UCLA Information Studies Seminar

Strength in Diversity, the Diversity Within:
Voices of Twice Minorities

Moderator:

Clara M. Chu
UCLA Department of Information Studies

Panelists:

Ruth E. Bayhylle
UCLA Department of Information Studies and American Indian Studies Center
Information Needs of Native American Veterans

Marisol Ramos-Lum
UCLA Department of Information Studies
Aliens-R-Us: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Science Fiction Fandom

Chisato Uyeki
UCLA Department of Information Studies
Standing Up and Being Counted: Multiracial/ethnic People and Their Information Needs

Thursday, April 3rd, 2003, 3pm-5pm
GSE&IS Building, Room 111
(just west of the Research Library)

Abstract: The 2000 US Census provides a glimpse of the diversity within our culturally diverse communities. For the first time, it can provide a count of multi-ethnic/-racial people. The experiences and needs of these and other "twice minorities", such as the homeless, gay and lesbian, incarcerated, women, elderly and disabled within our ethnoracial communities, need to be told through their voices. The specific groups to be addressed are: Native American veterans, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered science fiction fandom, and multiracial/ethnic people.

Everyone is invited.