Events
Welcome to the PRESIDENT’S COMMISSIONS CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. This calendar provides a list of conferences, lectures, and other events relating to diversity. We encourage you to participate in the activities that interest you.
Note: This is a tentative calendar and dates and times may change as situations warrant
Event Name/ |
Description of Event/Outcomes |
Ongoing Events 2008 - 2009 |
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Colleagues Luncheon |
Join us on Wednesdays for a luncheon gathering for faculty and staff of color and allies. MUB Strafford Room, 12:00-1:00pm: Sept 24, Oct 29, Nov 26, Dec 17, Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 25, Apr 29, May 20. Sponsored by the UNH Diversity Team call 2-2268 for more info. |
Cultural Connections |
Fridays, 4:00-5:30pm, MUB Entertainment Center. Presentations by international students on a variety of cultural issues abroad. Refreshments served. Sponsored by the Office of International Students & Scholars and MUB. |
Brown Bag Series: OMSA Say What?! |
OMSA Say What?! is an ongoing “wildcard” discussion series about topics that may appear on the OMSA discussion board. Throughout the week, students have the opportunity to anonymously share in written form their thoughts on various topics of importance. Discussion of these topics is both informal and student-facilitated. Bring your own lunch. Check OMSA calendar for dates/times |
SEPTEMBER 2008 |
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| Sept 17, Wednesday 3:00-6:00pm MUB Theater 1 |
Gender Film and Discussion: Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema. Overview of LGBT film history, packed with smart interviews and a tremendous array of film clips from the greatest movies of the genre. Sponsored by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health Services and the Women's Studies Dept. |
| Sept 17 Wednesday 4:30-6:30pm PCAC Courtyard (Southeast area of Paul Creative Arts Center) |
Garden Party, welcome reception for LGBTQA staff, faculty and students. A UNH community tradition, the Garden Party is a welcome reception for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied students, staff, and faculty together with our families and friends. A great time for socializing, reconnecting, and making new connections. Bring a friend and join us for food, friendship, and a warm welcome to the new academic year. Everyone is welcome! OMSA program |
| Sept 23, Tuesday, 5:00-7:00pm MUB Strafford Room |
UNITY Reception. A welcome reception for Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander, Black/African American/African/Caribbean, Latino/Hispanic, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous, Biracial/Multiracial students, staff and faculty, family, friends and allies. Come learn about campus and regional resources serving the UNH community; and join us for an afternoon of fun, music, and food from all around the globe. All are welcome!OMSA program |
| Sept 24 Wednesday 6:00pm MUB Theater II |
Movie and Discussion: "People Like Us: Social Class in America". Class can be harder to spot than racial or ethnic differences, yet in many ways it's the most important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life. Facilitated by Discovery Author Nick Smith and Sociology Ph.D candidate Chris Colocousis. |
| Sept 26 Friday 9:00pm MUB Strafford Rm |
Comedic Diversity for the University - Black and White and Red All Over. Features comedy of Omar Thompson, Warren Holstern, and TJ Del Reno. MUB program. |
OCTOBER 2008 |
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| Oct 1, Wednesday 7:00pm MUB Strafford |
Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice. This interactive multi-media presentation includes slides, role-playing, and powerful video footage of the month Jim Keady spent in an Indonesian factory worker's slum living on $1,25/day, a typical wage paid to Nike's subcontracted workers. Sponsored by MUB and the Discovery program. |
| Oct 6-11 Full week of activities - schedule coming soon |
National Coming Out Day is internationally celebrated every October 11th, as a day to "come out" and increase visibility of people that identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer......, and allies. The first National Coming Out Day was held on October 11, 1988. This date was chosen for the annual event in commemoration of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It also marks the anniversary of the first visit of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Washington D.C. Many communities and college campuses sponsor activities such as dances, film festivals, workshops, literature booths, and rallies on National Coming Out Day. |
| Oct 8 Wednesday 7:00-8:30pm DeMeritt Auditorium Rm 112 |
What is Occupational Justice? Dr. Robyn Sladyk, Ph.D., OTR from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia explores occupational Justice. How does who you are and what you do define how healthy you can be? |
