Greenfield Intercultural Center

3708 Chestnut Street

Experience Deaf culture in this critically acclaimed, hilarious, one-man show, chronicling Alan Abarbanell's experiences growing up hearing in a Deaf family.
Free with a Penncard, $5 for community members
Co-sponsored by: Creative Access, Weingarten Learning Resources Center Office of Student Disabilities Services, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Penn Language Center, Conservative Jewish Community
Check out www.abababatour.com for more information or call Alix Winter, 908-451-0729.

Hanging nooses.  Racial taunts. Outrage and Violence.
What does it mean to you?

Come discuss the gray area between Blacks and Whites.

Listen to esteemed panelists address the facts and repercussions of the Jena 6 Affair from a media, a legal, and a socio-historical perspective�and get a chance to share your views!

All events are free and open to the public.

Come learn about culture, cuisine and cooking style, while enjoying a delicious meal.  As a part of VPUL's Healthy Cooking Series, the GIC will be sponsoring Shiva Vakilli as our guide to preparing healthy Persian food. Please RSVP to Ninah@pobox.upenn.edu Space
is Limited!

*Healthy Cooking Series*
For more info on the Healthy Cooking Series held every 4th Wed from 5 to 7 p.m. and to reserve your space contact Ninah at Ninah@pobox.upenn.edu. Brought to you by The LGBT Center, the Office of Health Education, La Casa Latina, Makuu - the Black Cultural Center, the Pan Asian American Community House & the Greenfield Intercultural Center.

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture's

ANNUAL CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER

co-presented by Penn Arab Student Society
Program 3:00-4:00pm ACTIVITIES

•  Henna and Calligraphy

•  Percussion Demonstrations

•  Art Display

•  Dessert and Refreshments

•  plus:  SILENT AUCTION

4:00-5:00pm  SHOWCASE

•  MidEast Ensemble (Joseph Tayoun, Adeeb Refela, Roger Mgrdichian, and Hafez El Ali) with guest Sudanese singer Alsarah

•  Al-Bustan Percussion Ensemble with Palestinian/Sudanese dance by Nehad Khader and Nahid Ibrahim

•  Songs by Al-Bustan Campers

•  Youth Video Screening

Admission $25/adult;   $10/student or child;    $50/family (2 adults+kids)
RSVP (preferably by November 26) to Brock Bevan at mailto:bbevan@albustanseeds.org bbevan@albustanseeds.org or call  267-809-3668

Location Hall of Flags in Houston Hall

3417 Spruce Street

DuBois College House's Cultural Pluralism Program ipresents
http://nativenationsdanceco.homestead.com/presentations1.html

NATIVE NATIONS DANCE THEATER

Public lecture: "Cave, City and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the Rediscovered Mexican Codex-Mapa de Cuauhtinchan

Co-sponsors: Office of the Provost and Office of the President, LALS, Office of the Dean, School of Art and Sciences, Native American Studies Program, Department of Religious Studies, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Office of the Chaplain and Du Bois College House.

6:30pm

Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St)

Rev. Chaz Howard, C'00 is Associate Chaplain of the University of Pennsylvania, service is a natural part of his duties. Yet he goes above and beyond his role, further incorporating community service into his professional and personal life. As President and co-founder of the Greater Love Movement, a non-profit anti-poverty organization, Chaz promotes awareness and action to address the needs of the homeless. Chaz also served as Executive Producer of a CD and a documentary project entitled The Souls of Poor Folk, and has edited a book of the same name that is due out in 2007. Come hear how Chaz has found and created outlets for his passion to serve, how he makes time for this while juggling other life commitments, and how he would encourage others to reflect upon the impact they and their own passions can have upon their communities, and the world at large.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Marla Brown in Alumni Relations at marlabr@upenn.edu (subject header: "DASS - 12/5/07") or (215) 573-3710. Please include your name, email address and phone number so we can contact you regarding the event location.

