Author and Activist Dean Spade to Speak on Transgender Politics at LIU Brooklyn, Wed, Feb. 6, 7-8:30pm (near all trains; across the street from Juniors Restaurant; 1 subway stop outside Manhattan!) [LIU Brooklyn Dean Spade] Brooklyn, N.Y. - Transgender activist and author Dean Spade will speak at LIU Brooklyn on Wednesday, Feb. 6, on "Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law." Travel directions: http://www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/About/Visit/Directions Presented by the LIU Brooklyn campus Gender Studies Program, and supported by the Master of Public Health (MPH) program and LIU Brooklyn's School of Health Profession's "Brooklyn's Health Series," the event - free and open to the public - will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Spike Lee Screening Room (LLC 122). An attorney and educator, Spade wrote "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law," a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. [cid:image002.jpg@01CE02B9.8B61F0A0] Spade is an assistant professor at Seattle University School of Law and a fellow in the "Engaging Tradition" project at Columbia Law School. In 2002, he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. "Dean Spade is doing some of the most important transgender theory and activism today," said LIU Brooklyn English professor Michael Bennett. Spade will present selections from his book, in which he uses Critical Race Theory, women of color feminism and other intellectual traditions to analyze the role of law reform in contemporary gay and trans politics. He examines the poverty, violence, criminalization and immigration enforcement facing trans populations, and questions the utility of anti-discrimination law and hate crime laws for addressing these harms. He says a critical trans politics is emerging, one that rejects law reform as a goal and engages tactically with legal work as it attempts to dismantle apparatuses of racial and gender violence. For more information, contact professor Michael Bennett at (718) 488-4039. LIU Brooklyn is distinguished by... dynamic curricula reflecting the great urban community it serves. Distinctive programs encompass the arts and media, the natural sciences, business, social policy, urban education, the health professions and pharmacy, and include the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, the D.P.T. in Physical Therapy and the Pharm.D. in Pharmacy. A vibrant urban oasis in downtown Brooklyn, this diverse and thriving campus offers academic excellence, personalized attention, small class size and flexible course schedules. In 2006, a $45-million Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center was opened to serve the Campus and the surrounding community. In 2007, the Cyber Café was launched, providing a high-tech hot spot for students and faculty members to meet and eat. Hope you will join us! kdg Karen Denard Goldman, MAT, MS, PhD, MCHES Director, Brenda Pillors Asthma Education Program Associate Professor and Chair, Master of Public Health Program Department of Public Health School of Health Professions (DeKalb Ave. entrance) Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus 1 University Plaza, HS 202 (corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Ave.) Brooklyn, NY 11201 LIU Masters in Public Health Program<1.%09http:/www.liu.edu/Brooklyn/Academics/Schools/SHP/Dept/Public-Health.aspx> Phone: 718-246-6312 Fax: 718-246-6428 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:8BA1B46B-506D-46C2-8EAE-13E8CCFB6C00] <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the COMHEALUMNI-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF COMHEALUMNI-L".