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Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies Teach-In

December 03, 2025

Ethnic Studies & Gender Studies MLK Week Teach-In: Black Resistance Past & Present

Join the faculty from Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies for a Teach-In to learn about the ways that these two programs connect with the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through a discussion of Kellie Carter Jackson’s book We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance.

This Teach-In will also provide a connection between the 2025 Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies: “Sowing Resistance” and the 2026 Gender Studies Symposium: “RESIST NOW!”

The Teach-In will include a visit from the Free Society People’s Library, a local radical bookmobile, which will be on campus with a curated selection of books related to MLK Week, Ethnic Studies, and Gender Studies.

Food & drinks provided

All are welcome!

Ethnic Studies is located in Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 63

email ethnicstudies@lclark.edu

voice 503-768-7378
fax 503-768-7379

Director Magalí Rabasa

Ethnic Studies
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219

Sticker Design Contest - deadline is Feb 1

Are you interested in designing the sticker for this year’s Gender Studies Symposium?

Well, you’re in luck! We are looking for current L&C students (CAS, GSEC, and Law) to design a sticker that captures this year’s theme of RESIST NOW! The winning design will also be shared on our social media and other print/digital publicity for the symposium.

Apply through the Google form by Sunday, February 1, 2026. We look forward to seeing your creative designs!

Contact the symposium co-chairs at gendsymp@lclark.edu

Gender Studies Symposium: Call for Proposals

You are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the 45th Annual Lewis & Clark College Gender Studies Symposium, March 11–13, 2026, exploring dimensions of resistance, activism, and solidarity in relation to gender and sexuality. Please review the guidelines in our Call for Proposals.

“Tren de Aragua: A Gang, Not Terrorist Invaders” by Elliott Young

LC Professor of History Elliott Young has an informative article published by The North American Congress on Latin America entitled, “Tren de Aragua: A Gang, Not Terrorist Invaders,” which examines immigrant rights and how the current administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to target Venezuelan migrants relies on a false narrative about gangs and the Venezuelan state.

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 to examine and critique U.S. imperialism and political, economic, and military intervention in the Western hemisphere. In an evolving political and media landscape, we continue to work toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression, injustice, and economic and political subordination.

Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”

Reiko Hillyer, 2025 Oregon Book Award Finalist

Congratulations to Reiko Hillyer whose book A WALL IS JUST A WALL: THE PERMEABILITY OF THE PRISON IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY UNITED STATES (Duke University Press, 2024) is a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards in the category of General Nonfiction.