Islamic Law and the Challenge of Islamophobia
Mon, May 5, 8pm at Price Center Ballroom B
Professor Abou El Fadl is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on Islamic Law in the U.S. and a major contemporary Islamic thinker. As a strong proponent of human rights, he serves on the Advisory Board of Middle East Watch and previously on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch. This Burke Lecture is co-sponsored by the UCSD Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Center for the Humanities, the Middle East Studies Program, the Department of History, and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS). |
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Language Conversation Tables
Language Tables are informal gatherings between native speakers and language learners that meet an hour a week to converse in a target language. ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME! All tables meet at CAFÉ VENTANAS unless otherwise specified. Please check back at ihouse.ucsd.edu for updated times!
- ASL:Thu, 1:00 @
- Sierra Summit
- Cantonese: Thu, 6:30pm
- English: Wed. 12pm
- Filipino: Thu, 6pm
- French: Mon, 7pm
- German: Thur, 7pm
- Italian: Wed, 7pm
- Japanese: Fri, 5pm
- Korean: Wed, 6pm
- Mandarin: Thu, 6:30 @ Porter's Pub
- Punjabi: Thu, 6pm
- Russian: Thursday, 4pm @ the Grove
- Spanish: Thu, 7pm
- Taiwanese: Thu, 6pm
- Vietnamese: Fri, 7pm
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1st Queer & Asian Conference Saturday, May 3rd at UC Berkeley
Berkeley's 1st Queer and Asian Conference will be held on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. The theme is Story-ing the Silence: Filling the Pages. The conference will be a day for community building and networking; a place to explore the intersections of identity, and share stories as individuals and as a community.
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Disability Studies Workshop
Fri., May 9 from 10a-6p and Sat., May 10 from 10a-3p at the Media Culture Communication Building, rm 201
A two-day series of workshops for faculty, staff and graduate students from across the UC campuses focusing on furthering interdisciplinary, intercampus curricular development, dialog
and networking on scholarship and teaching in disability studies.
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SPACES 1st Annual Gala!
Sat., May 24
Please come celebrate SPACES successes at their 1st Annual SPACES Gala. A large turnout from the local San Diego community and beyond is expected, and YOU are invited!
If you know of local contacts (educators, politicians, parents, community leaders, etc.) that would be interested in attending, please contact SPACES.
Please bookmark the recently launched website spaces.ucsd.edu more details about the SPACES Gala will be available there. |
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Principles to Practice:
Campus Community Center's Institute on Diversity and Social Justice
June 25th, 2008 from 8:30am -4:00pm at the Price Center, Gallery A
50 people maximum
To register,please e-mail with your name, department and title
Addressed from multiple perspectives, and with a deep-seated attention to the lived experiences of the participants in the room, the session will explore both past realities, current situations and potentials for future change. Cultures within departments, political dynamics, and individual effectiveness will be examined and explored. By honoring UCSD's Principles of Community we continue to maintain an excellent workforce, and the session provides a space to hone the skills necessary to maintain and enhance this work. |
Social Justice Quote of the Week |
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."
Frederick Douglass
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Nominate someone outstanding for the All People's Celebration!
The Cross-Cultural Center will host its 13th annual All People's Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 23, 2008 at 5:00 PM. The goal of the Ceremony is to recognize campus individuals who contribute their time, effort, and energy to increase multicultural understanding at UCSD and in the surrounding community. We believe these people have helped the CCC to fulfill its mission of "building community from the ground up." All People's Celebration is a chance to recognize their contributions. Please take this opportunity to nominate someone (student, staff, faculty, or community) who you feel has contributed to diversity and community at UCSD. Submit nominations here! Please submit nominations by Monday, May 19. |
Coming Up at the Cross-Cultural Center
Pinay Speaks
Wed., April 30 from 4-5pm at the Cross-Cultural Center
Kamalayan Kollective's Pinay Speaks is a space for womyn-identified people to get together and explore various issues. We aspire to create a safe space for dialogue and we jope to listen to stories that often go unheard. Join for a fun and thought-provoking dialogue!
Remembering PINAYtration
Fri., May 2 from 6:30-9pm at the Cross-Cultural Center
Discuss with UCSD alumni and San Diego community members about PINAYtration. Learn more about Pinay spaces on this campus and in the community, how they were developed and the struggle of being in those spaces, as well as allyship.
American Pie: Crime and Punishment
Sat., May 3 from 8am-4:30pm
$10 - includes transportation and lunch
 Take a trip to a local San Diego dentention facility. Explore issues of crime, punishment, prevention, education and rehabilitation. Engage in a community service project. Talk with those involved in the legal system, law enforcement, education and prevention. Finally, finish with discussions as a community.
Sign up at the Cross-Cultural Center. Spots are limited so sign up soon!
Arts & Crafts Student Activist Breather
Tue., May 6 from 6-7:30pm
Take a break with other student activists and get crafty! Join us to make tee-shirts, decopage, picture frames and more! Food and supplies provided -just bring yourself and your creativity.
