Fall 2013 Diversity Activities

DIVERSITY EVENTS FALL 2013

Wednesday, August 28: 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington

"Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin: Intersection of Race and Due Process," with John L. Burris, Civil Rights Attorney @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002
John Burris is a renowned and accomplished civil rights lawyer who has prevailed in some of the most notorious cases of police misconduct and civil rights violations in recent history. He is best known for his work in the area of plaintiff's civil rights and as a legal analyst on Fox, MSNBC, Court TV, CNN and many local television and radio stations. He is the author of the book BLUE vs. BLACK: Let's End the Conflict between Police and Minorities. Africana Lecture Series.

Thursday, August 29

Andreana Clay, San Francisco State Professor of Sociology, author of
The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back and the QueerBlackFeminist Blog @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002. Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

Saturday, August 31

BIG SCREEN MOVIE : 42 @ 9pm; Ives 101(Warren Theatre)

In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it. Sponsored by Residential Life. Free to SSU Students.

Thursday, September 5th

Axis Dance Company - Redefining Dance @1pm; PE 1

AXIS Dance Company will introduce their exciting dance form called physically integrated dance for people with and without physical disabilities. Using creative movement, improvisation and modern dance techniques we will explore solo, duet and ensemble material

Cheryl Strayed, author of "WILD" @7:30pm; Weill Hall, Green Music Center

The author of this year's Summer Reading Project book selection Strayed is the author of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Wild. At age 22, Strayed finds herself shattered by two major life events: her mother's sudden death from cancer and the end of her young marriage. To cope, Strayed uses drugs and sex before she hits rock bottom and decides to confront her emotional pain by attempting to trek over 1,000 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed will discuss the jagged journey she wrote about in her memoir telling the sometimes harrowing, other times hilarious stories behind the story of the hike itself and also the years that came before her solo wilderness trek on the Pacific Crest Trail. Free for SSU students staff and faculty. Tickets required-ASP.

Friday, September 6th

Axis Dance Company InMotion Class @12-2pm; PE 1

Prepare to leave all your preconceptions at the door-AXIS Dance Company will change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the human body forever. AXIS offers an inspiring movement-based Creative Dance workshop bringing movement to people with and without disabilities! Through a series of hands-on exercises we encourage YOU to look at differences as opportunities for creative ideas and solutions, rather than as obstacles.

Axis Dance Co. Performance @ 7:30-9:30pm; Person Theatre

AXIS Dance Company has become one of the world's most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities. AXIS redefines traditional notions of dance, providing choreographers with the tools to explore a new movement vocabulary and expand their choreographic voice. The result is a collaborative communication between all the dancers on stage, which AXIS has termed 'physically integrated dance'. Ultimately, AXIS is building a new dance audience by presenting cutting-edge and professional work that is accessible to all and is relevant to disabled people. Presented in by ASP collaboration with the SSU Theater Arts Department. This is a free event to SSU students, faculty, and staff .

"PORTRAIT OF JASON" film @ 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 "The most extraordinary film I've seen in my life." - Ingmar Bergman. Astonishing, ground-breaking and courageous, this classic LGBT film has been brought back to life by Milestone Film. On the night of December 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke (THE CONNECTION) and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. There, for twelve straight hours they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The result is a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man, who is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. "When I say that the most impressive film to be released theatrically in April 2013 is likely to be Shirley Clarke's PORTRAIT OF JASON, that's because the years have turned a risky proposition into an easy bet... One of the most involving, uncompromising and revelatory human documents in the history of cinema!" - Stuart Klawans, The Nation (1967, 105 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56EnLoFYbRs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUOpNxQO7m1qxtJtYEW_4lxQ See Sonoma Film Institute http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/ for more information. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.

Sunday, September 8th

"PORTRAIT OF JASON" film @ 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 (see Fri., Sept 6, for information)

Monday, September 9th

"Behind Happy Faces: Talking About Mental Health" with Ross Szabo @7pm; Cooperage

When Ross was a freshman in college, everything on the surface seemed to be fine. He was making friends, getting good grades and had a fun social life. However, no one could have imagined how many emotions he was suppressing. Ross was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 16, was hospitalized for attempting to take his own life during his senior year of high school, and like so many other freshman, just wanted to fit in. He tried to hide what he was feeling to convince everyone that everything was ok, but that can only last for so long. Ross's story resonates with the millions of college students who are putting on a happy face to hide their true emotions. Mental disorders and mental health issues are the largest problems facing colleges today. Depression, anxiety, substance abuse and lack of sleep are destroying the lives of many students. While 85% of colleges have reported drastic increases in the amount of young people seeking mental health counseling, understanding and awareness about the issue are still lacking. ASP.

