SEPTEMBER

Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 in Marlo Room East @ 12 - 1 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 in the David A. Portlock Cultural Center from 2 - 5 pm
OID Welcome Back BBQ
Sponsored by the Offices of Intercultural Development and Religious Life at the beginning of the academic year. A fun meet and greet reception to welcome back returning students, meet incoming first-year students, and interact with faculty and administrative personnel.

Wednesday, Sept. 12 - Friday, Nov. 2
The Poetic Dimensions of a Country, works by José A. Balcells.
As part of this year’s Latino Heritage Month, Lafayette's Portlock Black Cultural Center will host an exhibit featuring the art of José A. Balcells. The complexity of cultural expression and identity is the central issue that we are exploring with this year’s LHM theme: “One Face, Many Voices.” The work of this Chilean artist transgresses the boundaries of various artistic realms in order evoke the convolution of human experience and of man’s inextricable connection to the natural world.
David A. Portlock Black Cultural Center
Portlock Exhibiton Hours: 10 am - 4 pm

Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007 in the Farinon Atrium from 3 - 4 pm
LHM Scavenger Hunt
LHM kickoff event will give those with a competitive edge an opportunity to go around campus and solve some riddles and clues of the events taking place through out the month. The group or individual who solves them first will win the grand prize.

Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem
Stereotypes v. Humantypes: Schomburg Exhibition
Spend Sunday afternoon in New York City at the renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. Throughout the 19th and 20th century stereotypical images of Blacks, such as "blackface" and "minstrel" dominated public U.S. media. This exhibition challenges these mythological images and presents accurate representations of African American humanity. For more infromation, please contact Kimberly Roberts at extension 5698.
Free Admission

Monday, Sept. 17, 2007 in the Williams Center for the Arts from 7:30 - 9 pm
President Francisco Flores of El Salvador
The Honorable Francisco Flores is a prominent voice for a new generation of political leaders in Central America. President of El Salvador from 1999-2004, he instituted fundamental changes that led to a remarkable comeback. President Flores will address challenges and solutions for developing nations, including the impact of U.S. immigration reforms on Latin America. A reception will follow the lecture.
Sponsored by the Policy Studies Program

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007 in the Interfaith Chapel from 12 - 1 pm
LHM presents- Standing Strong: Keeping Your Voice?
A brown bag discussion consisting of Lafayette students presenting their thoughts and experiences regarding questions of identity, both at home and abroad. What issues arise when we define ourselves and when we are defined by others? This panel discussion highlights the LHM theme by exploring the complexity of expressive cultures.

Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights 104 @ 5 pm
LHM Keynote Lecture by Martín Espada.
Latino Identities: One Face, Many Voices
Sandra Cisneros says: "Martín Espada is the Pablo Neruda of North American authors." A native of Brooklyn Martín Espada is an award-winning poet, essayist and translator. Espada's poetry deals with issues of social justice in the U.S. and Latin America. Much of his poetry also arises from his Puerto Rican heritage and his work experiences. This year he was named finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his collection entitled, The Republic of Poetry. His last book received the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement and was named an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. He has also won an American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He recently received a 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Espada is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and the work of Pablo Neruda.
Reception and Book Signing Following Event

Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 in Gilbert's Care- Back Room from 11 - 1 pm
A Dialogue and Brunch with Martín Espada
An informal brunch with the renowned poet Martín Espada gives the opportunity for student, faculty, and staff in the Layette community to ask questions and get to know Martín personally. Martín will provide suggestions and insight into the poetic process.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007 in Farinon Atrium from 11 am - 2 pm
Latin Market
Join the Hispanic Society of Lafayette and the Office of Intercultural Development for a celebration of cultura Latinoamericana.  There will be books, clothing, jewelry, art, music, and plenty of food.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12: 00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 in William Center for the Arts @ 8 pm
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Come and enjoy the sounds of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Since 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hernández, the thirteen-member all-star ensemble has reintroduced the classic sounds of New York City Salsa to music lovers worldwide. “Our music style is the original sound of New York old school "Salsa dura" (heavy salsa) that was played in the early years by our pioneers,” says Oscar. “That sound has been lost and we want to keep it alive while educating the new generations (and music lovers in general) on the true musical roots of our culture.”

