How Cancer Crossed the Color Line and Other Upcoming Talks

Five upcoming talks at the University of Massachusetts in Boston are free and open to the public.

More information about these and other events is available at mcCormack.umb.edu.

Monday, April 28, 4:00-6:00 p.m.:TRIBAL NATIONS IN THE 21st CENTURYspeaker: Kevin GoverMcCormack, 3rd floorKevin Gover is the director of the National Museum of the American Indian. From 1997 to 2000, he was the assistant secretary for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Monday, April 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m.:HOW CANCER CROSSED THE COLOR LINES: RACE AND DISEASE IN AMERICAspeaker: Keith WailooHealey Library, 11th floorKeith Wailoo holds multiple positions. To name a few, at Rutgers University he is the director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity as well as a professor of history. He was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine, which advises the U.S. government on health- and medicine-related matters.Prof. Wailoo's work focuses on health care politics and the ethnic and racial relations of medicine.His books address racial justice and inequality in medicine and health care.

Wednesday, April 30, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon:THE AGONY OF SOMALIA (Film and Discussion)key speaker: Bashir Khalif Sudi, Somali scholarQuinn Building, Chancellor's conference roomFor more information, please contact Ibrahim Iman at 781-526-0563 or Paul Camacho at 617-287-5853, paul.camacho@umb.edu.The film and discussion at this event will be about survival, emigration, immigration and U.S. involvement in Somalia, plus the implications for human rights and democracy.

Wednesday, April 30, 12:30-2:00 p.m.:A NEW DIRECTION IN THE STUDY OF IMMIGRATION AND CRIME: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASIAN IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL DEVIANCE IN NEW ENGLANDspeaker: Jacob StowellCampus Center, 2nd floorJacob Stowell is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. He is also a research fellow at the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.Lunch will be provided for RSVPs received by April 28 to asianaminst@umb.edu or (617) 287-5650.

Thursday, May 1, 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.:THE EYE OF A REVOLUTION: BOSTON INDICATORS REPORTCampus Center, 3rd floorspeakers: Carol Johnson, superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Leslie Kirwan, Mass. Secretary of Administration and Finance; Ed Davis, commissioner, Boston Police; Paul Grogan, president, Boston Foundation; and others.The Boston Indicators Report covers trends in health care, education and the economy.

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