2009 - 2010 Academic Year Events
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Multicultural Welcome Dinner and Dessert Reception for New Students 5:00 - 6:30 pm California Mission Room (Dinner) 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Shapell Patio (Dessert) This annual celebration welcomes first-year and transfer students of color to Santa Clara University. This event is a great opportunity for you to meet current students, faculty and staff to find out more information about cultural programs, activities, and resources on campus. A first year experience will also be shared by an SCU sophomore taking a "look back". This event is co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, and the Multicultural Center. By invitation only. Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Rich Benjamin, author: "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America" (October 2009) will speak about his new book. Rich Benjamin is a scholar, lecturer, and commentator on contemporary American politics and culture. He was educated at Stanford University, where he received his PhD in Modern Thought and Literature, and he served as a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School. Benjamin is currently a senior fellow at DEMOS, a progressive national think tank based in New York City. SEARCHING FOR WHITOPIA is his first book. Books will be available for purchase after the event. Your America, The Two Americas: a discussion with Rich Benjamin BOOK DESCRIPTION: A gifted black journalist's frightening narrative exploration of-- and revelations about-- the new migrations of white Americans from increasingly diverse suburbs to fast-growing enclaves of white homogeneity. "Searching for Whitopia" delves into the hearts and homes of white Americans who are fleeing the cities and states where they are increasingly the minority for small towns and exurban areas that are virtually all white. Rich Benjamin dubs these places "Whitopias" (pronounced "White-o-pias"). Benjamin, a black American with a companionable writing style, lived for three months among white Americans in three Whitopian enclaves: Forsyth County, Georgia; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and St. George, Utah. Through experiencing real people and unearthing startling statistics, Benjamin shows how global, economic and migratory forces have created a perfect storm of anxiety among many white Americans--and he looks with them as they try to find and hang on to a lost America. Through memorable characters and scenes, the book focuses on this phenomenon in a way that does justice to its psychological and cultural implications as well its possible impact on the future of the United States. The book includes chapters written after President Obama's election. Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Commonwealth Club, and the Multicultural Center. Thursday, October 29th, 2009 The bicentennial of Latino newspapers in the The program includes a preview screening of the documentary "Voices for Justice: The Enduring Legacy of the Latino Press in the U.S.", an exhibit showcasing key Latino newspapers and the stories they have reported over the past 200 years, and a PowerPoint presentation by Félix F. Gutiérrez, Professor of Journalism, Communication and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, a Latino media journalist and scholar for more than 40 years. "For more than 200 years Latino newspapers have been Voices for Justice in a nation that promises justice, but does not always deliver it to all within its borders," Gutiérrez said. "The progam will show how newspapers advocated independence and freedom across the hemisphere, spoke against Yanqui violence after the U.S. took the Southwest from México, helped newcomers become Americanos, encouraged young Latinos to advance themselves in the 1930s and 40s, were advocates for Chicano and other liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s, and are a growing force in U.S. as other media declare bankruptcy." Félix Gutiérrez is a Professor of Journalism and Communication in the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and an Affiliate Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity. A former Senior Vice President of the Freedom Forum and the Newseum, his responsibilities during 12 years in philanthropy included journalism education and professional grants and programs, establishing and supervising Pacific Coast Center programs in Oakland and San Francisco, and researching diversity exhibits for the Newseum to open in Washington, D.C. in 2008. Claudia Núñez, a reporter for La Opinión newspaper in Los Angeles, documented the struggles of Oaxacan villagers who were lured to San Jose and Los Angeles by false promises of well-paying jobs, then ended up as virtual slaves in small restaurants and taquerias. Her reports on human trafficking challenged the Latino community to acknowledge exploitation from within. Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Latino Faculty Group, MEChA, and the Communication Department. Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, and the Ethnic Studies Program. Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Friday & Saturday, January 15th & 16th, 2010
Co-sponsored by the Justice and the Arts Initiative, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Please bring your lunch; Refreshments and Beverages will be served. Co-sponsored by Campus Ministry, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost.
Michael Messner Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Thursday, January 21st, 2010 7 pm Come on, come all to the viewing of The Office!!! Discussion will follow. Brought to you by the Committee on Multiculturalism in the RLC's. Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the University Council on Inclusive Excellence, the School of Education, the Sociology Department, and the Student Affairs Assessment Committee. Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Forbes Family Conf. Room, Lucas Hall 126 Please RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by February 3rd.
