January 31, 2006
Final MLK Symposium Film TONIGHT: "Two Towns of Jasper"
Tuesday January 31
Two Towns of Jasper
6:00 PM
D1270, William Davidson Hall, Ross School of Business
On June 7, 1998, three white men from Jasper, Texas, chained
African-American James Byrd to a pick-up truck and dragged him until
his body disintegrated. This documentary takes you to both white and
black communities as it records their separate reactions to the murder.
Sponsored by the 19th Annual Symposium Planning Committee and the
Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives.
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Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Civil Rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King, Jr, Coretta Scott King, died in her sleep January 31 at the age of 78.
Mrs. King suffered a stroke and heart attack last summer but had made a surprise appearance to honor her husband's birthday this year.
Coretta Scott King worked along side her husband until his death in 1968 then was left to raise their four children alone. She committed herself to civil rights, peace and justice. She worked to further her husband's dream by spear-heading the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which she directed until 1995.
Mrs. King was also responsible for honoring her husband by leading the campaign to turn Dr. King's birthday, January 15, into a national holiday. This was accomplished by an Act of Congress and first celebrated nationally in 1986.
The American Library Association has honored Mrs. King since 1970 with their annual Coretta Scott King Award. According to the Association web site, "The award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. The Award is further designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood."
Time Magazine's online version quoted Mrs. King as saying, "By reaching into and beyond ourselves and tapping the transcendent ethic of love, she shall overcome these evils. Love, truth, and the courage to do what is right should be our own guideposts on this lifelong journey."
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January 27, 2006
MLK Symposium Closing Lecture - Charlene Teters
Charlene Teters
Artist / Writer / Advocate
MLK Symposium Closing Lecture
MICHIGAN UNION BALLROOM * MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2006 * 5:00PM
Provoked by racial and social injustices endured by American Indians, she has served as a lighting rod for change. She challenges the inappropriate use of American Indian images, cultural, and spiritual life ways by schools, scholars, museums, corporations, and the media.
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January 26, 2006
Prejudice Map
Take a look at the Prejudice Map, create by Philipp Lenssen, posted on the blog "Google Blogoscoped". The author queried Google for each country and this is what he came up with. Nothing scientific about it but interesting to look at.
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A talk by Elizabeth Cole (AfroAmerican and African Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies)
A talk by Elizabeth Cole (AfroAmerican and African Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies)
Elizabeth Cole's research addresses the ways that individuals' sense of themselves as connected to social groups is related to their attitudes toward public policy, the roles that they choose to play in the political sphere, and how they experience their social environments.
Some of her most recent publications are, "Race, Class, and the Dilemmas of Upward Mobility for African Americans" (2003), Journal of Social Issues; "Invidious Comparisons: Imagining a Psychology of Race and Gender beyond Differences" (2001), Political Psychology; and her book, Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women (1999), from the University of Chicago Press. Currently, she is interested in the concept of intersectionality: how individuals simultaneously experience racial, class and/or gender identities, which is the subject of this talk.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
4:00-5:30 pm
2239 Lane Hall
The events in this series are free and open to the public Refreshments will be served
For more information, please contact the U-M Institute for Research on Women and Gender
204 S. State Street, 1136 Lane Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
734-764-9537
www.umich.edu/~irwg/
Other lectures in the Gender across the Disciplines series, Tuesdays from 4:00-5:30 pm in 2239 Lane Hall, are as follows:
February 14, 2006,
Anna Kirkland(Political Science, Women's Studies)
"Gender in the Study of Law and Society"
February 21, 2006,
Elizabeth Wingrove (Political Science, Women's Studies)
"Theoretical Insights versus Empirical Designs: Making Sense of Gender in Political Scientific Inquiry"
March 7, 2006,
Timothy Johnson (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Studies)
"Women's Health: Domestic and Global, An Activist's View"
March 14, 2006,
Nadine Hubbs (Music, Women's Studies)
"Defeat from the Jaws of Victory? Reversing Musicological 'Progress,' Reclaiming Music's Gender Problem"
March 21, 2006,
Rosario Ceballo (Psychology, Women's Studies)
"How Well Does Psychology Do Gender?"
March 28, 2006,
Sidonie Smith (English Language and Literature, Women's Studies)
"Beyond 'A Room of One's Own': Feminism and Literary Studies"
April 4, 2006,
Karin Martin (Sociology, Women's Studies)
"Revisiting the 'Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology'"
April 11, 2006,
Antonia Villarruel (Nursing)
"'Border' Issues: Latinas, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS"
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Making Links and Breaking Chains Conference
Making Links and Breaking Chains Conference
Michigan League
REGISTER FREE TODAY!!
Learn about issues like:
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
The Patriot Act
The Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Multiculturalism and Social Justice in Community Student Living
Hawaiian Soveriegnty
Domestic Violence in the South Asian American Community
The Depiction of Black Music and Entertainment in America
AND MORE.....
Participating/Cosponsoring organizations include:
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, Native American Students Association, American Civil Liberties Union-UM chapter, Muslim Students Association, Studenst Supporting Affirmative Action, Black Student Union, Inter-Cooperative Council, Ginsberg Center, South Asian Progressive Alliance, Office for Academic and Multicultural Initiatives, Arab Students Association, United Asian American Organizations
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Social Justice through Non-Violent Action Brown Bag
Social Justice through Non-Violent Action Brown Bag
Monday, January 30th, 2006
12pm-1:30 pm
MSA Chambers (3rd floor, Michigan Union)
This month, The Program on Intergroup Relations would like to invite
you to a brown bag with a very special guest, Sheri Wander from the
Michigan Peace Team, and learn about the philosophy of Non-Violence and how to incorporate it into your activist and personal life.
