Schedule • 8:30-9:00 Coffee, refreshments • 9:00-9:15 Opening/Introductory Comments: George Chauncey, Interim Director of the Center for Gender Studies, Professor of History and Waldo Johnson, Director of the Center for the Study of Race Politics and Culture, Associate Professor at the School of Social Service Administration. • 9:15-10:45 Session 1:  Race, Gender & Wal-Mart’s Globalization of Production & Consumption Chair & Discussant: Mae Ngai, University of Chicago Nelson Lichtenstein, UC-Santa Barbara Susan Strasser, University of Delaware • 10:45-11:00 Break • 11:00-12:30 Session 2: Race, Gender & Employment Under the Wal-Mart Model Chair & Discussant: Virginia Parks, University of Chicago Annette Bernhardt, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School Kent Wong, UCLA Steven Pitts, UC Berkeley • 12:30-1:30 Lunch and Book Signing Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism • 1:30-3:00 Session 3: Global, National & Local Responses to Wal-Mart Chair & Discussant: Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University Mary Anne Case, University of Chicago Law School Glen Ford, Blackcommentator.com Tracy Gray-Barkan, LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) • 3:00-3:15 Break • 3:15-5:15 Session 4: The Chicago Debate & The Way Forward Moderator: Dorian Warren, University of Chicago Panel A: The Chicago Debate Howard Brookins, Chicago Alderman, 21st Ward Margaret Garner, CEO, Broadway Consolidated Elce Redmond, South Austin Community Coalition Rev. Reginald Williams, Trinity UCC Panel B: The Way Forward James Thindwa, Chicago Jobs With Justice Rev. Robin Hood, Grassroots Collaborative & ACORN Jorge Ramirez, United Food and Commercial Workers Freddrenna Lyle, Chicago Alderwoman, 6th Ward • 5:15-5:30 Closing/Concluding Comments (Waldo Johnson/George Chauncey)   Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the International House Office of Programs and Special Events in advance at 773.753.2274 or e-mail i-house-programs@uchicago.edu.
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Sponsored by: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture and The Center for Gender Studies.

Co-sponsors: The School of Social Service Administration, The Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund and the World Beyond the Headlines Series, International House Global Voices Program, The Social History Workshop, Chicago Center for Working Class Studies.