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Prof. Brinda Sarathy, Environmental Analysis, Pitzer |
Wednesday, October 10th, at 4:30 PM in the Founders Room of Honnold/Mudd Library |

While the exploitation of Latino workers in many industries is well known, "pineros," Latino forest workers, toil largely in obscurity. In her book Pineros: Latino Labor and the Changing Face of Forestry (published in 2012 by the University of British Columbia Press), Professor Sarathy investigates how the US federal government came to be one of the country's largest employers of immigrant labor and documents pinero wages and working conditions in comparison to those of native-born forest laborers. Pinero exploitation, Sarathy argues, is the product of an ongoing history of institutionalized racism, fragmented policy, and intra-ethnic exploitation in the West. Overcoming this legacy depends on improving the visibility and working conditions of pineros and providing them with a stronger voice in immigration and forestry policy-making.

October is here, and we have more (Love Your) Library Workshops on deck.

This month you can partake in more bootcamp, Library e-Content on the Go: Research with Mobile Devices, several citation software workshops, search tips/tricks, and Google Scholar (among other things).

View our (Love Your) Library Workshops schedule for October or the full semester to check out our offerings and register for a class.

Come "tour" Yosemite through books, drawings, photographs, ephemera and other, mostly 19th century, primary source materials from Special Collections. On view in Honnold/Mudd Library, 2nd Floor, North Entrance, September 1-December 22, 2012.

Discover how visitors traveled to Yosemite. See where they stayed and what they did and saw. See how they reflected upon their experiences after leaving this wondrous place!

To download the exhibit handout and checklist, and to see information about related events, visit Special Collections Exhibits & Events.

On Constitution Day, Mon., Sept. 17, come to the Services Desk at Honnold/Mudd Library and pick up a free copy of of book, The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents Of American History, 1175-1865.

On Wednesday, September 19th, please join us at 4:15 PM in the Founder's Room of Honnold/Mudd Library for a Claremont Discourse panel discussion in recognition of Constitution Day:

The Constitution and The American Family

with Audrey Bilger (CMC Literature), N Ann Davis (Pomona Philosophy), Diana Selig (CMC, History), George Thomas (CMC Government) Janet Farrell Brodie, moderator (CGU History).

The Constitution aims to guarantee individual rights, yet is remarkably silent on the matter of what defines a family and which family members are entitled to particular constitutional protections. Debates over such topics as marriage, parental rights, and reproductive technologies have raised complex questions for the courts, representatives and citizens. At this panel, scholars from a range of disciplines will consider the significance and status of the family under the Constitution.

For more information, contact Adam Rosenkranz, adam_rosenkranz@cuc.claremont.edu or ext. 73986.