[Grad_history_students] HAROLD WASHINGTON: HIS LEGACY, OUR FUTURE

[Judy Ossello]

A TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON THE STATE OF RACE AND POLITICS TODAY

DATE:   Friday, October 24, 2003
TIME:   5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago

This event is co-sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society

Day one of the symposium, October 24, will feature a roundtable discussion
on the changing state of race and politics since the election of Harold
Washington.  The event will take place at the Chicago Historical Society
beginning with a reception (with music from Erwin Helfer) and viewing of
the exhibition "Harold Washington: The Man and the Movement" from 5:30
p.m.-6:30 p.m.  This will be followed by a roundtable discussion on the
state of race and politics in Chicago and nationally from 6:30 p.m.-8:00
p.m.  

Roundtable participants include Congressman John Conyers, long-time Harold
Washington supporter, activist in Congress on civil rights issues, and a
founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus; Akiba Solomon,
editor-at-large for The Source and contributing writer to ColorLines and
Bet.com; Leon Dash, award-winning journalist and author of Rosa Lee.  Dash
won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism (with Lucian Perkins)
while at the Washington Post; Jeff Epton, son of Bernard Epton, who ran
against Harold Washington in 1983, publisher of In These Times, a
national, bi-weekly progressive magazine, and Executive Director, Illinois
Death Penalty Moratorium Project, 2000-2001; and María de los Angeles
Torres, associate professor of political science and the Latino/Latin
American Studies Program at DePaul University, and former Executive
Director of the Commission on Latino Affairs under Harold Washington. 


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DATE:   Saturday, October 25, 2003
TIME:   8:30am-3:00pm
LOCATION:   International House: 1414 E. 59th Street, Assembly Hall, 1st
Flr.

This event is co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program

Day two of the symposium, October 25, will focus on race and politics in
Chicago.  Four hour-long roundtable discussions will take up the following
topics: "Movement Politics and the Role of Grassroots Organizations,"
"Multiracial Organizing: Past Experiences, Future Possibilities," "Race,
Politics, and Youth Organizing," and "Race, Politics, and Power in
Chicago."

Roundtable participants include:  Richard Barnett, Timuel Black, Jim
Capraro, Senator Jackie Collins, TJ Crawford, John Donahue, Jesus (Chuy)
Garcia, Sharon Gilliam, Yvonne Lau, Rudi Lozano Jr., Alderman Rick Munoz,
Rami Nashishibi, Prexy Nesbitt,  Barbara Ransby, Rebecca Sive, Robert
Starks, Art Turner, and Laura Washington. 

For additional information contact the Center for the Study of Race,
Politics and Culture at 773-702-8063 or csrpc at uchicago.edu.  Persons with
disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Chicago Historical
Society at 312-642-4600 or the Office of Programs and Special Events at
International House at 773-753-2274 or e-mail
i-house-programs at uchicago.edu.