5:30-6:30 pm

Penn Hillel, Steinhardt Hall

215 South 39th Street Harrison Library (2nd Floor)

Monday, January 24

Latin American and Latino Studies Program present: Elizabeth Garcia Carrillo

Lawyer for the PCN (Process of Black Communities in Colombia)

"Ethnic Groups in Colombia: the Goal is Survival"
Co-sponsored by the Greenfield Intercultural Center, the Native American Studies and the Women's  Studies Program

12:00-1:00pm
Center for Africana Studies
3401 Walnut Street
Suite 330A

Monday, January 28

Join us for a screening of the documentary "Family Name," followed by a discussion led by members of Alliance and Understanding, Penn's black/Jewish dialogue group. Alliance and Understanding (AU), is a program that explores the partnership between Blacks and Jews during the Civil Rights era. The goal of the program is to foster understanding between the two communities on campus and to educate the larger campus on Black and Jewish issues and on this important partnership in American history. "Family Name" is a real-life mystery of buried roots and well-kept secrets. As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky Alston never questioned why all the other Alstons in his elementary school were black. Now twenty five years later he takes us on a quest to unravel this mystery. Equipped with a l6-mm camera, Alston sets out to find the descendants of the slaves and slave owners from a plantation once owned by his family. From New York to Alabama, Alston travels to family reunions, graveyards, churches, and the original Alston plantations, asking questions and digging up clues.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hillel Steinhardt Hall, S. 39th Street

Contact: Chloe Hurley, churley@sas.upenn.edu, 215.898.0104

The United Minorities Council and Counseling and Psychological Services will hold an open dialogue investigating the relatively low levels of engagement of the minority community in mental health services. More specifically, the forum will focus on the causes of the relative lack of engagement, such as a reliance on alternate modes of treatment (i.e. greater dependence on family or religion). Additionally the symposium will serve to highlight the solutions for bringing equity to mental health services access, particularly as it applies to the minority community here at the University of Pennsylvania.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Greenfield Intercultural Center

Wednesday, January 30

Rev. Chaz Howard, C'00 is Associate Chaplain of the University of Pennsylvania, service is a natural part of his duties. Yet he goes above and beyond his role, further incorporating community service into his professional and personal life. As President and co-founder of the Greater Love Movement, a non-profit anti-poverty organization, Chaz promotes awareness and action to address the needs of the homeless. Chaz also served as Executive Producer of a CD and a documentary project entitled The Souls of Poor Folk, and has edited a book of the same name that is due out in 2007. Come hear how Chaz has found and created outlets for his passion to serve, how he makes time for this while juggling other life commitments, and how he would encourage others to reflect upon the impact they and their own passions can have upon their communities, and the world at large.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Marla Brown in Alumni Relations at marlabr@upenn.edu (subject header: "DASS - 12/5/07") or (215) 573-3710. Please include your name, email address and phone number so we can contact you regarding the event location.

5:30-6:30 pm

Penn Hillel, Steinhardt Hall

215 South 39th Street Harrison Library (2nd Floor)

6:30pm

Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St)

5pm-7pm
LGBT Center (3907 Spruce St)

"Birth - Loss - Migration: Writings by Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil"

Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil was born in Hyderabad, India, and raised in the UK and the US. Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil is a poet and public interest lawyer. Her poetry has appeared in SAMAR, Roots & Culture, and in the anthologies "Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out" (Olive Branch Press, 2005), "Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak" (Beacon Press, 2005), "Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality" (Seal Press, 2006) and in the upcoming anthology "Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence" (Seal Press, January 1, 2008).

Sponsored by:  The Pan-Asian American Community House, The Greenfield Intercultural Center, Penn Women’s Center / Women’s History Month, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, the Muslim Students Association, Sangam, and the Excelano Project.

6:30 pm

Penn Women’s Center (37th and Locust Walk).  Light refreshments will be served.

Check One: Crossing the Color Line—An Interracial Dating Forum

7:00pm, Huntsman 240

Contact: em@nursing.upenn.edu

February 15-18

SELECTIONS FROM THE Human Rights Watch International Film Festival:

For information on each film go to http://www.ihousephilly.org/humanrightswatch2008.htm

In advance at Ticketweb.com 866.468.7619 or 1/2 hour before showtime at the box office.

