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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On behalf of the Committee on Race and Diversity, I am pleased to invite you to a panel discussion entitled "Race and Extreme Violence in American Society Today." The event is scheduled for tomorrow<span style='color:#1F497D'> (April 19th)</span> from 4:00 to 5:30 PM in Room 4-237.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Our panelists will compare the Trayvon Martin incident and the death of Jicun Wu, owner of a Chinese takeout in Philadelphia, as instances of extreme violence against the black and Asian American communities. Martin was killed in Florida in February 2012, Wu died in Pennsylvania in March 2012: what does this say about the state of race relations in US society today?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Panelists Include:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>R. Dwayne Betts (Fellow, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Andrew Leong (Associate Professor of Legal Education and Immigration Law, UMass Boston)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Paul Niwa (Associate Professor of Journalism, Emerson College)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Sponsored by:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Postdoctoral Association <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Office of the Dean for Graduate Education<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Program in Women’s and Gender Studies<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Office of Minority Education <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Committee on Race and Diversity<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Office of the Chancellor<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Attached is a promotional flier. Please feel free to share this invitation with others who may be interested.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Aaron Weinberger<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>