Saturday, September 14^th

Res Life Get A Way Trip: Asian Art Museum - vans leave at 11am for a 1pm tour - Tickets: $12 w/o RSA; $7 w/RSA . The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. Join us for a docent lead Great Works Tour. Take a trip across Asia, investigating diverse and intriguing cultures and sacred and secular art through the Asian's rich collection. To sign up for Res Life trips go to the Student Union Box Office, or go online at tickets.sonoma.edu

Sept 15 - Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

Tuesday, September 17th

National Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Ceremony with The Les Edwins Show straight from the Wharf at SF @12noon; Darwin Quad

Wednesday, September 18th

Mayda Del Valle- acclaimed poet and spoken word artist @7:30 pm Ives 101.

Mayda Del Valle has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as having "a way with words. Sometimes they seem to flutter and roll off her lips. Other times they burst forth like a comet streaking across a nighttime sky." A proud native of the South Side of Chicago, she has appeared on 6 episodes of Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on HBO and was a contributing writer and original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway Oprah's O Magazine named her as one of 20 women for the first ever "O Power List." In May of 2009 she was invited to perform at The White House for the President and First Lady. Presented by ASP in support of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Thursday September 19th

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series "Los Colores de la Montana", @6pm Student Union MPR. - With a remarkable group of child actors, first-time writer/director Carlos César Arbeláez narrates a beautiful tale of lost innocence set in the guerilla-military conflict of Colombia. . Beautifully filmed by director of photography Oscar Jimenez in the breathtakingly verdant Andean region of Colombia, Arbeláez's internationally lauded film delivers a unique and powerful vision of war as seen through the eyes of children. Free. Co-sponsored by ASP, SSU Modern Languages and CALS department.

Friday September 20

"TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives ," with visiting filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto - film and lecture at 7pm Ives 101. Amazing things unfold as the young members of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project transform the traumatic story of 18-year-old Honduran immigrant Marlin into a daring, original play. TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives is about creativity and the unexpected resources inside youths, who may be discounted because of their youth, race or ethnicity, or because they come from under-resourced neighborhoods without access to arts programs. For more than twenty-five years, independent filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto have been making critically-acclaimed documentary and narrative films that have aired on PBS, Showtime, Sundance, Britain's Channel Four (among others), in theaters, museums, film festivals around the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJwEFXHF20 Presented by ASP in cooperation with the Sonoma Film Institute. Marin Independent filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto will be here Friday, September 20 to introduce TRUST and answer questions afterwards. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.

Sunday September 22

"TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives " in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101(film only) @ 4 pm (see Fri., Sept 20, for information)

Tuesday September 24

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series: "Blacktino" @6pm Student Union MPR. ad feedback "Blacktino" is a dark teen comedy about an overweight half-black, half-hispanic nerd named Stefan Daily. He was raised by his black grandmother in a medium sized suburb of Austin, TX. Struggling to find his place in a mostly white high school, Stefan finds sanctuary among the eclectic mix of social outcasts in the school's Theatre Department. In the tradition of the great teen comedies of the last thirty years "blacktino" will ensure that the torch of teen angst continues to burn bright. Free. Co-sponsored by ASP, SSU Modern Languages and CALS department.

Thursday, September 26th

Alicia Walters, Organizer of the "Echoing Ida," a social justice organization, @ 12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002. "Echoing Ida is a group of women thinkers, writers, and change agents committed to amplifying the perspectives of our communities and grounded in the legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett who wrote extensively about the devastating truths of racism and sexism in the United States." Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

"Spanglish 101 - A Total Immersion Comedic Excursion into Latino USA" with Bill Santiago @8pm Ives 101 Bill Santiago is the first born of at least four children. He became a standup comic after narrowly escaping a career in journalism, facing the fact that as a comedian he was funny, but as a reporter he was a joke. With the premiere of his first television special, "Comedy Central Presents: Bill Santiago," he won over fans nationwide with his dead-on observations about Spanglish - "twice the vocabulary and half the grammar!" and his beloved catchphrase "¡Porque because!" In this show, Santiago surveys the full sweep of Latino expression in the United States. Fusing a journalist's rigorous curiosity and a stand-up comic's satiric instincts, the routine serves as a vehicle to address the realities of, and misunderstandings about, life in Latino USA. Presented by ASP in support of Hispanic Heritage Month.

