The Center for Literary Arts and the SJSU African-American Studies Department present Natalie Baszile: Reading & Conversation with Selena Anderson.

Natalie Baszile is the author of the Southern debut novel Queen Sugar, which has been adapted for television by writer and director Ava DuVernay and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey. Queen Sugar was named one of the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Best Books of 2014 and nominated for the NAACP Image Award. Natalie also writes nonfiction, which has appeared in Lenny Letter, O, The Oprah Magazine, and The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 9.

• When: February 8, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
• Where: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Room 225
• Info: www.litart.org

Join us for a community conversation and consideration of the issues surrounding public monuments around the country today, including the Columbus statue in San José City Hall. This event features the following SJSU panelists:

• Dore Bowen, Associate Professor, Art History & Visual Culture
• Libra Hilde, Associate Professor, History
• Marco Meniketti, Professor, Anthropology
• Manuel Callahan, Lecturer, Mexican-American Studies
• Michael Roman, President, Native American Student Organization
• Martin Madrigal, Co-Chair, MEChA de SJSU
• Moderator: Melinda Jackson, Chair, Political Science

Students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome.

• When: 5:00–6:00, October 17
• Where: MLK225

WHEN: Thursday, April 6 @ 4 pm
WHERE: SJSU, Sweeney Hall 331

David Stovall, Ph.D. is a Professor of Educational Policy Studies and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His scholarship investigates four areas: 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) concepts of social justice in education, 3) the relationship between housing and education, and 4) the relationship between schools and community stakeholders. In the attempt to bring theory to action, he has spent the last ten years working with community organizations and schools to develop curricula that address issues of social justice.

Born Out of Struggle offers important lessons about school creation from the ground up. While the story of a 19-day hunger strike serves as the backdrop of the discussion, the focus of this talk will be on concrete examples of the challenges and contradictions of keeping young people, families, and community members central to community control of education. The discussion to follow will explore the relevance of these lessons for students, community, and families, as well as educational leaders & classroom teachers of all subjects & grade levels.

Sponsored by the College of Education and Mexican American Studies

Congratulations to Mariela Acevedo!

Mariela Acevedo, a second-year graduate student in our Clinical Program, was recently awarded a scholarship through the California MFT Stipend Program.

The California MFT Stipend Program is funded through the Mental Health Services Act and administered bu the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to address the statewide workforce need for mental health practitioners in underserved communities of California.