Bob Wing spoke Wednesday, February, 8, 2006

Student workshop and talk, Wednesday, February, 8, 2006, with Bob Wing, activist, writer and editor:

Student Workshop
"Building an Equity and Social Justice Coalition on College Campuses"

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Multipurpose Room
To participate in the student workshop, please contact the ALANA Center at X5954 or contact Mamie Oshoniyi

Lecture
"War and Race: Post 9/11″

7:00 p.m.
Sanders Auditorium

The lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty Office, Sociology Department, American Culture Program, Africana Studies Program, Anthropology Department, ALANA Center and Blegen House of the Campus Life Office, and Poder Latino and Student Activist Union of the Vassar Student Association

About Bob Wing

Bob Wing has been an activist, writer and editor in national and international struggles, especially racial justice struggles, since 1968. He is one of the founders and leaders of United for Peace and Justice, the nationwide antiwar coalition of more than 1,200 organizations known for its massive demonstrations in New York City and elsewhere. He was also the founding editor of the antiwar newspaper War Times/Tiempo de Guerras and of ColorLines, a national magazine of race, culture, and organizing.

In 1969, Wing participated in the Third World Strike that led to the formation of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He later taught in that department and briefly chaired the Asian American Studies program. A Chinese American, Wing was part of the first wave of Asian American activism in the late 1960s and a participant in the seminal radical organizing efforts in San Francisco Chinatown in the early 1970s.

Over the years, Wing has helped start and lead such groups as the Third World Coalition Against the Vietnam War, the National Committee to Overturn the Bakke Decision, the National Anti-Racist Organizing Committee, and, most recently United for Peace and Justice. He is also a board member of CAAAV-Organizing Asian Communities.

Wing has written extensively on issues of racial formation and racial justice, Iraq and the “war on terrorism,” elections, Asian American history and the Asian American movement, Mexico, Palestine, sports and the history of his family's six generations in the U.S. Some of his essays are: “The Structure of White Supremacy and Election 2000 and 2004,” “The Color of Abu Ghraib,” “War, Racism and United Fronts in the Post 9/11 Era,” “Crossing Race and Nationality: the Racial Formation of Asian Americans,” “Educate to Liberate: Multiculturalism and the Struggle for Ethnic Studies.”

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Monday, February 6th, 2006.