Visions of Freedom
2008 Schedule

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Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008

“Visions of Freedom” – SPJ, Black Student Alliance, LatinoAmericanos and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Alliance (LGBTAA): The Gallery, ISU Memorial Union, 7-8:30 p.m.

The Program – Each student organization will present an iconic photograph depicting freedom and discuss its significance. The organizations choose the presenter. Each presenter will have 15 minutes to speak. After the presentations, there will be a 20-minute roundtable discussion on freedom.

Presenters – BSA, Dione Somerville, Dean of Students; SPJ, Barbara Mack, associate professor of journalism; LatinoAmericanos, David Ernesto Romero and Claudia Marcela Prado-Meza; LGBTAA, Warren Blumenfeld, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction.

Moderator – Rashah McChesney.

Photographs – Elizabeth Eckford at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957 (by Will Counts); Jennifer Bracomontes at Garfield High School, Los Angeles, California (Lilian Nieto del Rio); Gay Liberation Front, 1970 (Peter Hujar); Flag-draped Coffins of Iraq War Soldiers.

Refreshments – Punch and cookies will be served from 8:20 to 8:30.

Program Manager: Dennis Chamberlin, assistant professor of photojournalism, dennisch@iastate.edu or (515) 294-1559.

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