Race & Response in the Wake of Katrina

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
2:00PM 

An interdisciplinary panel discussion on the complex interaction of race, access to resources, and the reaction from neighboring communities and the Federal and local government.

Welcome Remarks by Dean Melvin Oliver

Panel Discussion moderated by
Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, Director of the Center for Chicano Studies

Featuring:
Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum
William Freudenburg (Environmental Studies)
Gaye Theresa Johnson (Black Studies)
George Lipsitz (Black Studies)
Howard Winant (Sociology)
With a photo presentation by Nathan Bassiouni,
a student at Tulane University deputized by the National Guard for New Orleans rescue work, introduced by Chryss Yost.

Hosted by the Department of Black Studies & the Center for Black Studies

Sponsored by
the Office of the Chancellor
the Division of Social Sciences
the Office of Academic Preparation & Equal Opportunity
the Center for Chicano Studies
Associate Vice Chancellor - Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy.
the New Racial Studies Project
the Department of Film Studies
the Department of Women’s Studies
the Hull Chair in Women’s Studies.

This event was filmed for national broadcast. For airtimes, visit UCSB TV or go directly to Channel 21 website (local viewers) or UCTV (national).