Event Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\nAll events are free and open to the public and will be on the college’s main campus, 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines. For full descriptions of each event, visit highline.edu\/unity-2017.<\/p>\n
Monday, April 24<\/strong><\/p>\n• 10–11:30 a.m., Building 7, Workshop presented by Nikkita Oliver: “Telling Our Stories Is Resistance”<\/p>\n
• 1:30–3 p.m., Building 8, Workshop presented by Jason Dorsette: “Some Call It a Mystery, I Call It My Identity: A Paradoxical and Intersectional Approach to Race and Gender Identities”<\/p>\n
Tuesday, April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n• 9–10:30 a.m., Building 7, Lecture by Dr. Anthony Ocampo: “The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino-Americans Break the Rules of Race”<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 26<\/strong><\/p>\n• 1:30–3 p.m., Building 7 (English only) and 6:30–8 p.m., Building 7 (Spanish) and Building 8 (English), Workshop presented in English by Larissa Garcia, Matt Matera and Alejandra Perez and in Spanish by Maru Mora: “Supporting Undocumented Students and Their Families” \/ “La guerra en contra de los inmigrantes Nos defendemos y nos protegemos”<\/p>\n
• 3–4:30 p.m., Building 7, Workshop by Dr. Kanoe Nāone: “Who Are Our Leaders? A Native Hawaiian Perspective Contextualized in Traditional and Contemporary Times”<\/p>\n
Thursday, April 27<\/strong><\/p>\n• 10–11:30 a.m., Building 7, Performance by Ernie G.: “Empowerment Comedy Show”<\/p>\n
• 1:30–3 p.m., Building 7, Lecture by Fawzi Belal and Oussama (Sam) Alkhalili: “ISIS, Islam, and Islamophobia”<\/p>\n
• 7–8 p.m., Building 7, Highline Public Schools Native Education Program Presents: Sherman Alexie, A poet, short story writer, novelist and performer, Sherman Alexie has won numerous awards, including the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN\/Malamud Award for Short Fiction and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. He has published 26 books, including the forthcoming memoir, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.” Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle with his family. Advance and priority seating is for Highline Public Schools and Highline College students and families only, but limited general open seating for the public will be available. Plan on arriving early. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A private pre-reception for Highline College and Highline Public Schools students and families will be held at 5 p.m. RSVP required. Main presentation will be in Building 7, with overflow seating available in Building 2 where attendees can watch a live stream of the author’s appearance. Highline College students may RSVP for the main event and the private pre-reception by sending an email to sara.ortiz@highlineschools.org. Alexie’s appearance is cosponsored and made possible by Highline Public Schools Native Education Program with additional support provided by the King County Library System and Highline College.<\/p>\n
Friday, April 28<\/strong><\/p>\n• 9–10:30 a.m., Building 8, Workshop presented by Ardo-Khadra Hersi and Asha Heru: “A People’s Movement: No New Youth Jail and Beyond”<\/p>\n
• 2–4 p.m., Building 8, Workshop presented by Rashad Norris: “Destructions of the Master Plan: Finding Your Voice and Creating Change Through Protest and Boycott”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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