October is LGBT History Month http://lgbthistorymonth.com/

Thursday, October 3

Julia Allen, SSU Emeritus Professor, author of new book, Passionate Commitments: The Lives of Anna Rochester and Grace Hutchins @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002. Passionate Commitments is a story of two women whose love for one another motivated their social activism and desire to create an egalitarian world. Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

Monday, October 7^th

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series: "Granito" @12 noon Student Union MPR. Sometimes a film makes history; it doesn't just document it. So it is with Granito: How to Nail a Dictator", the astonishing new film by Pamela Yates. Part political thriller, part memoir, Yates transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of the Guatemalan genocide and returns to the present with a cast of characters joined by destiny and the quest to bring a malevolent dictator to justice .As if a watchful Maya god were weaving back together threads of a story unraveled by the passage of time, forgotten by most, our characters become integral to the overarching narrative of wrongs done and justice sought that they have pieced together, each adding their granito, their tiny grain of sand, to the epic tale. Free. Co-sponsored by ASP, SSU Modern Languages and CALS department.
Sonia Nazario - Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author of Enrique's Journey @7pm Cooperage. Sonia Nazario, a projects reporter for The Los Angeles Times, has spent more than two decades reporting and writing about social issues, earning her dozens of national awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her series, "Enrique's Journey," about the experiences of Latin American children who immigrate to join their parents in the United States. They call it "the train of death." Sonia Nazario clung to the top of a freight train with a young Honduran boy named Enrique on his brave odyssey to reunite with his mother in the United States. Chronicling her experience in her astonishing book, Enrique's Journey, based upon her newspaper series that won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, she offers a gripping personal perspective on one of the most challenging and divisive issues today: immigration. Presented in support of Hispanic Heritage Month. ASP.

Tuesday October 8

· Wade Davis - former NFL cornerback and LGBT advocate., @7pm Cooperage. In honor of Coming Out Week, Wade Davis a nationally-recognized speaker, activist, writer and educator will speak about his experience in the NFL and his current advocacy and educational work. Davis is a former NFL football player who played for the Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. In 2012, Davis came out and spoke publicly about what it was like to be a closeted gay man in the NFL. Since retiring he works at the Hetrick Martin Institute (HMI) as the Assistant Director of Job Readiness. At HMI, he teaches at-promise youth how to define success for themselves and thrive in society. His writings and interviews have appeared on The NY Times, Out Sports, TheGrio.com, and other media outlets. He has appeared on NPR, CNN, and BET. He is also an LGBT Surrogate for President Obama

"For me, existing at the intersection of Black manhood, Black masculinity, sexuality and sports was the most dangerous place in the world. As an athlete you have to consistently prove yourself; as a Black male athlete, 'I' felt the pressure to consistently prove myself, my masculinity and my sexuality. I knew I was expected to have sex with women, to engage in conversations that were, either, sexist, racist, or homophobic. I felt the need to prove that I belonged in that sports fraternity and that I was just as masculine as everyone else." ASP

Thursday, October 10

Rob Diaz, from Verity (Sonoma County's rape crisis counseling center) will talk about prevention education programs and the role of men @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002 . Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

Friday, October 11^th

National Coming Out Day
"ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE" Film @7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 A pulsating, joyous celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans focusing on the musical traditions, the rituals and the pageantry. ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE presents festivity as essential to the human spirit. In New Orleans, even a funeral procession ends with a raucous dance-"You take 'em on out and you boogie back," explains musician Allen Toussaint. Les Blank's camera enters the heart of such jubilant celebrations-with drinking, dancing, and eating in the streets-from St. Patrick's Day with revelers dressed in green to the Mardi Gras Indian Parade where African American "chiefs" compete in elaborate Native American-inspired feathered costumes. (1978, 58 min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwVGA-axiw

and "DRY WOOD" An intimate portrait of the slow rhythms of Creole life in rural southwest Louisiana, where the roots of family, food, and celebrations run deep, DRY WOOD is set to the soundtrack of music by "Bois Sec" Ardoin. (1973, 37 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfBQ8bolpgU&feature=player_embedded

See Sonoma Film Institute http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/ for more information. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.

