Contributions to the matching grant are doubled in value and go toward completing construction. The anonymous family is also supporting a local effort underway to secure the naming of the concert hall Innovation Hall in honor of Sonoma County's telecommunications industry. Donald Green and his wife Maureen, for whom the center is named, and others in the industry have been responsible for raising $5 million toward the $7 million opportunity to name the hall.

Sonoma State University has been successful in securing over $90 million from more than 1,400 local donors toward the $110 million project to date. The complex's buildings are now in various stages of completion. Naming rights to the Music Education Hall complex is still available and is valued at $5 million.

The complex hosts classrooms, rehearsal rooms, and offices for faculty and staff, who will be moving in during July. Classes will be offered for the first time in August.

The University is also working toward completing and opening the Hospitality Center next year, and furnishing the concert hall's and Schroeder's Recital Hall's interiors, which includes the construction and installation of chairs, restrooms and all patron amenties.

The concert hall is expected to be one of the finest in the country. Designed after the Seiji Osawa Hall at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts (home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), the hall will seat 1,400 inside and host a terraced lawn of 3,000 or more outside.

Both halls are scheduled to open in 2010, pending continued success at fundraising.

Those interested in learning more about the Green Music Center and participating in the challenge grant should contact the University's Development Office at (707) 664-2712.

DR. ARTHUR M. SHAPIRO - Dr. Shapiro, Section of Ecology & Evolution, UC Davis, presents a lecture on Native Butterflies in the Anthropic Landscape. Biology Colloquium. Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 4. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2189.

JOHNN SEBASTIAN BACH'S MASS IN B MINOR - Bach's sacred magnum opus glorifies both voice and instrument, as the orchestra wings the listener to heaven with brilliant harmonies and depth of sound. Presented by the Sonoma County Choral Society. 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 4. For more information call the box office, (707) 664-2353.

WEST SIDE STORY - West Side Story dials Romeo and Juliet forward into today's landscape of gangs and warfare. Center of Performing Arts. 5 p.m., Sunday, May 4. Evert B Person Theater, (707) 664-2353.

JOSHUA GRANNELL (AKA "PEACHES CHRIST"): AN UNLIKELY CAREER - Grannell will speak about the bizarre realities of living in the world Peaches Christ inhabits. He will share clips from his films and television show to illustrate the evolution of what was once a queer, transgressive, underground performance scene that eventually ended up phenomenon. Queer Studies Lecture Series. Noon-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 4. Carson 68, (707) 664-2574.

LIGHTING UP THE DARK: GALAXIES AS PROBES OF THE DARK UNIVERSE - Dr. Risa Wechsler of Stanford University will describe how the dark matter that pervades our Universe is connected to the galaxies observed with telescopes, and how galaxy surveys can be used to understand the contents of our Universe. 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 5. Darwin 103. http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/wpd/.

ROB KELLER - Keller presents the primary focus of his artwork, the Mummification Series. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, May 6. Art 102, (707) 664-3042.

THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS PROTOTYPE - Richard Hovannisian, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, presents a lecture on the Armenian Genocide Memorial. 25th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 6. Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4296.

POCAHONTAS, A PICTURESQUE EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF TWO NATIONS - Kathleen Noonan, History, presents a lecture in part of the Brown Bag Series. School of Social Sciences. Noon 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 6. Stevenson 2011.

INVESTIGATING PSYCHIC PHENOMENA WITH STASTICS - Jessica Utts, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis presents a series of Anecdotal stories about phenomena such as telepathy and precognition. Scientists have studied these alleged abilities using well-designed experiments and statistical methods. This talk will cover the basics of these experiments, the statistical methods used to analyze them, and speculate on what can be concluded from this research. Math Colloquium. 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 7. Darwin 103, (707) 664-2368.

LA VOCE GLORIOSA: VOCAL REPERTORY CONCERT - Susan Witt-Butler, Karen Clark, Christopher Fritzsche & Lynne Morrow, directors. 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 7. Ives Concert Hall 119.