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 In the Williams Center for the Arts @ 7:30 pm
N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK
SPEAK Theater Arts presents dangerously compelling original works of populist theater with enough laughs to ease the sting of their social commentary—while bringing divergent audiences to a much needed point of convergence. The flagship production of SPEAK Theater Arts, N*W*C: The Race Show, is a daring and hilarious look at the impact three racial slurs have had on the lives of three friends, each from a different ethnic background. Ensemble and monologue work are seamlessly woven together with slam poetry, stand-up comedy and hip-hop elements. The result is a constantly transforming, highly engaging, exceedingly accessible work with a powerful mission. Don’t miss this fast-paced, in your face, interdisciplinary performance.

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007 in the Farinon Center Atrium from 7 - 8:30 pm
Noche de Cultura
To close out Latino Heritage Month, HSL will present a fun-filled night featuring a variety of performances by Lafayette students.

Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007 in the Farinon Limburg Theatre from 2:00 - 5:00 pm
HALA PA Cine Latino Film Festival 2007
Hispanic American League of Artists (HALA) in collaboration with the Office of Intercultural Development will screen a couple of independent films exploring different aspects of Latin American culture. The festival features independent films and documentaries and aims to provide a three-day experience that celebrates Latino cultures Besides Lafayette, festival locations include the Banana Factory and the Carmike Theatre. The two films showing at Lafayette College are Young Rebels (Jóvenes Rebeldes) by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck and MADE IN L.A. by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.
Free Admission

2 - 3:15 pm
HALA PA Cine Latino Film Festival presents
Young Rebels
Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Young Rebels follows five Cuban hip-hop groups and two producers over the course of a Havana summer. Battling onstage or at home, the characters’   personal travels collide in a summer of explosive concerts, intense debate, unbearable heat and   rising tensions as government agencies begin to institutionalize hip-hop’s street roots. From the makers of the acclaimed feature film Half Nelson. Young Rebels is an essential viewing for anyone interested in rap music, free speech issues or the youth culture of contemporary Cuba.” – Dana Stevens, The New York Times “Affably ambling pic is particularly strong in examining the economics of rap.” – Richard Scheib, Variety.

3:30 - 5 pm
HALA PA Cine Latino Film Festival presents
MADE IN L.A.
By Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. Los Angeles is now the country's center for apparel manufacturing, but many of its factories bear an eerie resemblance to New York's early 20th-century sweatshops. Made in L.A. is a portrait of this "other" California, where immigrant workers work 14-hour days earning as little as $3 an hour. Made in L.A. is even more the   intimate story of three Latina garment workers, Maria, Maura and Lupe, who join the growing struggle for better working conditions, and who must persist through a tumultuous three-year  battle to bring a major clothing retailer to the negotiating table. A co-production with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). A Diverse Voices Project co-production.

Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 at the David A. Portlock Cultural Center from 4- 5 pm
The Poetic Dimensions of a Country, works by José A. Balcells.
PBCC Artist-In-Residence Reception and Talk
An Afternoon w/ José Balcells.

NOVEMBER

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12:00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights 104 @ 7:30 pm
Lift Every Voice- Lecture by Lani Guinier
The Presidential Lecture on Diversity Series presents Lani Guinier, Legal Professor, Law School, Harvard University; and Civil Rights Expert. Guinier, a graduate of Radcliffe College of Harvard University and Yale Law School, is author of many articles and op-ed pieces on democratic theory, political representation, educational equity, and issues of race and gender. She has written The Tyranny of the Majority (Free Press, 1994) about issues of political representation; Who’s Qualified? (Beacon Press, 2001) written with Susan Sturm about moving beyond affirmative action to reconsider the ways in which colleges admit all students; and The Miner’s Canary (Harvard Press, 2002), written with Gerald Torres about the experience of people of color as a warning or “canary” signaling larger institutional inequities.

In 1998, Lani Guinier became the first black woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School. Before joining the faculty at Harvard, she was a tenured professor for ten years at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. During the 1980s, she was head of the voting rights project at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and served in the Civil Rights Division during the Carter administration as special assistant to then-Assistant Attorney General Drew S. Days. Guinier came to public attention when she was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, only to have her name withdrawn without a confirmation hearing. Guinier turned that incident into a powerful personal and political memoir, Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice. Dean of Yale Law School Anthony Kronman calls Lift Every Voice a “moving personal testimony, a story of dignity and principle and hope, from which every reader can take heart.”

DECEMBER

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 in the Farinon Marlo Room from 7-9 pm
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is an annual cultural program that celebrates the roots of African-American tradition, legacy, and spirituality. During this event students coordinate a variety of performances including poetry, dance, and song to celebrate African-American culture.

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12:00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

FEBRUARY

Feb 1- Mar 5 in the Portlock Black Cultural Center, M- F, 10 am- 4 pm
BHM Feature Art Exhibition: Works by Janet Pickett
Renowned artist Janet Pickett Taylor chronicles the physical and spiritual journey of African Americans in a moving exhibition.

Monday, Feb. 4 at the Williams Center for the Arts Building from 7:30 - 8:45 pm
Lives of Liberty Lecture: James M. McPherson
“Tried by War, Decided by Victory: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief”--James M. McPherson, noted American Civil War historian, was the first recipient of the Pritzker Military Library Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, presented in 2007. The George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. His presentation is part of the spring Lives of Liberty Lectures celebrating the 250th birthday of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Sponsored by the Office of the President

Tuesday, Feb. 5 at the Farinon Atrium from 11 am - 1 pm
BHM Kickoff Celebration
Experience the Diaspora! Come kickoff Black History Month with free food, a live drum performance and much more! Join us as we transform the Farinon Atrium into an expo with food, music, and vendors, all celebratory of African culture.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12:00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.
Farinon Marlo Room East

Friday, Feb. 8- Tuesday, Feb 12 in the Limburg Theater @ 7 and 10 pm
BHM Film Screening, Sankofa
Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past, where, as a house servant called Shola she is constantly abused by the slave master. For specific show times, please call (610) 330-5698.

Friday, Feb. 8- Tuesday, Feb 12 in the Limburg Theater @ 7 and 10 pm
BHM Film Screening, Black Is…Black Ain’t
The final film by filmmaker Marlon Riggs, jumps into the middle of explosive debates over Black identity. Black Is...Black Ain't is a film every African American should see, ponder and discuss. For specific show times, please call (610) 330-5698.

Monday, Feb. 11 in theColton Chapel @ 8 pm
Lives of Liberty Lecture: Simon Schama
“Remembering the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 200 Years On: British Eloquence and American Silence”--Simon Schama, noted art historian and host of the award-winning 15-part BBC series “A History of Britain” and more recently the eight-part series “Power of Art,” is professor of art history and history at Columbia University. The 2006 program “Rough Crossings” was based on his book Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution (2006); it depicted stories of migration journeys across the Atlantic including those of freed slaves. Born in London, Schama previously taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard. His presentation is part of the spring Lives of Liberty Lectures celebrating the 250th birthday of the Marquis de Lafayette.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the William Center for the Arts Building @ 8pm
Urban Bush Women
Personify the joyful self-confidence and swagger of African-American and feminist experience. Jant-Bi, the charismatic all-male dance company from Senegal, combines ancient West African performance traditions with contemporary movement shaped by choreographer Germaine Acogny. Each ensemble commands center stage in the world of contemporary dance, with breathtaking performances of emotion and expressiveness.

Friday, Feb. 15- Sunday, Feb. 17 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
3rd Annual African Studies Conference.
"Urbanization: The Modern Face of Africa"
The 3rd Annual African Studies conference seeks to promote conversation and engage the Lafayette community in meaningful dialogue about issues facing Africa today. Technology, public health, population and land policy, urban art, gender issues, and economics are among thetopics that will be discussed at this conference.

Saturday, Feb. 16 in the Marquis Dining Hall from 10 pm - 2 am
Heal Africa Benefit Dance
"Heal Africa" is a formal fund raising dance. ABC, Pan-Hellenic, IFC, and NIA are going to raise money to help build a library and provide scholarships for young adults in Agogo, Ghana. We are organizing this event through Kamit Institute Public Charter School in Washington, DC. The Kamit Institute for MagnificentAchievers Public Charter School (KIMA) joined forces with the Aid for Girl-Child Education (AGE) program to increase its effort to increase educational opportunities for children in Africa with a new initiative entitled “10 Cents Makes Sense”. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness and funds to increase Kamit Institute’s scholarship fund for Secondary School Students in the Agogo Region of Ghana West Africa and to promote unity for an important cause within the Lafayette community. This event is open to all students and faculty.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the Gilbert's Lounge @ 6 pm
Fireside Conversation with Professors John McCartney
and Fluney Hutchinson
Two of Lafayette’s greatest minds sound off in a candid conversation about the state of the Black Diaspora.

Thursday, Feb. 21 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights 104 @ 7:30 pm
Presidential Lecture Series on Diversity
BHM Keynote Speaker, Dr. Claude Steele
“Identity Happens: How Stereotype- and Identity-Threat Affect Intellectual Performance and Shape the Challenges of an Integrated Society”
The Presidential Lecture on Diversity Series presents Dr. Claude Steele, Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences and Director for the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Steele's research interests are how people cope with self-image threats; how group stereotypes can influence intellectual performance; and addictive behaviors. Professor Steele has served as president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and of the Western Psychological Association. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Kurt Lewin Award, Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, Dean's Teaching Award at Stanford, and Distinguished Scientific Career Awards from both the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago, Yale University, and Princeton Univesity.

