Once again the University of Rhode Island presents an exciting program of activities to recognize 
and celebrate the rich and diverse personal heritages present in our campus community. 
The Fourth Annual Diversity Week, October 16th - 20th 2000, will feature workshops, films and videos, 
exhibitions, a poetry slam, and other celebrations of multiculturalism. By diversity we mean to be inclusive
of cultural and ethnic identity, and of distinctions by language, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation,
 class, rural or urban roots or other groupings. Below you'll find a tentative schedule of events. Please encourage
 your friends and colleagues to participate in this important event.

Melvin Wade , Katie Branch and  Paul B. de Mesquita
Diversity Week Co-Chairs

Monday-October 16

• DIVERSITY WEEK KEY NOTE ADDRESS  
  Speaker: Dr. Ronald Takaki- Professor of Ethnic Studies, 
  University of California at Berkeley
  Topic: Why Multiculturalism Matters Edwards Auditorium, (7:30 PM)
  
  
• INHERITANCE: THE ELDER RELATIVES SERIES by Paola Ferrario.
  Photography Gallery. Fine Arts Center. 12-4PM. Meet the  artist at 12:00 noon, Gallery
  
  
  
• GRAFFITI WALL 
  Express your diversity! Be creative. 
  Memorial Union, Booths 4 and 5 (9:00 - 5:00 PM)
  
  

• MULTICULTURAL HEALTH SCREENINGS 
  Curious about genetic predisposition to illness? Call for a personal health screening: 874 - 4751
  
  

Tuesday- October 17

• SLIDE SHOW: Exploring My Diaspora 
  Artist: Annu Matthew
   Multicultural Center, Forum, Room 101
  (11:00AM -12:00 PM)
  
  

• 4TH ANNUAL DIVERSITY VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL 
  (12:30  to 4:45 PM)
   Multicultural Center Forum  Eileen Tierney, Media Technician, University Library. 

  • 12:30-1:45 Able to Laugh Video and discussion session facilitated by Anne Dupre, Physical Therapy 

   

  •  2-3:15 It¡¯s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School 
    A video and discussion session facilitated by Gary Burkholder and Lisa Bowleg, Psychology

   

  • 3:30-4:45 Studies in French Cinema?
    A Debate discussion organized and animated by Alain-Philippe Durand and students of French 320
    
    

• GRAFFITI WALL 
  Express your diversity! Be creative. 
  Memorial Union, Booths 4 and 5 
  (9:00 - 5:00 PM)
  
  
• MULTICULTURAL HEALTH SCREENINGS 
  Curious about genetic predisposition to illness?
   Call for a personal health screening: 874 - 4751
  
  
• Photographic Exhibit: Scenic Views (9:00am to 5:00pm)
  Artist: Bill Harrison ,
  Multicultural Center, Corridor
  
  
• LECTURE:
  domestic violence: public issue, not private trouble
  (7:30pm)
  URI Honors Colloquium
  Speaker: Kendra Marasco
  Kendra serves on Sojourner House (agency serving battered women) board of 
  directors and teaches classes at Providence College.
  Proceeded by the RHODE ISLAND FEMINIST CHORUS. 
  Chafee Social Science Center -Room 271
  

Wednesday- October 18

• DIVERSITY WORKSHOP SESSIONS 
  (10:00 am to 5:00 PM) 
  Approximately twenty-five workshop sessions. Consult a more detailed  program 
  below for a complete listing of workshop titles and presenters.
    Memorial Union, Third Floor Meeting Rooms
  
  

• VISITING ARTIST SERIES
    (12:00pm  to 4:00pm) 
  Ahmoo Angeconeb, and Imna Arroyo
   ¡°Silent Dialogue¡±  Fine Arts Center-
  Meet the  artist Mr. Angeconeb at 12:00 noon, Gallery talk
  
  

• 3rd ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL CENTER POETRY SLAM!!! 
  (8 PM 'til?)
  The coolest, hip-hop thing on campus. 
  Hosted by Jesse Cook and Tim Barlow .
  Multicultural Center, Forum, Room 101
  
  
• GRAFFITI WALL
   Express your diversity! Be creative. 
  Multicultural Center Forum, Room 101 (9-5PM)
  
  
• MULTICULTURAL HEALTH FAIR (10:00-3:00PM)
  An outdoor fair at Health Services: features a shared learning experience with guests 
  from various cultures sharing health  related practices from their culture.
  
  
• DIVERSITY ON THE WEB
   ( 10:00 - 10:50, 12:00 - 12:50, 2:00 - 2:50)
  Workshop sessions presented by GSLIS. Multicultural Center Computer Classroom 
  Native American Resources ( 3:30 - 5:00 ), 
  Library - Galanti Lounge

Thursday- October 19

• DIVERSITY ROUND TABLE SESSIONS
  (9:30AM - 4:45PM)
  Round tables described below.
  Multicultural Center, Hardge Forum
  
  
• INTERNSHIP & CO-OP JOB FAIR 2000
  (11:00AM to 2:00PM)
  Memorial Union Ballroom
  

• VISITING ARTIST SERIES
    (12:00PM  to 4:00PM) 
  Ahmoo Angeconeb, and Imna Arroyo
   ¡°Silent Dialogue¡±  Fine Arts Center- Corridor Gallery
  Meet the  artist Ms. Arroyo at 12:00 noon, Gallery talk
  
  

• IN WATER SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
  (2:00PM to 3:15PM)
  Facilitated by Ted Boyett, Aquatics Athletics.
  Learn about the limitations individuals with physical disabilities might have 
  in the swimming pool. A video will be shown to show some of the aquatic programs available.
  Keanny Gym- Tootel Aquatics Center Instructional Pool
  
  

• SCENES FROM "THE RAISIN IN THE SUN"
  Performed by students and Resurrecion Espinosa,
  Director, Teatro Latino. Discussion will follow.
  

