Statement co-signed by the Caucus

The following was co-signed by Chicano Caucus as a statement of solidarity with those - both individuals and groups - that were offended by a flyer issued by the Clear 2010 Party in the recent CCSC elections.

We the undersigned express our concern and outrage.

As CCSC elections approached this past week, many students began to see a particular flyer from the "Clear 2010 Party" campaign that read "Two Asian girls at the same time".

While we understand it was meant to be a joke, we also understand that the humor was predicated upon racist and heterosexist ideas and stereotypes. Not only is it a play off of a fetishization of Asian women that directly corresponds with the effeminization and invisibility of Asian men, as well as American imperialism, but it is also a heterosexist and patriarchal male fantasy that has contributed to the invisibility of Queer women, and the devaluation of lesbian sex as a mere spectacle for a male gaze.

Many students were shocked and appalled by this flyer for obvious reasons. This is particularly disturbing as it is commonly understood that student council members are not only our representatives, but our advocates. We think that student council members and the elections board should have a responsibility to take a critical stance on the various hierarchies of oppression in our society, working to undermine them, not reproduce them. In doing so, they strive to improve our university by creating a more just and inclusive campus culture, rather than simply accepting the use of offensive language. This is what we believe constitutes an ally.

For these reasons, we ask that the Clear 2010 Party release an apology for their flyers, explaining how and why the references they called upon were so hurtful and marginalizing. We also ask that an honest investigation be conducted to critically analyze the structure of student council and the elections board so that we may proactively create avenues of greater understanding and awareness about power and privilege on Columbia's campus.

IMMIGRATION SERIES

A WORLD ON THE MOVE:
Emigration and Immigration
In Europe and the Americas

Thursday - Saturday, April 23-25, 2009

For information contact:
www.columbia.edu/cu/lehmancenter
Pre-registration suggested (seating is limited):
lehmancenter@columbia.edu


THURSDAY APRIL 23, 2009
2:00 pm Welcome: Barbara Faedda, Acting Director, Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
Opening Remarks: Michael T. Ryan, Columbia University
Session I: Two Aspects of Jewish Migration
2:15-3:45 pm
Chair: Owen Gutfreund, Barnard College, Columbia University
- Rebecca Kobrin, Columbia University: Jewish Immigrants, Financial Failure and the Reshaping of American Capitalism,1914-1930
- Hasia Diner, New York University: "Our Newest Immigrants": Holocaust Survivors and the Work of American Jewry on Their Behalf

Discussion

4:00-5:30 pm Plenary session
Speaker: Jacques Toubon
Chair of the Advisory Committee of the National Center for the History of the Immigration, Paris; Member of the European Parliament; Former Minister for Culture and Justice in France

European Immigration Policies Through the Lens of History
5:45-7:00 pm Public Reception at the Italian Academy

FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2009
Breakfast 8:30-9:00 am

Session II: Perspectives on Italian Immigration
9:00-10:30
Chair: Maurizio Vaudagna, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
- Donna Gabaccia, University of Minnesota:Immigrants, Neighborhoods, and Urban Tourism in New York: The Case of Little Italy
- Simone Cinotto, "Piero Bairati" Center in European-American Studies and University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy: One Third of a Nation: Public Housing and Cultural Pluralism in Italian Harlem, 1934-1950

Discussion

Session III: The Future of Immigration in the Age of Globalization
The Immigrant Republic in the 20th Century
10:45-12:45
Chair: Philip Kasinitz, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University: Empire City: The Immigrant Role in Defining New York
- Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, New York University: Global Vertigo and the End of Migration
Claudio Remeseira, Columbia University: Hispanic New York and the Redefinition of a Hemispheric Identity

12:45-1:45 Lunch break

Session IV: The Economic View: Laborers and Entrepreneurs
1:45-3:30 pm
Chair: Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University
- Nancy Green, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France: Sweatshops and Elite Migrants: Two Examples Beyond the Industrial/Postindustrial Divide
- Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The City and Immigrant Enterpreneurship

Discussion

3:30-3:45 Break

Session V: Immigration and Exclusion
3:45-5:45
Chair: Adam McKeown, Columbia University
- John Foot, University College of London: Foreign immigrants in Milan: representations, exclusions, memories and politics
- Mae Ngai, Columbia University: Chinese exclusion and the racialized immigrant interpreter
- Barbara Faedda, Italian Academy for Advanced Studies: Emerging Trends: Immigration Law and Lawyers in Italy

Discussion

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2009
Breakfast 8:30-9:00 am

Session VI: The View from the Americas
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Chair: Jaime Rodriguez, St. John's University
- Jose Moya, Barnard College, Columbia University: European Immigration and Socioeconomic Development in the Americas
- Claudio W. Lomnitz, Columbia University: US-Mexico Border and the Origin of "the Mexican race", c. 1900


Discussion

10:30-10:45 break

VII. Roundtable for All Particpants: The Future of Immigration in the Age of Globalization
10:45-12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Lisa Keller, Purchase College, SUNY
Closing Comments: Kenneth T. Jackson

Saturday Afternoon
Bus Tour
1:30-8:00 pm
Harlem, Flushing, Steinway and Astoria
Visit to the Panorama of NYC
Reservations required; seating limited

Jointly sponsored by
The Herbert H.Lehman Center for American History
Interuniversity Center for European-American History and Politics (CISPEA)
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
The University Seminar on the City, Columbia University

Chicano/a Cures

Well, we all know that Vicks is the solution to everything: stuffy noses, burns, etc. And if you've seen Ann's status, you've seen Jessica's and my comments about home cures. So I was thinking, maybe we can see what other home remedies you guys have for stuff. Let's start a list! I think it'll be fun :) Just comment with something you use to take care of an illness, cut, or whatever needs curing.

Screenings

From Other Fliers

From Other Fliers

From Rosario ... Threat to Journalists in Mexico

i found this article on the danger and increased vulnerability that journalists are facing in mexico due to the drug cartels.

http://cpj.org/2009/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2008-mexico.php

Tomorrow Night

Rosario's performing in this!
Come and support :)

CARIBBEAN CONSCIOUSNESS: ROOTS. ROCK. REGGAE.

Date: Friday, April 3, 2009
Place: Roone Arledge Auditorium (Alfred Lerner Hall)
Time: 10pm to 12am
Damage: $7.00


PERFORMANCES BY:

Lyrical Circle, Ana Perez (Barnard College '09), April Simpson (Columbia College '11), Poetic Musician (SEAS '10), CU Gospel, Clefhangers, Mambo Bravo, Marsha Jean-Charles (Wesleyan University '11), Orisha, Carnival Scene (Columbia University/ Barnard College Students), Marguerite Hemmings (Columbia College '08), SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE: BUSHMAN!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n8BhVJvbRs&feature=related

MOVIE SCREENING: Jamaica for Sale (Director: Esther Figueroa)

A DELECTABLE BUFFET STYLE DINNER PROVIDED BY:

A Taste of Seafood, Golden Krust, Havana Central, Columbia Catering

MUSIC BY: DJ ME

SOCA, REGGAE, DANCEHALL, KOMPA, ZOUK, SALSA, BACHATA, MERENGUE

FACEBOOK EVENT:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=59433576049

Co-Sponsored By: The African Students Association, The Black Students Organization, The Haitian Students Association, Student Organization of Latinos, The United Students of Color Council, President & Provost Fund