The evening’s program will feature a showing of The Laramie Project at 6 p.m. at CI’s John Spoor Broome Library, room 2325. The program is presented by Spectrum, the School of Education, the English program, the Centers for Multicultural Engagement and Community Engagement, Associated Students, Inc., Housing & Residential Education, and Multicultural Programs.

For the second year the student gay/straight alliance, Spectrum, in partnership with Julia Balén, Associate Professor of English, and her English/Gender Studies Class, offers a program to remember Lawrence King. This year they also commemorate the wrongful murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student from the University of Wyoming. The Laramie Project, a film of the play by Moises Kaufman, will be shown followed by a discussion. Balén stated that, “The University needs to be a forum for dialogue, a place where challenging issues can be intelligently discussed.”

The discussion, an exploration of how we might end violence and harassment directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in schools and communities, will be followed by a candlelight vigil.

CI emphasizes the issue of civil discourse and what it means in campus life, particularly in light of the current national conversation about civility and democracy. This program considers what respecting differences means.
The program is free and open to the public. For additional information please contact Julia Balen at julia.balen@csuci.edu.

Persons with special needs or conditions who would like to request an accommodation should contact 805-437-3331 or e-mail accommodations@csuci.edu.

Limited parking is available on campus. A daily permit is $6. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo with bus service to and from the campus. Riders should board the VISTA Bus to the campus; the fare is $1.25 each way. Buses arrive and depart from the Camarillo Metrolink Station every 30 minutes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. For exact times, check the schedule at www.goventura.org .

Information is available online at
http://www.csuci.edu/news/releases/2011_programurgesrespectfordifferences.htm .

Immigration Reform and Your Community
from Gloria Romero
Beatriz Garcia, organizer with CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy) in Oxnard will make a presentation at the July Good Club meeting about why our country needs Immigration Reform. Beatriz is an experienced organizer, raised in Oxnard, schooled at Stanford University, she has done organizing work in San Diego and now Oxnard and Ventura County; she was trained by the same community organization which trained Barack Obama in Chicago.
She’ll explain why it is economically and morally essential that Immigration Reform be enacted by the federal government soon, so that the workers and their families in our community can come out of the shadows into sunlight. Come with your questions and concerns.