• GRAFFITI WALL
   Express your diversity! Be creative. 
  Multicultural Center Forum, Room 101 (9-5PM)
  
  
• MULTICULTURAL HEALTH SCREENINGS 
  Curious about genetic predisposition to illness? Call for a personal health screening: 874 - 4751
  
  
• DIVERSITY ON THE WEB
   ( 9:30 - 10:30, 11:00 - 12:00, 2:00 - 3:00)
  Workshop sessions presented by GSLIS. Multicultural Center Computer Classroom 
  Resources For the Disabled  ( 3:30 - 5:00 ), 
  Library - Galanti Lounge
  

Friday- October 20

• CHINESE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS IN THE U.S.
   (11:00 -11:50 AM)
  Workshop led by Yan Ma
  Library & Information Studies 
  Multicultural Center
  
  

• PEACE AND HARMONY MEDITATION
  (12:00 - 12:50 PM)
  A non-sectarian period of quiet reflection focusing on peace and harmony by URI Meditation Instructors
  MCC Forum, Room 101 
  
  

• IMPLEMENTING MULTICULTURALISM IN AN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT: 
  A FORUM FOR CHAIRS & DEANS (2:00 - 3:30)
  by Psychology Department Multicultural Task Force
  MCC Forum, Room 101 
  
• MULTICULTURAL HEALTH SCREENINGS 
  Curious about genetic predisposition to illness? Call for a personal health screening: 874 - 4751
  
  
• PANGAEA FESTIVAL (8:00 PM)
  Edwards Auditorium
  

Workshop Schedule 
 Wednesday-October 18
All workshops are held in the Memorial Union
10-10:50 | 11-11:50 | 12-12:50
1-1:50 |2-2:50 | 3-3:50| 4-4:50

10:00-10:50

• On Latino Identity, Diversity & Politics
  Tom Morin, Languages
  
• The Council of Churches in the Civil Rights Movement
  Jim Findlay, History
  
• Promoting Community
  Joanne Eichenger, Education
  
• Meaning of Money
  Joan Gray Anderson & Jing J. Xiao
  Human Develeopment & Family Studies
  
• An Interactive Intergenerational Panel
  Marie Leinhaas, Gerontology
  
  

11:00-11:50

• Queer and Now
  Stephen Barber, English
  
• Racial Disproportionality in Prisons: Causes and Remedies
  Leo Carroll, Sociology/Anthropology
  
• Ending Hunger One Step at a Time
  Kathleen Gorman, Center for Hunger
  
• Coming Out Personal Identity in Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students
  Al Lott & Student Panel, Psychology
  
  

12:00-12:50

• Beyond Color and Creed
  Laurie Johnson, RN
  Celine Pereira, MD
  URI Health Services
  
• The Cape Verdean Education Experience
  Mayerlin Caridad
  Nzingha Blackman
  Human Development & Family Studies
  
• Today's China
  Julie Hu
  Huiting Zhuang
  
• Why Women in Science?
  Joan Peckham, Computer Science
  Lisa Harlow, Psychology
  
• The Significance of Selma (AL) in the Civil Rights Movement
  Bernard Lafayette, Center for Nonviolence
  

1:00-1:50

• The Communication Gap Exists
  Linda Palazzo
  Robert Drapeau
  Barbara McDonald
  URI Police and Security
  
• Belize Summer Study Program
  Student Group
  Study & Research Abroad in Developing
  Nations Programs
  Office of Student Affairs & Office of Special Programs URI- CCE
  
• Native Americans: Contemporary Issues
  Native American Advisory Committee
  
• South African Student Experience
  Jonathan Lewis
  
• Social Class and Poverty at URI??
  Bernice Lott
  Psychology and Women's Studies
  
• What we Need to do at URI  to be a More Diverse Institution
  Facilitated by Guy McCombs 
  with members of the Diversity Planning Team
  
  

2:00-2:50

• Sports Group: Recreation for Individuals With and Without Apparent Disabilities
  Ted Boyett
  Athletics
  
• Women as Musicians
  Joe Parillo
  Music
  
• African - Americans at the Crossroads: 
  The Elections
  Peniel Joseph, History
  
• Bilingual Poetry
  Resurrecion Espinosa
  Director, Teatro Latino
  
  

3:00-3:50

• Gender and Work
  Helen Mederer
  Sociology/Anthropology
  
• Culture and Racism in Health Care
  Diane Martins
  Jeanne Leffers
  Nursing
  
• Intercultural Awareness and Acceptance
  Donna Figueroa
  Office of International Education
  Stacey Shears
  Human Development & Family Studies
  
• URI 101 Section 84... on Diversity Issues
  Mayerlin Caridad
  Human Development & Family Studies
  
• Finding Faith in a World of Injustice
  Christy Brancatelli
  Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
  

4:00-4:50
Music and Social Change
Steve Wood
Communications
Stephen Myles
Counseling Center

Roundtable Discussion Schedule 
 Thursday-October 19
All workshops are held in the Multicultural Center

• 9:30 - 10:45 
  Learning Race: Personal Stories
  Moderator: Lynne Derbyshire with student panel
  Communication Studies
  
• 11:00 -12:15
  Disability As An Issue Of Diversity
  Gail Lepkowski, Pamela Rohland 
  Disability Services
  
• 12:30 - 1:45
  Globalization, Gender, And The Environment
  Virginia Lee, Coastal Resources Center - Bay Campus
  
• 2:00 - 3:15
  Hate Speech: Constitutional Right or Wrong?
  Tony Fargo
  Jounalism
  
• 3:30 - 4:45
  Resolving Cultural Conflicts Through Non Violence
  Charles Collyer
  Psychology