Social Justice Symposium is April 2

The Hedgeman Center invites you to participate in the 2024 Social Justice Symposium: Honoring the American Indian Movement & Native Activism. 

Annually, the Social Justice Symposium offers members of the University community opportunities to learn about social justice issues that affect our campus, local, and national communities. The symposium examines the intersections and commonalities between different social justice issues. In addition, the symposium highlights and celebrates the life and accomplishments of a different social justice activist, movement or organization. This year, the Symposium honors the American Indian Movement and Native American Activism as initiatives that advocate for Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and cultural revival. 

Keynote Address/ MLK Memorial Lecture 
Honoring the American Indian Movement & Native Activism 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
112 Anderson Center
11:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.

In this presentation, Dr. Cori Bazemore-James (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) will highlight key aspects of the American Indian Movement and Native American activism. Dr. Bazemore-James, Seneca Nation of Western New York, is the Assistant Vice Provost of the Graduate School Diversity Office and Affiliate Faculty in the Higher Education program at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. She also serves as a Consultant/Trainer for Strategic Diversity Initiatives Inc. and as president of the Twin Cities professional chapter of Alpha Pi Omega Sorority Inc., the United States' oldest Indigenous Greek letter organization. Dr. Bazemore-James’ passion and academic research centers Indigenous Knowledge to amplify the functional area of Indigenous Student Affairs and to support Indigenous students and staff in historically white institutions. Her proudest professional accomplishments include many publications from her award-winning research, founding the ACPA Indigenous Student Affairs Network - the first national/international professional network of Indigenous Student Affairs educators, and leading the development of the first Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) Standards for the Indigenous Student Affairs functional area.

Additional SJS programming is scheduled through the week of April 2. For more information email hedgemancenter@hamline.edu.