ALL
WEEK:
Art
Exhibit: Cultural Collaging
Artists:
Lisa Corrine Davis and Apo Torosyan
This exhibition highlights shifting
definitions of cultural identity as
enacted
through visual art.
12:00pm 每 4:00pm, Corridor Gallery,
Fine Arts Center
MONDAY,
October 7
Grounding
and Centering Workshop
Dr.
Faye Mandell, All-Ways Communication
(www.all-ways.com)
9:00am-12:00
Noon, Hardge Forum, Room 101, Multicultural
Center
The
Shadow of Hate: A Multicultural Perspective
(Film & Workshop)
Josephine Carabello, Community Relations
Service, U.S. Department of Justice
1:00pm, Hardge Forum, Room 101, Multicultural
Center
Diversity
on the Web:
Interactive Workshops
Graduate
School of Library and Information
Studies
Computer
Classroom 005, Multicultural Center
﹞
12:00 Noon - 12: 50pm
Diversity Compliance in Web
Design
Lisa Chen,
University Webmaster
﹞
2:00pm-2: 50pm Islam
on the Internet
Promising
Scholars:
2nd Annual Graduate Student
Symposium On Diversity
Facilitated
by Dr. Paul Bueno de Mesquita, Department
of Psychology
3:30pm
每 5:00pm, Hardge Forum, Room 101,
Multicultural Center
Presenters:
﹞
Elizabeth Elaine Fisher,
Department of History, "Azoreans
in the Nineteenth
Century Whalefishery and City of New
Bedford, Massachusetts
﹞
Sally Gomaa, English
Department, "From a Free/Slave
Binary to a
White/Black Dialectic: Abolitionist
Discourse and the Problem of "Race"
(1831-1861)."
﹞ Melynda
Craig, Department of Psychology, "Contextualizing
Coming Out
Through the the Prism of Race and
Gender: African American Lesbians
and
the Psychosocial Benefits and Costs
of Coming Out."
﹞ Erica
R. Checko, Department of Psychology,
"Assessment of the
Interrelationships of Different Health
Behaviors in Young Adults of Different
Ethnic Backgrounds and the Accuracy
of Their Health Perceptions."
6th
Annual Multicultural Center Poetry
Slam and Open Microphone
The
coolest hip-hop event on campus!
8:00pm,
Hardge Forum, Room 101, Multicultural
Center
MC's: Jesse Cook & Billy Georgopoulos
TUESDAY,
October 8
6th
Annual Diversity Video and Film Festival
Facilitated
by Eileen Tierney, University Library
Hardge
Forum, Room 101, Multicultural Center
- 9:30am
- 10:45am The Politics of
Love- In Black and White
Discussion
facilitated by Dr. Jim Campbell, Counseling
Center
- 11:00am
- 1:00pm "Promises"
A Video Documentary about the
Middle East Crisis
Discussion
facilitated by Dr. Nasser Zawia, Biomedical
Sciences
Computer Classroom, Room 005, Multicultural
Center
- 12:30pm
- 1:45pm Able to Laugh
Discussion
facilitated by Pamela Rohland, Disability
Services & Student Life
- 2:00pm
- 3:15pm Sound & Fury:
Understanding the Culture of Deafness
Discussion
facilitated by Dr. Susan Roush, Physical
Therapy
Gallery
Talk: Cultural Collaging
Bring
your lunch and join artist Apo Torosyan
in discussion.
A video of his work will also
be shown.
12 Noon, Corridor Gallery, Fine
Arts Center
URI
Honors Colloquium and Diversity Week
Keynote Address: Human Molecular Genetics
and the Subject of Race:
Contrasting the Rhetoric with
Practical Applications in Clinical
Medicine and Forensics by Dr. Troy
Duster
Co-sponsored
by the URI Honors Colloquium and the
URI Multicultural Center. Dr. Troy
Duster is currently Chancellor's Professor
of Sociology and Director of the Institute
for the Study of Social Change at
the University of California at Berkeley,
and Professor of Sociology at New
York University.
7:00 pm, Room 271, Chafee Social Science
Center
Reception
with Dr. Troy Duster immediately following
the lecture.
Join
faculty and students for stimulating
dialogue and refreshments.
Room
271, Chafee Social Science Center
Diversity
Interactive Workshops & Dialogue
Sessions
Approximately
twenty-five workshop sessions
A
complete listing of workshop titles
and presenters is listed on page 4.
10:00am
- 5:00pm, Third Floor Meeting Rooms
& Atrium II, Memorial Union, and
the Multicultural Center
Gallery
Talk: Cultural Collaging
Bring
your lunch and join artist Lisa Corrine
Davis in discussion.
12 Noon, Corridor Gallery, Fine Arts
Center
URI
Study Away Fair
Program
representatives and resources for
Study Abroad Program, National Student
Exchange, and International internships
Office
of International Education & National
Student Exchange
11:00am
每 3:00pm, Ballroom, Memorial Union
Exploring
the World Through Song
Vocalist
Roxana Tourigny (Soprano in the Great
Performances Program)
Pianists-
Dr. Manabu Takasawa and Dr. Joseph
Parillo, Music
The
program consists of French, Italian,
Spanish, German, Greek, Japanese,
Hebrew-Latino, Russian, Polish, English
and classical songs.
