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UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center - Week 1, April 2013

Phone: 858.534.9689
Website: ccc.ucsd.edu
Located on the 2nd Floor of Price Center East
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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE
Cross-Cultural Center Intern Hiring: Apply Today! 
Cross-Cultural Center Intern Hiring
Deadline: Monday | April 8th | 4PM
 
Interested in being a Cross-Cultural Center intern? Come to one of our info sessions and learn about the internship program and different internship opportunities! Applications and job descriptions can be picked up at the front desk. All application materials must be submitted in person to the Cross-Cultural Center. View Flyer
 

Information Session:

Thursday | April 4th | 1-2PM | CCC Library  

  

For more information contact: cccenter@ucsd.edu.

UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS
 
Hilda Solis: A Look at What César Chávez Symbolizes in the 21st Century 
Wednesday | April 3rd | 7PM
Price Center Ballroom A
 
The first Latina to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor shares her perspective on the critical role that higher education plays in creating a highly skilled and diverse workforce. A reception follows (parking is $4 after 4:30PM).

For more information contact: Nancy Magpusao at nmagpusao@ucsd.edu.


ETHN 198: In Lack'Ech 3: You Are My Other Self
Enroll Now!

Deadline to Enroll: Thursday, April 11th

Cross-Cultural Center

 

"Exploring our Identities and Stories Through Community, Collaboration, and Creation." 4 Unit P/NP course for Spring 2013. Come pick up registration forms at the Cross-Cultural Center.

 

For more information contact: Angelica Perez at inlakech3@gmail.com.

 
ETHN 198: Telling Ourstories through Son Jarocho
Enroll Now!

Deadline to Enroll: Thursday, April 11th

Cross-Cultural Center

 

Still class shopping? Check out an interactive and creative course that the Cross-Cultural Center is offering called "Telling Ourstories through Son Jaorcho". Son Jarocho is a type of musical genre that has various intersectionalities in African, Spanish, and MesAmerican Indigenous roots. We meet Mondays and Wednesday from 11:00a-12:20p in the Artspace. There are still 5 spots left in the course, so enroll now!

 

For more information contact: Jennifer Maldonado at jennifermaldon@gmail.com.


Community Workshop Series

Thursdays | Spring Quarter | Varies

 

Next Workshop: Facebook, Gmail and Google Groups

Thursday | April 11th | 12-1PM

Cross-Cultural Center Art Space

 

This Spring 2013, join us every week to explore different computer applications and gain skills in tools that can be used in any field! Become practiced in Microsoft Office, make a flyer in Adobe Photoshop, or learn how to mass-communicate on Facebook and Google tools. Not only can these tools improve the marketing and communications of your programs, but it can also give you new avenues for expression! View Flyer

 

For more information contact: Maggie Quan at m2quan@ucsd.edu.

Crash Course: Revisiting History and Interpretations of Unity Clap. Isang Bagsak, and Holla Back

Friday | April 12th | 1:30PM

SPACES Audre Lorde Library

 

Tracing the separate but interconnected origins of this sequence of coalition-building­ gestures, we revisit three pivotal events that the UCSD SAAC and SAAC-affiliated community often remiss in thought when performing these gestures, as well as create a space for critical dialogue on our contemporary interpretations.

 

For more information contact: Erina Alejo at ealejo@ucsd.edu.

 
 
"The Debut" Film Screening

Friday | April 12th | 3PM

Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad

 

In celebration of UC San Diego's Pilipin@ Awareness Week, come join Kaibigang Pilipino, Pacific Arts Movement, and the Cross-Cultural Center in a film screening celebrating the 10th Anniversary of "The Debut." Lily Prijoles, the film's grassroots promotion coordinator will join us for a dialogue following the film. View Flyer

 

For more information contact: Joseph Ramirez at jarramirez@ucsd.edu.

 
 
Deconstructing Popular Culture through Social Justice

Wednesday | April 17th | 5PM

Cross-Cultural Center Library

 

Join the Cross-Cultural Center in discussing different pop culture items through a social justice lens.