EFFECTIVE SOFTWARE TESTING - This presentation covers the lifecycle of software testing, beginning with the gathering and capturing of requirements in a process called Business Driven Development, all the way to runtime performance testing. The objective is the show that Rational software quality solutions and best practices can provide programmers with the framework and tools needed to use excellence in software testing as a strategic business advantage. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, May 8. Darwin 102, (707) 664-2667.

MUSIC TO MUSE UPON: INDIAN SINGING ENSEMBLE - Laxmi G. Tewari, director. Come and hear students performing classical compositions in Indian classical music and improvisation. Noon, Thursday, May 8. Ives 119.

POSH AND PROVOCATIVE! - SSU Latin Jazz Ensemble - The SSU Latin Jazz Ensemble in concert! Featuring the best of contemporary and classic latin jazz compositions from Cuba, South America the United States and Europe! Directed by Bob Afifi. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 8. Warren Auditorium.

GERI OLSON, PSYCHOLOGY - Olson presents "The History of Dolls, Part Two" as part of the Brown Bag Series. Noon - 1 p.m., Friday, May 9. Stevenson 2011.

PUBLIC VIEWING NIGHT AT OBSERVATORY - View Saturn, the Black Eye Galaxy, and the Spindle Galaxy at the SSU Observatory. 9 p.m., Friday, May 9. http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observatory/pvns08.html.

AN AMERICAN CHORAL LANDSCAPE - The Sonoma County Choral Society presents "An American Choral Landscape". The SSU Chorus, directed by Jenny Bent, offers an eclectic concert of American choral music by such composers as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Moses Hogan. General Admission $12; SSU faculty, alumni, and staff $10; Students/Seniors $8. 8 p.m., Friday, May 9; 8 p.m., Saturday, May 10. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. SSU Box Office (707) 664-2353 (M-F, 12-5); online at sonomachoral.org.

McKinney, the first African American woman elected to Congress in Georgia, quit the Democratic Party last year in disgust at its failure to end the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.

She is a strong voice for minorities and immigrants, and a fearless anti-war critic. In response to the environmental crisis, McKinney calls for global understanding and global action.

Congressmember Cynthia McKinney is now seeking the presidency, not as a Democrat, but as a Green Party candidate. She is among the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration, and one of her last measures in office was to introduce a bill calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

But Congressmember McKinney’s history of opposing war predates the Bush administration. In 1991, she spoke out against another Bush administration for the Persian Gulf War. She spoke out in the Georgia House of Representatives. But McKinney left the Democratic Party late last year after serving six terms in Congress. She said the Democrats had become "no different than their Republican counterparts."

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, McKinney is the daughter of retired nurse, Leola McKinney and one of Atlanta's first Black law enforcement officers, former Georgia State Representative Billy McKinney. She earned a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California, and a Masters of Art in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. McKinney's debut into public office came in 1988 when she was elected to the Georgia State Legislature. In 1992, Cynthia made history when she became the first African American woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives.

This event is sponsored by: Students for Media Democracy, Project Censored, Associated Students Productions, MECHA, BSU and Students for Justice in Palestine. To learn more, call (707) 664-2588.

She has taught a course on "The American Creed" at Harvard and at Sonoma State, which provides a framework for understanding the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in terms of rhetorical precedents from Jefferson through FDR.

She can also speak to issues regarding religion in the public sphere, historical contests over citizenship and reform, and the embattled role of intellectuals in American culture.

After three years teaching History and Literature at Harvard, Dr. Kittelstrom joined the faculty at SSU, where she teaches nineteenth and twentieth-century American history with an emphasis on religion, culture, and political theory.

