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