BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Lewis & Clark Events BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 RDATE:20240310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 RDATE:20241103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T163000 LOCATION:Miller Hall\, Room 105 GEO:45.450858;-122.668265 SUMMARY:"A Wall is Just a Wall": Reiko Hillyer in Conversation with Jerry Harp DESCRIPTION:Book Description "Throughout the twentieth century\, even th e harshest prison systems in the United States were rather porous. Incarc erated people were regularly released from prison for Christmas holidays\ ; the wives of incarcerated men could visit for seventy-two hours relativ ely unsupervised\; and governors routinely commuted the sentences of peop le convicted of murder. By the 1990s\, these practices had become rarer a s politicians and the media—in contrast to corrections officials—desc ribed the public as potential victims who required constant protection ag ainst the threat of violence. In A Wall Is Just a Wall (https://www.dukeu press.edu/a-wall-is-just-a-wall) Reiko Hillyer focuses on gubernatorial c lemency\, furlough\, and conjugal visits to examine the origins and decli ne of practices that allowed incarcerated people to transcend prison boun daries. Illuminating prisoners' lived experiences as they suffered\, crit iqued\, survived\, and resisted changing penal practices\, she shows that the current impermeability of the prison is a recent\, uneven\, and cont ested phenomenon. By tracking the "thickening" of prison walls\, Hillyer historicizes changing ideas of risk\, the growing bipartisan acceptance o f permanent exile and fixing the convicted at the moment of their crime a s a form of punishment\, and prisoners' efforts to resist it" (Duke Unive rsity Press). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
"Throughout the twentieth century\, even the harshest prison systems i n the United States were rather porous. Incarcerated people were regularl y released from prison for Christmas holidays\; the wives of incarcerated men could visit for seventy-two hours relatively unsupervised\; and gove rnors routinely commuted the sentences of people convicted of murder. By the 1990s\, these practices had become rarer as politicians and the media —in contrast to corrections officials—described the public as potenti al victims who required constant protection against the threat of violenc e. In A Wall Is Just a Wall Reiko Hillyer foc uses on gubernatorial clemency\, furlough\, and conjugal visits to examin e the origins and decline of practices that allowed incarcerated people t o transcend prison boundaries. Illuminating prisoners' lived experiences as they suffered\, critiqued\, survived\, and resisted changing penal pra ctices\, she shows that the current impermeability of the prison is a rec ent\, uneven\, and contested phenomenon. By tracking the "thickening" of prison walls\, Hillyer historicizes changing ideas of risk\, the growing bipartisan acceptance of permanent exile and fixing the convicted at the moment of their crime as a form of punishment\, and prisoners' efforts to resist it" (Duke University Press).
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X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:\n Please join Associate Professor of History and Department Chair Reiko Hillyer discuss her latest book\, A Wall is Just a Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in 20th Centu ry America (Duke University Press\, February 16\, 2024) \;i n conversation with Jerry Harp. Influenced by her work teaching in the In side-Out program\, Hillyer traces the decline of practices that used to c onnect incarcerated people more regularly to the free world. \;\n
X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:civic engagement|Ethnic Studies Minor|Ethnic Studies|fac ulty|hist|History Major|History|human rights|humanities|interdisciplinary |law|Political Science Major|Political Science Minor|research|Sociology a nd Anthropology Major|SociologyAnthropology END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T150000 LOCATION:Meet outside of Frank Manor SUMMARY:Social Justice Tour: April DESCRIPTION:Please let us know if you plan to attend via Google Form (htt ps://forms.gle/gLpyZvLjyM7Yb1QM9) here.Next Tour Date:Wednesday\, April 3 rd from 2-3pm Meeting Location: Outside of Frank Manor House The Social Justice Tour offers a look into the history of Lewis &\; Clark Colleg e through a social justice lens. By highlighting student activism and civ il rights demonstrations on campus\, the tour aims to empower current stu dents\, faculty\, staff\, and alumni\, to connect our shared history to a ct on behalf of bettering the Lewis &\; Clark community in the present .Objectives of the tour: participants will gain knowledge about Le wis &\; Clark's history and resources on campus participa nts will dialogue about past student activism and its lasting impact on c ampus and their own lives participants will feel empowered t o engage in social justice work in their communities The tour wi ll last about an hour. Attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes . Most trails are paved however some trails may naturally be muddy and un even. If you have any questions\, comments\, concerns\, and/or accom modation requests please email multicultural@lclark.edu (mailto:multicult ural@lclark.edu). This tour originated in 2014 through the IME office an d the former Pioneer Success Institute (PSI). Special recognitions to Dr. Reiko Hillyer\, Blaise Harrison '25\, Emma Krall '25\, Dr. Hannah Crummà ©\, and Crystal Willer for the time dedicated to this research and contri butions to this tour. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Please let us know if you plan to attend via Google Form here.