Saturday, October 12^th

The Shangri La Chinese Acrobats @7pm Student Center Ballroom

This attraction has been called "incredible," "breathtaking," "stunning," and "quite unbelievable," to quote just a few of the critics. THE SHANGRI-LA CHINESE ACROBATS® have taken the world by storm and continue to do so on this, their 34th North American Theatre Tour. THE SHANGRI-LA CHINESE ACROBATS® offers more than a glimpse into the fascinating traditions of the Orient. It consists of sensational Chinese acrobatics, balancing feats, martial arts displays, and much more. A truly Oriental spectacular and a show for all ages, the grace and precision of the acrobats are the triumph of years of dedicated training and discipline. Chinese acrobatics are, in fact, more than just a series of stunts. Most of these acts clearly demonstrate the achievement of perfection through finding harmony between mind and body - an ancient concept in the Orient. The art of Chinese acrobatics has been formed by centuries of tradition. "…A delight for all ages…A flurry of pure showmanship! There's an ebullient, ingratiating appeal in all this frantic action that astonishes the first time and goes on giving on repeated viewings!" ~ The San Francisco Chronicle". Tickets available soon! Co-sponsored by ASP, On Campus Presents and the HUB.

Sunday, October 13^th

"ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE" and "DRY WOOD" Films @ 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 (see Fri., Oct. 11, for information)

Wednesday October 16

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series:"Nostalgia de la Luz", @6pm Student Union MPR. Nostalgia for the Light , the recipient of numerous documentary awards at international film festivals, makes a strong case for the philosophical parallels between the privileged scientists who use the observatories at the famous Chilean Atacama Desert, and the marginalized women who search the vastness of that same desert for any remains of the desaparecidos of the Pinochet régime. The futility of knowing is clear: even after centuries of research, the scientists have still yet to fully comprehend the number and variety of all the celestial bodies that surround us. And even after decades of searching in the desert and petitioning the government, many Chileans still cannot have answers about their loved ones' disappearances. Free. Co-sponsored by ASP, SSU Modern Languages and CALS department.

Thursday October 17

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

A comical yet bracing play about a young girl gradually losing her vision, guest directed by local luminary, Jennifer King. For more information about this production, or about other Theatre and Dance productions, go to http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts/

"Dancing Earth" Indigenous dance troupe -, @8pm Ives 101. In honor of Native American Heritage Month. DANCING EARTH spins, stomps and spirals into life on the world's dancing grounds as a collective of intertribal Indigenous dance artists, under the leadership of internationally respected choreographer Rulan Tangen. Rooted in the spirit and energy of the first peoples and the land, the mythic power of DANCING EARTH's creations respect, embrace and expand the context of Indigenous culture into vital contemporary relevance. They are passionately committed to Indigenous contemporary dance as primal yet articulate movement - blood memory in motion - that speaks to all beings. They believe in dance as an expression that can illuminate issues of cultural, historical, philosophical, mythic, and spiritual relevance. DANCING EARTH has been named by Dance Magazine as "One of the Top 25 to Watch". Co-sponsored by ASP and The Hub - FREE In support of Native American Heritage Month

Friday, October 18

"THE LIFE OF OHARU" film @7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall Kenji Mizoguchi considered THE LIFE OF OHARU his masterpiece and critics have placed it among the greatest films of all time. Based on a seventeenth-century novel by Saikaku, the film chronicles the decline of a beautiful court lady (Kinuyo Tanaka) who is gradually stripped of social respectability until she is reduced to prostitution and beggary. "The Genroku period background is evoked in images of staggering beauty and camera movements of truly epic sweep. Mizoguchi's sympathy for the plight of women in feudal society is here given its most perfect and profound expression. Beyond its themes of social criticism, THE LIFE OF OHARU achieves, in its narrative of human suffering and redemption, a final catharsis and realization of mono no aware (the elegiac awareness of the need for all things to pass) that is truly transcendent." -Tom Luddy, Pacific Film Archive With Toshiro Mifune. (1952, 136 min., in Japanese w/English subtitles) See Sonoma Film Institute http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/ for more information. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.
The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

Saturday, October 19

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

Sunday, October 20

"THE LIFE OF OHARU" film @ 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101(see Fri., Oct. 18, for information)

Monday, October 21^st

"Using the Lens of Gender to Uncover and Address Unconscious Bias in Science, Technology and Health, Monday, @4-5:15pm, Cooperage with a follow-up post-lecture dialogue led by Margaret Anderson of the Hutchins Dialog Center. Sue Rosser, Provost and Academic Vice President at San Francisco State University is a nationally recognized expert on issues of discrimination, unconscious bias, and gender equity, especially in the sciences. A professor of Public Policy and of History, Technology, and Society she has served as a Dean of Liberal Arts (Georgia Institute of Technology); Director for the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research (University of Florida-Gainesville); Senior Program Officer for Women's Programs at the National Science Foundation; and Director of Women's Studies at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of 13 books and more than 130 journal articles. Recent books include Breaking into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science, The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed, and Feminism Within the Science and Health Care Professions: Overcoming Resistance.

