[CBW_Exec] cbw and social justice policy

[Sugie Goen-Salter]

Hi everyone,
I am so glad this is how things are shaping up. While I have already  
committed to another panel, I will eagerly attend this roundtable and  
participate from the audience. Thanks Deborah and Rebecca for putting  
this together and once again, thanks Susan for drafting the policy  
and getting this important discussion underway!
Sugie
On May 1, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Deborah Mutnick wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Rebecca Mlynarczyk and I would like to suggest that we submit a  
> proposal to present a roundtable discussion of up to eight people  
> to continue this important conversation about BW and social justice  
> at CCCC 2009.  Our idea is modeled in part after the session on  
> Mina Shaughnessy's legacy led by Judith Summerfield and 7 CUNY  
> composition faculty members at CCCC 2007 in New York (reproduced in  
> the Fall 2008 issue of JBW). Each panelist would start with a short  
> relevant quotation that could be projected on a large screen and  
> present a brief--no more than 5-minute--perspective on how this  
> quotation relates to the resolution on BW that has been circulating  
> as part of Susan's draft on social justice and the 1974 resolution  
> on support for inadequately prepared students. Assuming there were  
> 8 speakers, we would be finished in 40 minutes, leaving 35 minutes  
> for panelists to respond to questions and comments from the  
> audience. This would be a very important part of the roundtable, which
>  we envision as a genuine dialogue with faculty from many different  
> types of institutions. Our ultimate goal would be to continue to  
> formulate the position statement on basic writing and social  
> justice through discussion at the roundtable session, the SIG  
> meeting, and wherever else it would be appropriate, to be submitted  
> to the CCCC Business Meeting.
>
> We're unsure about the timing of submitting the resolution. Rebecca  
> had at first suggested that we continue working on it after the  
> conference and plan to submit it to NCTE in summer 2009. But I  
> think it would have to be voted on in SF. Anybody know more about  
> the procedures?  In any case, please let us know if you're  
> interested in participating and if you have any suggestions for the  
> proposal as soon as possible since the deadline for submissions is  
> fast approaching.
>
> Best,
> Deborah
>
> Deborah Mutnick, Director of Writing
> English Department
> 1 University Plaza
> Long Island University
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> 718-488-1110
>
>
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> William
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> Hannah
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] cbw and social justice policy
>
>
>
> Although I've already added not just my two cents but maybe a  
> nickel to this important discussion, here's another brief comment.  
> Sugie raises important points-and I like the fact that we're still  
> discussing my wonderful friend and mentor Sharon Crowley's incisive  
> critique. My answer, to Sugie and Sharon and to myself when I have  
> to look in the mirror (that might reflect injustice) and go to work  
> in the morning, is that (a) it's better that we are working in the  
> midst of injustice, even within unjust institutions, and working to  
> change them; and (b) the ultimate effect of bringing BW students  
> into these institutions is that the normalizing force of "academic  
> discourse" can be subverted by the voices and the lives of those  
> who bring their experience and reality to academic sites,  
> hybridizing the old academic discourse and changing it, de-norming it.
>
>
>
> That doesn't happen always, or easily, or justly, or the same  
> everywhere. But without BW practitioners and BW students, it likely  
> doesn't happen at all. So as long as we are working to change and  
> subvert institutions-actively, riskily, but not inconsequentially- 
> my guess (I say "guess" to assure all that I don't claim to be  
> sure) is that being here is more likely to make justice than being  
> gone.
>
>
>
> Good, important, complicated discussion. Yes, I want to be in a  
> session on this; I'm not committed to any other session yet. It  
> would be great to have Sharon as chair or respondent, but she is  
> retiring from ASU and we had kind of a end-of-career party with her  
> at CCCC in New Orleans and she may not  want to attend in 2009; I  
> can certainly ask her-and seeing this thread might kindle her  
> interest...
>
>
>
> Thanks again, Sugie and Shannon and Susan and Peter and Marcia and  
> Hannah and Deborah.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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Sugie Goen-Salter
Associate Professor
English Department
San Francisco State University




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