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UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center - Week 5, November 2014

Phone: 858.534.9689
Website: ccc.ucsd.edu
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Upcoming Highlights
Breather Series: Fabric Painting
Thurs | Nov 6 | 12:00PM-3:00PM
Cross-Cultural Center, ArtSpace

Take a Break from your studies or work and PAINT! Make a gift for you or yourself. We will have tote bags, t-shirts, hats, aprons... everything fabric! All levels and as always UCSD students, staff, and faculty are welcomed!

Snacks and supplies provided.

For more info contact: Violeta Gonzales,
violetag@ucsd.edu

KUMU HINA Trailer
KUMU HINA Trailer
Kumu HIna - San Diego Asian Film Festival
Sun | Nov 09 | 2:30PM
UltraStar mission Valley )7510 Hazard Center Dr)

The Cross-Cultural Center, the LGBT Resource Center, and the Women's Center will be co-presenting "Kumu Hina" for this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival. Tickets are free for students starting Monday November 03 for the Cross-Cultural Center. Please contact the individual Centers to obtain a ticket for yourself (cannot obtain a ticket for a friend). Students must have their student IDs in order to participate; transportation will not be provided. First come, first serve with limited amount of tickets.



Body Counts: The Vietnam War and militarized Refuge(es) Book Launch
Wed | Nov 5 | 12:00PM
Cross-Cultural Center, Comunidad

Professor Yến Lê Espiritu examines how the Vietnamese War has continued to serve as a stage for the shoring up of American and Vietnamese American identities.

Light Refreshments will be provided.

Part of the Cross-Cultural Center's Faculty in Residence Program

Legacy of Exiled NDNZ Short Film with Pamela Peters
Wed | Nov 12 | 12:00PM-1:30PM
Cross-Cultural Center, Comunidad

Legacy of Exiled NDNZ examines American Indians living in Los Angeles, California. This project focuses on young adults from various tribes who have migrated from their reservations in the course of their own lives or are the offspring of families that relocated from various tribal reservations through the Burea of Indian Affairs' Relocation prodram, during the late 12950s through the 1960s.

A Cross-Cultural Center Social Justice LENS Program




"Life After College": What You Won't Learn From Craigslist or LinkedIn
Thurs | Nov 13 | 3:00PM-5:00PM
Cross-Cultural Center

Job? Grad School? Travel? Another internship? What do I do after I graduate?! I'm confused!" Sound familiar? Craigslist or LinkeIn can't give you all the answers, so get the right ones "for you" by gaining practical advice and insight from a panel of experienced professionals sharing grad school, alumni, and employer perspectives!

Presented as a part of The Real World Career Series: Building Skills for a Diverse Interconnected Community.

Free UCSD Promotional Items will be provided. The Real World Careers Series is a collaborative effort by: Black Resource Center, Career Services Center, Cross-Cultural Center, Ethnic Studies Department, Raza Resource Centro, and Women's Center.
Ethnic Studies Global Seminar in Vietnam, Summer 2015 Information Session
Wed | Dec 3 | 5:00PM-6:30PM
International Center Oceanids Pavilion

Professor Yến Lê  Espiritu (Ethnic Studies) will be teaching a Global Seminar in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City in Summer 2015.

 

The dates will coincide with Summer Session 1 (June 27-August 1). Global Seminars are five-week long summer study abroad experiences led by a UCSD professor. Students enroll in a package of two courses for a total of eight UCSD quarter units.

 

The Seminar will focus on the Vietnam War from both American and Vietnamese perspectives, and will pay particular attention to the importance of race, gender, sexuality, and colonialism in warmaking. For further information on the course, please visit http://pao.ucsd.edu/programs/global-seminars/hochiminhcity/index.html

  

Please email Professor Espiritu at yespiritu@ucsd.edu with your questions.

1st First Year Mixer
Wed | Nov 19 | 12:00PM-1:30PM
Cross-Cultural Center, Comunidad Room

Want to hang out and relax with other first year students? Curious about the latest events happening in and around the CCC? Come to the CCC's 1st first Year Mixer. Boardgames, good company, pizza, and sundaes will be provided.

For more information contact Sandra Amon at samon@ucsd.edu

Equity Diversity and Incusion - Campus Community Centers
Women's Resource Center                                     LGBT Resource Center


Student Org Outreach Night
Wed | Nov 5 | 6:00PM
Women's Center

Are you involved in a student org? Want to learn more about the Women's Center? Join us for the Women's Center Student Org Outreach Night. We'll have food, mingling, and talk about ways the Women's center can support you.

Please RSVP here

Intersex V(i)sibility: Re-Imagining Intersex Identity
Wed | Nov 5 | 5:00PM
LGBT RC Conference Room

This porogram aims to bring visibility to the lives and experiences of intersex individuals through exploring the ways by which intersex identity has been medicalized and has often been perceived to be in need of "fixing".

Through engaging dialogue, the hope is to affirm and validate the lived experiences of intersex folks.
Questions? Contact lgbtliberation@ucsd.edu
 
Black Resource Center                                            Raza Resource Centro



Chalk Talk: Featuring the Research of:
Mychal Odom Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of History
Wed | Nov 5 | 12:00PM-1:30PM
Black Resource Center

Chalk Talks provide an opportunity for graduate students to share their research in an informal setting while gaining valuable feedback from their peers. Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff members are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend.

Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/bgsa_chalktalk

Presented by the Black Graduate Student Association.
Fiesta Friday: Loteria
Fri | Nov 7 | 11:00AM-1:00PM
Raza Resource Centro

Come out to the RRC for some FUN and FOOD every Friday!

Join the RRC to play Loteria! There will be food and prizes!

Student Organization and Departments
Weekly General Body Meetings at the CCC *(Meeting times subject to last minute changes)
For any questions regarding student organization meeting times, please directly contact the organizations' board members

Mondays: MEChA 5:00PM-6:30PM & Black Student Union 6:30PM-8:00PM
Tuesdays: Asian & Pacific-Islander Student Alliance 6:30PM-8:00PM (odd weeks) & IV La Fe and BCM 7:00PM-9:00PM
Wednesdays: Kaibigang Pilipin@ 6:30PM-8:30PM (even weeks)
Thursdays: African Student Association 6:00PM-8:00PM & Muslim Student Association 6:00PM-8:00PM


Become an OASIS Summer Bridge ATC or SSSP Mentor!!
Wed | Nov 12 | 2:00PM
Red Shoe Room (PC Sun God Lounge)

We are taking applications fo rthe EDS 116 Mentor Practicum, for positions as Academic Transition Counselors (ATC) or Peer Mentors. Please attend our INFO SESSION at 2 or 3 pm to hear from current mentors and learn more info!

Applications are available at the OASIS Front Desk (3rd floor of Center Hall). If you have any questions, please contact: Antoinette Nagai at anagai@ucsd.edu, SB Coordinator/Counselor, Freddy Delgado-Wong at fdelgadow@ucsd.edu, TRiO SSSP Assistant Director
 
Entering Entertainment: Panel & Networking Event
Tues | Nov 18 | 5:00PM-7:00PM
Price Center West - Ballroom B

Join UCSD Alumni, Triton TV, the Department of Communication, and the Undergraduate Communication Society to learn how to forge a career in entertainment. Hear a panel of experts discuss entertainment career paths, experiences that will help build your resume, and  ways to navigate this competitive field, then get a chance to network in small groups with professionals and recruiters to get answers to your specific questions. Career participants will represent various areas of entertainment, from film and television production and agency work to digital media, public relations, and sports.

Register
APSA 21st High School Conference
Sun | Nov 23 | 9:00AM
Price Center Ballroom East

Please help spread the word to high school students in San Diego county. All of the information regarding this event can be found here: tinyurl.com/ucsdapsahsc2014

Thank you for your support!
For more information, please contact: ucsd.hsc14@gmail.com
Masha Gessen Public Lecture
Putin's Challenge to the West: From Pussy Riot to Crimea

Mon | Nov 24 | 11:00AM
UCSD Geisel Library, Seuss Room

The talk explores this concept of a civilization of traditional values and the implications it has for Russian culture and Russia's relationship to the US in the coming months and years.

Please RSVP: Megan Murphy, mem001@ucsd.edu

Community Classifieds
UC Los Angeles
UC Los Angeles
Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Law Diversity Admissions Open House
Thurs | Nov 6 | 6:00PM
UCLA School of Law

The UCLA School of Law would like to invite you to join them on Thursday November 6, 2014 at 6pm for their Fifth Annual Diversity Admissions Open House. Parking is complimentary and dinner will be provided. Please be sure to RSVP via email to stoddard2016@lawnet.ucla.edu.
For more info click here
MSW Diversity Recruitment Fair
Sat | Nov 8 | 9:15AM-3:00PM
Perloff Hall DeCafe Room 1302

The purpose of this event is to inform and empower potential applicants to pursue a career in social work and to give them the tools to apply to the MSW program with confidence. We will also host a Personal Statement Workshop, so please bring drafts of your personal statements and get some feedback! The event is also open for students that aren't applying this year, but are still interested in the social work field.
Neda Atanasoski lecutre on
Humanitarian Violence: Postsocialism and the Question of Transitional Justice
Thurs | Nov 13 | 4:00PM
Literature Building room 155
(de Certeau)

This talk addresses the time and space of humanitarian catastrophe as a way to think through the production of racialized (precarious) populations as constitutive of postsocialist notions of transition and justice.

To view the flyer click here
Paid Internship
Call for Films
Call for Papers
HACU National Internship Program (HNIP)

The HNIP is seeking applicants for the spring and summer 2015 internship sessions. HNIP provides students the opportunity to receive valuable work experience through paid internships with federal agencies and private corporations.

Spring Internship deadline is November 14.

Summer Internship deadline is February 27. Pamphlet here.

Click here to apply online
If you have questions the office in Washington, D.C. can be reached at 202 467 0893 or hnip@hacu.net
Latino Film Festival Call for Film Entries

The Latino Film Festival is seeking entries in the form of films and videos for their 22nd Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 12-22).

The Deadline is November 7, 2014. Entry Fees: Short Film ($40), Feature Film ($60)

You can submit here
The Journal of Eurasia Film Studies (JEFS) is a peer-reviews and interdisciplinary academic journal focused on the history, theory, and criticism of cinema, the visual arts and other moving image media in Eurasia as analyzed by film, economists, political scientists and others drawn from throughout the continent and the world.

Submission deadline January 30th, 2015

First round decisions announced: March 20, 2015

Revisions submitted by: May 28, 2015

Final Manuscript submissions to publisher: July 2015
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