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CROSS-CULTURAL CENTER WINTER BREAK HOURS
 
Dec. 13-23: Monday-Friday, 9AM-4:30PM
Dec. 24-Jan. 2: Closed
 
Regular hours will resume on 1/5:
Monday-Thursday, 9AM-9PM 
Friday, 9AM-4PM

CHAT WITH DR. CAT
 
Dr. Cat Thompson is the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) liaison to the Campus Community Centers.

She also spends five hours per week at each Community Center to see students and be in community.  Students are welcome to stop by during the below hours to connect with her.
 
Women's Center
Tuesdays from 12-5pm
 
LGBT Resource Center

Wednesdays from 1-6PM 

Cross-Cultural Center
Thursdays from 1-6pm 
 
Please speak to community center staff if you are interested in setting up an individual counseling appointment with her.
INTERN OPPORTUNITY AT INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT
 
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is seeking a current undergraduate (or graduate student) to assist with the 2009 Young Women's Leadership Program.  The intern will collaborate with CCL staff and community members to prepare for a week-long summer leadership program specially designed for high school women.  If you are interested, please apply on the UCSD Port Triton on the Career Services Center website: http://career.ucsd.edu
24th Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference
Feb. 14 | 9:30AM-5:30PM at UC Berkeley

revolutionary love: from "me" to "we" redefining intimacy and activism
 
The purpose of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) is to build bridges between academic and community women of color in an effort to assist them in sharing resources, strategies, and visions that will empower them at all levels of society. The Conference also strives to build networks among different generations, ethnic and racial groups, socioeconomic levels, sexual orientations, and physical abilities.

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CALLING ALL QUEER WOMYN OF COLOR!
Tues., Jan. 13 | 7PM      LGBT Resource Center

Join Brianna Marquez and Michelle Strange and come together to:
-establish our own space!
-acknowledge our intersectionalities!
-create visibility and community!
-discuss possible ways to move forward!

This is a new organization for queer womyn of color and our allies. Let's decide what we want to do with our space! Light refreshments will be provided.
 
JOIN SD WOMEN OF COLOR COLLECTIVE
   
San Diego's Women of Color Collective is inviting all  women of color, people of color, all ethnicities, backgrounds, genders, races, cultures, and allies to women of color to come together to create a safe space to share, dialogue, connect, build, inspire, enlighten and challenge. If you are interested in joining San Diego's Women of Color Collective's Discussions, please feel free to email [email protected] 
Scholarship Opportunity: Gates Millennium Scholars Program  
 
The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding underrepresented students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.
 
Application deadline is Jan. 12, 2009. Find out more here.
 
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Dec. 08, 2008
Finals Week!
GET YOUR STUDY ON AT THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY CENTERS!
All day Sunday - Wednesday of Finals week.
 
That's right folks, for your study pleasure the Campus Community Centers have combined forces to provide a space for students to have late-night studying in preparation for finals. On Sunday - Wednesday of Finals Week, one of the community centers will be open 24-HOURS! 
 
We will have a chill and comfortable space to study, public computers and printer, study group rooms, snacks, and plenty of coffee!
 
What are you waiting for? Come on over!
 
CROSS-CULTURAL CENTER FINALS WEEK HOURS:
9AM Monday-9PM Tuesday (open all night & day!)
9AM-6PM Wednesday & Thursday
Closed Friday
 
WOMEN'S CENTER FINALS WEEK HOURS:
9AM-7PM Monday
9AM Tuesday - 7PM Wednesday (open all night!)
9AM-7PM Thursday
Closed Friday
 
LGBT RESOURCE CENTER FINALS WEEK HOURS:
8AM-9PM Monday-Thursday
Closed Friday

 
 
COMMUNITY POTLUCK TO CELEBRATE EDWINA'S DISSERTATION DEFENSE!
Thurs. Dec. 11 | 12-2PM | CCC

graciaThe entire community is invited to join the Cross-Cultural Center for a potluck to celebrate Edwina's dissertatoin defense! Many of you are aware that the phenominal Edwina Welch, CCC Director, has been working hard on her doctoral dissertation. She defends on Thursday and we want the whole community to join us in celebration. Please bring a dish to share with all.
 
 
 
CAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO... 
Thurs., Jan. 22 | 4:00PM | CCC Comunidad Room
 
Kari Hong, a lawyer and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, presents "Cause the Bible Tells Me So: A Legal History of Religion and the Institution of Marriage." In this talk, Ms. Hong will look at the legal history of marriage and examine the ways in which religion has shaped social and legal restrictions over who may enter and exit the institution of marriage. From early Christianity's emphasis on celibacy to the Protestant Reformation's rejection of the Church's restrictions, legal definitions have been tied to religious views over who may and may not be married. In the United States, the concepts of coverature, anti-miscegenation laws, no-fault divorce were rooted in religious views and subsequently were altered as social views changed. Viewed from the modern fight over same-sex marriage, the role of religion and the law intersect in ways that show that history truly is prologue.
 
