[Geo_scholars] Fwd: CC List: Cultural Center Events for Oct-Dec.

Fri Oct 16 13:46:18 EDT 2009

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From: Melissa Scheid Frantz <mysSA at hampshire.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Subject: CC List: Cultural Center Events for Oct-Dec.
To: Melissa <mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu>

To: Cultural Center List

Mark your calendars now for these upcoming events at the Cultural Center!

1) Oct. 17, Arts & Activism program
2) Oct. 18, James Baldwin Scholars/SOURCE Brunch
3) Oct. 19, Psychotherapy 101: "I'm not crazy!"
4) Sign up by Oct. 19 for SOURCE Intergroup Dialogue on Skin Tone, Oct.,
24-25
5) Nov, 2, "Between Cultures: The psychology of multiple cultural
affiliation" workshop
6) Nov. 17, Dinner with multicultural faculty
7) Nov. 17 and Dec. 2, Writing Help Sessions with Ellie Siegel
8) Ringing of the Bells celebrating graduates and SOURCE community
9) Winter closet -- are you too cold?

* DETAILS ABOUT THESE DYNAMIC PROGRAMS BELOW *
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"The Lebrón-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center as a SOURCE for Change: Celebrating
20 Years"

Saturday, 17 October, 2009 as part of Family & Friends Weekend
1:30–3:00pm, Kahlo Gallery, Lebrón-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center
The underlying mission of the Cultural Center over the last twenty years has
been social change. At this session, multicultural students, faculty, and
alumni will discuss and share their work to effect social change through
arts and activism. Additionally, an exhibit of stories about the Cultural
Center from alumni, students, and faculty will be shown. The Cultural Center
invites the campus to join in the celebration of its founding. Light
refreshments will be provided.

Monday, 26 October, 2009
3:30-4:30pm
A Celebration and Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the
Lebrón-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center with the dedication of the new
"dialogue" area of a new bench and tree, backyard of the center. Light
refreshments served. *On October 26, 1989 the Lebrón-Wiggins-Pran Cultural
Center officially opened its doors.*
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Baldwin Scholars and SOURCE Brunch (http://www.hampshire.edu/news/13620.htm)
Sunday, 18 October
11 a.m.-1 p.m, Red Barn

Please join us for this wonderful chance to celebrate the talents and
accomplishments of both the Baldwin Scholars and the SOURCE (students of
under-represented cultures and ethnicities) community.

The Baldwin Scholars Program provides talented students of color from
underserved communities an opportunity to develop and improve the skills
necessary for college success through coursework and tutorial support at
Hampshire. Many Baldwin Scholars are also involved in the multicultural
student groups who make up the coalition of SOURCE.

RSVP required: alumni at hampshire.edu

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Psychotherapy 101: "I'm not crazy!"

Monday, Oct. 19
4pm-5pm @ Cultural Center

Do you sometimes wonder if talking to someone about your problems and/or
feelings could help you? Does the idea of therapy make you uncomfortable?
Are you curious about how you might use therapy? About what people talk
about in therapy?

Please join staff from the Health Services (
http://www.hampshire.edu/studentlife/10799.htm) for an information session
about therapy at Hampshire College. We will describe some difficulties
people face when seeking services, tell you more about what the Health
Center offers, and answer any questions you have. (This program is part of
the Cultural Center's continued series,"SOURCE Well-Being Programs")

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What has been your experiences talking about your racial/ethnic background
and your skin tone?

Participate in the SOURCE Intergroup Dialogue on Skin Tone, Oct., 24-25
(11am-4pm both days required) to engage in this topic and build your
dialogue skills.

Register online by Oct. 19, midnight:
https://intranet.hampshire.edu/forms/viewForm.php?id=472

"SOURCE Intergroup Dialogue on Skin Tone" (SOURCE - coalition of Students of
Under-Represented Cultures & Ethnicities)
Participants will reflect on how "skin tone" impacts their college
experiences as well as the dynamics "skin tone" brings to the Cultural
Center and beyond. This dialogue explores similarities, differences and
conflicts related to the multicultural student community. This is also an
opportunity for personal exploration.