Office: (707) 664-2327
E-mail: kitt@sonoma.edu

TWO NEW SHORT STORIES BY GREG SARRIS - The Word for Word Theater Company will be putting on performances of author, screenwriter and playwright Greg Sarris' original works "Ancestor", and "When Tom Smith Caused the 1906 Earthquake" followed by an interview with Sarris. In "When Tom Smith Caused the 1906 Earthquake", Sarris tells the story of two rival medicine men battling each other to see who is more powerful, one eventually causing an earthquake in his efforts to win. "Ancestor" follows 15-year-old R.D. after the death of his grandmother in his quest to find guidance from his ancestors. Both short stories reflect the importance of Native American influence on his life and the modern world. 2 p.m., Saturday, May 3. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. (707) 664-2382.

THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS PROTOTYPE - Richard Hovannisian, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, presents a lecture on the Armenian Genocide Memorial. "The Armenian Genocide is in many respects the prototype of premeditated mass killing and ethnic cleansing from the early part of the twentieth century to the present," says Hovannisian. He has published 15 books and articles on the subject of Armenia and the Armenian genocide and has received many honors for his scholarship, civic activities, and advancement of Armenian Studies. 25th annual Holocaust Lecture Series. 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 6. Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4296.

THE DIFFERENT FACES OF GOD: A BATTLE OF IDEAS - The notion of God is no easy matter. God has been called upon to fight for many sides of far too many battles, yet is said to be a God of peace. Dr. Shreibman will explore and discuss the battle for God in the Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Where do the disputes over God's will come from? Why are different religions often presented as opposing forces? What do all Abrahamic religions have in common? Why has there been such a rise in religious fundamentalism? All of these questions will be addressed in this enlightening lecture from the very popular and engaging Dr. Henry Shreibman. ASP Religion and Spirituality Lecture Series. 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 7. Student Union Multi Purpose Room, (707) 664-2382.

THE WORLD WITHOUT US: AN EVENING WITH ALAN WEISMAN - In a lecture discussing the premise of his best selling work of the same title, "The World Without Us", Alan Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks the audience to envision Earth, without humans. "The World Without Us" reached #6 on the New York Times Best sellers list and #1 for Time and Entertainment Weekly Magazines. The book and lecture reveal how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world's cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically-treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how even cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without people. 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 7. Cooperage. Free to SSU Students, Staff, and Faculty, $10 for Lifelong Learning Students, and $15 general admission. (707) 664-2382.

MASAMI TERAOKA CONVERSATION AND BOOKSIGNING - Teraoka, an artist originally from Japan whose work pays homage to-and critiques-the traditions of both Japanese and European art, will not only discuss the works in his book, Ascending Chaos, but will discuss how his work evolved from Ukiyo-e narrative, providing both a social and personal context, and will discuss inspired him to arrive at the imagery in his current work. A Q&A period will follow, along with a light reception. 2 p.m., Saturday, May 10. University Commons. (707) 664-2295.

PERFORMANCES

ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - This guy falls for this girl, and she falls for him. There's trouble between their cliques, but they get it on anyway. It gets worse. Sex, street fights, secret potions and a not too happy ending. Oh, and amazing poetry. Any way you slice it, William Shakespeare's timeless classic has it all. 8 p.m., Friday, May 2; 2 p.m., Saturday, May 3; 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 7; 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 8; 8 p.m., Saturday, May 10. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 General, $12 Faculty/Alumni/Staff, $8 Seniors/Students, SSU Students free. (707) 664-2353.

WEST SIDE STORY - West Side Story slams into us with the most dynamic music-story-dance ever created for the stage. West Side Story dials Romeo and Juliet forward into today's landscape of gangs and warfare. Its creators were brilliant. They were also angry. Angry about stuff we're still angry about. How hatred kills love. How love is all that matters. Together they birthed America's hottest-coolest modern musical. Presented by Quantum Opera Theatre. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 1; 8 p.m., Saturday, May 3; 5 p.m., Sunday, May 4; 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 6; 8 p.m., Friday, May 9; 2 p.m., Sunday, May 11. Evert B. Person Theatre. $15 General, $12 Faculty/Alumni/Staff, $8 Seniors/Students, SSU Students free. (707) 664-2353.

CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT - Members of the top classical youth orchestra in Germany, the German National Youth Orchestra (Junge Deutsche Philharmonie) will present a special concert to commemorate and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the famous Berlin Airlift. The concert program features: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, String Quartett in B Major "Jagdquartett"; Kurt Weil, from String Quartett b Minor, "4. Durchweg lustig und nicht zu schnell"; Charles Argersinger, Quintett for Trumpet and String Quartett; Johannes Brahms, String Quartett in B Major. 8 p.m., Monday, May 5. Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. Also on Monday, May 5, Karsten Tietz, German Consul for Cultural Affairs, will also offer a film screening and discussion on the Berlin Airlift at 10 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Student Union and at 1 p.m. in the Cooperage. (707) 664-2637.

AN AMERICAN CHORAL LANDSCAPE - The Sonoma County Choral Society presents "An American Choral Landscape". The SSU Chorus, directed by Jenny Bent, offers an eclectic concert of American choral music by such composers as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Moses Hogan. General Admission $12; SSU faculty, alumni, and staff $10; Students/Seniors $8. 8 p.m., Friday, May 9; 8 p.m., Sunday, May 11. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. SSU Box Office 707-664-2353 (M-F, 12-5); online at sonomachoral.org.

MONTEVERDI'S LATE WORKS: THE EIGHT BOOKS OF MADRIGALS AND THE SELVA MORALE - The SSU Chamber Singers, accompanied by a chamber ensemble from Sonoma Baroque, and directed by Robert Worth will present some of the pieces from these books, representing the peak of Monteverdi's art in both secular and sacred realms. Sonoma County Choral Society. 8 p.m., Friday, May 16 and 8 p.m., Saturday, May 17. Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. General $12; SSU faculty, alumni $10; students/seniors $8. (707) 664-2353.

FILMS

CARNIVAL OF SOULS - Herk Hervey's low-budget cult classic is a combination of Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Corman and The Twilight Zone. A pre-credit drag race ends in tragedy, but one woman stumbles away with no recollection of what happened. Enroute to Salt Lake City, where she taking a job as a church organist, she is haunted by a ghoulish man who stares at her through the windshield, and lures her to an abandoned lakeside pavilion. (1962, 85 min.) Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Thursday, May 1. Darwin 103. General admission is $5.00. $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. (707) 664-2606.

FOG CITY MAVERICKS- This film explores and applauds the extraordinary cinematic achievements of San Francisco Bay Area filmmakers, with notable attention to the way in which their lives and work mirror the spirit of invention and independence that makes the Bay Area such a unique cultural and artistic community. Filmmakers featured in the documentary include Bruce Conner, Carroll Ballard, Chris Columbus, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, John Korty, John Lasseter, Phil Kaufman, Walter Murch, Sofia Coppola and Saul Zaentz. (2007, 119 min.) 7 p.m., Friday. May 2. Warren Auditorium. General admission is $5. $4.50 for non-SSU students and senior citizens, $3.50 for SFI members and children under 12. SSU students admitted free. (707) 664-2606.

On Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m. in the Cooperage, Adelina Anthony will be performing "La Angry Xicana?!" Adelina's new, full-length stand-up comedy features her trademark salacious, brazen, Spanglish humor and flirts with all kinds of cultural taboos.

"La Angry Xicana?!" weaves together critiques on Hollywood, the U.S. corporate media, conservative politics, LGBT community health issues, religious icons, post-welfare life.

Following the performance, a screening of the documentary "Made in L.A." will be shown at 10 p.m. "Made in L.A." follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21.

Lifelong Chicano educator Sal Castro will speak on Saturday, April 26 at 9 a.m. at the Lakes as the keynote speaker. Castro, is a life-long Los Angeles school teacher with a national reputation as a school reformer. He has been a driving force behind the Chicano Youth Leadership Conference, an annual event that serves to empower Raza students every year, since 1963.

