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Help fight Ariz. bill to ban ethnic student groups like MEChA, Black Business Students Assoc.

Last week the Arizona Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a routine homeland security bill, SB 1108 that would prohibit students at the state’s public universities and community colleges from organizing groups based on race (ie: groups such as MEChA, the Black Business Students Association, Native Americans United, etc.)

Please take action today. This bill could reach the Arizona House floor as early as this week. According to newspaper reports, Rep. John Kavanagh, (R-Scottsdale), a supporter of the measure called these campus organizations, “‘self-defeating’ and ‘self-destructive’ for students.”

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The School of Nursing of The University of Texas at Austin is conducting a health research study and recruiting midlife Hispanic women among its participants.  The study about midlife women’s attitudes toward physical activity is now conducted through Internet. Eligible participants for this study is midlife women aged 40 to 60 years old who do not have any mobility problems; who can read and write English; who are online; and whose self-reported ethnic identity is Hispanic, non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African American, or N-H Asian. The tangible benefit of participation is a $10 Target gift certificate for each person who completes an Internet survey and a $50 Target gift certificate for each person who participates in the online forum later.

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¡Hola Mujeres!
The MALCS Summer Institute 2008 is fast approaching! This year’s conference, themed “Mujeres (Re)member: Creating Spaces of (Be)longing Across Latinidades and Indigenismas,” will be held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City from July 30th through August 2nd. The site committee has been working hard to prepare for your arrival. We are looking forward to providing a space that inspires you to reunite, rejuvenate, and reconnect with old and new hermanas. This year’s institute is guaranteed to be intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually powerful.

Please note that the deadline to submit your proposals is April 25th and the early registration deadline is May 5th.

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On February 22nd, 2008, University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) issued a negative tenure recommendation for Assistant Professor Andrea Lee Smith. Jointly appointed in the Program in American Culture and the Department of Women’s Studies, Dr. Smith’s body of scholarship exemplifies scholarly excellence with widely circulated articles in peer-reviewed journals and numerous books in both university and independent presses including Native Americans and the Christian Right published this year by Duke University Press.

Dr. Smith is one of the greatest indigenous feminist intellectuals of our time. A nominee for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Smith has an outstanding academic and community record of service that is internationally and nationally recognized. She is a dedicated professor and mentor and she is an integral member of the University of Michigan (UM) intellectual community. Her reputation and pedagogical practices draw undergraduate and graduate students from all over campus and the nation.

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