Gender bias in science and engineering research is pervasive in basic research and its translation into health practice and technology, as well as the classroom. Unintentional bias may be reflected in the application of the scientific method in: (1) exclusion of females as experimental and design subjects; (2) choice and definition of problems to be studied; (3) methods and approaches used in data gathering; and (4) theories and conclusions drawn from the data. Uncovering one source of bias opens the door to revealing others such as race, class, and disability that may distort research and its translation into practice and products. Removing unconscious bias expands research results, practice, and products to benefit the population as a whole.

Co-sponsors: Schools of Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Education, Extended and International Education, Science & Technology, Social Sciences; Associated Student Productions (ASP); Library; Hutchins Dialog Center; SSU Recreation Campus Recreation; Residential Life; Women's and Gender Studies Department; (tentative list). The lecture is open to the community. For more information contact Prof. Sharon Cabaniss in the Mathematics & Statistics

Wednesday, October 23

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur (Staff and Faculty Night) Pre Show talk at 6pm @7:30pm; Ives 76

Thursday, October 24^th

MGC Hispanic Heritage Month Talent Showcase @7pm; Ives 101

The Multicultural Greek Council in collaboration with ASP and National Hispanic Heritage Month will be hosting their 2nd annual Multicultural Talent Showcase

Striving to bring the campus together and show off all the different and amazing talents that the students of Sonoma State have, as well as give SSU Students a chance to share a part of their cultures! This event is completely FREE for all SSU students! ASP for Hispanic Heritage Month

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

Friday, October 25

"WOMEN OF THE NIGHT" film @ 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall

Kenji Mizoguchi's searing look at life on the fringes in post-war Japan focuses, as do so many of his films, on the degradation of women in Japanese society. Filmed on location in Osaka, it is the story of a taxi dancer and her sister, the mistress of a narcotics smuggler. Sheldon Renan writes, "Traditionally on the fringes of Japanese life, the post-war environment brings a further, drastic deterioration in the (women's) situation. The women become scavengers, fighting among themselves like animals. WOMEN OF THE NIGHT documents the hellish world of prostitutes, narcotics dealers, and marauding female street gangs with graphic, uncompromising realism." (1948, 75 min., in Japanese w/English subtitles). See Sonoma Film Institute http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/ for more information. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

Saturday, October 26

The Dept. of Theatre and Dance Presents: Blur @7:30pm; Ives 76

Sunday, October 27

"WOMEN OF THE NIGHT" film @ 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 (see Fri., Oct. 25, for information)

November is Raza Native American Heritage Month

http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/

November 6

"To Walk in Harmony: Native American Lifeways In Sonoma County." Dr. Ben Benson, Wednesday, @7pm Darwin 102. Ben Benson is a popular professor at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has been featured on Ted Talk for his lectures about Native American life and culture in Sonoma County. His presentations include local Native art, especially local basketry that is so rich in meaning and environmental philosophy. He utilizes PowerPoint slides of historic drawings, early photography, and images of nature and wildlife. In support of Native American Heritage Month. ASP

Thursday, November 7

Kate Weber, an advocate for female war veterans suffering from PTSD/sexual assault will speak @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002. Weber was in the recent documentary, Invisible War. Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

Wednesday November 13

Andrew Jolivette-, @7pm Student Center "The Hub ". Andrew Jolivette (Opelousa/Atakapa-Ishak) Ph.D. is an accomplished educator, writer, speaker, and social/cultural critic. His work spans many different social and political arenas - from education reform and cultural representation in Native America to community of color identity issues, critical mixed-race movement building, LGBT/Queer community of color identity issues and gay marriage, and AIDS disparities within Indigenous and people of color communities.   Jolivette is associate professor and department chair in American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University. "Andrew Jolivette amazingly captivated the audience as he brought visibility to people from multiple marginalized populations. He drew seamless connections to many communities in a manner that was eloquent, real, and accessible. Students, faculty, and staff all enjoyed and learned from Jolivette's inspiring words." Cosponsored by ASP, The Hub and American Multi-Cultural Studies. In support of Native American Heritage Month

Thursday November 14

"Two Spirits" film showing, Ives 101, @ 7pm. - Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. Fred Martinez was a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. But the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live, and Fred became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lives the truth-the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself. In support of Native American Heritage Month. ASP