Castro is most well-known for his important role as an organizer of the famous 1968 blowouts when thousands of Chicana/o high school and junior high school students walked out of their schools in protest of years of inferior education.

For more information regarding this event, contact Omar A. Medina at (707) 318-6631.

"The Armenian Genocide is in many respects the prototype of pre-meditated mass killing and ethnic cleansing from the early part of the twentieth century to the present," says Hovannisian. "Those concerned with the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide have much to learn from the Armenian case."

Hovannisian is Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published 15 books and articles on the subject of Armenia and the Armenian genocide and has received many honors for his scholarship, civic activities, and advancement of Armenian Studies.

"Denial of demonstrated cases of genocide only serves to prolong the pain and suffering of the victims and their progeny. It is essential that the victim group know the truth of its suffering and that this be acknowledged by the world and the perpetrator side," he says.

For further information, contact the Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, Dr. Myrna Goodman, (707) 664-4076.

Information about the lecture series is available at http://www.sonoma.edu/holocaust/center.htm.

"From Flapping Birds To Space Telescopes: The Modern Science Of Origami" will describe how the centuries-old Japanese art has made a revolutionary development with mathematical techniques. Lang will discuss how geometric concepts led to the solution of a broad class of origami folding problems - specifically, the problem of efficiently folding a shape with an arbitrary number and arrangement of flaps - and along the way, enabled origami designs of mind-blowing complexity and realism.

Robert Lang has been studying origami for thirty years, with over 400 designs catalogued and diagrammed. His work combines aspects of the Western school of mathematical origami design with the Eastern emphasis upon line and form to yield models that are at once distinctive, elegant, and challenging to fold.

His lecture is one piece of the M*A*T*H* Colloquium, which meets every Wednesday. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served at 3:45 and the lecture will follow after. For more information, contact Ben Ford at (707) 664-2472.

Teraoka, an artist originally from Japan whose work pays homage to-and critiques-the traditions of both Japanese and European art, will not only discuss the works in his book, Ascending Chaos, but will discuss how his work evolved from Ukiyo-e narrative, providing both a social and personal context, and will discuss inspired him to arrive at the imagery in his current work. A Q&A period will follow, along with a light reception.

Masami Teraoka was born in Onomichi, Japan, in 1936. He moved to Los Angeles in 1961, where he received his B.A. and M.F.A. from the Otis Art Institute. He currently lives and works in Hawaii. Teraoka’s work has been exhibited internationally and is in major private and public collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Walker Art Center.

For more information, please call Carla Stone at (707) 664-2295.

His presentation comes from his book entitled "What The Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry." The lecture is part of the Computer Science Colloquium.

Based from interviews conducted with surviving members,"What The Dormouse Said" captures the lives and times of those who laid the groundwork for the PC revolution, such as Fred Moore, a teenage antiwar protester who went on to ignite the computer industry, and "Cap'n Crunch", who wrote the first word processing software for the IBM PC (EZ Writer) in prison, became a millionaire, and ended up homeless. The book also discusses the early split between the idea of commercial and free-supply computing.

For more information, contact George Ledin, Professor of Computer Science, (707) 664-2810.

The Student Health Advisory Committee and the Student Health Center have also called Tuesday "No Butts Day," encouraging all students to help clean the campus by picking up cigarette butts on April 21. They are promoting a clean and non-toxic campus, and will be handing out sandwich bags and gloves to those interested.

Before the cigarette butts are disposed of, they will be used for a display on Earth Day. For more information about No Butts Day, call Toni Boracchia at (707) 664-2927.

On Tuesday, April 22, Sustainable SSU, ASP and various other clubs will be tabling around campus. There will be guest speakers, live music and plenty of information for those interested in helping the environment. Local mayor, Jake Mckenzie is scheduled to speak sometime during the even.

Members of Sustainable SSU will also be calling elected officials on Tuesday to call for a coal moratorium and action on Green Jobs.

