CHANGE TOMORROW, GIVE TODAY
The Cross-Cultural Center has transformed the lives of many who walk through our doors. The success of UCSD students, staff, faculty and alumni has always been central to our work. Now we are asking you to support us.
Please consider donating to the Cross-Cultural Center for the 2009 UCSD United Way/CHAD Campaign. Your gift of any amount will make it possible for us to continue to make a difference for diversity at UCSD.
Be sure to enter our agency code: CCENTR |
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
1. Center for Progressive Leadership
The 2008 New Leaders Internship Program runs from June 8th to August 15th, and includes a paid Internship at a leading progressive organization in D.C., weekly trainings, mentoring and career coaching with progressive leaders, as well as a stipend of $3,750 for the summer, and housing assistance.
Applications are due on March 13th. Go here to learn more and apply.
2. IICAS Human Rights Student Fellowship Applications due March 9th
The Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS) is pleased to announce the 2nd annual student competition for human rights fellowships. Successful applicants for the 2009 UC Human Rights Fellowship will receive $3,500 for summer internships with a human rights organization.
Information and application instructions here.
3. Getty Institute Multicultural Undergrad Internship
Deadline: March 1, 2009
In order to increase diversity in professions related to museums and the visual arts, the Getty is offering summer internships at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa to undergraduates from culturally diverse backgrounds. Internships provide training and work experience in areas such as conservation, library collections, publications, museum education, curatorship, grants administration, public programs, site opera- tions, and information technology. Find out more. |
VOLUNTEER:
"Comienza con un Sueńo / It Begins with a Dream"
Sat., March 7 | Shifts from 7AM-1PM
UCSD welcomes San Diego and Imperial Valley parents and K-12 students on March 7th 2009 to learn more about college access, retention, and preparing for graduate school.
We need your support! Help us to ensure pathways to college for students and parents from diverse backgrounds by volunteering for this event.
Every volunteer will enjoy free breakfast, get a free conference t-shirt and will get to know the people on campus who care about impacting diversity at UCSD
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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
1. Do Something Awards, Deadline: March 1st. Info and app at the website2. Horace Mann Scholarships, Deadline: March 12th. Info and app at the website
3. Unsung Heroes Program, Deadline: April 30th. Info and app the website |
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ONE MORE WEEK & 100 MORE TO GO. YOU CAN HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!
There is only one week left to take the Cross-Cultural Center assessment and we still need 100 more to reach our goal of 450 completed by March 1.
You can help us reach that goal by taking the survey now.
Your feedback will show that diversity and social justice at UCSD is important to you. Your input will also help guide the strategic planning and future of the Cross-Cultural Center.
Please take 10-15 minutes right now to complete this survey. Staff, faculty, students, alumni and community members are all encouraged to participate.
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COLECTIVA CHICANA PRESENTS: LA CHICANA IN THE UNIVERSITY
Thurs., Feb. 26 | 7-9PM | CCC Comunidad
What are the struggles of Chicanas in the University and in their communities? Learn about the new Chicana class  offered during Spring quarter! Discuss the importance of creating Chicana/o Curriculum and spaces here in the University. Come and build community with a new organization here on campus, Colectiva Chicana. Light refreshments provided.
Guest speaker: Maria Figueroa, Professor of Mira Costa College, Activist, Alumni of UCSD
SWEET DESSERTS AND SWEET STORIES: DESSERT POTLUCK
Thurs., March 5 | 3-5PM | CCC Comunidad
Bake or make your favorite dessert and share it with  everyone else. It will be a dessert potluck so if you can bring something it will be greatly appreciated. Drinks will be provided. In addition, we will be making a collective dessert cookbook for the CCC. Please bring your recipe with you.
PAN DEL SAL & POETRY
Fri., March 6 | 5-6:30PM | CCC Library
 LIKE LIMERICKS? HAVE A KNACK FOR HAIKUS? WANNA WRITE PANTOUMS? Poetry writing and exploration workshop. Free food from the Cross! Poetry fills me up...good . A meal for people.
REVERSING THE LENS: REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN ART Exhibit showing in the CCC ArtSpace March 2-13.
An art exhibit presenting the works of female artists on  campus and in the local community. Throughout history, women have been objectified, commodified, and hypersexualized in art works, rendered as objects to be gazed at by typically male viewers. The purpose of this exhibition is to give women artists the opportunity to "reverse the lens," so to speak, and give them the opportunity to represent themselves.
MIXED STUDENT UNION
First meeting: Tues., March 3 | 5-6PM | CCC
This organization is for anyone who identifies as multiethnic or mixed. Allies who are interested in mixed issues and identity are welcome as well.
"IN OUR HANDS: ART INSPIRED BY THE VALUES OF CESAR CHAVEZ" CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Submission Deadline: Mon., March 2
 The Cross-Cultural Center is seeking submissions for our Chávez art show in honor of César Chávez month in April at UCSD.Chavez was a civil rights activist who fought for the rights of farm workers. Throughout his life, Chavez encouraged non-violence and self-determination. Find out more... |
The Cross-Cultural Center is located on the 2 Fl. of Price Center East. For more information call 858.534.9689 or email cccenter@ucsd.edu. To request reasonable accommodations necessary to enable your participation in any of our events, 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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coming up at the Campus Community Centers...
QUEER DRUM CIRCLE
Thurs., Feb. 26 | 5-6:30PM | LGBT Resource Center
The Queer Drum Circle is a place where we gather to drum with others from the surrounding community. The drum circle offers equality because there is no head or tail. The event is open to all in the UCSD community. The main objective is to create and share rhythm in order to get in tune with each other as well as forming a group consciousness. As a group the goal is to build community by encouraging new and collective voices that emerge from the group as we drum together.
2009 TRANSGENDER LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The 2009 conference theme is "Stonewall to Today: Building Powerful Transgender Communities". We recognize the importance of creating a space for transgender people and their allies to learn how to advocate for their communities through workshops, skill building, networking, and leadership development opportunities. The cost of this event is $25 and is open to individuals of all skill levels who are involved or interested in advancing civil rights for transgender people in California. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. We look forward to seeing you there! Registration and more information is available here.
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coming up in the community...
CONGO TEACH-IN LED BY DR. PAT WASHINGTON March 4 & 11 | 5-8PM | Malcolm X Library (5148 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92114)
 Eastern Congo is caught in an epidemic of appalling sexual violence, as militias use rape as a military tactic to destroy communities and exert control over natural resources. Used as a weapon of war, sexual violence and rape exist on a scale seen nowhere else in the world. Often successful in its intent to destroy and exterminate, rape is causing the destruction of women, their families, and their communities. Congo's women are the backbone of Congolese society and are the country's best, brightest hope. Yet efforts to protect women and girls in the Congo are failing spectacularly. Each day that goes by without action, thousands more Congolese are displaced or killed and countless women and girls are raped. Enough is enough. We hope that you will join us. http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org
4th ANNUAL QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR CONFERENCE
April 3 & 4 at UC Davis | qpocc.webs.com
The theme of this year's conference is "Building  Communities through Art, Action, and Resistance." With this theme, one of our many goals includes finding alternate, new, fun, and exciting ways to resist societal norms that are imposed on LGBTQI communities of color, through embracing the arts, creation, action, and building community. We highly encourage workshop proposals that encompass such a theme- that break away from traditional ways of thinking and embrace somewhat unconventional, nonconformist ideals of community. | |
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