Lunchtime Discussion Series
The Asian American Cultural Center, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, La Casa Cultural Latina, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources Center, Native American House and the Women's Resource Center invite you to join us for free lunch and noontime discussions throughout the academic year. The lunches feature resources at the University of Illinois and provide audience members and participants with introductions to the cultures, histories, and societal issues that the diverse communities of our campus face. We welcome you to our centers and encourage you to connect with us. Please join us for lunch and learn something new.
All events are from 12–1pm
Spring 2012
Mondays
Dish It Up-Women's Resource Center-703 S. Wright st, 2nd Floor
DISH IT UP
Women's Resources Center
703 S. Wright St, 2nd floor, Champaign
Jan 23 Mapping the Monstrous: The Horrific Female Body in the Films of the New French Extremism – Alicia Kozma, Institute of Communications Research
Feb 13 Let’s Talk About Sex Baby: Exploring Sexual Communication – Counseling Center Paraprofessionals
Feb 27 Celebrating Heath at Every Size: Body Image Workshop – Counseling Center Paraprofessionals
Mar 12 Defining Ecofeminism in an Age of Consumption – 2nd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit
Mar 26 Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex – Eric Stanley and Chris Vargas, Gender Barred Colloquium
Apr 9 The Border-Body: History of Panamanian Women as Choreography – Nibia Pastrana Santiago, Dance
Apr 23 Last Lecture Series: Janet Carter-Black, School of Social Work
May 14 Pack Your Own Care Packages – With Love from the Women’s Resources Center Staff
Quench -LGBTRC- Illini Union( locations announced below)
QUENCH
LGBT Resource Center
323 Illini Union
Jan 30 - 314A Illini Union Reporting Acts of Intolerance – Brian Farber & Justin Brown, Office for Student Conflict Resolution
Feb 6 - 406 Illini Union Let’s Talk About Sex … Education – Kevin Ng, LGBT Resource Center
Feb 20 - Illini Union Colonial Room LGBTQ Experience and Identities through International Lenses – Jerome Ng, Student International Academic Affairs & Study Abroad & Murillo Soranso, University Housing
Mar 5 - Illini Union Room A Islam and LGBT Identity – Speaker TBA
Apr 2 - 314A Illini Union An Illusionist Progression of Drag: 11 Years … My Time Flies – Justin Johnson (Leloni Stars)
Apr 16 - Illini Union Colonial Room Developing a Long-lasting Ally Identity – Michael Parrish, Division of General Studies
Apr 30 - 314A Illini Union Last Lecture Series: On Punks, Professors, and Public Sex – Prof. Fiona Ngô, Asian American Studies/Gender & Women’s Studies
Tuesdays
Food For Thought - Asian American Cultural Center - 1210 W. Nevada, Urbana
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Asian American Cultural Center
1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Jan 17 Kicking Butt: A Discussion Session About Tobacco Use and Cessation – Kayla Robertson and Jean Vendiola, McKinley Health Center-Special Populations
Jan 24 Why the Asian American Studies Minor Matters – Dr. Augusto Espiritu, Asian American Studies/History
Jan 31 Experience of Racial Microaggressions Among Asian Americans – Sang Lee, Urban and Regional Planning
Feb 7 Connections and Disconnections in Asian and African American Cultures and Histories – Dr. Caroline Yang, Asian American Studies
Feb 14 Vietnamerica – GB Tran, Author & Graphic Novelist
Feb 21 Find a Career That Works For You! – Bernadette So-Goodlin, Career Center
Feb 28 Remembering 2/28 in Taiwan – Taiwanese American Students Club
Mar 6 Celebrating Asian American Women Leaders in Urbana-Champaign – Panel Discussion Facilitated by May Xiong, Asian American Cultural Center
Mar 13 Challenging Racial Profiling after 2001 – Vijay Shah, Asian American Studies for UI Press
Mar 27 Technology and Relationships – Dr. Rakhi Sen, Counseling Center
Apr 3 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education: Research and Perspectives on Identity, Leadership, and Success – Doris Ching, Student Affairs at the University of Hawai’i and Dr. Robert Teranishi, Higher Education at New York University
Apr 10 Studying Abroad: Asian American Perspectives – Joy Lin, Asian American Cultural Center
Apr 17 The ABC’s of ABTs in Taiwanese America: The Complexity of Identity in a Journey through Community-Building – Dr. Ho Chie Tsai, Founder of TaiwaneseAmerican.org & UIUC Alum
Apr 24 Voices of Muslims in America – Group Panel Discussion
May 1 Last Lecture Series: Life Lessons from a Digital Minority: What Do Asian-Americans and the Internet have in common? – Dr. Lisa Nakamura, Asian American Studies
