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Matthew Freeman Lecture: Punished by Victor Rios

You are welcome to attend the 2014 Matthew Freeman Lecture by Dr. Victor Rios, PhD at either the Chicago or Schaumburg campus.  The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation is sponsoring this event for the Roosevelt community.

Event Date:  Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Time:  5:30 PM

In-Person Lecture:  Murray-Green Library, Chicago Campus, 10^th floor

Simulcast Lecture:  McCormick-Tribune Library, Schaumburg Campus, Room 140

The speaker for this event is Dr. Victor Rios, PhD, an associate professor of Sociology at UC-Santa Barbara who conducts research on juvenile justice, youth resilience, and educational equity.  Dr. Rios will discuss his latest work, Punished:  Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys.   Punished analyzes how juvenile crime policies and criminalization affect the everyday lives of urban male youth.

 
Here is a persistent link out to one of Dr. Rios scholarly journal articles (click on the title):

Rios, V. M. (2009). The consequences of the criminal justice pipeline on black and latino masculinity. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 623, 150.

RSVP to cskwiat@roosevelt.edu

 

Library Promotes Literacy Through Better World Initiative

What happens to our outdated books?  The RU library believes in a collection of active, academically useful materials and provides quality control by eliminating outdated and damaged materials.  In efforts to promote social responsibility, the withdrawn books that are in good condition are donated to an organization called Better World Books. 

Better World, founded in 2002,  believes that education and access to books are basic human rights.   Social and environmental responsibility is at the core of their  business.   That's why books sold on Better Worlds help fund high-impact literacy projects in the United States and around the world.  So far, the company has converted more than 11 million donated books into $4.5 million in funding for literacy and education and has diverted more than 6,000 tons of books from landfills.  The primary literacy partners are Books for Africa, Room to Read, Worldfund, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Invisible Children.   Every book purchased from Better World Books contributes to individual literacy throughout the world and the promise of a better life.

 

This video clip illustrates the Better World philosophy: