YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN...
 
Justice Studies Association
12th Annual Conference
June 2-5, 2010
Knoxville, Tennessee
 
Reducing Social Harms:
Seeking 'Just Living' in Our Communities and Our Selves
 
The Justice Studies Association sponsors an annual conference to share current work, pose questions and seek answers to pressing, contemporary issues of justice. Conference presentations are generally brief so as to maximize opportunities for discussion and the free exchange of ideas. Most sessions are plenary in nature, to foster a greater sense of community among participants.

Our conference theme focuses on just living – in our communities and in our selves.  We invite participants to incorporate reflexivity into their observations of social justice.  Presenters should situate themselves in their work, whether that work is teaching, research, writing or activism, and whether it takes place in schools, social movements, families, prisons, governments, and so forth.  Individual presentations or entire panel sessions are encouraged. Creative modes of presentation, including but not limited to video, photographic exhibitions, and interactive sessions are also encouraged.

Please send your presentation (or session) title with a 200-word abstract electronically to Program Co-chair Emily Gaarder at egaarder@d.umn.edu by April 9, 2010.

Our Annual Noam Chomsky Award for the 2010 conference will be presented to
 
BRENDA CLUBINE
 
Brenda Clubine served 15 years in prison for defending herself against her abusive husband. While incarcerated in the California Institution for Women, she and other prisoners formed Convicted Women Against Abuse. The group led a nationwide effort to change laws for battered women, mobilizing popular support through letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and Senate hearings. Brenda is our featured speaker for the conference. We will also screen the new documentary, Sin By Silence, featuring Brenda and other extraordinary women who, behind prison walls, advocate for a future free from domestic violence.
 
For further information about the conference, visit www.justicestudies.org