Wednesdays
Food For The Soul- Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center - 708 S. Matthews, Urbana
Jan 18 $$$ Savings & Investing – David Gillion & Ron Drane, Busey Bank
Jan 25 Entrepreneurship 101 – Zelda Gardner, Career Center
Feb 1 Blacks in Public Service – Government Officials
Feb 8 Blacks & Money: Keeping the Dollar in the Community
Feb 15 Black Unity
Feb 22 Black Artistry
Feb 29 Black Thoughts
Mar 7 Microaggressions – Jioni Lewis & Research Team
Mar 14 Digital Inequality – Abdul Alkalimat
Mar 28 Blaxploitation
Apr 4 African American Student Retention
Apr 11 South Africa – Dr. Ken Salo, Urban and Regional Planning
Apr 18 You Are What You Eat: Obesity in the Black Community
Apr 25 Last Lecture Series: Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, DiversityEd
Thursdays
Lunch @ La Casat - La Casa Cultural Latina- 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
Lunch @ La Casa
La Casa Cultural Latina
1203 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Jan 19 Sundown Towns: A Latina’s Undercover Experience of Racism – Michelle Flores, Counseling Psychology
Jan 26 The Latino boom and the role of social work in meeting new population needs – Lissette Piedra, Social Work
Feb 2 From Hispanic to Latino (and everything in between): Complexities with Identity and the Power of Labels – Oscar Patron, McNair Scholars Program
Feb 9 Because We Are Leaders Too!: Realizing Our Potential as Latino Leaders – Cecilia Suarez, Educational Policy Studies
Feb 16 Student Spotlights on Latina/o Issues
Feb 23 Responding to Immigrants in New Growth Communities- Christy Lleras, Human and Community Development
Mar 1 A Conversation on Grassroots Organizing – José Cha-Cha Jiménez, Community Organizer
Mar 8 MEChA and La Casa Cultural Latina present Semana de la Mujer
Mar 15 A Brief Interlude on Latina/o Theater Today – Regina Garcia, Theater
Mar 29 A Grounded Identidad: Places of Memory and Personhood in Chicago’s Puerto Rican Neighborhoods – Mérida Rua, Latina/o Studies, Williams College
Apr 5 American, Latina/o, or Transnational?: Situating Contemporary Latina/o literature within the Discourses of Globalization and Transnationalism – Jennifer Lozano, English
Apr 12 A Conversation with Josefina Lopez, author of Real Women Have Curves
Apr 19 The Educational Journey of a First Generation: From San Jeronimo, Guadalupe Zacatecas, to Kansas City, Missouri – José Vazquez, Illini Union
Apr 26 The State of the Undocumented Movement – La Colectiva
May 3 Last Lecture Series: ¡Azucar! My testimonio on 10 years of growth – Isabel Molina, Latina/Latino Studies
Fridays
Chat 'N Chew- Native American House- 1206 W. Nevada, Urbana
CHAT N CHEW
Native American House
1206 W. Nevada St, Urbana
Feb 3 Clashing Stories: Freedman, Disenrollment, and the Futures of American Indian Citizenship – Dr. Jessica Bardill, American Indian Studies
Feb 17 Getting to Know the Kola Foundation – Hal Alsum and Reshma Patel, Kola Foundation
Mar 2 Counseling Services at UIUC – Dr. Patricia Ricketts and Jessica Miller, Counseling Center
Mar 16 The Road Less Traveled: Approaching a Values-Centered Job Search – Chris Ritzo, Career Center
Apr 6 Scholarship and Scholarships: Making the Most of Your Time at Illinois Pays Off – David Schug & Laura Hastings, National and International Scholarships Program
Apr 20 Beyond Colonial Mindsets: American Indian Identity in the 21st Century – Dr. Perry Horse, American Indian Higher Education Consortium and Former Tribal College President
May 4 1950s Native American Relocation: Looking at the Voluntary Urban Relocation Agency – Dr. Laura Sachiko Fugikawa, Asian American Studies
Fridays
Conversation Cafe- Diversity Ed- -703 S. Wright st, 2nd Floor
Jan 27 The High Costs of Low Expectations, or What Happens When We Set the Bar Low
Feb 10 Dream Undeterred—Creating Success for Men of Color Within the Academy – Rory James, BNAACC; Dr. Lorenzo Baber, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership; and Dr. Ron Jackson, African American Research and Studies Program
Feb 24 Enhancing Stereotype Awareness – Social Justice Educators, DiversityEd
Mar 9 WTF: Dispelling the myths about Tourette Syndrome – An experiential discussion on concealable stigmas and the ‘coming out’ process – Mark Patishnock, Counseling Center
Mar 30 Am I Red or Am I Blue? Exploring Political Orientation – Ashley Davis, BNAACC and Rachel Rasmussen
Apr 13 - Room 2009 Student Dining & Residential Programs (SDRP) Bldg.
Disability Acceptance: Going Beyond Accessibility – Patricia Malik, DRES
Apr 27 Last Lecture Series: Dr. Augusto Espiritu, History & Asian American Studies
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