International House, Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Tuesday, February 26

The Global Forum at Penn

A talk by Helene Gayle, President/CEO of CARE, one of the world's leading humanitarian agencies. Dr. Gayle, an SOM alumna, will be speaking about the role of women in fighting global poverty. 

BRB Auditorium in the School of Medicine  

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Wednesday, February 27th

Sharing Your Success: Building a Sustainable Nonprofit
Farah Jimenez C'90, L'96

For those willing to take on the unique financial and organizational challenges of leading and sustaining a non-profit corporation, the journey can inspire both profound trepidation and tremendous satisfaction. Enjoying great success along this journey is Farah Jimenez, C'90, L'96, Executive Director of Mt. Airy USA, a community-focused non-profit real estate development corporation in Philadelphia. Farah has gained both local and national recognition for her work with this organization; she was appointed to one of only ten seats on Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Commission, and President George W. Bush appointed her to the Community Development Advisory Board for a US Treasury Department fund in 2006. Join us to hear what events prompted Farah to put her Penn degrees to use in the non-profit world, what challenges and rewards — both personal and professional — she has experienced along the way, and what advice she would offer to those interested in pursuing a career in a similar arena.

Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Marla Brown in Alumni Relations at marlabr@upenn.edu (subject header: "DASS - 2/27/08") or call (215) 573-3710. Please include your name, email address and phone number so we can contact you in the event of any changes.

This event is co-sponsored by Penn Law's Career Planning & Placement Office.

6:00-7:00 p.m.
Penn Law, Silverman Hall, Room 240B
3400 Chestnut Street

Friday, February 29

Philadelphia Folklore Project

A lecture/demonstration by Dr.  A.J. Racy on Improvisation and Emotion in Music of the Arab World

PFP in West Philadelphia (735 S. 50th St)

7:00 - 8:30pm

 February 29 — March 1, 2008

29th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum

Going Public with Ethnography in Education

What counts as learning?  In the current public discourse of ever-narrowing definitions of learning, achievement, and educational value, ethnographic research offers powerful evidence that not everything that matters is being counted.  Ethnographers of education around the world continue to reveal the importance and complexity of social, cultural, and linguistic life in schools, of processes of learning, and of the intricate relationships upon which it depends.  How can we make accounts of this complexity heard within a popular discourse and public policy that seem ever more committed to simplifying definitions and solutions?  With all that we know and continue to discover through ethnography in education, how do we go public?  How do we engage with the media, with popular discourse, and with public policy on burning social and educational issues in ways that will influence what counts as learning and what counts as research?   

For an extensive list of presentations, you can go to http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum.php Center for Urban Ethnography
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education
3700 Walnut Street

Monday March 3

Shanta Driver

Civil Rights Attorney and national spokesman for BAMN

Building the New Civil Rights Movement

Shanta Driver, attorney and national spokesperson for BAMN (The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary) will speak on BAMN's constitutional challenge to all current and future state bans on affirmative action. She will focus on why affirmative action programs are still necessary to achieve integration and equal opportunity in contemporary society, why these programs are not "preferences" or the cause of "stigma" as purported by Ward Connerly and the opponents of affirmative action and how this struggle can unite the black and Latina/o communities in an integrated fight for equality. Ms. Driver has been a civil rights organizer for over 35 years, and will emphasize what high school and college students can do to help rebuild a civil rights movement in America.

African American Resource Center, Asian American Studies Program, DuBois College House, La Casa Latina, Latino/Latin American Studies, Makuu, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, the Pan Asian American Community House, UMC, NAACP.

Du Bois- Multi-purpose room

W.E.B. College House

3900 Walnut Street

Monday, March 17

Six Directions and Amnesty International Present

Navigating the Maze of Injustice: 
Movement to end violence against Native American women with featured speaker Dr. Andrea Smith

Join us to learn about the sexual violence crisis facing Native women across the American continent, and how you can be empowered to affect change.  Panel discussion to follow featuring Catherine Struve, Penn Professor of Federal Indian Law, and others TBA.

