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The Legacy of African American Women: We Keep Coming (GVSU) Tuesday, February 27, 7 p.m. Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center (GVSU, downtown campus) and Thursday, March 1, 7 p.m. Cook-DeWitt Center (GVSU, Allendale campus) Featuring a cast of GVSU students, staff and Grand Rapids community women, this play spans 100 years of African American women who were denied access to the suffragette movement but formed their own groups so they could make a difference in the lives of all women in the United States. For more information, call 331-6550. Third Ghana Independence Day Celebration "Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ghana's Independence" March 3, 2007, 6 p.m. Academic Center Davenport University (415 E. Fulton) The evening will include Taste of African Cuisine, Drama, Music featuring the Ghana Student Ensemble, a Presentation of "The Joseph Project," and a Reconciliation Ceremony. This event is sponsored Grand Rapids Sister Cities International, the Ga District Committee, and the Davenport University International Affairs Office. Donation: $25 Adults, $15 Students (with ID) RSVP by February 28, 2007 Make checks payable to GRSCI-Ga Committee. Mail it to P.O. Box 240, 1884 Breton Rd. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. Workshop for Teachers - by Dr. Steeve O. Buckridge (Ford Museum) March 3, 2007 For more information, please see Gerald R. Ford Museum's website at www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Guest Speaker - Ford Museum & Sunday Afternoon Regional Speakers (Part of Sunday Series at Ford Museum) March 6, 2007 For more information, please see Gerald R. Ford Museum's website at www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. "Viola Liuzzo: An Exemplary Woman in Extraordinary Times" (Davenport University) Traveling Exhibit opening: March 12 at 5:30 p.m. (until March 20) Davenport University, Lettinga Campus (6191 Kraft SE) The exhibit will also be at the Detroit Historical Museum from April 13 until May 3. "Viola Liuzzo: An Exemplary Woman in Extraordinary Times" will feature the story of Viola Liuzzo the only European-American woman who was murdered by segregationists during the Civil Rights movement. Liuzzo was a Detroit native and her story has been a source of inspiration for many both regionally and nationally. The exhibit will explore her role in the Civil Rights movement both as an example of an idealistic person focused on social change as well as an example of a victim of a racist social system resistant to change. The exhibit will be constructed around Davenport University student work--approximately twenty class sections have participated in the project and additional students have contributed projects independently. This exhibit has been developed through collaborative efforts of the Davenport University students with support and guidance of Davenport University faculty. It is partially funded through a "We the People" grant from the Michigan Humanities Council. Guest Speaker - Dr. Samba Gadjigo (part of GVSU Film Festival) March 14 - 16, 2007 More Information Pending Orlando Patterson, "What Was Lost, What Survived: Consequences of the Middle Passage in the United States and the Caribbean" (GVSU Lecture Series) March 23, 2007, 7 p.m. Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center Grand Valley State University (downtown campus) Orlando Patterson, distinguished scholar, novelist and critic, is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His academic interests include the comparative study of slavery, freedom, and socio-economic underdevelopment, espcially in the Caribbean. Patterson is the author of many academic texts including Ethnic Chauvinism: The Reactionary Impulse and Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries. Dr. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., "Immigration and Race in the Global Era" - GVSU Professional People of Color Series (GVSU) Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4-6p.m. Cook-DeWitt Center Grand Valley State University, Allendale Campus Dr. Muñoz was the founding chair of the first Chicano Studies Department in the nation in 1968 and was the founding chair of the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS). He is the author of numerous works and considered an expert on ethnic and racial politics. For more information, please contact Dean Oliver Wilson at wilsono@gvsu.edu or call 616.331.2177 or visit the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs' website at www.gvsu.edu/oma. Cesar Chavez Week - March 26-30 (GVSU) Monday, March 26th - Film Presentation and Discussion "MAQUILAPOLIS: Tijuana's Sweat and Struggle in the Global Economy" Film by Vicky Funari and Sergio de La Torre Cook DeWitt, 1-3 pm The film will be followed by a discussion with producer Sergio de La Torre. For more information on the film see www.maquilapolis.com.
Tuesday, March 27th - Panel Discussion "English as an Official Language: Is this Really Necessary?"
KC 215-216 This panel will present research behind two languages, a personal experience of someone who has "been there," and what the current legislative issues and education movements are towards learning two or more languages. Thursday, March 29th "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Cesar Chavez" Speaker: Donicio Valdes Cook DeWitt, 4-6 pm Slavery on Trial: The Crisis of the Federal Government and the Cries of an Unhappy Race (Ford Museum and GVSU) Wednesday, March 28, 12-3 p.m. Loosemore Auditorium GVSU, downtown campus Speakers of the panel include Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, Dr. Edna Greene Medford, and Dr. Paul Finkelman. Dr. Steeve Buckridge from the GVSU History Department will moderate the panel. For reservations, please call the Ford Museum at 616-254-0367. Keynote Lecture: Dennis Archer, former Mayor of Detroit and former president of the American Bar Association Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum For reservations, please call 616-254-0367. |
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