by Public Relations | Oct 19, 2009 | Staff
A lecture titled “Justice and Immigration: First-hand Stories of Mexico’s Displaced” will be given by Paola Gutierrez Galindo, community organizer from Oaxaca, Mexico, on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. in Lyons Hall, Room 118. All are welcome to attend.
Gutierrez Galindo will tell the story of those who, since NAFTA, have left their communities to make a dangerous crossing to the US in the face of strict anti-immigration policies. She has worked for years with the migration-focused Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations on community-based initiatives that respond to the causes and impacts of migration.
This lecture is co-sponsored by Canisius College Justice in Action, the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy Club, and United Students for Fair Trade.
Submitted by: Terrence Bisson, PhD, professor, math and statistics
by Public Relations | Oct 19, 2009 | Staff
Canisius College Justice in Action presents “Now is the Time to Take Action,” a lecture by social activist Dolores Huerta on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:30 p.m in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. The lecture is free and open to all.
Dolores Huerta, along with Cesar E. Chavez, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, now known as the United Farm Workers Union. She has organized the Agricultural Workers Association, which became the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and later merged with the National Farm Workers Association. She directed the UFW’s national grape boycott, resulting in a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the grape growers.
Huerta established the first health and pension plans for farm workers, and worked to eliminate toxic pesticides that threaten farm workers, consumers and the environment. She founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation to create grassroots communities and teach organizing and to “inspire and motivate people to organize sustainable communities to attain social justice.”
The Canisius College Justice in Action group is comprised of students, faculty, staff and administrators who work to coordinate, publicize, and develop initiatives that educate and promote awareness about justice issues.
For more information, please contact Sr. Pat Brady at Ext. 2177. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs, the Institute for the Global Study of Religion, Campus Ministry, and the Justice Committee of the Undergraduate Student Association.
Submitted by: Sr. Pat Brady, SSMN, director, service-learning
by Public Relations | Oct 19, 2009 | Staff
Don’t move equipment such as printers and computers between network jacks without checking with ITS first. Our network is segmented into many sections, which are assigned different purposes and security levels. It is possible that moving a device from one side of the room to another, and plugging it into a different jack, will cause it to lose its functionality and possibly even open a security hole. If you need something moved, call the Canisius College Help Desk at Ext. 2299.
Submitted by: Matthew Gracie, information security administrator, ITS
