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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureSpeaker Information: Dr OiYan Poon\, Colorad
 o State UniversityTracing the historical evolution of Asian American polit
 ical engagement in policy debates over racial inequalities and how their e
 fforts have resisted or reinforced systems of white dominance\, Dr. Poon w
 ill identify and describe the ideological division between notions of raci
 al justice and racial “just us.” She will explain how the current attacks 
 on affirmative action offer an opportunity for Asian Americans\, and other
 s\, to develop a renewed and transformative consciousness for racial justi
 ce. She argues that a movement for a new consciousness will require the de
 velopment of racial literacies.\nDr. OiYan Poon is an Assistant Professor 
 of Higher Education Leadership and Director of the Race &amp\; Intersectio
 nal Studies for Educational Equity (RISE) Center at Colorado State Univers
 ity. Her research focuses on the racial politics and discourses of college
  access\, higher education organization and policy\, affirmative action\, 
 and Asian Americans. In August 2018\, she co-authored an amicus brief on b
 ehalf of 531 social scientists in support of race-conscious holistic revie
 w in the SFFA v. Harvard federal lawsuit. She is also currently working on
  a national study on how race-conscious holistic review works at selective
  colleges\, supported by a grant from the Spencer Foundation.Cost: no char
 geContact: amy Summers217-333-0960arsummer@illinois.eduSponsor: College of
  Education and the Office of Community College Research and Leadership
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DTSTAMP:20261006T121418Z
DTSTART:20190131T180000Z
LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,314A Illini Union
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SUMMARY:Dean's Diversity Lecture: Racial Justice or Racial "Just Us" among 
 Asian Americans with Speaker Dr. OiYan Poon
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="eventtype"><span class="event-headin
 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Lecture</p><p class="speakerinfo"><span cl
 ass="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Information:</span> Dr OiYan Poon\
 , Colorado State University</p><p style="margin: 0 0 10.66px"><span style=
 "margin: 0\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 1)\; font-family: helvetica\, arial\,
  sans-serif">Tracing the historical evolution of Asian American political 
 engagement in policy debates over racial inequalities and how their effort
 s have resisted or reinforced systems of white dominance\, Dr. Poon will i
 dentify and describe the ideological division between notions of racial ju
 stice and racial “just us.” She will explain how the current attacks on af
 firmative action offer an opportunity for Asian Americans\, and others\, t
 o develop a renewed and transformative consciousness for racial justice. S
 he argues that a movement for a new consciousness will require the develop
 ment of racial literacies.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0 0 10.66px"><spa
 n style="margin: 0\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 1)\; font-family: helvetica\,
  arial\, sans-serif"><strong>Dr. OiYan Poon</strong> is an Assistant Profe
 ssor of Higher Education Leadership and Director of the Race &amp\; Inters
 ectional Studies for Educational Equity (RISE) Center at Colorado State Un
 iversity. Her research focuses on the racial politics and discourses of co
 llege access\, higher education organization and policy\, affirmative acti
 on\, and Asian Americans. In August 2018\, she co-authored an <em>amicus <
 /em>brief on behalf of 531 social scientists in support of race-conscious 
 holistic review in the <em>SFFA v. Harvard </em>federal lawsuit. She is al
 so currently working on a national study on how race-conscious holistic re
 view works at selective colleges\, supported by a grant from the Spencer F
 oundation.</span></p><p class="cost"><span class="event-heading cost">Cost
 :</span> no charge</p><p class="contact"><span class="event-heading contac
 t">Contact:</span> amy Summers217-333-0960<br><a href="mailto:arsummer@ill
 inois.edu">arsummer@illinois.edu</a></p><p class="sponsor"><span class="ev
 ent-heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> College of Education and the Office o
 f Community College Research and Leadership</p>
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