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 2013
Mondays
Dish It Up-Women's Resources Center-703 S. Wright St, 2nd Floor
DISH IT UP
Women's Resources Center
703 S. Wright St, 2nd floor, Champaign
January 14
Mama Monster: Lady Gaga and Gender Politics – Arnau Roig, Doctoral Candidate, Institute for Communications Research
January 28
40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Creating Culture, Changing History – Heather Ault, MFA, Artist and Founder of 4000 Years for Choice
February 11
Men Engaging Feminism: Standing in Solidarity – Durell Callier, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership
February 25
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW) presents: Breaking Free from Struggles with Food, Fat, and Dieting – Dr. Anita Johnston, Author of Eating in the Light of the Moon
March 11
3rd Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit presents: Sustain or Intervene? Producing Feminist Ecologies – Rafter Sass Ferguson, Doctoral Candidate in Agroecology
April 8
Google and the Pornification of Black Girls – Dr. Safiya Noble, Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies
April 22
Seeing Sex: Representations of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Popular Media – Alicia Kozma, Doctoral Candidate, Institute for Communications Research and Emily Dworkin, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology
April 29
Dish It Up/Quench Last Lecture: Faculty member TBA
Mondays
Quench - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center - Illini Union (locations announced below)
QUENCH
LGBT Resource Center
323 Illini Union
February 4 (Location Illini Union Room 314A)
Twenty Year Panel: Looking Back and Looking Forward LGBT Resource Center Celebrates 20 Years – James Warren Hall, Associate Dean for Student Affairs/MSP, College of Medicine; Curt McKay, Former Director of LGBT Resource Center and Patricia L. Morey, Assistant Dean; Director, Women’s Resources Center
February 18 (Location Women’s Resources Center)
QLA: Queer Library Alliance – Lucas McKeever, Member, Task Force on Inclusion, Graduate School of Library & Information Science
March 4 (Location Women’s Resources Center)
What the All Campus Career Fair Is All About – Marianna DiVietro, Assistant Director of Student Outreach, The Career Center and Zelda Gardner, Senior Assistant Director, The Career Center
April 1 (Location Women’s Resources Center)
Drink Up! Alcohol Culture & the LGBT Community – Amy McNew, Psychology Intern, University of Illinois Counseling Center and Jacquelyn C. Beard, M.S., Pre-Doctoral Intern, Counseling Center
April 15 (Location Women’s Resources Center)
Queering Up the Law: The State of LGBT Legal Affairs – Casey K. Howard, Attorney at Law, Langacker Law, Ltd., Champaign IL
April 29 (Location Women’s Resources Center)
Dish It Up/Quench Last Lecture: Faculty member TBA
Tuesdays
Food For Thought - Asian American Cultural Center - 1210 W. Nevada, Urbana
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Asian American Cultural Center
1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana
January 22
The Subtle Racism in How We Treat Invasive Plant and Animal Species – Dustin Kelly, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
January 29
The Choke Artist: A Public Book Reading – David Yoo, Author
February 5
The Effects of Our Economy on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders – Christina Aujean Lee, Department of Urban Planning
February 12
The Japanese American Incarceration: Lessons for Today – Bill Yoshino, Japanese American Citizens League
February 19
Imagining Asian America in the Classroom: Understanding Asian American Studies – Asian American Studies Scholars
February 26
Bi-Cultural Experiences of an Asian American Center Director – Michelle Bringas, Asian American Center, Northern Illinois University
March 5
Past Moderns: Making Contemporary Art Based on Asian Aesthetics – Sikh Student Association and Pradeep Dhillon, Associate Professor, College of Education
March 12
Post-"Postracial:" Mental Health and Multiracial Relationships in the Age of Obama – Ranjit Bhagwat, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University & U of I Alum
March 26
A Tribute to Musician Fred Ho – Vijay Shah, Assistant Acquisitions Editor, University of Illinois Press and Caroline Yang, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies Department
April 2
Trauma & Empowerment: Helping Yourself and Others – Sean Cheng and Patricia Ricketts, Counseling Center
April 9
The American University Meets the Pacific Century Project, in collaboration with International Education Week
April 16
My Transnational Identity: Studying Abroad in Hong Kong – Carmen Cheung, AACC Hermia Soo Intern
April 23
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a Political Force: Was the 2012 Election a Tipping Point? – Karin Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center & U of I Alum
April 30
Last Lecture Series: Life Lessons through Community Service – Pradeep Khanna, Associate Chancellor for Public Engagement
Wednesdays
Food For The Soul - Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center - 708 S. Mathews, Urbana
January 16
Black Men & Healthy Distress Management – Dr. Deidre Weathersby and Milo Dodson, Ph. D. Candidate, Sankofa African American Outreach, Counseling Center
January 23
Celebrating 150 Years of the Emancipation Proclamation – Otis Nobel, III, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Access
January 30
Challenging Ourselves To Be Life-Long Learners – Lieutenant Colonel Eric Stetson, Professor and Head, Department of Military Science
February 6
I Am My Brother's Keeper: Champaign-Urbana's Brother to Brother Project – Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department (CUPHD)
