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DESCRIPTION:CSU East Bay Department of Communication and the Graduate Communication 
 Society Presents:\n\n#BlackLivesMatter: Civil Rights Social Justice in the 
 21st Century\nFeaturing: Dr. Andreana Clay, Families Seeking Justice panel, 
 three student panels, and a hosted reception.\n\nThe Graduate Communication 
 Society at CSU East Bay hosts a graduate student conference surrounding 
 themes related to social justice issues in a 21st Century context. 
 Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Andreana Clay, Associate Professor at San 
 Francisco State University, Her book, The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: 
 Youth Activism and Post-Civil Rights Politics (NYU Press, 2012) explores 
 how youth of color organize and identify as activists in the post civil 
 rights era. Her articles on hip-hop culture, queer sexuality, youth 
 activism, and hip-hop feminism have appeared in several anthologies and 
 academic journals, including Home Girls Make Some Noise!: A Hip-Hop 
 Feminist Anthology, the American Behavioral Scientist, and Meridians: A 
 Journal of Race, Feminism, and Transnationalism. Read her blog, 
 QueerBlackFeminist, at queerblackfeminist.blogspot.com.\n\nAlso presenting 
 is the panel Families Seekig Justice with 2015 Gene Young Award Recipient 
 and Oscar Grant’s uncle, Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson; mother of Alan 
 Blueford, Jeralynn Blueford; mother of James Rivera, Dionne Smith Downs; 
 and Angela Naggie, mother of O'Shaine Evans. Families Seeking Justice panel 
 will be moderated by Cat Brooks, co-chair of the Onyx Organizing 
 Committee.\n\nThere will be three student panels discussing research on 
 topics related to the following broad themes:\nOnline activism\nIdentity 
 and race in the 21st Century\nFeminism and gender activism in the hashtag 
 era\n\n\nSchedule\n\nNoon-12:30 -- Check-in\n12:30-3:30pm -- Student panels 
 \n4-5pm -- Families Seeking Justice\n5-6pm -- Keynote speaker Dr. Adreana 
 Clay\n6-7pm -- Reception\n\nCheck back for more info at the conference web 
 site: http://commgscon.blogspot.com\n\nRSVP by clicking JOIN on Facebook: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1382626302065507/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/05/05/18771930.php
SUMMARY:#BlackLivesMatter: Civil Rights Social Justice in the 21st Century
LOCATION:Friday, May 15 from Noon-7:30pm\nCalifornia State University, East Bay\nOld 
 Student Union, Rms. 311 and 102\n25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA 
 94542\nFree and open to the public with RSVP (click "join" on the Facebook 
 event page)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/05/05/18771930.php
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