Tuesday, Feb. 26 in the Interfaith Chapel @ 12 pm
BHM Student Panel: How Far Have We Come?
Join ABC leaders for a lively discussion about the events, issues, and people that shaped 2007! Join us for a rousing conversation recapping the events that defined 2007.

Wednesday, Feb. 27 in the PBCC @ 4:30 pm
BHM Featured Artist Reception: A Conversation with Janet Pickett
Renowned artist Janet Pickett Taylor chronicles the physical and spiritual journey of African Americans in a moving exhibition. Come join us for an enlightening discussion of her work.


MARCH  

Wednesday, Mar. 5 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12:00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

Wednesday, Mar. 5 in the Farinon Snack Bar @ 12:00 pm
Brothers of Lafayette Talk Show
An all star student panel will address apathy and participation on Lafayette’s campus. Are students doing as much as they can to meet the challenges of their future?

Reception and book-signing to follow lecture

Thursday, March 27 in Interfaith Chapel @ 5:00 pm  
Alphabet soup… the ABC’s of cultural impact on education 
Come out for an informal conversation with students and faculty and hear various experiences and thoughts on education in a fish bowl setting.

Friday, March 28 in Pardee Hall 320A @ 12:00 pm
Educational Debate: A mean for educational equality  
Have you ever felt that many educational policies that are enacted benefit one social group more than another? Make a Difference, Take a Stand and come out for a debate to create a model policy for educational equality.  

Friday, March 28 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights 104 @ 5:00 pm
Facing Challenges & Envisioning Possibilities: Education in the Americas
Lecture by Pedro Noguera
           
Pedro Noguera is one of America’s most important voices on education reform and diversity and an advocate for a strong and vibrant public education system.
Noguera is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, a co-director of the Institute for The Study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings, and the Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. As one of America's leading urban sociologists, Noguera pursues research that focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. A powerful speaker with a unique ability to connect with diverse audiences, he is an expert on topics such as urban school reform, youth violence, the potential impact of school choice and vouchers on urban public schools, conditions that promote student achievement, and race and ethnic relations in American society.

http://www.thelavinagency.com/usa/pedronoguera.html

Saturday, March 29 in Limberg Theater @ 5:00 pm
Movie: Walkout
           
A film with a powerful message that resonates 38 years after the events it depicts occurred, Walkout is the stirring true story of the Chicano students of East LA, who in 1968 staged several dramatic walkouts in their high schools to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. Aided by a popular and progressive young teacher, Sal Castro, Paula Crisostomo and a group of young Chicano activists battle parents, teachers, bureaucrats, the police and public opinion to make their point. Along the way, the students learn profound lessons about embracing their own identity and standing up for what they believe in. Set in 1968, a tumultuous year that shook America to its foundation, Walkout is a vivid reminder that people can change the world.

http://www.hbo.com/films/walkout/synopsis/index.html

APRIL

Wednesday, Apr. 2 in Farinon Marlo Room East @ 12:00 pm
LINC Meeting
The goal of the lafayette Intercultural Network Council is to promote the development of cross- and inter-cultural exchange through student, staff, and faculty collaboration and dialogue. LINC works to cultivate a shared vision for diversity initiatives at Lafayette in order to promote an inclusive environment that values mutual understanding, respect and cultural sensitivity, and a strong sociocultural academic community working together to provide social justice and diversity education programming and other efforts.

Monday, April 14 @ 4:30 p.m. in the David A. Portlcok Black Cultural Center
East Meets West: Calligraphy from Two Traditions

Artist Reception- Elinor Aishah Holland
Elinor Aishah Holland will talk about her works and her experience. Islamic calligraphy is a gift of the Qur’an. It refers to the art that developed out of the human attempts to create a container that is as beautiful as that which is contained. The beauty of both the meaning and the sound of the Qur’an when it was first recited was such that many hearts were moved to become Muslims.

 

 

Wednesday, April 23 in Pfenning Alumni Center
Wilson Room from 4:30 - 6:30 pm
2007-08 Diverstiy Awards Ceremony
The Office of Intercultural Development and the Office of the Dean of the College will sponsor an award reception to recognize students, faculty, and staff who have promoted multiculturalism, demonstrated concern for the needs of ALANA and International students, and addressed issues of diversity and social justice throughout the year.