stabint@lanecc.edu
For release February 22, 2006
Author to discuss racism, classism and other issues raised by Katrina
EUGENE - The interim diversity coordinator and the Reading Together project at Lane Community College present educator, social justice activist and author Felice Yeskel speaking on "What Katrina Revealed: Racism, Classism and Economic Apartheid in America," on Wednesday, March 8, from 10-11:30 a.m. in Building 17, Room 308, main campus in Eugene, 4000 E. 30th Avenue. An informal brown bag lunch discussion will follow from 12-1 p.m. in the Multicultural Center, Building 1, Room 201. Both events are free and open to the public.
Yeskel is an adjunct faculty member in the Social Justice Education Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, co-founder of United for a Fair Economy, founder and Co-Director of Class Action, a non-profit organization committed to raising consciousness about the issues of classism, and co-author, with Chuck Collins, of “Economic Apartheid in America.” She holds a doctorate in organizational development and social justice education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Yeskel's speaking style incorporates group participation through open dialogue, encourages discussion, critical analysis and reflection. She has toured the country speaking to more than 50,000 people in 25 states. She has presented hundreds of workshops about economic inequality and about healing the divisions among Americans of different class backgrounds, races, genders, and sexual orientations. She was the founder of the University of Massachusetts Stonewall Center, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender educational resource center, and served as its director for 20 years. She also founded and co-directed DiversityWorks, Inc., an organization of social justice educators that provided training and consulting on issues of diversity and multiculturalism.
Yeskel is on a west coast tour. She currently lives in Massachusetts. For more information contact Tova Stabin, interim diversity coordinator, 463-5852.
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