(*note that this is the Monday after Spring Break!*)

Houston Hall – Griski Room (2nd floor)

5:00 pm

Thursday, March 20

Bell Hooks

Jane S. Pollack Memorial Lecture in Women’s Studies
Bell Hooks
(Distinguished Professor in Residence, Berea College)

"Claiming One's Place: Race, Gender, and Class"

Center for Africana Studies

Bodek Lounge @ 5:00 pm

Thursday,March 27

Marker (Arapaho) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and the director of Ts"kel First Nations Graduate Studies. He has served on the advisory of the Council on Anthropology and Education and has published articles on Indigenous issues in ethnohistory, higher education, and environmentalism. He designed and directed the Oksale Teacher Education program at Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation and was a high school teacher for Native students in Alaska. He is presently working on an international comparative project in Indigenous education comparing and contrasting Maori (New Zealand), Bolivia, and Coast Salish contexts.

To be culturally responsive to Indigenous communities, educators must engage with the multi-generational legacies of residential schooling and the effects of colonialism on the lives of Aboriginal students and families. Even more important, teachers need a self-reflective awareness of core tensions between Indigenous values and mainstream educational goals. In this presentation Dr. Marker describes some of his work learning about and utilizing place-based knowledge within the Coast Salish region of British Columbia and Northwest Washington State. His research analyzes discourse from Aboriginal education institutions that are attempting to integrate Indigenous knowledge into the curriculum and their attempts at collaborative cross cultural discourse with powerful mainstream institutions.  

For more info contact Valerie De Cruz at decruz@pobox.upenn.edu

Noon to 2 p.m.

Greenfield Intercultural Center

3708 Chestnut Street

Thursday, March 27

Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin Workshop 12:00 pm at Houston Hall: Bishop White

Staceyann Chin Performance 7:00 pm at Houston Hall: Hall of Flags

Tuesday, April 1

Student Ambassadors Of The World in association with CHAC Healthy Philadelphia Week

Presents

A Vicious Cycle  

The problem of maternal and
child malnutrition in developing countries

Dr. Craig Sinkinson, President of Mayan Medical Aid

Craig A. Sinkinson, M.D. is a US physician with over 30 years of experience in primary care and now practices in Guatemala, providing medical care and nutritional relief to the very poor. Mayan Medical Aid is the culmination of his long-standing dream to provide sustainable, high-quality health care and nutritional relief in places where health care either is not available or is inadequate

In his compelling and enlightening analysis, Dr. Craig Sinkinson will address issues engendered by maternal and child nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy and early childhood development.

More than 3.5 million mothers and children under the age of  five die unnecessarily each year due to malnutrition and millions more are permanently disabled by the physical and mental effects of a poor dietary intake in the earliest months of life. By the time poorly nourished children reach their second birthday, they suffer irreversible physical and cognitive damage, impacting their future health, economic well-being, and welfare. Therefore the critical window of opportunity for preventing these lifetime problems is from conception through 24 months of age. Moreover, the consequences of insufficient nourishment continue into adulthood and are passed on to the next generation as undernourished girls and women have children of their own.

For more information on Dr. Sinkinson's health initiative and his non profit organization, Mayan Medical Aid, you can visit the website at www.mayanmedicalaid.org.

Special Thanks to: SPEC Connaissance, Guatemala Health Initiative, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Civic House.

Living Room of Civic House (3914 Locust Walk)

7:00 pm- 8:30 pm

During Spring Break over 300 Penn Students traveled to locations across the globe to perform community service. Please join us in reflecting on and celebrating their work through a series of photographs that document their experiences. Refreshments will be served. All students and faculty are welcome.
30 photographs will be displayed from the following trips:

Civic House- Alternate Spring Break -Cincinnati, Everglades, Hillsboro, Johns Island, Lynchburg, New Orleans, Statesville
Campus Crusade for Christ - New Orleans
CommuniTech - New Orleans
FLINOLA - New Orleans
GIC Alliance and Understanding - Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham, and Atlanta
Hillel – Honduras
MAJIC (Hillel and MSA) – New Orleans
Maimonides Leaders - Poland/Prague
Newman Center- New Olreans

Following the opening on Wednesday (4/2), the gallery will then be open for viewing on Thursday (4/3) and Friday (4/4) from 5-8 pm and on Saturday (4/5) and Sunday (4/6) from 2-6 pm.
Exhibit was curated by Undergraduate Students Caroline New, Hannah Gilbert, Gillian Sturtevant, Rachel Goodman, and Rachel Lockwood. Event co-sponsored by Fox Leadership, SPEC, and Tangible Change.