If you have any questions, please contact Rosio Suarez at
rsuarez@umich.edu, or 734.936.1875.
Rosio Suarez
Program Assistant
The Program on Intergroup Relations
3000 Michigan Union
530 S State Street
Ann Abor, MI
48109-1349
Phone: (734) 936-1875
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January 25, 2006
Distinguished Dissertation Award in Disability Studies
PLEASE FORWARD TO INTERESTED PARTIES
I am pleased to invite nominations for the Michael Erik Myatt Distinguished Dissertation Award in Disability Studies of 2005-06 and to ask you to bring this invitation for nominations to the attention of faculty and graduate students.
The purpose of the award, which includes a $1000 honorarium and travel to the awards ceremony, is to recognize exceptional work by doctoral students in the field of Disability Studies. We seek nominations from a broad range of disciplines that affect the study of physical and mental disability. To be eligible for consideration, the nominee must have completed the dissertation and earned the doctoral degree during the 2001-2005 calendar years. Please see our webpage for instructions and nomination materials: http://www.umich.edu/~uminds/Myatt_award.html.
The deadline for nominations will be February 17, 2006.
The student's department or program must endorse the nomination.
I hope that you and your colleagues will make a strong effort to nominate deserving students who are doing exceptional work in Disability Studies. Details will be forthcoming about the date and place of the awards ceremony.
I look forward to receiving nominations and thank you in advance for your help.
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MLK EVENT
A CALL TO ACTION THROUGH THE SPOKEN WORD
Date: Wednesday January 25, 2006
Scheduled Dates: 1/25/2006
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Mendelssohn Theatre
Cost: Free
Details:
This year's student event is a spoken word tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 2006 theme “A Time to Break Silence.” Performances by students featuring Nationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker Saul Williams.
Williams' debut performance and featured poetry in the film "Slam", which he co-wrote and starred in, brought audiences to their feet across the world. Winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998, the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, along with the Audience Award for Best Picture and the World Distributors Award for Best Picture, Slam goes down in history for exposing the universal truths that one must grasp in order to escape imprisoned mind-states. Along with his co-star, Sonia Sohn, Williams was personally awarded the Perry Ellis Breakthrough Award by New York's Independent Film Project (IFP) and was also nominated for a Spirit Award for best performance. Marc Levin's idea to direct this poetic masterpiece came about after seeing Williams recite his poetry in the Grand Slam Championship at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, where Williams became the Grand Slam Champion for 1996. For more information on Saul Williams, please visit apbspeakers.com.
Website: http://www.mlksymposium.umich.edu/poetry
Event Sponsor/Contact: Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) | http://www.umich.edu/~oami
Contact: Silvia Carranza | Phone: 734 936-1245
Email: oami@umich.edu
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The Hot 8
Dear family, friends, colleagues:
A reminder - I hope you're planning to come!
I would like to invite you to join me at the Michigan Theater on Friday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. for a unique opportunity to contribute to the preservation of New Orleans' musical heritage. Arts at Michigan, with the help of many University departments, will present the Hot 8 Brass Band - an exciting young band from New Orleans - to benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. (You may had the pleasure of hearing the Hot 8 on NPR featured in the new year's celebration on air.)
As all of you know, New Orleans plays a central role in our musical history and continues to be a focal point of musical innovation and influence. This benefit is an opportunity for all of us to help New Orleans musicians get back on their feet and keep the music alive. Those of you who have been involved know the enormous amount of work that has gone into this project. I would be personally grateful to see all of you in attendance on January 27.
The band will be in residence to participate in a couple of public talks on New Orleans music as well as conduct workshops with School of Music students on Jan 25 and 26 leading up to the performance.
Here are the details:
Friday, January 27
8:00 p.m.
Michigan Theater
Price: suggested contribution of $20 ($10 for students) at the door. CD with contributions of $50 or more. General admission.
Description:
This New Orleans - based brass band, winner of the Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Contemporary Brass Band, led the first of the city's post-Katrina traditional high-spirited jazz funeral parades.
Proceeds benefit the Jazz Foundation of America, an organization that since Katrina has provided assistance to New Orleans with housing, locating and distributing donated instruments, funding gigs in schools and shelters, and connecting the city's displaced musicians with opportunities for employment across the United States.
Public talks:
Wednesday, January 25, 4:30 p.m.
Hot 8 Gumbo - Rap, Jazz, Rock, and Myth: Tradition and Transformation in Contemporary New Orleans Brass Bands Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington Street Free, open to the public
Thursday, January 26, 5:00 PM
New Orleans Music: History and Culture
Trotter House Multicultural Center, 1443 Washtenaw Avenue
For more information about the benefit, the band, and the public talks, please visit the Arts at Michigan website at http://www.arts.umich.edu/programs/special/hot8/
The Hot 8 is something not to miss so mark your calendars and laissez les bon temps roullez (let the good times roll)!
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Diversity News
I have created a test Diversity News Blog using the Diversity Committee as the test group
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