G+JI Annual Report 2020-2021

Law professor, Richard Thompson Ford, discussed his latest
Stanford
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History (Simon &
book,
2021). An insightful book that explores dress codes and and
Schuster,
the canons, and customs of clothing and the unwritten rules,
examines
dress codes that still influence opportunities and social
ex/implicit
The well-attended conversation centered the intersections of
mobility.
gender and class. Professor Ford is an expert on civil rights and
race,
law, he has distinguished himself as an insightful voice
antidiscrimination
compelling writer on questions of race and multiculturalism. The
and
was moderared by Law Professor Naomi Mezey.
conversaton
Center for Innovation and Leadership Education at Georgetown
The
Medical Center presented its Spring 2020 Book Club –
University
My (Underground) American Dream (Center Street, 2016) by
reading
Arce. This bestselling memoir of an undocumented immigrant
Julissa
Haffaf, G JI's Program Director, joined the lively discussion
Melyssa
into immigration, gender and resilience. Caroline Wellbery,
looking
in the Department of Family Medicine facilitated this
Professor
and invited insights into how aspects of this book can be
discussion
Timely Discussions
Book Events on Gender and Racial Justice
March 10, 2020
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
Co-sponsored by the Women of Color Collective GULC.
March 17, 2020
Club – My (Underground) American Dream
Book
Julissa Arce
by
who becomes a Wall Street executive is a powerful and inspiring read.
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used in classrooms.
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