Students
Diverse Identities Program
Each spring, the annual "Diverse Identities Week" offers planned programming to create awareness and educate the student body about diversity and tolerance through interactive and thought- provoking events, dialogue, and cultural performance. Its goal is to take a stand against discrimination by breaking barriers and becoming proactive about learning and appreciating racial, cultural, religious, ability, and gender differences.
Events are planned primarily through the Ortiz Programs and the Cultural Center, but students are the driving force behind much of the event selection, organization, and logistics execution.
Diverse Identities Programming 2008
Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
| March 1 -31 | Ongoing | "All Related, All Different" Art Exhibit This 18–panel project presents genetic research through stunning photographs, demonstrating that there is only one race—the human race. |
TI |
| Wednesday, March 5 |
7p.m. | "Last Call for Alcohol" A Health & Wellness event, featuring Brent Scarpo & Patti Ramey |
Hoover 100 |
| Thursday, March 6 |
4:30p.m. | "Kuwait and the War in Iraq" Dr. Alanoud Al-Sharekh, visiting Fulbright Scholar |
Memorial Chapel |
| Monday, March 10 |
12:30p.m. | "Dimensions of Identity" A Disability Services & Counseling Center event. |
Disability Services Center/ CAS |
| Wednesday, March 12 |
7p.m. | "Dream Act: A Look at Both Perspectives" Panelist discuss the Dream Act initiative/legislation. |
Hoover 100 |
| Saturday, March 15 |
11a.m. | "World Eats & Beats" Student-organized festival celebrating cultures in food, music, and performance, with socially-conscious fashion fair. |
Upper Quad |
| Monday, March 17 |
12:30p.m. | "Panel Discussion: Persons with Disabilities" An open forum in which students with disabilities will share personal experience, dicuss challenges, and take questions. |
Stauffer Science, Rm 301 |
Tuesday, March 18 |
3p.m. | "Transgender Identity" Panelists will discuss transgender identity and related issues. |
Hartley House |
| 6p.m. | Slam Poetry Contest | Memorial Chapel | |
| 7p.m | Concert: "From Trials to Jubilation" Fred Hawthorne'00, author of "Mud Free Rose," gives an evening of music, poetry, and theatre. |
Memorial Chapel | |
Wednesday, March 19 |
2:30p.m. | "Latin Immersion Program Information Session" Study Abroad opportunities and experiences are showcased. |
Platner Hall 202 |
| 4:30p.m. | "Latin Dinner & Entertainment" Campus catering offers Latin cuisine, accompanied by cultural performances. |
Upper Quad | |
| Thursday, March 20 |
12:30p.m. | "Stress & Anxiety Management" A Disability Services & Counseling Center workshop. |
Disability Services Center/ CAS |
| Week of March 24 - 28 |
Ongoing |
"Clothesline Project" A Health & Wellness event promotes awareness of violence against women through individual creative expression. |
TI |
| Monday, March 24 |
5:30p.m. | "The Epic Tale of the Volcano Goddess" Film Screening & Hawaiian Shave Ice Hawaiian culture is explored through the story of Pele. |
Hoover 100 |
| Tuesday, March 25 |
7p.m. | "Janka: One Woman's Story of the Holocaust" Performance & Q&A Performance of the one-woman show, chronicling the life of a Holocaust survivor. Playwright Oscar Speace, Janka's son, will then host a Q&A. |
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts |
