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Writing for Social Justice: Representing Multiculturalism in Young Adult Literature
Start Date: 1/24/2013Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Date: 1/24/2013End Time: 8:30 PM

Event Description
Matt de la Peña will talk about the removal last year of his novel Mexican WhiteBoy from classrooms in the Tucson School District after the state of Arizona passed a law making it illegal to teach courses in public schools that focus on a single ethnic group.
Location Information:
Main Campus - MAIN - Old Main
Room: Giffels Auditorium
Contact Information:
Name: Heidi Stambuck
Phone: 479-575-3138
Email: stambuck@uark.edu
Matt de la Pena
Admission Information:
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsors are Dean Tom Smith of the College of Education and Health Professions, the College Council of the College of Education and Health Professions and the Center for Children and Youth, which is also based in the college.

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