[Sci-tech-public] FRIDAY -- Workshop - Race: Reality, Racialization, and Relevance

[Debbie Meinbresse]

In case you haven't received this announcement from another source....


>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:26:08 -0500
>To: worklife at mit.edu
>From: Jennifer Chin <jennchin at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Workshop - Race: Reality, Racialization, and Relevance
>
>Greetings,
>
>The Center for Work, Family and Personal Life is 
>pleased to announce our upcoming seminar 
>entitled Race: Reality, Racialization, and 
>Relevance led by Carlos Hoyt, LICSW, Director of 
>Programs and Services at The Home for Little 
>Wanderers, Boston and Instructor of Counseling 
>Psychology at Lesley University, Cambridge.
>
>A conversation about the concept of race – its 
>evolution, current status, and relevance in each 
>of our lives.  Is race real?  What is racial 
>identity? Is racial identity a choice? What are 
>the personal and social consequences of how we 
>answer these questions? Participants will be 
>presented with important facts about race and 
>offered an analytic framework with which to 
>understand this challenging concept and its 
>variable status in the realms of science, society, and self.
>
>This seminar will be held on Friday, February 
>24, 2006 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the Center 
>conference room, Room 16-151. The seminar is 
>open to all members of the MIT community, free of charge.
>
>Registration is required. You can register on 
>the web at 
>http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/calendar, or call 
>the Center at 617.253.1592, or email the Center 
>at worklife at mit.edu with the name of the 
>workshop and your name, telephone number, and email address.
>
>We look forward to seeing you there.
>
>With best regards,
>
>The Center for Work, Family & Personal Life
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Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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