A new campus organization, the CSUS Council for Affirmative Action, is sponsoring a forum 9 a.m.-noon, Friday, April 24, in the University Union Redwood Room to begin a campus dialogue about affirmative action.
“The election of President Obama has fostered optimism amongst many that change is on its way,” says Frank Lilly, committee member and professor of teacher education. “But, it also has some wondering if this historical event signifies that issues of racism and discrimination no longer exist on our campus and whether affirmative action programs are even necessary anymore.”
The CSUS Council for Affirmative Action is a cooperative effort with the California Faculty Association’s Affirmative Action Committee, the Committee on Diversity and Equity, the Women’s Resource Center, the Multicultural Center, the Black Staff and Faculty Association, the departments of Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Ethnic Studies, Women’s Studies and Pan African Studies along with the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution, Educational Equity Programs, and the Cooper Woodson College Enhancement Program.
The committee has met with faculty, staff and students since November 2008 to raise awareness of the significance of affirmative action at Sacramento State.
The meeting is free and open to the campus community. For more information contact Lilly at 278-4120.
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Sacramento State’s Mike Ward can be reached at mward@csus.edu
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