Stage Presence Book Launch
Thu., May 8 from 4-5:30pm
OGS Diversity Dinner
Thu., May 15 from 4-6pm
Featuring a roundtable discussion with UCSD graduate students, staff and faculty on "Institutional Visibility and Invisibility" Seating is limited; please RSVP by Mon., May 12 to grad-community@ucsd.edu
To request reasonable accommodations necessary to enable your participation, please call (858) 534-6744 or email areardon@ucsd.edu Requests must be made no later than two weeks before the event to ensure adequate time to arrange for the accommodation. |
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Outing Racism
On May 3rd at 10am, an incredible experience awaits at the LGBT Resource Center.
 The stakes are high and the mood is set. The 2nd part of the Outing Racism series focuses on Anti-Racist Practice. The mission is to take action in our spaces and create a social justice environment that challenges us to start with ourselves. There will be delicious food, group discussions, anti-racist workshops and activities along with relational experiences.
The task is challenging and emotive, passionate and necessary.
The LGBT Resource Center welcomes your attendance at the Outing Racism: Anti-Racist Workshops on May 3, 2008." For information or to RSVP email rainbow@ucsd.edu with the subject line "Outing Racism".
Forum on Marriage Equality
Tue., May 6 at 11:30am at the Women's Center.
We all have the right to marry the person we love! All LGBTQ folks, friends and allies are invited; refreshments provided.Lead Discussants: Trangdai Glassey-Tranguyen & Siddarth Kulkarni. Sponsored by: UCSD Women's Center, Cross-Cultural Center, and LGBT Resource Center.
Women's Center Book Club
Tue, May 13 from 12-1pm at the Women's CenterThe Women's Center's next book club will meet in the small meeting room to discuss Absolutely True Diary, by Sherman Alexie, (This book will be available at the UCSD Bookstore at a discount). The group is open to new members at all times and is for anyone who loves to read. All meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of every month.For more information, please contact Jessica Chapin-Geipel at (858) 822-1479 or jlchapin@ucsd.edu . |
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Out and Proud Week
Monday, May 5: Scholarship Fundraiser 5:00pm-7:00pm at Round Table Pizza
Come join us as we fundraise for the LGBT  Resource Center undergraduate scholarship. 20% of the proceeds you spend at Round Table will go to the $1,000 scholarship. Bring friends, share a meal, and raise money for an awesome cause!
Tuesday, May 6: Transamerica
5:00pm Reception, with film immediately following at Price Center Theater
Admission: FREE
Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be -- until she finds out she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son. TRANSAMERICA is a funny, touching, completely modern look at the contemporary American family, starring Emmy Award-winner Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers.
Wednesday, May 7: Hidden Voices - The Lives of LGBT Muslims
Speaker: Faisal Alam, 5:00pm at Mandeville Center East
This presentation aims to dispel myths about  Islam, a religion that is commonly misunderstood in today's world. By exploring the complex diversity within the Muslim world and by illustrating the many challenges facing queer Muslims, this presentation will bring new light into the lives of an often invisible and silent community: Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning.
Thursday, May 8: Transgender Tea Party
5:00pm at LGBT Resource Center
The Transgender Intersex Alliance (TIA) and the LGBT Resource Center are hosting a "T"-Party! Here, "T" stands for "Transgender", so we will have a panel discussion with members of our transgender community, who will be sharing their stories and their lived experiences. All members of the LGBT community and our allies are welcome to attend. Formal English high tea, finger sandwiches, and petit fours will be served.
Friday, May 9: Julia Serano and Anniversary Celebration
4:00pm, with reception immediately following, Eucalyptus Point
Come join us for Julia Serano's spoken word performance! Julia Serano is an Oakland, California-based writer, spoken word  performer, trans activist, and biologist. Julia is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (to be published by Seal Press in June, 2007), a collection of personal essays that examines the ways in which misogyny frames many popular stereotypes and assumptions about transsexual women. Julia's performance will be followed by an Anniversary Celebration to honor the LGBT Resource Center's second year in its permanent home. Refreshments will be served.
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The Intergroup Relations Program is currently recruiting students to join our 2008-09 "igroup team!"
A total of five paid positions are available including two Peer Educators, one Student Coordinator for Outreach, one Student Coordinator for Events, and one Director for the Social Action Theatre Troupe. All positions start at $9.50/hr. (Director at $11.00/hr.)
For full job descriptions and application instructions, please visit the Career Center's job site at Port Triton. Application deadline is Thursday, May 15th. For more information about us, visit our website at: http://irp.ucsd.edu/.
Nominate an Outstanding Senior
The Outstanding Senior Awards will be given out at the All Campus Celebration on June 19 to a graduating senior and graduate student who have earned the admiration of the UC San Diego community for exceptional contributions to university life. The winners will be awarded $1000 each and a lifetime membership to the UC San Diego Alumni Association. Members of the UC San Diego community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) may nominate up to three students for the awards. Nominations are due in the Office of the Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs FRIDAY, May 9, 2008 by 4:30 p.m.
Link to application - http://vcsa.ucsd.edu/AwardsApp.pdf
Link to Senior Week - http://seniors.ucsd.edu | |
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