Chapman University and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences invites you to the Public Sociology Conference entitled, “Faceless Latino/a Immigrants: Pathways to Resistance” at Chapman University on March 16 and March 17 2012.



The conference aims to encourage meaningful conversations and practices between scholars, policy makers and local Latino/a communities on undocumented immigrants in Orange County. It is an interdisciplinary conference organized by the Department of Sociology of Wilkinson College in collaboration with the College of Education Studies and the School of Law at Chapman University, in effort to engage scholars, grassroots groups, students and local institutions in serious dialogue on different models of conversations, engagement practices.


The conference will consist of six special panels of community members and scholars discussing: (1) bridging academia with community, (2) media representation, (3) legal and border issues, (4) labor and education issues, (5) community activism and human rights, and (6) health, community and church involvement of undocumented immigrants.  

If you wish to be a part of a panel, please send all abstracts and requests toTekle Woldemikael at woldemik@chapman.edu>.
For further information on the preliminaryagenda, registration steps, parking and other details please contact any of the following individuals:
Dr. Victoria Carty
carty@chapman.edu>
714-744-2137
Dr. Rafael Luevano
luevano@chapman.edu>
714-532-6098
Dr. Tekle Woldemikael
woldemik@chapman.edu>
714-744-7840
F: 714-532-6079
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866