Philomathean Society Art Galley, 4th Floor College Hall

7:00 pm - 9:00pm

April 3-6

5th Annual Ivy Native Council Conference
Remix: Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century

Please see registration materials.

You can return your materials by e-mail to ivynativecouncil2008@gmail.com or by mail.

Please also note there is a $15 registration fee that can be paid in advance or on site at the conference registration table.

Ivy Native Council Conference2008_Registration Materials

Harvard College

Wednesday, April 9

Tuesday, April 8

Movie Screening: Bosta

Join us for a movie screening of Bosta, a Lebanese film highlighting the struggles of a modernized Dabkeh group in their efforts to push the boundaries of society.  Popcorn and light refreshements will be served.

SHDH 109

7:00-9:00pm

Wednesday, April 9

Wednesday, April 9

Wednesday, April 9

Wednesday, April 9

Thursday, April 10

Friday, April 11

Friday, April 11th

Our approach:  We hope to address the above question in a manner that is (1) nonpartisan, covering a spectrum of viewpoints, and (2) committed to a freewheeling yet respectful dialogue focused on solutions rather than debates about past mistakes.

Speakers [subject to change]

Prof. Sohail Hashmi:  Author of “An Islamic Solution [to the problem of Iraq].”

Robert Dreyfuss:  Author of “Getting Out.”

Col. Paul Hughes (U.S. Army, Retired):  Author of “Consolidating Gains in Iraq.”

Gareth Porter:  Author of “The Third Option in Iraq:  A Responsible Exit Strategy.”

Bill Pace:  Contributor to: A United Nations Emergency Peace Service.

Ivan Eland:  “The Way Out of Iraq:  Decentralizing the Iraqi Government.”

Prof. Joseph Schwartzberg:  “A New Perspective on Peacekeeping.”

Prof. Nabil Al-Tikriti:  “Social & Political Forces in Iraq:  An NGO Primer.”

Special “observer” category:  Current and recent policymakers (congressmen; State Department officials, UN Missions, retired ambassadors; etc.); those who influence policy; Iraq war vets; & families of soldiers who died in Iraq. 

Cost:  $25 (includes box lunch) with advance registration.  $35 at the door.   

Students and Iraq vets free, assuming seat availability.  Only 180 seats. 

Major Sponsor:  Newman’s Own Foundation.  Promotional Sponsor:  National Constitution Center.  Co-sponsor:  Citizens for Global Solutions (Philadelphia).

More Info & Pre- Registration: www.globalconstitutionforum.org;or contact jamestranney@post.harvard.edu or 215-849-9165.

National Constitution Center , Kirby Auditorium

525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Friday, April 18th

Monday, April 21st

Thurday, April 24th

May 2-3

Native American Languages in Crisis:

Exploring the Interface between Academia, Technology and Smaller Native Language Communities

This conference will provide a special, though not exclusive, emphasis on smaller Native language communities as it brings together a wide range of scholars and community language activists for analysis and open discussion of the impacts and trade-offs related to technology and academia in Native language revitalization work.
Conference presentations will be built on prepared papers and lead to roundtable discussions, engaging both presenters and audience.
Papers and proceedings of the conference are to be published in order to help clarify how the digital resources from technology and the intellectual resources from academia can help revitalize Native languages.

Classroom 2, Penn Museum

Sunday May 4

Lenape Language Workshop

The final day is reserved for a Lenape Language Workshop organized by Ann Dapice. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for members of different Lenape communities across the US and Canada to compare information on the ongoing efforts to preserve the Lenape language and develop best practices.

Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum

For more information contact Robert Preucel at

rpreucel@sas.upenn.edu

Native American Languages in Crisis

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