The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 16, 2000 - 5A The two lawsuits against the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies go to trial this school year. These cases represent a historic turning point for higher education in the U.S. and for all of American society. Affirmative Action 102 is a ten- day educational series organized by the Peace & Justice Commission of the Michigan Student Assembly with the support of many student, university, labor and community groups to provide the University community with the background information necessary to appreciate the critical importance of the outcome of these trials. Researchers, scholars and activists from around the country will share their knowledge and experience on the scientific, legal, political and social issues involved in these trials and in the debate on affirmative action. 5undav October 15, 2000 hu~rsday fcant nued October 19.2000 Michigan Union, MSA Chambers - 7:30PM Overview of Affirmative Action 102 & Reception Student intervenors and members of the legal team along with MSA representatives and Interim Vice President E. Royster Harper will be available to help provide an overview of Affirmative Action 102 and to discuss the significance of the two affirmative-action cases. A reception will follow. ZaLLy I i8 March Monday Ockober 16,2000 School of Education, Schorling Auditorium - 3-5PM Racial and Gender Bias, the Social Construction of Race and the Fallacy of Standardized Tests David White, Director of Testing for the Public, and Dr. Gilbert Gee, Professor in the Health Care Department at U of M Flint and author of three books on the LSAT, GMAT, and other standardized tests, will speak on standardized testing and their research debunking common assumptions and stereotypes about race and gender. 1640 Chemistry Building -7:00PM Why We Choose to Stand and Fight The anti-affirmative action lawsuits against the University of Michigan are the first in which students are successfully intervening as full defendants in the cases. Come hear why & how this historic fight is being made from the students who are making it. 12 Noon on the Diag High school and college students, community groups, and labor and political leaders from all over Michigan and the nation will rally and march to take a stand in defense of integration and equality. 2:30PM- Angell Hall, Auditorium A BAMN Mass Meeting & Conference Activists will discuss the next step that the emerging civil rights movement must take to defend affirmative action and integration in higher education and throughout American society. 5PM - Hutchins Hall, Room 100, Law Quad Frank Wu - Asian Pacific Americans & Affirmative Action Frank Wu, a Professor of Law at Howard University, is the country's leading expert on the impact of affirmative action policies on Asian Pacific Americans. fridav October 20.2000 Tuesday October 17,2000 Michigan Union, Room 2105D - 11AM-12NOON Student Mothers: Fighting for Educational Access & Opportunity Single Mothers in School will discuss the challenges faced by women students raising children and how affirmative action has opened doors of opportunity for student mothers. 4PM - Rackham Building, Rackham Auditorium Dr. Johnnetta Cole Dr. Johnnetta Cole is the keynote speaker for the opening of the newly created Institute for Research on Women and Gender located in Lane Hall. Dr. Cole is the former President of Spelman College and is currently a professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies and African American Studies at Emory University. 5aturday October 212000 Business School, Room D1270 - 2PM Educational Benefits of Diversity: The Research Case The cornerstone of the University's defense of its admissions policies is the argument that education in a diverse setting is critical in the modern age. This panel, comprised of University of Michigan Professors Patricia Gurin, Sylvia Hurtado and Eric Dey, will present their research on the educational benefits of diversity. Michigan League, Mendelssohn Theater - 7:30PM Jonathan Kozol-Education & Affirmative Action Jonathan Kozol has been one of the nation's leading experts on the impact of racism and poverty on minority and other disadvantaged children in America's urban public schools. He will speak on why affirmative action is necessary. A booksigning sponsored by Shaman Drum Bookstore will follow. 1PM - Michigan Union, Anderson Room D The Civil Rights Movement, Then and Now Bob Moses, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the early 1960's, is now a high school teacher in Mississippi and the founder of the Algebra Project, a national model in the use of humanistic methods to teach mathematics to minority and other underprivileged students. He will speak on the Civil Rights Movement, past and present. Tuesday October 242000 2PM - Michigan League, Hussey Room Doing Well; Doing Good: Michigan's Minority Lawyers and the Myths of the Anti-Affirmative Action movement U of M Law School Professor Richard Lempert will present the findings of a study done by himself and two colleagues showing that minority graduates of Michigan Law School do as well as white graduates in practice and that LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs do not predict success in legal practice. \Vednesday October 18.2000 Angell Hall Auditorium B - 8PM The Myth of Meritocracy and the Necessity of Affirmative Action A wide-ranging panel made up of Jay Rosner, Executive Director of the Princeton Review Foundation; UCLA sociologist, Dr. Walter Allen; Dr. Danny Solorzano from the UCLA Graduate School of Education; and Bill Kidder, Researcher for Testing for the Public will address the question of how race and gender affect the academic and social experience of students and performance on standardized admissions tests. \Vednesday October 25,_2000 3:30PM - Michigan Union, Anderson Room D The Impact of Affirmative Action on Native Americans Faith Smith, President of Native American Educational Services College, will talk about the impact of affirmative action on Native American students. Thursday October 192000 Hutchins Hall, Room 100, Law Quad - 10-IIAM 8PM - Michigan League, Ballroom Debate: Affirmative Action, Pro & Con I