Agenda
Vanderbilt University/CASE Fellowship
April 1-4, 2001
Sunday, April 1
5-6 p.m.
Opening reception, Rand Hall Function Room
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner, Rand Hall Function Room
Opening address
Lucius Outlaw, professor of philosophy and director of African American Studies, Vanderbilt University
     
Monday, April 2
8 a.m.
Coffee and pastries at Sarratt Student Center, Room 189
Welcome from Mike Schoenfeld, Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs, Vanderbilt University
8:30-9:45 a.m.
Working Together: The Black Christian Church and Islam in the Post Civil Rights Era
Lewis Baldwin, professor of religious studies, Vanderbilt University
Amiri Al-Hadid, chair, Department of Africana Studies, Tennessee State University
9:45-10 a.m.
Break
10-11:30 a.m.
Desegregation Today: The Post-Busing Era?
Ellen Goldring, professor of educational leadership and senior fellow, Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University
Tracy Libros, director of student assignment services, Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Public Schools
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-3:30 p.m.
The Role of Race in the Newsroom
Gregory Branch, president of Network Refugees and former network television producer for NBC and CBS Claudia
Pryor Malis, vice-president of Network Refugees and former network television producer/senior producer for ABC and NBC
3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45-5 p.m.
Challenges to an Integrated America: The Emerging White Nationalist Movement
Carol Swain, professor of law and professor of political science, Vanderbilt University
5:15-6:45 p.m.
Reception at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
Return to Hampton Inn Suites by shuttle at 6:45 p.m.
     
Tuesday, April 3
8 a.m.
Coffee and pastries at Rand Hall, Board of Trust Room
8:30-10:15 a.m.
The Great Divide in Health Care
Dr. Stephanie Bailey, director of health, Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Public Health Department
Dr. Robert Dittus, Joe & Morris Werthan Professor of Investigative Medicine, director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and director of the Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30-noon
Driving While Black: Racial Profiling
Brian Williams, assistant dean for student affairs, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University; consultant specializing in community building and community policing
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:45-3:30 p.m.
Reparations: The Debate Continues
Ray Winbush, director, Race Relations Institute, Fisk University
     
Wednesday, April 4
8 a.m.
Coffee and pastries at Rand Hall, Board of Trust Room
8:30-10 a.m.
Affirmative Action: A Necessity or Unfair Advantage
Robert Belton, professor of law, Vanderbilt Law School
Jim Blumstein, Centennial Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
Kent Syverud, dean and Garner Anthony Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
10-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.-noon Working in White America
Ray Friedman, associate professor of management, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Noon
Box lunches
 
Fellowship Concludes
 
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