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Kishi Animashaun Ducre Speaks on Environmental Justice and Activism

September 29, 2008  Kishi Animashaun Ducre, assistant professor of African Studies at Syracuse University, addressed the Hamilton community in a lecture titled "How to Become a Professional Hellraiser" on Sept. 27. Professor Ducre's presentation discussed activism within the field of environmental justice, providing her audience with a background of the field's pertinent social issues and emphasizing the importance of incorporating activism within a diverse range of careers. 
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Fall 2008




Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m. KJ Auditorium

2008 Student and Faculty Conference
Keynote Speaker: K. Animashaun Duncre

Kishi Animashaun Duncre is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University.  She received her PhD in the Environmental Justice Program of the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.  Her dissertation is entitled, "Racialized Spaces: Exploring Space as an Explanatory Variable in Environmental Justice Analysis".  Kishi (pronounced "Key-shah") has been a committed advocate for environmental justice for over a decade.  Her first foray environmental activism was as a Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace from 1994-1997.  She also served a brief stint with Ralph Nader's Essential Action.
 
Room 1 - KJ101

1:00 p.m.  Civil Society and Democracy:
A Closer Look at Civil Society Activity along the U.S. - Mexico Border.
Meaghan LaVangie, Hamilton College

1:15 p.m. Something There is That Doesn't Love a Wall:
Political Theory of Boundaries and Borders.
Corinne Bancroft, Hamilton College

1:30 p.m. Discrimination Against Muslims in the Immigration Judicial System:  A Personal Account.
Elizabeth Brotherton, Hamilton College

1:45 p.m. Keeping Out Scholars. 
Marie Piayai, Hamilton College.

2:00 p.m. CODEPINK Women for Peace: Interning for a Peaceful World.
Amy Tannenbaum, Hamilton College

2:15 p.m. The Origins and Cultural Complexity of FGC.
Robin Joseph, Hamilton College


Room 2 - KJ 102

1:00 p.m. Community Health Center Work and Patient Advocacy in Syracuse, NY.
Alex Hodgens, Hamilton College

1:15 p.m. Inter-country Adoption or Baby Market?
Maria Tsvetkova, Union College.

1:30 p.m. Gandhi's Political Community in South Africa.
William Cowles, Hamilton College.

1:45 p.m. Credit for Poverty Alleviation: The Case of Proshika.
Sushmita S. Preetha, Hamilton College.

2:00 p.m. Sustainable Card-Making in Arusha, Tanzania.
Colleen Granahan and Winter Burhoe, Hamilton College

2:15 p.m. A Hundred and Fifty-Six Children.
Fallon Chipidza, Hamilton College

2:30 p.m. - KJ101


Keynote speaker: Prof. K. Animashaun Ducre, Dept. of African American Studies, Syracuse University.
"Meeting the Environmental Justice Challenge of Combining Activism with Scholarship"