The Cross-Cultural Center is located on the 2 Fl. of Price Center East. For more information call 858.534.9689 or email
[email protected].  To request reasonable accommodations necessary to enable your participation in any of our events, please call (858) 534-6744 or email [email protected]. Requests must be made no later than two weeks before the event to ensure adequate time to arrange for the accommodation. 
WOMEN'S CENTER BOOK CLUB
Mon., Dec. 8 | 12-1PM | Women's Center

book_clubThe next book club will meet in the small meeting room to discuss Mapp & Lucia, by E. F. Benson (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.
Future meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of every month. Sponsored by the UCSD Bookstore and the Women's Center. For more information, please contact Jessica Chapin-Geipel at (858) 822-1479 or [email protected] 
 
 
 
YARN FACTORY
Wed. Dec 10 | 12-1:30PM | Women's Center
 
For those of you who haven't been, Yarn Factory is an opportunity for you to head down to the Women's Center for some socializing through knitting, dialogue, and fun. All are welcome!
Materials will be provided for those who need them. Bring your own lunch.

 
 
 
GABNET SD BOOKCLUB AND DISCUSSION, "IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES"
Tues., Dec. 16 | 6:00pm | Women's Center
 
butterfliesIn 1994, Julia Alvarez brought the Mirabals' story to an American audience through her novel In the Time of the Butterflies. Alvarez's connections to this story run deep, since her own parents were involved in the underground movement and fled to America before being arrested. She does not write a history or a biography, however. She fictionalizes the Mirabal sisters and depicts their lives through the voices she creates for them. She even includes Ded� Mirabal, the only sister to survive, as a voice of the present reflecting on the past. Through her characters, she stresses the need to remember the past, even times of great pain, while also striving for happiness in the present and the future. Perhaps more importantly, she stresses the need to see heroes not as superhuman, but as people who fight their own fears in order to fight injustice.
 
 
 
WINTER Q CAMP WELCOME BACK
Wed., Jan 7 | 5-6:30PM | LGBT RC
 
QCampWinter Q Camp is around the corner, so mark your calendars! Winter Q Camp rings in the new quarter by welcoming new members to the community and welcoming back old ones. This is a time for ALL of us to (re)connect and to hear about this quarter's upcoming events. Bring back the spirit of Fall Q Camp's potluck, only this time, food will be provided! Please contact Jan Estrellado (
[email protected]) for more information.
 
 
 
UCSD LGBT UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP NOW AVAILABLE!
The LGBT Undergraduate Scholarship Program encourages gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender UCSD students to apply for the six scholarships made possible by generous contributions from many people, including Chris Arrott, Michael Marx and Donald Marshall, Russ Ty, and from funds in memory of Tracee Parsons and Stephen P. L'Italien, Jr. The objective of the undergraduate scholarship program is to recognize and encourage academic excellence and to offer financial support to meritorious students.
 
All 2009-2010 LGBT Scholarship applications will be submitted to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center (LGBTRC) and are due on March 13, 2009 at 4:00pm. For more information, please go to http://lgbt.ucsd.edu or e-mail Jan Estrellado [email protected]
 
UCSD BLACK STAFF ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE & NETWORKING MIXER
Fri., Dec. 12 | 6PM-12AM | The Loft
 
The UC San Diego Campus and the San Diego community are invited to dance to the sounds of DJ24K and laugh with comedienne Shawn Pelofsky. Throughout the evening, there will be opportunities to win door prizes with the first drawing at 6:30pm so arrive early.

The cost for tickets is $15 per person or $25 per couple. Tickets for the event are available at the UCSD Box office. The proceeds from this event will benefit the UCSD's Black Staff Association, which supports the professional and personal development of its members and contributes to the enrichment of diversity at UCSD through outreach services and programs.
 
 
 
THE FLOR CONTEMPLACION STORY FILM SCREENING
Wed., Dec. 10 | 7:00PM | Bonita Sunnyside Library, 4375 Bonita Rd, Bonita, CA 91902
 
In 1995, a Filipino maid was executed in Singapore for killing a young co-worker. This true-life drama from the Philippines tells her story. Flor Contemplacion, like many impoverished people, thought she might have a shot at a better life if she worked abroad as a domestic and so took her four much-loved children to Singapore to take a maid's job. Unlike many other servants, Flor was well-treated by her employers. In March 1995, she was suddenly arrested and charged with killing a maid and the little boy the maid was caring for. Unfortunately, all evidence points to Flor's innocence. After her hanging, the tale behind the tragedy is revealed.