UCSD Cross-Cultural Center  Week 3, April 2011
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Community Art Project

at the CCC 

Come create a visual representation/manifestation of your experience(s) here at UCSD.

The available dates and times:

 

Week 2- Thursday 4/7 12:30p-2:30p

Week 3 -Thursday 4/14 12:30p-2:30p

Week 5-Thursday 4/28 12:30p-2:30p

Week 6-Thursday 5/5 12:30p-2:30p

Week 7- Thursday 5/12 12:30p-2:30p

Week 8 - Thursday 5/19 All People's Celebration REVEAL!

For more info contact Bianca at [email protected] 


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UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS

unSpoken Word: an Activist's Predicamentunspokenword 

Wednesday | April 13 | 5-7pm
Cross-Cultural Center Art Gallery

Join us for an evening of art that is focused around the dilemmas and struggles of activists when it comes to familia understanding, tolerating and simply supporting in the most crucial times! Food and refreshments will be provided. A self-initiated project by Jenny Romero. For more info. contact

[email protected]. Everyone is welcome! 


Transfer Student Forum transferforum

Thursday | April 14 | 12:30-2pm  

Cross-Cultural Center Art Library

Hey Transfers! We want to hear your voices and see your beautiful faces. Come to the Transfer Student Forum to talk about what's on your mind and share what you want to see from us at the Cross-Cultural Center. This is great opportunity to tell us how we can help support you and make you feel more comfortable at UCSD. Free food and refreshments will be provided, so don't miss out!

Please contact Jeff at [email protected] for more information.


Invisible Studentsinvisiblestudents

Thursday | April 14 | 4-6pm  

Cross-Cultural Center Art Gallery
 

Invisible Students at UCSD is an opportunity to unsilence those that live marginalized due to our broken immigration laws. This event is accompanied by an art exhibition titled Unsilencing AB540 Students at the Cross-Cultural Center, Gallery, from April 4th to April 15th. Come join us in community with food, AB540 narratives, DREAM Act information and an action in an attempt to provide AB540 students at UCSD with a support network. Hope to see you there!


Community Seder: Liberation & Hardshipcommunityseder

Thursday | April 21 | 11-1pm  

Cross-Cultural Center Library
 

Come to the Cross-Cultural Center and Hillel's Passover seder-style community lunch! Share your experiences and hear others' narratives about striving for liberation, both individual and communal. Lunch* is provided with intimate  table conversation and an open mic for stories, poems, and spoken word. The lunch will follow Jewish dietary laws for the holiday of Passover, also known as "kosher for Passover". 


Graduate School Workshop

Friday | April 22 | 11-1pm  

Cross-Cultural Center Library
 

Graduate School can be an intimidating thought. What's the right program for me? What steps should I take for a good application? How do I find funding? Find the answers to these questions and many more through this workshop that is designed to expand the knowledge you already have. Through an interactive group exercise, you will learn more about the prospects of pursuing an advanced degree, as well as tips and tricks to make yourself a strong and viable applicant. Free pizza will be provided after the workshop.

Contact Jeff at [email protected] or Chris at [email protected] for more information.


CAMPUS COMMUNITY CENTERS

Coming Out Groupcoming out group

Mondays | 5:15-6:30pm

Women's Center Small Conference Room
 

The Coming Out group is a place to meet and gain support while discussing your sexual and/or gender identities in a confidential setting. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight, or questioning folks who are coming out, considering coming out or may already be out. Topics are determined by group participants and can include stress, fear, anxiety, loneliness, excitement and celebration with regard to coming out. Open to new members through Week 4. For more info, please contact Cat Thompson at [email protected] or Agustin Orozco at [email protected].


outandproudVolunteers Needed for Out & Proud Week 

Monday | April 18-22 | 8am-4pm

UCSD Campus-wide (Various Locations) 


Out and Proud week is coming up April 18th-22nd! It's an exciting week of LGBTQ community visibility, celebration, and private reflection. There will be giant rainbow balloon arches and special events! The success of Out and Proud Week depends on the work of volunteers. If you're interested in lending your energetic support, please email Liz at [email protected] with your availability! Even one hour of your time is appreciated.

 

Because Out and Proud week relies heavily on volunteers to ensure its existence, on Friday there shall be a party enshrining all of you and your hard work. There will be cake.  


Transgender Film Fest tgfilmfest

Tuesday | April 19 | 6-8pm  

Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
 

These genre-blurring short films weave elements of documentary and narrative film to entertain and enlighten with sweet, seductive, and subversive visions from the queerest part of the LGBT spectrum. The screening includes works by established and emerging filmmakers including Iris prizewinner Lee Mi-Rang's The Bath, and Transproofed by Andrea James and Calpernia Addams, the real-life subject of the Emmy-winning Soldiers Girl. Zsa-Zsa Gershick's Door Prize won for Best Short at the 2010 Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival while award-winning Queerer Than Thou has screened at over 50 LGBT film festivals on four continents. These films will make your heart twinge, melt, race, and pound. Enjoy the ride!


This event is co-hosted by the Campus Community Centers and the Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance.


Sexuality Seriessexualityseries 

Thursdays | 5-7pm  

LGBT Resource Center
 

Thursday, April 14th

Spotlight on Intersex Conditions: The Missing Vagina Monologue. Read and discuss a vagina monologue written by a woman who was born without one.  

 

Pizza provided. Co-sponsored by the UCSD Women's Center

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Filipino Collegiate
Collaborative Alumni
College to Career Conference 2011
Saturday | April 30 | 1-6pm
Career Services Center
Questions? 858.534.3750 

Get Yourself Tested
Free Rapid HIV Tests
No blood draw-Anonymous
Results 20-30 mins
Thur | April 21 | 10:30a-3:3p
Library Walk bet. Student Health & Career Services
Open to all students, faculty
& staff 

Path to Hapiness:
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CAPS Central Office, 190
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Drop-in for any or all sessions  
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Call for Submissions

Undergraduate Art Show

Deadline: Wed. April 13, 2011

Questions/Submission Form:

[email protected]

Undergraduate Art Show

Friday | May 6-7 

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Unidos Por La Causa:
The Chican@ Experience
in San Diego
Saturday | April 16 | 2-5pm
The Barrio Station
Contact 619.246.1555 

Ignite the Erotic: Mapping Queer Womyn of Color Counter-Narratives

Wed | April 27 | 5-7p

Cross-Cultural Center Art Space


1000 Paper Cranes at TMC

Creating paper cranes for

Japan Relief Aid 

Wednesday | April 13 | 7-10p

Oceanview Lounge

Questions?  Contact Hansi at [email protected] 


Comienza con un Sue�o
Saturday | April 30 | 8a-12p
Price Center Theatre
For more info contact Vidiana Cervantes 858.534.4250
comienza.ucsd.edu 

UC Davis Summer Abroad

Extended Deadline to April 15

Start by visiting here! 


Cultural Music Festival
Thursday | May 12 | 12:30-1:30p
Pawka Green
For more info contact 858.534.3206