Dining venues around campus will also honor Earth Day with discounts on drinks for clients who provide their own cup. Customers can get a free tea bag at Toast, a free fountain beverage at the University Commons and fifty-cent drip coffee at Charlie Brown's.

On Thursday, April 24, Bikes of Sonoma State will participate in a statewide Bike-To-School Day and encourage all students to participate. Rather than drive, participants will ride to school, where they can have a free bike tune-up, maintenance tutorials, safety/route advice, and are eligible for free bike supplies and giveaways. For more information, e-mail BikeSSU@gmail.com.

Friends of Copeland Creek will also be planting native species on Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tools and gloves will be provided. They will meet along Copeland Creek behind the Environmental Technology Center at the end of West Redwood Drive near parking lot A. Contact Rebecca Crowe, crowe@sonoma.edu, or Steve Gordon, gordonst@sonoma.edu, for more information.

Above,Tracy Ramsdell Ray, Assistant Director, Dining Services, displays the many recyclable dining supplies now available at venues on campus. At right, Friends of Copeland Creek at work.

A Christine Cobough exhibit will be available for viewing from April 1 -15 in the Center for Culture and Gender Studies. The exhibit centers on bringing awareness toward violence against women while at the same time advocating a stop to it. Moving pictures are paired with poems from survivors of assaults and Cobough has donated a book to the event detailing a woman's story about surviving incest.

These Hands Won't Hurt, a display presented by SAFE will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. by Salazar and Stevenson Halls.

On Saturday, April 12, SAFE will sponsor a free self-defense training course at 11 a.m. at Elite Academy. Those who wish to participate must sign up in the Student Union prior to the event, as space is limited.

A T-shirt exhibit, The Clothesline Project will be on display on Wednesday and Thursday, April 16 and 17 in the Stevenson Quad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information about Denim Day will also be given on April 17.

Take Back The Night, an annual rally, will be held on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Cooperage. The event is free, but seats are limited.

A representative from United Against Sexual Assault, a community group which offers free counseling to victims of all forms of sexual assault, is planning visit Sonoma State sometime after Take Back The Night. He will run a workshop on sexual assault and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. More details about the event will be announced later.

For more information, contact Alyssa Messer, President of the Women's and Gender Studies Club at messeral@sonoma.edu or Katie from SAFE at (707) 664-2217 or safe@sonoma.edu.

Professor Lenny Strobel of the American Multicultural Studies department, and student Nick Jones, will be the two featured guest speakers, discussing diversity in the SSU community. All participating organizations will have recruitment tables with information about joining and contributing to the club.

For more information contact Areena Lal, President of the Indian Cultural Club at lal@sonoma.edu or (650) 353-1889. The event is co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Islander Organization, Black Scholars United, the Filipino American Association at SSU, and the Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality.

The workshop is expected to hold a safe space for faculty and instructors to explore their own places of privilege, incorporate this awareness into their teaching with students and work relationships, explore ways in which participants can become allies to people included in the Big 8 of diversity (culture, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, gender, disability, age, and religion), analyze cases regarding issues of discrimination, sexism, etc., and brainstorm about effective way to resolve them, and present successful implementation of multicultural pedagogy.

Participants are asked to bring examples of multicultural pedagogy they use in their classroom and/or write up short description of cases involving multicultural issues.

Morning coffee and lunch are provided for all participants made possible due to a generous donation from School of Social Sciences (Psychology, MA) alum Vicki Bailey. Facilitators are Elisa Velasquez (Psychology), Jayamala Madathil (Counseling) and Bonnie Sugiyama (Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality).

Registration begins at 9 a.m. on the main quad. The walk begins at 10:30 a.m. Last year, the group was able to raise over $70,000. They hope to match or even exceed the same amount this year. For those wishing to volunteer, a meeting will be held on Friday, April 18, at 5 p.m. in Stevenson 2001. To donate money to this cause or form a team, visit www.walknowforautism.org/sonoma/. For additional information or to talk about volunteer opportunities, contact Sonoma@autismspeaks.org.