Tuesday November 19

"The Project to End Human Trafficking" with Dr. Mary Burke -, @7pm Student Center Ballroom B. The mission of the Project to End Human Trafficking (PEHT) is to work toward the elimination of trafficking in persons, especially women and children trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The Project provides prevention education lectures locally, nationally, and internationally that address topics in human trafficking such as culture, globalism, sex tourism, and victim identification. An important component of the education lectures is the provision of information about how individuals and organizations can participate in the anti-slavery movement. Dr. Mary Burke is the Executive Director and co-founder of PEHT and is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Carlow University where she is the Director of Training for the Doctoral Program in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Burke's commitment to social justice and equity is manifest in her research, teaching, and activism. ASP

Wednesday November 20

"West of Thunder" film showing. Wednesday November 20, Ives 101 8pm. South Dakota 1899, nine years after the Massacre of Wounded Knee, the Lakota people on Pine Ridge Reservation are on a precipice. When a mysterious stranger, Henry Seed, visits a small town on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation he brings with him a terrible resolve. When eerie, inexplicable and deadly events that mirror the atrocities that had been put upon the Lakota people begin to occur in this western town, everything seems to point to Seed. Little Thunder, the Lakota's spiritual leader, envisions the far-reaching consequences of taking this path of righteous revenge or maintaining the integrity of the traditional Lakota values and the interconnected circles of all mankind. In support of Native American Heritage Month. ASP

Thursday, November 21

Cynthia Boaz (SSU Political Science Department) will talk about global women-led movements @12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002. Sponsored by the Feminist Lecture Series.

Friday, November 22

"YUM, YUM, YUM! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking " film @ 7:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 Zydeco and Cajun music provide the background for this passionate celebration of cooking and eating in Louisiana. Locals and well-known chefs such as Paul Prudhomme demonstrate how to cook their dishes, based on the Cajun and Creole cultures of the Gulf Coast. (1990, 31 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5_8mLRdGE&feature=player_embedded

and "SPEND IT ALL," A lively and beautiful celebration of the food and music of the French-speaking Cajuns of Louisiana. With the music of Dewey Balfa and Nathan Abshire. (1971, 41 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLp5fhmD2Uc&feature=player_embedded See Sonoma Film Institute http://www.sonoma.edu/sfi/ for more information. Admission is $7.00 general, $6.00 for seniors and non-SSU students, $5.00 for SFI members and kids, and FREE for SSU students.

Sunday, November 24

"YUM, YUM, YUM! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking " and "SPEND IT ALL" films@ 4:00 in Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall 101 (see Fri., Nov. 22, for information)

Sunday, December 1 World AIDS Day http://www.worldaidsday.org/

Saturday, December 7

BIG SCREEN MOVIE : "Elysium" @9pm; Ives 101(Warren Theatre)

In the year 2154 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds. Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharito Copley. Sponsored by Residential Life. Free to SSU Students.

Tuesday, December 10 International Human Rights Day http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Africana Lecture Series: Wednesdays, 12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002 . A weekly lecture series (AMCS 301) offering presentations and discussions that focus on historical and contemporary topics relating to people of African descent. This includes, but is not limited to, African Americans, Continental Africans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Afro-Latinos. This lecture series is in honor of Dr. Levell Holmes and his contributions to the Sonoma State University community. The lectures are open to the community. Contact Prof. Christina Baker in the American Multicultural Studies Department for additional information christina.baker@sonoma.edu.

Feminist Lecture Series, Thursdays, 12-12:50 pm in Stevenson 1002 A weekly lecture series offering presentations and discussions of current issues from feminist perspectives. The lectures are open to the community. Contact Prof. Kim Hester-Williams in the English Department or Charlene Tung in the Women's and Gender Studies Department for additional information kim.hester.williams@sonoma.edu, charlene.tung@sonoma.edu

War and Peace Lecture Series, Mondays 7-8:50 pm in Ives 101. A weekly lecture series (English 304) which addresses a broad range of issues relating to the problem of war and prospects for peace. Lecturers represent diverse disciplines e.g., economics, physics, peace studies, political science, sociology and institutions. Contact Tim Wandling for additional information wandling@sonoma.edu.

The HUB will be presenting additional events this fall. Contact TheHUB@sonoma.edu or Director mark.fabionar@sonoma.edu for more information.

Please contact Sharon Cabaniss with any information, suggestions, or corrections. cabaniss@sonoma.edu

*Email bruce.berkowitz@sonoma.edu if you need a copy of the ASP events for fall.

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