We invite the public, artists, activists, academics, and all communities to join us for a three-day conference in City Heights, San Diego. The M & M Conference will include workshops, panels, discussions, film showings, art exhibits, performances, and presentations exploring the connection between militarism and migration within the urgent context of ongoing transnational struggles.
San Diego is home to a continually growing migrant and refugee population displaced by U.S. wars in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Central America, and more recently by wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, and other countries. San Diego’s vast defense and military industries and training facilities make possible and fuel the wars and displacements of these populations. Its proximity to the U.S. Mexico border and ongoing colonization of the Kumeyaay nation have also intensified the criminalization of indigenous and racialized populations in the region.
Our conference will emphasize how we can critically envision and work toward a demilitarized and decolonized future.
Conference Dates:
April 21-23, 2017
Location:
East African Community and Cultural Center
4061 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
Core Team of UCSD organizers:
Conference Co-organizers: Yen Le Espiritu, Ethnic Studies; and Simeon Man, History
Conference Coordinator: Banah Ghadbian, Ethnic Studies, Graduate Student Researcher
Mohamed Abumaye, Grad Student, Ethnic Studies
Patty Ahn, Faculty, Communications
Marie R. Barlow, Grad Student, Sociology
Erica Cho, Faculty, Visual Arts
Esther Choi, Grad Student, Ethnic Studies
Yessica Garcia, Grad Student, Ethnic Studies
Yahya Hafez, Undergrad Alumnus, Ethnic Studies
Joseph Haquang, Undergrad, Biology & Ethnic Studies
Jin Lee, Faculty, Literature
Wendy Matsumura, Faculty, History
Alexis Meza, Grad Student, History
Ed Nadurata, Undergrad, Ethnic Studies & Political Science
Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez, Advisor, SPACES
Lisa Ho, Grad Student, Ethnic Studies
Linh Nguyen, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies
Saiba Varma,Faculty, Anthropology
TerrillJames Lehua Williams, Undergrad, Ethnic Studies & CGS
Youngoh Jung, Grad Student, History
Shane Phan, Undergrad, Ethnic Studies
Hina Shaikh, Grad Student, Ethnic Studies
Erin Suzuki, Faculty, Literature
Kamala Visweswaran, Faculty, Ethnic Studies