February 13
History of Black Entertainment: Music & Dance – CBSU Executive Board and Kimberly Hodges, Program Director, SJELE
February 20
Afrofutrism, Fantasy & Science Fiction – Nnedi Okorafor, Author & Professor, Chicago State University
February 27
Black Jeopardy: What Do You Know? – Ashley M. Davis, MBA, Assistant Director, Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
March 6
Carbon Nanoelectrics – Dr. Nadya Mason, Associate Professor, Physics
March 13
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Race & Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans – Dr. Adrienne Dixson, Associate Professor, EPOL
March 27
University Housing Multicultural Advocates’ Celebrating 10 Years of Collaboration, Community Engagement, Education, & Social Action – Multicultural Advocates and Kimberly Hodges, Program Director, SJELE
April 3
The History of Women of Color – Bria Purdiman and the Women of Color Executive Board
April 10
African Americans Do Not Swim: Challenging the Stereotypes of Blacks and Their Perceived Aversion to Water – Carla Suber, DIA and Panel of Black Lifeguards
April 17
Uncovering Liberia's Educational History, 1820-1860 – Sammer Jones, Ph.D. Candidate
April 24
Last Lecture Series: Studying the Black Experience, Then and Now: "Yes, Mama, Black Studies Will Help Me Get a Job!" – Dr. Ronald Bailey, DAAS Department Head
Thursdays
Lunch @ La Casa - La Casa Cultural Latina- 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
Lunch @ La Casa
La Casa Cultural Latina
1203 W. Nevada St, Urbana
January 17
Latina/o Representations in the Media: Engaging Dora the Explorer through a Critical Bicultural Lens – Judith Estrada, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
January 24
Global Capitalism and Transformation of Social Landscape in the Rural Midwest –Faranak Miraftab, Urban & Regional Planning
January 31
“To Play With a Whole Hearted Abandon”: Chinese and Mexican Girlhood in Los Angeles During the 1920s-30s – Isabela Seong-Leong Quintana, Latina/Latino Studies
February 7
A Conversation with Aurora Guerrero, Director and Producer of Mosquita y Mari
February 14
A Conversation with Isabel Quintana-Wulf
February 21
Let’s Play: An After-School Comunidad of Pre-Service Teachers and Middle School Mathematicians – Juan Manuel Gerardo, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
February 28
Social Justice in the Evaluation of an Educational Project – Carolina Hidalgo, Educational Psychology
March 7
MEChA de UIUC and La Casa Cultural Latina present “Semana de la Mujer”
March 14
Documenting the Emergence of the Latina/o Community in a Mid-Sized Community – Sang Lee, Moises Orozco, and Gabriel Rodríguez, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
March 28
A Conversation with Ricardo Bracho, Latino Playwright in Residence, DePaul University
April 4
Sonic Imagery: El Grito de Don Pedro Albizu Campos – Sandra Ruiz, Latina/Latino Studies with Robert Ramirez, Theater
April 11
Ask a Mexican – Gustavo Arellano, columnist and author of Taco USA
April 18
Student Spotlights on Latina/Latino Studies
April 25
Racialized & Rightless: Criminalizing Those Most Vulnerable in Latina/o and African American Communities – Lisa Cacho, Latina/Latino Studies
May 2
Last Lecture Series: A Conversation with Alejandro Lugo, Latina/Latino Studies and Anthropology
Fridays
Chat 'N Chew - Native American House - 1206 W. Nevada, Urbana
CHAT N CHEW
Native American House
1206 W. Nevada St, Urbana
January 18
Canoe Crossings: Building Links Between Pacific Islanders and Native Peoples of the Great Lakes Region through the Revitalization of Canoes and Canoe Cultures – Vicente Diaz, American Indian Studies
February 1
Nahui Ollin: The Four Principles of Movement According to the Ancient Nahua Traditions – Akaxe Yotzin, Young Master of the Ancient Nahua Traditions, Temachtiani of the Native American Arts & Sciences of Chikomostok Academy
February 15
Peace and Dignity Journeys: The Spiritual Run from Alaska to Guatemala – Hector Cerda, Fresno North America Coordinator for Peace and Dignity Journeys Organization
March 1
The Formation and Impact of Racial Microagressions at the University of Illinois – Melvin Armstrong Jr., Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Policy & Organizational Leadership
March 15
A Conversation with Corinne Nakashima, American Indian Graduate Student and Engineering IGERT Fellow
April 5
American Indians and Health Disparities after Traumatic Brain Injury – Adele Proctor, Associate Professor Speech and Hearing Science, African American Studies
April 19
Last Lecture Series: Carlos Montezuma, The Legacy of University of Illinois’ First American Indian Student – Jamie Singson, Native American House Director
Fridays
Conversation Cafe - Diversity Ed - 703 S. Wright St, 2nd Floor
January 25
Who Are the Multicultural Advocates? Social Justice and Inclusivity in the Residence Halls – Housing Multicultural Advocates
February 8
Bromance: Exploring the Rewards, Challenges, and Tensions of Men’s Friendships – Kenneth Importante, AACC, Rory James, BNAACC, & Herb Jones, University Housing
February 22
Psychology of Superheroes – Dr. Mikhail Lyubansky, Psychology and Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Georgia State University
March 8
Gunning for Campus: Examining the Impacts of Gun Violence on College and University Students – Dr. Nicole Anderson Cobb, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
March 29
Speed-Faithing: Understanding Different Faith Traditions – Interfaith Student Panel
April 12
Disability Culture: Moving Beyond the Label – Johnell Bentz, Special Education
April 26
Last Lecture Series: Faculty Member TBA
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