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UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center - Week 5, April 2013

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE
Asian Model Minority: One Final Program

By Kevin Pham

 

The internship at the Cross-Cultural Center is coming to a close! What a better way to use the E-News as a transition out of the internship. It hasn't hit me that the internship is coming to a close. I will no longer see staff and fellow interns, community that genuinely cares about me, on a daily basis. Having the program internship throughout the year has really developed my Asian American (specifically Vietnamese American) identity. I have always wanted to study the idea of model Asian minority and discuss/research some of the struggles that Asian Americans face. Throughout the year I have had a chance to research this, and coordinate a yearlong series of workshops relating to model Asian minority pertaining from academics, family, higher education, pressures, etc. That said, my time coordinating Asian Model Minority Series as programming intern will end with a final program, my self-initiated project. - Read More

UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS
 
Poetry Presentation with Wing Tek Lum

Wednesday | May 1st | 3PM

Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad Sm


Wing Tek Lum's poems confront readers with fully realized vignettes of brutality, love, and suffering whose effect is cumulative. Part of UCSD's Asia & Pacific Islander American heritage Celebration. View Flyer


 For more information contact: Joseph Ramirez at [email protected].

 
Breather Series: Friendship Bracelets

Wednesday | May 1st | 5PM

Cross-Cultural Center Library


Show love to your friends! Come de-stress and take a break from studying! Make friendship bracelets for friends or family before they graduate! All materials including beats, strings, and snacks are provided! View Flyer


 For more information contact: Kevin Pham at [email protected].

Community Workshop Series

Thursdays | Spring Quarter | Varies

 

Next Workshop: Microsoft Powerpoint

Thursday | May 2nd | 1-2PM

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 [email protected].


Latin@ Film Series: Chicano Legacy: 40 A�os

Tuesday | May 7th | 11AM

Cross Cultural Center Library

 

The Latin@ film series is to encourage audience to think critically about the stories told regarding the diverse population in the United States. This is part of the Cesar Chavez Month Celebration. The final film screening will be the "Chicano Legacy: 40 A�os." This documentary sheds light on UCSD's accomplishment in permanently installing the Chican@ Legacy Mural on Peterson Hall in Thurgood Marshall College.

 

For more information contact: Jennifer Maldonado at [email protected].

 
 
Compadre and Kasama: Moments of Chican@ and Pin@y Solidarity

Wednesday | May 8th | 12PM

Cross-Cultural Center Library


Literature professor Amanda Lee A. Solomon discusses the legacy of Filipino agricultural organizing and interethnic coalitions. Part of the Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration 2013. View Flyer


 For more information contact: Nancy Magpusao at [email protected].

 
 
In Our Backyard: Celebrating Local efforts towards Ending Poverty

Wednesday | May 8th | 6PM

Cross-Cultural Center Art Space


Poverty isn't something that exists only in other countries. It is very much real and tangible within our own communities here in San Diego. Come learn about its reality within SD and the USA, and hear inspiring stories from individuals who have benefited from local organizations that work to alleviate poverty locally and globally, through microfinance and women empowerment. View Flyer


 For more information contact: Sulayman Jawaid at [email protected].

 
Debunking the Asian Model Minority Myth in Family and Academics with Guest Speaker Corinne Kodama

Thursday | May 9th | 5:30PM

Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad


Come out and listen to Asian American Guest Speaker Corinne Kodama talk about the myths of the Model Asian Minority relating to college, family, and academics! She will be sharing her experiences along with providing a space for students to ask questions! View Flyer


 For more information contact: Kevin Pham at [email protected].

 
 
The End/Beginning: Cambodia

Friday | May 10th | 3PM

Great Hall, Roosevelt College


Join Dr. Sophal ear in a brief showing of the award-winning documentary on his family's struggle through Khmer Rouge and the current situation happening in Cambodia. Light refreshments and entertainment provided. Performance by Chey Chankethyaat. View Flyer


 For more information contact: Jpseph Ramirez at [email protected].

Cross-Cultural Center Social Justice Educators PRESENT: What's Love Got to Do with It: Self Image and Embodiment

Tuesday | May 14th | 3PM

Cross-Cultural Center Library

 

A Social Justice L.E.N.S. Program: Leadership, Educational engagement, Networking, Service in Community. Join us for a discussion about Self Image, a critical look at the way society and the media perpetuate notions of beauty, exotification, forms of femininity, masculinity, and more. We'll discuss how these notions affect self-esteem and self love in our communities.


 For more information contact: Nancy Magpusao at [email protected].

CAMPUS COMMUNITY CENTERS
UCSD Women's Center    
UCSD LGBTRC   
Women's Center Events
Daughters Unite!
Thursday | May 2nd | 5PM
Women's Center

Please join us for an evening of dialogue as we talk about what an "ideal" father looks like to you. We hope that by examining our relationships with our fathers and sharing our experiences and perspectives, we will better understand how daughters navigate through life with the presence/absence of a father.

For more info contact 858.822.0074 or e-mail [email protected] | Visit Website for More Events
LGBT Resource Center Events
Funky Fresh Fridays: Barre Tone
Friday | May 3rd | 10:30AM
LGBT Resource Center Conference Room

 

Every Friday of Spring quarter, the LGBT Resource Center will be hosting fitness sessions in collaboration with UCSD Recreation. This week, there will be a Barre Tone session for Out and Proud Week. The times, activities, and levels of intensity vary. The schedule is attached on the flyer. View Flyer 

 

For more information, contact [email protected]. 

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
   

  
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. View Flyer | Volunteer Form

Application for Miss UCSD Powwow:


COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS

Campus Climate Intern Office Hours Build community among underrepresented students. Tues & Thurs ,10am-1:30pm, at the Women's Center.
Black Resource Center Grand Opening! Wednesday, May 29th, 4:30-6:30pm. Old Student Center 2nd floor near the Treehouse Lounge. - Read more
Diversity Dinner
This dinner will include graduate student presentations. Thursday, May 16th, 5:30-7pm at the CCC Comunidad. - Read more

UCSD DREAMer Workshop
Part of the Diversity Toolkit Workshop Series for students, staff and faculty. Thur, May 2nd, 12-1pm at CCC. - Read more
Meet the Candidates for the LGBT RC Assistant Director
Provide your valuable feedback! Wed, May 1st, 10am-3pm, various locations. - Read more
Campus Community Coalitions Dinner
Reservation deadline extended to May 3rd. Tues, May 7th, 5-7pm at Great Hall. - Read more 


Meet the Black Resource Center Director Finalists!
Get to know the candidates! Mon, Apr 29th - Fri, May 17th. Various times and locations. - Read more
A Contemporary View of Pre-Hispanic Art Exhibit from Lilia Garcia Castro. May 10th - June 16th at El Centro Cultural de la Raza. - Read more
 
Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration Kick Off
Wed, May 1st, 11:30a-1p at Great Hall. - Read more



"41st & Central" Film Screening & Panel
Part of Black Panther and PIC Film Series. Thursday, May 2nd, 5pm at Porter's Pub. - Read more
The Herman Baca Papers
Check out the collection from Chicano activist Herman Baca's life at the UCSD Mandeville Special Collections Library. - Read more



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