Abriendo Brecha

[Snehal Shingavi]

it may make sense to put a proposal together for a panel about the
flooding in Pakistan for the conference.

Snehal

Abriendo Brecha VIII

Eighth Annual Activist Scholarship Conference

Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity
and Community Engagement Community Engagement Center

February 17-19, 2011

The Texas Union

Abriendo Brecha is an annual conference at the University of Texas at
Austin dedicated to activist scholarship; i.e. research and creative
intellectual work in alignment with communities, organizations,
movements, and networks working for social and economic justice.
Abriendo Brecha VIII calls for a renewed discussion on the meanings
and practices of activist scholarship, particularly as it relates to
solidarity between groups and overcoming power inequalities through
alliance. Some themes for this year’s conference include: struggles
over land, resource distribution, gentrification, prisons,
cross-racial alliance, and immigrant rights.

Abriendo Brecha VIII is a unique opportunity for coalition building
across geographic, political, and national spaces, as well as a forum
to present engaged academic work in solidarity with communities at the
local, national and international level. Solidarity, as a key theme,
will both guide submissions as well as structure the nature of the
conference. Presentations will consist of action-oriented
discussions, panels, interactive workshops, performances, and film.
This is an opportunity to meet, exchange experiences, and create local
and cross-border connections with others working at the intersections
of grassroots organizing and intellectual production.

We welcome the participation of activists, community members, artists,
high school students and those not specifically connected to academia.
Abriendo Brecha is free and open to the public.

Proposal submission deadline: November 15, 2010.

For proposal instructions and submissions please visit:
www.utexas.edu/diversity/abriendobrecha/

Contact AbriendoB...@gmail.com with any questions.

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Snehal Shingavi
Asst. Prof., Dept of English
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, B5000
Austin, TX 78712
snehal....@mail.utexas.edu

[Mubbashir Rizvi]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mubbashir Rizvi <mubbash...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Abriendo Brecha
To: fighting...@googlegroups.com


This is an excellent Idea Snehal. I think we can think of it as a teach in opportunity. Last year we used the forum to talk about the cuts to higher education which was very effective.

Best
Mubbashir

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[Beeta Baghoolizadeh]

i think a workshop would be great too. i find workshops more engaging than panels, and perhaps we would be able to reach out to a wider audience. just an idea.

who else would be interested in working on this?

[Sobia Kamran]

both options seem interesting. So, what exactly should we prepare and is there a certain time a couple of us should meet to discuss plans? Should we just do this over google docs, we can come up with all the ideas and save time instead of meeting?

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Sobia Kamran
Broadcast Journalism
Islamic studies
slod...@gmail.com
903.705.2056

[Beeta Baghoolizadeh]

sure let's meet. tuesday at 4pm work for interested people?

[Beeta Baghoolizadeh]

sorry i mean 5*** tuesday at 5pm?

[Beeta Baghoolizadeh]

Hi everyone, is anyone interested in meeting with me tomorrow at 5:15pm to discuss our options for presenting a workshop or panel to the upcoming conference in November? Please email me if you are interesting in working on it, or if another time works better for you. I'm pretty flexible.

Beeta