| Oct 9 Thursday 12:30-2:00pm MUB Strafford Rm |
Student Debt: Financial Aid and the Growing Higher Education Divide. How did finances influence your decision to come to UNH? Will your student debt change the trajectory of your life and prevent you from pursuing your dream job? Are financial aid awards fair? How do financial aid practices in the U.S. compare to international policies? Nick Smith interviews Provost Bruce Mallory, Director of Financial Aid Suzy Allen, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Mark Rubinstein and UNH student Justin Rondeau on the moral and political questions presented by financial aid at UNH and elsewhere. |
| Oct 15 Wed 3:00-6:00pm MUB Theater I |
Gender Film and Discussion: "Southern Comfort". This moving documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual, living with and dying of ovarian cancer in the south. Sponsored by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health Services and the Women's Studies Dept. |
| Oct 29 Wed 3:00-6:00pm MUB Theater I |
Gender Film and Discussion:"Black is Black Ain't". This film by Marion Riggs is an up-front examination of racism, sexism, and homophobia within the black community. Bringing together personal stories, interviews, music history, and performance. The film asks: What is black, black enough, or too black? Sponsored by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health Services and the Women's Studies Dept. |
NOVEMBER 2008 |
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| Nov 10 Monday 4:00-5:30pm MUB Theater II |
Movie and Discussion: "Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise". On May 17, 1954, in its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal", ending legal segregation in American education. The "promise of Brown" is not just about equal schools for all races, but equal opportunity for all students. Fifty years later, how close is America to fulfilling the promise of Brown? Facilitated by Discovery Author Sarah Stilzlein. |
| Nov 12 Wednesday 3:00-6:00pm MUB Theater I |
Gender Film and Discussion: "TransAmazon: A Gender Queer Journey". This documentary is about gender identity and social change as seen through the eyes of one self-styled transgender warrior. Viewers watch as former UNH student Joelle Ruby Ryan, born Joseph Nolan Ryan of Newfields, New Hampshire, struggles to carve out a place for herself in the world. Sponsored by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health Services and the Women's Studies Dept. |
Nov 19 |
Movie and Discussion: "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?". What are the connections between health and socioeconomic conditions? This one-hour film features the lives of multiple individuals to demonstrate that health is more than a matter of genes and behavior. Children and poverty, racism, and income inequality are explored as well as previous social reforms and their impact on health. Co-sponsored by the pre-med, pre-health care professions honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Authors Barbara Prudhomme White and John Seavey. |
| Nov 20 Thursday 4:00pm MUB Theater II |
Movie and Discussion: "Waging a Living". The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans - one in four workers - are stuck in jobs that do not pay the basics for a decent life. The PBS documentary Waging a Living chronicles the day-to day battles of four low-wage earners fighting to lift their families out of poverty. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Author Joanne Burke. |
DECEMBER, 2008 |
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| Dec 3 Wednesday 6:00pm MUB Theater II |
Movie and Discussion: "Bad Sugar". This documentary covers the Tohono O'odham Indian tribe (outside Tucson, Arizona) which has one of the highest rates of Type II diabetes in the United States. This discussion will be a follow-up from the November 19 "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?"Co-sponsored by the pre-med, pre-health care professions honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Authors Barbara Prudhomme White and John Seavey. |
| Tues, Dec 16 and Thurs, Dec 18 12:30 - 4:30PM Gables Community Center |
Social Justice Educator Training (SJE) is a professional development opportunity for UNH faculty, staff and graduate students to further diversity awareness, knowledge and skill sets. We will explore “social justice” via personal and institutional lenses to analyze: power and privilege, discrimination and prejudice, inclusion and equity through the multiple social identities of race, gender, sexual orientation, class, nationality, ethnicity, ability (physical and mental), religion, etc. This process will include open and honest discussions, readings, and interactive/experiential activities in a respectful environment. The eight-hour training which is divided into two days is facilitated in a small-group setting. For more information and registration form |
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