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Michigan professor speaks
at Women of Color Conference
Dr. Andrea Smith addressed violence against
women of color during her speech Thursday
By Beth Naidis
Freelance Reporter
The ninth-annual Women of Color Conference ended on
Thursday evening with a lecture from keynote speaker Dr.
Andrea Smith in 182 Lillis. Smith is co-founder of the na
tional grassroots organization INCITE! Women of Color
Against Violence, and she spoke to an audience of approxi
mately 30 members about the violence and oppression that
women of color face.
Smith, a professor of American culture and women's
studies at the University of Michigan, began her lecture by
examining the current law enforcement system and whether
it is helpful for women of color.
Lauren Wimer Photographer
Dr. Andrea Smith, co-founder of the national grassroots organization
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, closed out the Women
of Color Conference with her keynote speech Thursday evening.
"The current system is incapable of addressing issues of
violence against women of color," she said, adding that
the United States' current law enforcement system is root
ed in white, capitalistic principles, which do not create
healthy communities for people of color.
Smith has worked with American Indian issues, reli
gious traditions and feminism, and advocates the creation
of organizations by women of color for women of color.
She said INCITE! is an example of a grassroots organiza
tion that provides resources to women of color that tradi
tional government organizations do not.
In her speech, Smith described nations where women
have little help in fighting sexual violence and oppression.
"(American women) have lost faith in our own collec
tive power to bring change while other countries have
more interesting ideas because they don't have the illu
sion that the state is going to do anything," Smith said.
Along with ways in which women of color create more
progressive ways to deal with oppression, Smith focused
on reproductive rights.
"Both the pro-life and pro-choice camps exclude
women of color (because they are) united by their alle
giance to white capitalism," she said.
To remedy the violence and the lack of reproductive
rights facing women of color, Smith states that women of
color must redefine their "politics of coalition (by) with
drawing from alliances that don't serve women of color
best and recreate alliances."
Smith said co-founding INCITE! was a culmination of
being "so frustrated that women of color were marginal
ized in the movement and that the movement was so pro
fessionalized." She said it is important for all men and
women to organize against oppression and violence.
Audience member and University student Jasmin
Thana agreed with Smith's messages.
"I think she's really amazing in the sense that she gives a
voice to women of color and how their issues are differ
ent than, but not separate from, racial justice and gender
issues," she said.
Eugene resident Jeane McKenzie shared similar sentiments.
"I like the way she united capitalism, racism, homo
phobia, ableism and the oppression of indigenous peo
ple," she said.
Beth Naidis is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
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meets the best interests of the Univer
sity community," Daley said. "We
haven't made any changes to the con
duct code looking forward to or be
cause of riots. That's not our concern."
The revamped code will also feature
clearer definitions of academic dishon
esty and place greater emphasis on ac
ademically related punishments, such
as mandating students write papers or
attend a class related to their infringe
ments, Harding said.
Loschiavo, who helped modify the
University of Florida's student con
duct code before joining the Univer
sity of Oregon in 1999, said the stu
dent judicial affairs field nationwide
is moving away from punitive meas
ures and placing a greater emphasis
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on educational processes.
"That's really what student judicial
affairs is about," Loschiavo said.
The committee, which has examined
other student judicial codes to guide its
work, is trying to make the document
less formal, both in its language and its
procedures. Loschiavo pointed to the
formal hearing process as one aspect
that will undergo significant change.
"Our formal hearing process is way
too legalistic," Loschiavo said, adding
that the committee hopes to "just let
people tell their stories" in hearings,
instead of the current format, which
involves lawyers, witnesses and the
presentation of evidence.
The committee is also looking at ex
panding the code's section on gam
bling to include computer-use policies.
"We're not worried about NCAA
bracket pools or stuff like that,"
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Harding said. "We're worried about
the large scale."
Harding said part of the purpose of the
gambling section is to avoid die kind of
scandal that afflicted Arizona State Uni
versity in 1993-94, when a point-shaving
scheme involving Sun Devils basketball
players drew national attention.
"We don't want the school to get in
trouble with the NCAA" Harding said.
The committee plans to present the
first round of changes to the University
Senate for its approval in April. The
committee will actively seek student
comment on the proposed changes,
with question and answer sessions ten
tatively planned for April 1,7 and 13.
The committee is composed of four
students and four faculty members.
The students are appointed by the
ASUO Executive, and faculty mem
bers are chosen by the University Sen
ate Committee on Committees. Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmayer is
charged with final approval of all
eight committee members.
Contact the campus/
federal politics reporter
at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.