The UIC Campus Launch of “Arab Americans: Beyond Erasure and Profiling”
November 9, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UIC faculty, administrators and staff are highly encouraged to attend this event, which aims to provide knowledge and understanding about Arab American communities at UIC and in Chicagoland.
Speakers will share findings from UIC's IRRPP report about the status of racial and economic justice for Arab Americans in Chicagoland. The event will focus on the implications of these findings for UIC's large Arab American student population and the campus at large.
Themes include: demographics and migration patterns, access to social services and engagements with racism in the areas of education, policing and employment.
This event is part of broader efforts at UIC to counter the erasure of Middle East/North Africa topics and students at UIC and challenge the ongoing racial stereotypes that impact Arab/Arab American students in various areas of campus life.
Presentations and commentary by:
- Nadine Naber, Professor; Gender and Women's Studies, Global Asian Studies (PI)
- Nicole Nguyen, Associate Professor; Criminology, Law and Justice (Report Co-author)
- Zeina Zaatari, Director of the Arab American Cultural Center (Report Co-author)
- Nadiah Alyafai, UIC Student (Author, Expert Commentary)
- Dima Khalidi, Executive Director of Palestine Legal (Author, Expert Commentary)
This event is co-sponsored by the UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP), the UIC Arab American Cultural Center and the UIC Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement.
Date posted
Nov 1, 2023
Date updated
Nov 1, 2023