Symposium on Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and Disability

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Joanne Woiak
Sat, May 29, 2021 7:34 PM

Forwarding on behalf of the organizers.

PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY

Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and
Disability

A Virtual Symposium, Friday & Saturday, June 4-5, 2021

Webinar: Zoom - https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89876633951
Livestream: YouTube - https://youtu.be/9tKLzCzE9Ak

ASL &  Live Captioning

https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/california-eugenics-legacies-symposium-june-4-5-2021/

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021
1:00-1:15 pm Welcome
Miroslava Chávez-García, UCSB & Susan Schweik, UCB
Special dedication to Theresa Martínez
Land Acknowledgement by ASUCSB

1:30-2:45 pm Opening Plenary

Alexandra M. Stern, U Michigan, “Reparations, Memory, and History”
Paul Spickard, UCSB, “Renaming California State Parks”
David McIntosh, UCSB, “The Legacy of Madison Grant in State Histories”
Q & A: The Audience

3:00-4:15 pm PANEL I: Eugenics, Institutions, Golden California

Jess Whatcott, SDSU, “Maternalist Eugenics and the Research of Grace
Fernald”
Tony Platt, UCB, “Misanthropology and Eugenics at Berkeley,”
Isidro González, UCSB, “Constructing the Defective at Sonoma State Home,”
Han Koehle, UCSB
Miroslava Chávez-García, “Garret Hardin’s & Cordelia Scaife May’s Mutual
Passions: Population, Environment, and Immigration Control”
Q & A: The Audience

SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2021
9:30-10:45 PANEL II Sterilization and the Social Justice Lab

Juan Gudino, MPH, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Marie Kaniecki, MPH, University of Michigan
Natalie Lira, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign
Nicole Novak, Assistant Research Scientist, Iowa College of Public Health
Kate O’Connor, MPH, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, American Culture
Q & A: The Audience

11:00-12:15 PANEL III Ableism, Anti-Blackness, and Racism: Eugenics in the
Present

Ella Callow, UCB, Lucy Sirianni, UCB, & Nate Tilton, UCB, “Eugenics &
Child Welfare: Preventing Civil Death Penalty for Disabled Adults & their
Children”
Aimee Medeiros, UCSF, “The REPAIR Project, Anti-Blackness & Racism in
Medicine,
Science, & Health”
Carlos Martínez, UCSF, The REPAIR Project
Q & A: The Audience

12:15-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:15pm PANEL IV Reparations for California Forced Sterilization
Survivors Campaign

Aminah Elster, California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Carly Meyers, Disability Rights Education Defense Fund
Cynthia Chandler, Bay Area Legal Incubator (BALI)
Lorena García Z., California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
Q & A: The Audience

2:30-3:45pm PANEL V Reproductive Genetic Technologies & Social Justice
Implications

Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics, Berkeley
Osagie Obasagie, UCB
Q & A: The Audience

4:00 – 4:30pm Reflections & Moving Forward: Transitional Justice Movements
Milton Reynolds, Reynolds Consulting, International/Educational Working
Group

Closing: Susan Schweik, Miroslava Chávez-García, and Audience

For information and access needs, contact: Isidro González
isidrogonzalez@ucsb.edu

Co-sponsored by the University of California Office of the President
Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding, and the UC
Humanities Research Institute

--
Susan Schweik
Professor of English
UC Berkeley
sschweik@berkeley.edu

Pronouns: she/her

Forwarding on behalf of the organizers. *PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY* *Eugenics in California and the World: Race, Class, Gender/Sexuality, and Disability* *A Virtual Symposium, Friday & Saturday, June 4-5, 2021* Webinar: Zoom - https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/89876633951 Livestream: YouTube - https://youtu.be/9tKLzCzE9Ak ASL & Live Captioning https://www.history.ucsb.edu/events/california-eugenics-legacies-symposium-june-4-5-2021/ SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 1:00-1:15 pm Welcome Miroslava Chávez-García, UCSB & Susan Schweik, UCB Special dedication to Theresa Martínez Land Acknowledgement by ASUCSB 1:30-2:45 pm Opening Plenary Alexandra M. Stern, U Michigan, “Reparations, Memory, and History” Paul Spickard, UCSB, “Renaming California State Parks” David McIntosh, UCSB, “The Legacy of Madison Grant in State Histories” Q & A: The Audience 3:00-4:15 pm PANEL I: Eugenics, Institutions, Golden California Jess Whatcott, SDSU, “Maternalist Eugenics and the Research of Grace Fernald” Tony Platt, UCB, “Misanthropology and Eugenics at Berkeley,” Isidro González, UCSB, “Constructing the Defective at Sonoma State Home,” Han Koehle, UCSB Miroslava Chávez-García, “Garret Hardin’s & Cordelia Scaife May’s Mutual Passions: Population, Environment, and Immigration Control” Q & A: The Audience SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2021 9:30-10:45 PANEL II Sterilization and the Social Justice Lab Juan Gudino, MPH, University of Iowa College of Public Health Marie Kaniecki, MPH, University of Michigan Natalie Lira, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Nicole Novak, Assistant Research Scientist, Iowa College of Public Health Kate O’Connor, MPH, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, American Culture Q & A: The Audience 11:00-12:15 PANEL III Ableism, Anti-Blackness, and Racism: Eugenics in the Present Ella Callow, UCB, Lucy Sirianni, UCB, & Nate Tilton, UCB, “Eugenics & Child Welfare: Preventing Civil Death Penalty for Disabled Adults & their Children” Aimee Medeiros, UCSF, “The REPAIR Project, Anti-Blackness & Racism in Medicine, Science, & Health” Carlos Martínez, UCSF, The REPAIR Project Q & A: The Audience 12:15-1:00 Lunch Break 1:00-2:15pm PANEL IV Reparations for California Forced Sterilization Survivors Campaign Aminah Elster, California Coalition for Women Prisoners Carly Meyers, Disability Rights Education Defense Fund Cynthia Chandler, Bay Area Legal Incubator (BALI) Lorena García Z., California Latinas for Reproductive Justice Q & A: The Audience 2:30-3:45pm PANEL V Reproductive Genetic Technologies & Social Justice Implications Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics, Berkeley Osagie Obasagie, UCB Q & A: The Audience 4:00 – 4:30pm Reflections & Moving Forward: Transitional Justice Movements Milton Reynolds, Reynolds Consulting, International/Educational Working Group Closing: Susan Schweik, Miroslava Chávez-García, and Audience For information and access needs, contact: Isidro González isidrogonzalez@ucsb.edu Co-sponsored by the University of California Office of the President Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding, and the UC Humanities Research Institute -- Susan Schweik Professor of English UC Berkeley sschweik@berkeley.edu Pronouns: she/her