8:00pm, The Kingston Congregational
Church
THURSDAY,
October 10
Engineering
and Technology Job Fair
11 am - 3 pm, URI Memorial Union Ballroom
Celebrations of Music / Musical Culture
Hardge
Forum, Room 101, Multicultural Center
- 9:30am
- 10:45 Representations of Hip Hop Culture in the Marseilles Soccer Stadium
(video)
Dr.
Alain-Philippe Durand, French
- 11:00am
- 12:15pm Hip Hop: the Social Event of Rap Music
Donald
King and Raidge, Providence Black
Repertory Theatre
- 12:30pm
- 1:45pm Finding Common Ground:
Resolving Cultural Conflicts With
Music & Nonviolence
Musical Performance by Walt
Michael, Lea Gilmore, Walter Liniger,
Linda Van Hart & Dr. Henry Reiff.
Facilitated by Dr. Charles Collyer,
Psychology
- 2:00
pm - 3:15 pm Finding Common
Ground: Resolving Cultural Conflicts
With Music & Nonviolence
Musical Performance by Walt
Michael, Lea Gilmore, Walter Liniger,
Linda Van Hart & Dr. Henry Reiff.
Facilitated by Dr. Charles Collyer,
Psychology
- 3:30pm
- 4:45pm Selections by the
URI Chorus with the Jazz Ensemble
"Lively Experiment"
Directed
by Mark Conley, Music Department
- Diversity
on the Web: Interactive Workshops
Graduate
School of Library and Information
Studies
Computer
Classroom, Multicultural Center
﹞
9:30am - 10:20am Women＊s
Studies Resources
﹞
11:00am - 11:50am The
Latino Web Presence
﹞
12:30pm - 1:20pm Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
Resources
﹞
2:00pm - 2:50pm Native
American Resources
﹞
The Laramie Project
Created from verbatim conversations
with the residents of Laramie, Wyoming
this innovative play by Moses Kaufman
and the Tectonic Theatre Group presents
a series of moments depicting the
diverse reactions of a community to
the brutal murder in 1998 of Matthew
Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student.
Play opens October 10, 2002 and runs
for two weeks.
For tickets, please contact the URI
Box Office at (401) 874-5843.
Advance reservations are recommended.
Ticket prices are $12 for General
Admissions and $10 for Senior Citizens
and Students.
8:00 pm, J Studio Theatre, Fine Arts
Center
Question
and Answer Session: It Can＊t
Happen Here＃Can It? 每 Hate Crimes
In Our Town
Faculty and staff respond to questions
from the URI community about issues
such as the meaning of community and
the campaign to overcome hate, bigotry,
and violence (there is no charge for
the Question and Answer Session).
Panelists include:
Reverand
Dr. Jennifer Phillips, Saint Augustine
Episcopal church
Hailani
Chan-Williams, Protestant Chaplain
Father
John Soares, Catholic Center
Kate
Monteiro, President, RI Alliance for
Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Andrew
Winters
Facilitated
by Dr. Bryna Wortman, Theatre.
10:00pm,
J Studio Theatre, Fine Arts Center
FRIDAY,
October 11
Implementing
Multiculturalism in an Academic Department
For
Administrators, Chairs, and Faculty
members.
Facilitated by Dr. Lisa Bowleg,
Psychology and the Psychology Department
Multicultural Task Force
10:00am
每 11:30am, Multicultural Center, Hardge
Forum, Room 101.
Peace
and Harmony Meditation
A
period of quiet reflection, remembrance,
and hopefulness.
Dr.
Celina Pereira, Health Services; Laurie
Johnson, Health Services; Dr. Art
Stein, Political Science; and Clare
Sartori-Stein, Coalition Against Racism
12:00
Noon 每 1:00pm, Multicultural Center,
Hardge Forum, Room 101.
URI
Pangaea Roots Music Series 2002 Featuring
Cristina Branco.
World
Renowned Portuguese Fado Recording
Artist On Her Debut American Tour
Free Admission
8:00pm, Edwards Auditorium.
News
Stories about Diversity Week 2002:
Laramie
Project' panel addresses issues of
hate crimes
By Jamie
Turcotte, News Editor, The Good
5 Cent Cigar
10/16/02
Diversity
workshop teaches non-violent communication
By Jessica
Gillman,
The Good 5 Cent Cigar
Oct. 10, 2002
Diversity
radiates through music
By Chris
Keegan, Assistant News Editor,
The Good Fiver Cent Cigar
Oct. 11, 2002
Journalists
discuss coverage, impact of genetic
revolution
By Jessica
Gillman Assistant News Editor,
The Good 5 Cent Cigar
10/16/02
Diversity
week concert demonstrates expression
through music
By Michael
Gagne, News Editor,
The Good 5 Cent Cigar
Oct. 11, 2002
Tears,
laughter for URI's 'Laramie Project'
By Jamie
Turcotte, News Editor,
The Good 5 Cent Cigar
10/16/02