“Intergroup Dialogue is a facilitated face-to-face interaction between
students from difference background, with the goal of raising awareness
about their differences as well as commonalities. It creates room for
students to engage in honest and productive dialogues about issues of social
inequalities and explore ways in which they can work together towards
justice and equity.” Zúñiga, X. & Nagda, B. A., Chesler, M, & Cytron-Walker,
A. (2007). Intergroup dialogue in high education: Meaningful learning about
social justice. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Volume 32, Number 4. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

*Facilitators' Bios:
Patricia Cardoso was born and had lived in the Cape Verdean Islands until
eight years ago when she immigrated to the United States. She is currently a
first-year doctoral student at the University of
Massachusetts/Amherst in the Education Policy and Leadership program. She
hopes to conduct research around immigrant students’ collegiate experiences.
While pursuing her master's degree in Social Justice Education she
facilitated dialogue and workshops around race and ethnicity for women,
ableism, and sexism.

Rani Varghese is a doctoral candidate in the Social Justice Education
Program and graduate certificate student in Women's Studies at University of
Massachusetts Amherst. She received her training in
clinical social work at Smith College School for Social Work where she now
teaches as an adjunct faculty member. Her research interests include
examining issues of violence in the South Asian community, expanding current
conceptions of body image, and teaching about social justice issues in the
social work context. Rani has over 10 years experience as a diversity and
social justice trainer

This intergroup dialogue is the third dialogue in a series since last year
to foster and increase dialogue within the SOURCE community on issues
intersecting with race/ethnicity. Questions, contact Cultural
Center, 559-5461.

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"Between Cultures: The psychology of multiple cultural affiliation" workshop

Monday, Nov. 2
@ 3:30pm – 5:00pm, Cultural Center

This brief workshop, facilitated by Dr. Nina Wurgaft of the Hampshire
College Counseling Service, will address issues that arise when a person
feels that "who they are" is too complex to fit into existing socially
sanctioned cultural categories. People who are multilingual, multiracial,
multiethnic or multinational often describe a feeling of "belonging both
everywhere and nowhere" at the same time; their identity, sometimes even
their name, is context-dependent. All who are interested in exploring the
complexities of this increasingly prevalent psychological experience are
welcome to attend. (This program is part of the Cultural Center's continued
series,"SOURCE Well-Being Programs")

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Dinner with multicultural faculty
Nov. 17
5:30-7pm at the Cultural Center

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Writing Help Sessions with Ellie Siegel (Writing Center faculty)
Nov. 17 and Dec. 2
7-9pm at the Cultural Center

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Ringing of the Bells celebrating graduates and SOURCE community
December - date to be announced.
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Unprepared for the bitter cold of the fall and soon to be winter? Stop by
the Cultural Center's Winter Closet for multicultural students to check out
coats, scarves, hats...Just ask a Cultural Center Staff member.
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Questions can be directed to Melissa, mscheidfrantz at hampshire.edu, or
559-5415.

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Melissa Scheid Frantz Director, Multicultural & International Student
Services
-- International Student Advisor
-- Coordinator for Multicultural Academic Support

Student Life | Hampshire College | 893 West St.
Amherst, MA  01002 USA | tel: 413.559.5415 | fax: 413.559.6668 |
http://www.hampshire.edu/culturalcenter

"Sustaining Community; Building the Future: The Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural
Center as a SOURCE for Change – Celebrating 20 years"

* If you are an international student with an emergency visa issue that
needs immediate assistance and it's outside of regular business hours,
please call the Hampshire Switchboard at 413.549.4600.

-- 
Xiaolei Gu
Hampshire College
xg07 at hampshire.edu
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