Next T our Date:
Meeting L ocation: Outside of Frank Manor House
The Social Just ice Tour offers a look into the history of Lewis &\; Clark College thr ough a social justice lens. By highlighting student activism and civil ri ghts demonstrations on campus\, the tour aims to empower current students \, faculty\, staff\, and alumni\, to connect our shared history to act on behalf of bettering the Lewis &\; Clark community in the present.
Objectives of the tour:
participants will gain knowledge about Lewis &\; Clark's history and resources on campus
participants will dialogue about past student activism and its lasting impact on campus and their own lives
participants will feel empowered to engage in social justice work in their communities
The tour will last about an hour. Attendees are encouraged t o wear comfortable shoes. Most trails are paved however some trails may n aturally be muddy and uneven.
If yo u have any questions\, comments\, concerns\, and/or accommodation request s please email multicultural@lc lark.edu.
This tour originated in 2014 through the IME office and the former Pioneer Success Institute ( PSI). Special recognitions to Dr. Reiko Hillyer\, Blaise Harrison '25\, E mma Krall '25\, Dr. Hannah Crummé\, and Crystal Willer for the time dedi cated to this research and contributions to this tour.
\n Multicultural@lclark.edu\n
X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:\n The Inclusion &\; Multicultural Engagement (IME) office presents the Social Justice Tour. \;\n
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T190000 LOCATION:Miller 102 GEO:45.450858;-122.668265 SUMMARY:Join Vietnamese Portland for a rough cut work-in-progress screeni ng of 'Mai American' by Kevin Truong DESCRIPTION:A 70-year-old Vietnamese American refugee living in Oregon wr ites down her life story\, indelibly shaped by the War in Vietnam. As she shares what she has written with her filmmaker son\, they begin separate but parallel journeys confronting the traumas of their past and the emot ional divide in their present. RSVP for the event here (https://docs.goo gle.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4Gz7AW1FSioA0t7fmhMZTKRhAiVN5Vc-o2suhV3hRt3b9Z g/viewform?usp=sf_link). RSVPs are not required but are encouraged due to limited space. Light refreshments will be provided. Please email vietnam eseportland@lclark.edu (mailto:vietnameseportland@lclark.edu) with questi ons or accommodations. \; Kevin Truong is the director\, producer\ , director of photography and editor for Mai American. Kevin is a Sundanc e-supported artist whose work spans photography\, journalism and filmmaki ng. As a filmmaker\, he has received fellowships from both the Center for Asian American Media and BAVC Media\, and his work has received support and funding from the Sundance Institute\, MacArthur Foundation\, A-Doc\, California Film Institute\, SFFilm\, Regional Arts and Culture Council\, Haverford College\, Catapult Film Fund\, True/False Film Fest\, and the P ortland Events and Film Office. He is the winner of 2022 Ready\, Set\, Pi tch! and the winner of the Audience Choice Award at 2023 DocPitch. As a j ournalist\, Kevin has written stories for NBC News and Motherboard Tech b y Vice and has worked as a producer with Student Reporting Labs at the PB S NewsHour\, where he helped produce and film a series of short documenta ries on misinformation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A 70-year-old Vietnamese American refug ee living in Oregon writes down her life story\, indelibly shaped by the War in Vietnam. As she shares what she has written with her filmmaker son \, they begin separate but parallel journeys confronting the traumas of t heir past and the emotional divide in their present.
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event here. RSVPs are not requir
ed but are encouraged due to limited space. Light refreshments will be pr
ovided. Please email vietnameseportland@lclark.edu with question
s or accommodations.
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X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY: \n Viet
namese Portland: Memory\, History\, Community invites you to a rough
cut work-in-progress screening of Mai American\, a documentary b
y Kevin Truong. Join us on Thursday\, April 4 at 5 PM in Miller 102 for a
screening of the 90-minute cut and a Q&\;A with Kevin.\n Join us for the Pacific Northwest premier screenin
g of the Documentary "La Montaña"\, depicting decolonization and the Zap
atista movement. The 16th Annual Dorothy Berkson W
riting Award in Gender Studies presentation and reception will take place
on Friday\, April 19\, 2024 from 3 - 4:30 p.m. in Smith Hall. \; Refreshments will be served. This award recognizes
written achievement (e.g.\, scholarly essays\, research projects\, creati
ve non-fiction\, fiction\, poetry\, or playwriting) focused on gender and
authored by a senior. The award winner will be honored at this reception
that celebrates Professor Berkson's contributions to Lewis &\; Clark
College and the excellence of current students who study gender through s
cholarly analysis and written expression. Dorothy Berkson\, profe
ssor emerita of English\, taught at Lewis &\; Clark College from 1981
until her retirement in 2004. Professor Berkson was a presenter in Lewis
&\; Clark's first Gender Studies Symposium. For the gender studies min
or\, she designed a course titled Gender and Aesthetic Expression\, which
she continued to teach for many years. \n Join us for the 16th Annual Dorothy Berkson Wr
iting Award in Gender Studies reception and presentation by award recipie
nts.\n