Proposition 209:
Ten Years Later
A Discussion on the Impact of the Elimination of Affirmative
Action and its Future in California
November 1st, 2006

Moderator

Cheryl Harris
UCLA School of Law

Panelists

Lee Cokorinos
Author of “The Assault on Diversity: An Organized Challenge
To Racial and Gender Justice.”

Paule Cruz-Takash,
Sociocultural Anthropologist, UCLA North American Integration &
Development (NAID) Center

Jerry Kang
UCLA School of Law

Kimberly West-Faulcon
Loyola Law School

Affirmative Action 2002:
A Symposium on Affirmative Action in Higher Education
In the New Millennium
February 15th, 2002

Moderators

Rachel Moran
Boalt Hall

Devon Carbado
UCLA School of Law

Keynote Speaker

Kevin R. Johnson
UC Davis School of Law

Panel I
University of Michigan Litigation: Grutter v. Bollinger

Walter Allen
Professor of Sociology, UCLA

Shanta Driver
National Coordinator of United for Equality and Affirmative Action

Miranda Massie
Associate,
Scheff & Washington PC

Margaret Montoya
Professor of Law,
University of New Mexico

Danny Solorzano
Professor of Education,
UCLA

Grace Carroll
Associate Director,
Center for the Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk,
Howard University

Panel II
Alternatives to Affirmative Action in Admissions

Laura Gomez
Professor of Law,
UCLA

David Montejano
Professor of History and Sociology,
University of Texas, Austin

Daria Roithmayr
Professor of Law,
University of Illinois College of Law

Hate Crimes 2000:
A Symposium and Community Forum on Hate in America
March 17th, 2000

Moderators

David A. Sklansky
UCLA School of Law

Christine Littleton
UCLA School of Law

Cheryl Harris
UCLA School of Law

Panel I
Introduction and Analysis of Existing Hate Crime Legislation and
Enforcement at the Federal and State Levels

Greg Apt
Deputy Alternate Public Defender,
Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender

Carla Arranga
Deputy In-Charge: Hate Crimes Suppression Unit,
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office

Robin Chew
Deputy Alternate Public Defender,
Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender

Michael Gennaco
Chief of the Civil Rights Section,
U.S. Department of Justice

Sheila Kuehl
Assembly Member,
41st Assembly District

Panel II
Community Responses to Hate Violence

Myron Dean Quon
Staff Attorney,
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Marci Fukuroda
Nina C. Liebman Fellow,
California Women’s Law Center

Jed Minoff
Staff Attorney,
Homelessness Prevention Law Project/Juvenile Court Intervention
and Advocacy, Public Counsel

R. Samuel Paz
Civil Rights Lawyer & Adjunct Professor of Law,
Loyola Law School

Sue Stengel
Western States Counsel,
Anti-Defamation League

Panel III
Critical Perspectives on Hate Crime Strategies

Lisa A. Crooms
Associate Professor,
Howard University

Victor Hwang
Staff Attorney,
Asian Law Caucus

Linda Lopez
Assistant Professor,
Chapman University

Jane Spade
Community Activist

Craig Willse
Community Activist