 

For more information contact: Ernesto Reyes at eareyes@ucsd.edu.

CAMPUS COMMUNITY CENTERS
UCSD Women's Center    
UCSD LGBTRC   
Women's Center Events
Mother's Discussion Group
Friday | April 5th | 12PM
Women's Center Small Meeting Room

Topic: Motherhood and Martyrdom-Film Screening & Discussion. Please join us for the film screening of Martyred Mom Cracks Her Shackles, produced by Elena Tajo. This is opportunity to meet other moms in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, and talk about issues that are relevant to you in your role as a parent. Open to mothers of children of any age. Feel free to bring your lunch to the discussion.

For more info contact 858.822.0074 or e-mail women@ucsd.edu | Visit Website for More Events
LGBT Resource Center Events
Dirty Talk
Thursday | April 11th | 5PM
LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

 

Join the LGBT Resource Center and the Sexual Assault Resource Center for a dialogue on LGBT relationships, intimacy, and consent. This skill building workshop will give you tools on how to give and ask for consent. Come discuss the various dynamics of queer intimacy as we explore our personal desires, boundaries, and communication styles.

 

For more information, contact rainbow@ucsd.edu. 

Campus Community Centers Intern Hiring!

Deadline: Monday | April 8th | 4PM

Note: Submit separate application materials to each Center(s) of interest.

  

Interested in social justice, making campus-wide impacts, contributing to Center growth, making new friends, and personal/professional development? APPLY NOW! Come to an info session and learn more! View Flyer


Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center Information Session:

Wednesday | April 3rd | 3:30-4:30PM

At the LGBT Resource Center

 

Women's Center  Information Session:

Wednesday | April 3rd | 5-6PM

At the Women's Center

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
   
  
Dreaded Drones: America's Worst Kept Secret
Tuesday | April 9th | 4PM | Multipurpose Room

Join the Student Sustainability Collective, The Coalition of South Asian Peoples, and the Pakistani Student Association in a discussion about the legal implications of the secret drone war and the human cost of the drone policy. Featuring Medea Benjamin and Rafia Zakaria.
3rd Annual UCSD Powwow: "Empowering Our Native Women"
Saturday-Sunday | May 4th-5th | Warren Field

 

Presented by the Native American Student Alliance & the Native American Council of UC San Diego. Open to the public and free parking. Native American arts & crafts, food, dancing, and singing. Dancing contest with prize money.

STAFF & FACULTY

Career Connection
Check out a wide range of career planning and development services, FREE to UC San Diego Staff! - Read more


COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS

Campus Climate Intern Office Hours Build community among underrepresented graduate students. Tues & Thurs, 1:30pm-5pm, at the LGBT RC.
Black Resource Center
Check out the Black Resource Center! Open 12:30-4:30PM, Old Student Center 2nd floor near the Treehouse Lounge.
"LINSANITY" Film Screening
Screening of LINSANITY and Q&A with the director. Thursday, April 18th, 7PM at the Birch North Park Theatre. - Read more

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Check out what UC San Diego is doing to raise awareness about these issues. - Read more
Inter-Tribal Sports Scholarship Program
Scholarships for former or current ITS participants. Deadline to apply: Friday, May 17th. - Read more
Get Yourself Tested
Check out this video on how to talk to your partner about getting tested for STIs. Testing can be done at SHS. - Read more

OASIS Open House
See the newly renovated space and learn about OASIS's services. Wed, Mar 13th, 12-3PM at OASIS. - Read more
Job Position: Associate Director, EO/SAA
Equal Opportunity / Staff Affirmative Action. Deadline to apply: Fri, Apr 12th.  - Read more
UCSD César E. Chávez Celebration Kickoff!
Tickets still available! Wed, April 3rd, 11:30AM at PC Ballroom East. - Read more


Apply to be a CAPS Wellness Peer Educator!
Apply to be a year-long intern on wellness. Deadline to apply: Friday, April 19th. - Read more
Volunteer at the TRiO Student Leadership Conference!
Call for volunteers for the UCSD TRiO's annual conference. Saturday, April 27th- Read more


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