CCS 50th Anniversary Celebration Series: Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholars Transforming Higher Education

Please join the department of Chicana and Chicano Studies (formerly
Mexican American Studies) as we celebrate our 50-year legacy at San José
State University. We’ll hear from a panel of distinguished graduates who are
building careers as higher-ed faculty across a range of institutions, shaping
the next generation of Chicana/o Studies scholars. Speakers include:

  • Nancy Acevedo-Gil, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Technology, California State University, San Bernardino
  • Rosanna Alvarez, Braided Scholar, De Anza College and San Jose State University
  • Angelina Loyola, Adjunct Faculty, Sociology and Ethnic Studies, San Jose Evergreen Community College District
  • Juan Pablo Mercado, Professor, History, Chabot College

Friday, April 26 | 3:00-5:00pm | MLK 225
RSVP at http://bit.ly/CCS50-panel1.

2019 Levinson Memorial Lecture

The 2019 Levinson Memorial Lecture will be presented at 4:30 PM on Thursday, April 2019 in room 225 of the Boccardo Business Complex. The 1919 Pogroms are considered as the prelude and rehearsal to the Holocaust that took place in Eastern Europe twenty-two years later. Dr. Peter Kenez, professor emeritus of history at University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss the history and implications of the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Jewish civilians in Ukraine from spring to autumn 1919, amidst the chaos of the Russian Civil War.

Since the early 1980s, the Levinson Memorial Lecture of the SJSU Program of Jewish Studies has invited speakers on variety of subjects in Jewish history, religion, and culture, in honor of Dr. Robert Levinson, the founder of the Jewish Studies Program at SJSU. A specialist in the history of immigration and minority groups in North America, Levinson was a public intellectual who merged his academic work with communal responsibility and his tragic death in 1981 was a major loss to the wider community of San Jose and the South Bay.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Dr. Ignat Ayzenberg, 917-658-1966 (phone), ignat.ayzenberg@sjsu.edu (email).

The 2019 Don Edwards Lecture: Veterans on the Home Front

This year’s Don Edwards Lecture will be on the topic “Veterans on the Home Front: Advocacy, Policy, Action.”

Speakers:

Maya Esparza: San Jose City Council
Joseph Kopser: Veteran and Co-founder of Grayline, Former Congressional Candidate
Joshua Mantz: Veteran and Author of Beauty of a Darker Soul
Moderated by Dr. Leonard Lira.

When: March 15, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Student Union Ballroom

Free and Open to the Public.

Sponsored by the SJSU Department of Political Science and the College of Social Sciences.

The Truth Effect – Silicon Valley’s Take on the Mid-term Elections

You are invited to what will surely be an informative, incisive event focused on the aftermath of the midterm national elections. The event – which we are calling “The Truth Effect – Silicon Valley’s Take on the Mid-term Elections” – takes place here on campus. All are welcome, and admission is free.

when: November 15, 2018, 6:30–8:30
where: SJSU Diaz Compean Student Union Theater

Come hear some of the Silicon Valley’s top political minds as they weigh in on the elections and offer their insights on what the outcomes mean for SJSU, our region, and the nation.

Panel 1: All Politics is Local

Moderator
Terry Christensen
Professor Emeritus, Political Science

Panelists:

Cindy Chavez
Supervisor, District 2 (SJSU alumna)

Fred Keeley
Lecturer, Political Science
Former Assemblymember, District 27
Treasurer, Santa Cruz County

Evan Low
Assemblymember, District 28 (SJSU alumnus)

Panel 2: The Tech Factor: Campaigns and Voting in 2018

Moderator
Melinda Jackson
Professor and Chair, Political Science

Panelists:

Rachel Michelin
President and CEO, California Women LEAD

Matt Mahan
President and CEO, Brigade

Jessica Speiser
Chief Outreach Officer, Voter Circle

Questions?
Please email sjsupres@sjsu.edu

The event is hosted by President Mary A. Papazian

SJSU Votes!

SJSU Votes! will be holding a mini-block party on 7th St. Plaza, spaces 35-36 on 10/18/18 from 11am to 3pm. SJSU Votes! will have voter registration and education material, music, games, items from the Registrar of Voters, and snacks.

SJSU Votes! also provides a URL where students can register online:

website: https://www.sjsuvotes.org
Twitter: @SJSUvotes