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question what everyone thinks is perfectly normal in the present. It should not surprise, then, that the ancient Hebrew story of the Exodus—of people experiencing liberation from an oppressive society—has sparked reform movements for hundreds of years: the movements to abolish slavery; to end child labor; to give women access to land, vote, and self-determination; to secure a living wage and decent life for farm workers; to free sexual minorities from dehumanizing stereotypes and discrimination. (Photo

linguistic and familial capital. Residential Life worked with the Diversity Center, student groups such as ‘the collective’, and individual residents to listen to feedback about sense of belonging of Students of Color in the Residence Halls. A common narrative that emerged was the need for affinity space. A huge part of the value added of spaces such as the Diversity Center or the Students of Color retreat, and now the SOC floor, is that these are places where Students of Color, who are nearly always the

stimulating, creative and synergistic conversations with others representing diverse values, beliefs, and perspectives. a. Graduates will represent a variety of diverse backgrounds. We have established the following benchmarks in three of the above areas:      30% students of color      15% men      5% sexual minorities While tracking the above benchmarks, we will also continue to promote a program that has diversity in the other ADDRESSING areas including Age, Disability, Spirituality, and National

, Gloria Anzaldua, Malcolm X, Aldo Leopold, Vine Deloria Jr., and Angela Davis. In addition to including more figures in the canon of American philosophy, this opening up of the tradition opens up philosophy itself.  Women and minorities can be seen as philosophers.  People primarily seen as activists can be seen as doing philosophy.  The daily and personal matters in one’s life (family, sexuality, sexual identity) take up new significance as they are situated in the centuries long conversation that is

filmmakers about southern Mediterranean landscapes.About Professor Aomar Boum A historical anthropologist and member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Aomar Boum is Professor and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Department of History and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Co-founder and co-editor of Tamazgha Studies Journal, Boum is interested in the place of religious and ethnic minorities