Race Dialogue Project Events
Classopoly: Playing the Game or Getting Played?
A Series on Class in the U.S
Brought to you by the University of Pennsylvania's Race Dialogue Project
Jan 25th-Feb 8th
* = Open to the public. All others are open to students and their guests.
Remaining PART I
- * (Sun 1/28) Living the Legacy: Pushing Past Class Divisions Within Social Movements and Activity Groups
Time: 2-5pm, Location: The Carriage House, 3907 Spruce St.
Are issues of socio-economic class limiting organizations, groups and clubs on and off campus? Author and activist Betsy Leondar-Wright will use discussion and interactive exercises to help participants develop the skills necessary for cross-class collaboration.
co-sponsored by: The Center for Community Partnerships, MAKUU, College Houses and Academic Services, and the Office of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunities. Part of the 2007 MLK Commemorative Symposium on Social Change.
- * (Mon 1/29) The View From Park Place: Screening of the film, Born Rich
Time: 6:30pm Location: Huntsman 3730 Walnut Street, G92
"...There are no courses in college on how to be a hard-working and productive rich person. It's something you've got to figure out for yourself." -- Jamie Johnson--heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune--directs this 2003 Sundance Film Festival selected documentary which takes a true insiders' look at the privileges and burdens, of being born rich.
- *(Tues 1/30) Street Speakers: An Inside Look at Homelessness from the People Who've Lived It
Time: 6:00pm, Location: Civic House, 3914 Locust Walk
Writers for the Washington DC newspaper StreetSensea publication written and sold by homeless and previously homeless individualsjoin a local homeless activist in talking about their writing and their first-hand experiences with poverty.
Cosponsored by Civic House
PART II
- (Thurs 2/1) Is Green the Most Important Color: Class amongst Minorities
Time: 7:30, Location: ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk, Fireside.
Have you ever felt like there is strife between affluent Latinos and struggling new immigrants? between middle class Black America and "hood culture"? between the Asian-American groups whose income and education rates are higher than Whites and those still living in poverty? In the interest of unity, class divisions amongst minority groups are often over-looked, but this silence may be tearing us apart. Come discover how class privilege and class culture affect the struggles against racism.
- *(Mon 2/5) Do Not Pass Go: Why Many of America's Poor Are Going Straight to Jail
Time: 7 pm, Location: Hillel Center, 215 South 39th Street
Violence. Drug use. Profiling. Crime in schools. Prison labor.
Come join distinguished panel members in a discussion about the role that socio-economic class plays in the United States criminal justice system.
Panel members may include representatives from:
The Prisoner's Rights Project, The Prison Society advocacy organization, The DA's Youth Aid Alternative to Incarceration Panel, as well as Penn professor and author of The Prison and the Gallows and The Shadow Welfare State, Marie Gottschalk and incarcerated activists on conference call from prison!
- (Thus 2/8) From Boardwalk to Locust Walk: Students and Admissions Perspective of Class at Penn
Time: 6:30pm, Location: Dubois College House, 3900 Walnut St.
Socio-economic class may have an effect on both who gets accepted to Penn and who feels accepted at Penn. A former admissions officer will discuss the role of class in admissions both at Penn and other Universities. Followed by student speakers from across the class spectrum sharing their class experiences on campus…and a chance to share yours.
- (TBA) Community Chest: Breaking Bread and Barriers
University City High School
Dinner and discussion with local West Philadelphia residents about the relationship between Penn as an institution, Penn students, and West Philly communities.
All events are free. For more information and/or a full list of events call the GIC at (215) 898-3357 or visit them at http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/gic .
For more information, contact Elissa Buxbaum at (215) 898-3358.
