Sandra, 
Please send the panel proposal to Felecia Ross, she is this years program planing chair,
Thanks,
Petra

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On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Sandra Combs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello All,
> Carmen Williams and I did two presentations on "The Help" last month at Arkansas State University. A story and photo about it were in The Jonesboro Sun after the panel.
> Carmen had a powerful PowerPoint at the time and we would love to be a part of the panel. (About a week after the panel, we talked with Dr. Lillie Fears about submitting a panel to AEJMC.)
> 
> See the panel flyer pasted below:
> 
> What’s the big deal about racism and the movie, “The Help”?
> 
> On this Constitution Day, we celebrate the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution by commemorating anniversaries in need of reflection -- particularly the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. 
> 
> As part of this commemoration, we will hold a focus group on the best-selling novel-turned-movie, “The Help.” It vividly depicts the prejudices of the 1960s. But how far have we come from those days? What issues remain today? 
> 
> 
> Image courtesy of Library of Congress 
> 
> We invite you to come to one of two focus groups, where you will hear a provocative panel discussion and can ask your questions. Each session is 45 minutes. If you miss the one session, you can catch it in the second session.
> 
> Focus Group: “The Help”
> 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
> Wednesday, September 14, 2011
> Spring River Room
> Arkansas State University Student Union
> 
> 
> Sandra Combs
> Ass’t. Professor of Journalism
> Department of Journalism
> Arkansas State University
> How historically accurate is the movie? How African American maids are represented in other texts by African Americans and Caucasians.
> 
> 
> Carmen Lanos Williams                            
> Instructor    (ABD)                            
> Department of English and Philosophy                
> Arkansas State University                        
> Cultural and historical implications of        
> the way white cultural producers images of 
> black subjects