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March 18, 2006
Ann Arbor Pow Wow Coming Next Week
The Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow will be held next Saturday and Sunday, March 25 & 26 at Crisler Arena.
Saturday hours 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
Ceremonial grand entries, noon & 7 pm
Sunday hours 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
Ceremonial grand entry, noon
Ticket prices for the event are $10/day for adults, $7/day for students 13 through college students with ID, $5/day for seniors, age 60 and up and for children 4-12. Children under 4 are free.
Daily family passes are available for $25 and weekend passes are available for $15/person, all ages.
For advance tickets call the Michigan Union Ticket Office at (734) 763-8587 or go to the ticket office in the basement of the Michigan Union.
This event is hosted by the Native American Student Association, U-M chapter of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society, Native American Law Student Association, Native American Public Health Association, Native American programming Task Foce, and MESA, a Division of Student Affairs.
For more information, see the Pow Wow web site at call (734)647-6999, or e-mail powwow06@umich.edu
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March 13, 2006
Arab Diasporas/Comparative Diasporas Film Series
A film presentation and post-screening roundtable discussion will be presented by the Center for Arab American Studies at University of Michigan Dearborn, next Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 6:30 - 9:00 and it may just be worth the trip to Dearborn! Here is a flier with more information and a map of U-M Dearborn campus
The title of the film is ABOUT BAGHDAD. The film follows the journey of Sinan Antoon, an Iraqi poet and journalist who left Iraq in 1991 and then returned for three weeks during the summer of 2003. Now that we are in 2006, the year 2003 may be ancient history for this country in transition but the New York Times calls this film "Meeting the Everymen of Iraq, Courtesy of a Returning Poet."
Those participating in the roundtable discussion after the film will be:
Deborah Alkamano, Professor of English, Henry Ford Community College
A member of the Library Committee at the Arab American
National Museum, a Women's Studies Advisory Board Member at University
of Michigan-Dearborn, and on several committees at HFCC including
Council of American Cultures.
Evelyn Alsultany, Faculty, Program in American Culture, UM-AA
Currently working on a book manuscript on representations
of Arab- and Muslim-Americans in the mainstream
media after 9/11.
Hashim Al-Tawil, Professor of Art History, Henry Ford Community College & UM-D
Associate Director of "The Pluralism Projectâ and director of Education, University of Michigan-Dearborn, an affiliate of the parent project at Harvard University since 1999
Saja Raoof, esq. (Immigration Lawyer and Community Activist)
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The Best Week Ever -- March 12-17
The U-M Office of LGBT Affairs invites the University community to a week of celebration, education, activism, advocacy, fellowship, and visibility for LGBT students, staff, and faculty and their allies. Check out the schedule of events on the Best Week Ever web site.
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