5:30 - 7:00 pm California Mission Room, Benson Center Please RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by February 3rd. Troy Duster earned his B.S. degree in journalism from Duster became professor of sociology and Director of the Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge at Duster is co-author of Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society (2003), which won the Benjamin Hooks Award and was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award in 2004. Among his other awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship at the London School of Economics; an honorary Doctor of Letters from Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Biology Department, the University Council on Inclusive Excellence, the Markkula Center for Applied of Ethics, the School of Education, and the Sociology Department. Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Facilitated by Perlita Dicochea, Ethnic Studies Program, and AJ Howell-Williams, Undergraduate Admissions.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 St Clare Room, (Harrington Learning Commons, Sobrato Technology Center, and Orradre Library) Marilyn Chin is the author of three collections of poetry: Dwarf Bamboo, The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty, and Rhapsody in Plain Yellow. Chin has won two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, the PEN/Josephine Miles Award, four Pushcart Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship, and numerous residencies. Her work can be found in a variety of anthologies, including The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry and The Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry. She co-directs the MFA program at San Diego State University. Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Ethnic Studies Program, Creative Writing, and the Santa Clara Review. Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Discussion will follow viewing of the film (film is approximately 2 hours). Coordinated by the Committee on Multiculturalism in the RLC's. Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Lecture will include a 30 minute presentation of a documentary in progress by Elaine Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California-Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Program,Women's and Gender Studies, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 What has been your personal experience on campus? What have been your joys and struggles? Make connections, share experiences and meet other women of color on campus. Please RSVP to Pauline Nguyen no later than Wednesday, February 24th. Facilitated by Mary Ho, Program Director, Office for Multicultural Learning. Joint initiative from the Women's and Gender Studies, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 We will watch some of the Twilight movie and discuss its implication on gender roles. Coordinated by the Committee on Multiculturalism in the RLC's and ALPHA. Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 Facilitated by Perlita Dicochea, Ethnic Studies Program.
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Women of color luncheon with guest speaker, Assistant Professor Robin Hayes from the Ethnic Studies Program. Must RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by Friday, April 9th. The Women of Color Network is a joint initiative from the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, and the Women's and Gender Studies Program. Sunday, April 18th - Tuesday, April 20th Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive program which allows participants to walk through various forms of oppression and experience the personal effects of that oppression. A pivotal element to the program is the opportunity to discuss the experience with trained professionals and share feelings about the program in a safe environment. A number of groups participating, include the Multicultural Center, Santa Clara Community Action Program, Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA), Interfaith Council, Committee on Multiculturalism in the RLCs, Amnesty, Every 2 Minutes, Feminists United and B LEJIT. Please contact Pat Delves for additional information. Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 A conversation with Bonnie Sugiyama, Assistant Director of the LGBTRC and WRC at San Jose State University and Julie Freitas, MF, Clinical Supervisor and Program Manager LGBTQ Youth Space: A Collaborative of the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center and Family & Children Services. Must RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by Friday, April 16th. Lunch will be provided. Presented by the LGBTQ Allies Network, a joint initiative of the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Office of Student Life, and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Presented by Professor Sabeen Sandhu, Sociology Department. Coordinated by the Committee on Multiculturalism in the
RLC's. Saturday, May 1st, 2010 This interactive college leadership training program for Asian/Pacific/Islander/American student leaders involves hands-on exercises, small group discussions, and presentations led by two qualified APIA facilitators from OCA (The Organization of Chinese Americans). The one day training focuses on self-awareness, team-building, and direct action organizing. Must RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by April 23rd. Coordinated by the Multicultural Center, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Tuesday, May 4th - Tuesday May 25th 2010 marks the bicentennial anniversary of the Mexican Independence Movement and hundred years of the Mexican Revolution. Come celebrate the country's rich culture with a viewing of independent films during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Tuesday, May 4th Wednesday, May 12th Tuesday, May 18th Tuesday, May 25th Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the Ethnic Studies Program, and the Departments of History, Communication, and Modern Languages. Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Maria Agui Carter will show and discuss her film, CLEATS, a story about a first generation Harvard student, and the son of Latino immigrants unflagging belief in the American Dream. Cleats is a short film inspired by a true story of sacrifice and dignity, where a family’s humble, yet heroic acts help make each other's dreams come true. Please visit: http://filmmakerscollab.org/filmmakers/maria-agui-carter/for more information. Must RSVP to Pauline Nguyen by Friday, May 7th if you
would like to attend. Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the LEAD Scholars Program, MEChA, and the Women's and Gender Studies Program. Monday, May 17th, 2010 Hosted by Alyssa Gomez from Da Vinci RLC. Short discussion on the controversy of the movie "The Blind Side" and the ethics of College sports - Exploitation or Education? Coordinated by the Committee on Multiculturalism in the RLC's. Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Featured Speaker: Edward Tom, star of the film and principal of the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics. Please RSVP by May 14th to Pauline Nguyen. Co-sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Program, and the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost. Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Pan-African Senior Ceremony
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