Multicultural Initiatives

Speak Your Mind

The Speak Your Mind weekly series encourages community members to discuss important issues of diversity in a comfortable and non-threatening atmosphere. The discussions are facilitated by an expert on the subject who begins the meeting with an informative introduction of the issue and then leads the discus­sion with directed questions and an open forum. Dinner is served at each discussion with topics rotating each week between those related to multiculturalism, gender, faith, and the GLBT community.

Because topics often change to reflect current atmosphere on campus, we might not have information far in advance. Look for our posters across campus.

Upcoming Discussions

Cultural Conflicts:  Asian American Identity
Tuesday, November 13th
5:00 pm
Peter/Wright/McKenna (UC)

Kappa Phi Lambda & the Student Development Office 3 D (Discuss, Debate, Deliberate Program). Dinner will be provided.

Body Image and the Media
Tuesday, November 13th
5:30-7:00 pm
Porter Hall 100

Speak your mind and explore the impact of advertising and its effects on perceptions of the self and society.  Join us for a short film, "The Strength to Resist: The Media's Impact on Women and Girls" followed by a guided discussion by Dr. Marsha Frank of Chatham University.  Dinner will be served.

For more info, contact .

John Bowe: Lecture with Q & A
Tuesday, November 13th
6:00 pm
McConomy Auditorium (UC)

John Bowe, award-winning journalist and author of Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, exposes the illegal outsourcing, immigration fraud and indentured servitude that create the “everyday low prices” we crave.

Sponsored by Amnesty International, Student Development, Student Activities, Student Senate & the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.

Knowledge+
Tuesday, November 27th
5:30 pm
Dowd (UC)

Come spread knowledge positively by learning about the GLBT Civil  Rights Movement, the changing role of HIV/AIDS in the GLBT community and elsewhere, be empowered and inspired to educate others.
Refreshments will be provided.

For more info, contact .