SSSP Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (DREM) meeting July 13, 2021 Intros * Shared challenges and successes over the past year. Division Updates * Incoming co-chairs. o Felicia Arriaga (2020-2022) o Rahsaan Mahadeo (2021-2023) * DREM current membership total: 379 * Budget $600 * We need help with the newsletter. If you are interested, please email Felicia and/or Rahsaan about the newsletter. Newsletters help us spread the word about the division. o Kenya Goods offered to support. Thank you Kenya! Kenya.goods@bison.howard.edu Awards * Graduate Student Award Honorable mention: (Didn’t catch the title or author). Winner: Anjanette M. Chan Tack Paper: “When Gender Conflict Breaks Racial Alignment: Indo-Caribbeans, South Asians, and Ethno-Racial Identity Choice at the Black/Asian Interface.” Award winners will be acknowledged during the virtual banquet this year. * Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award Winner: Scammer’s Yard: The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica by Jovan Scott Yard (also finalist for C Wright Mills Award) If you are at all interested in serving as reviewers for future awards committee, please provide Division chairs your info: * Foroogh Mohammad: fmohammadi@mun.ca * Kimberlé Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award Winner: Maria G. Rendon, Adriana Aldana and Laureen D. Hom Children of Latino immigrants framing race: Making sense of criminalisation in a colour-blind era. SSSP Annual Meeting August 4-7th Current Sessions * Social Control and Policing Communities and Cities * Author Meets Critics: * Author Meets Critics: * Social Control and Policing Communities and Cities * Social Control and Policing Communities and Cities * Critical Dialogue: * Covid-19, Criminal (In)Justice and Racism Other relevant sessions: * Session 053: Let's Have A Real Talk: The Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Allies Planning for 2022 meeting Theme: Sociological Reimagination: From Moments to Momentum We have 10 or so total sessions. 7 co-sponsored with other divisions, 3 solo for DREM Potential sessions for next year’s conference: * Palestine: Very relevant topic. Connection to racism, settler colonialism and social movements. * “Afro-Asian relations -- comparative racializations, cross-racial conflicts, and solidarities.” * #scholarstrike: Professors who have been punished for striking in solidarity with racial justice struggles. There may be an open lawsuit against Texas A&M. The repression is quite concerning. * Decolonizing sociological curriculum Organizing sessions are pretty easy. Nancy Mezey has offered to help. You can reach her at: nmezey@monmouth.edu If there are other or special sessions that you think make sense for our division, please feel free to send suggestions to Felicia. SSSP council meeting tomorrow July 14, 2021 Newsletter items * Job announcements * Recent publications * If you created a new syllabus for a class, feel free to share. * Announcements: BDS opponents are trying to pass a “Resolution in support of academic freedom globally” feels very duplicitous. They are attempting to suggest that BDS suppresses academic freedom. It’s possible the resolution will continue to be edited. There is no final version of the resolution. Some of the items seem very appealing. It is currently a 4-page resolution. Shutting down debate is a pro-Zionist tactic. o A statement on Palestine was shared with SSSP board. The board is still reviewing it. * Melissa Weiner: mfweiner@holycross.edu * Sydney Hart: shart9@ccc.edu[MOU1] [MOU1]I believe these two members are interested in thinking about how to respond.