September 2009 Diversity Events
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion Welcome Back Event
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Join the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for our annual Welcome Back Celebration. Students, faculty, staff and Champlain community partners are invited to this special event. Come and begin the year in style! Appetizers and entertainment will be provided.
|
|
Latino Heritage Film Festival
Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm
Location:Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
 Bella (2006) - 10:00am (Image courtesy of Lions Gate) An international soccer star (Eduardo Verastegui) is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down...until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience. (91 mins.)
 In the Time of the Butterflies (2000) – 11:45am (Image courtesy of MGM) Salma Hayek gives a powerful, passionate performance as an idealistic young woman who wages a daring struggle for freedom against a murderous dictator in this moving thriller that, "with brutal simplicity, dramatizes the personal toll of political tyranny". For generations, General Rafael Trujillo (Edward James-Olmos) has ruled the Dominican Republic with a mixture of terror and savagery until Minerva Mirabal dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader, Minerva and her sisters, known as Las Mariposas ("The Butterflies") endure unimaginable hardships in a battle for the very soul of a nation. But as their acts of bravery gain notoriety, Trujillo's forces close in, determined to put an end to Minerva's heroics. (91 mins.)
 Under the Same Moon (2007) - 1:30pm (Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox)
Even across thousands of miles the special bond between a mother and son can never be broken. It gives hope to Carlitos, a scrappy nine-year-old boy whose mother Rosario has gone to America to build a better life for both of them. While Rosario struggles for a brighter future fate forces Carlitos hand and he embarks on an extraordinary journey to find her. Critics and audiences alike have praised this inspirational and heartwarming tale of a mother’s devotion a son’s courage and a love that knows no borders. (106 mins.)
 City of God (2002) – 3:00pm (Image courtesy of Miramax Film)
Celebrated with worldwide acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous prestigious awards around the globe! The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world ... and ultimately his way out! (130 mins.)
|
|
 Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
Time: 12:15-1:30pm
Location: Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Center
Latinologues (2005) – Film and Discussion
Join Angela Batista, Sr. Director of Diversity and Inclusion for a conversation about Latino culture, stereotypes and the media.The world's funniest Latino comedians deliver a night of sidesplitting laughter, recorded live in Hollywood! Created by the hilarious writer Rick Najera (MAD TV, In Living Color), this award-winning collection of gut-busting monologues brilliantly captures the Latino experience and mocks the stereotypes with outrageous characters, including a lusty bus boy, Miss East L.A. in all her finery, a pregnant "Virgin of the Bronx" and an illegal immigrant racing for the border in the "Third World Olympics!" Don't miss this sensational show!
(Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person)
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
 Community Dinner
Date: Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Center
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
October 2009 Diversity Events
|
|
 Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: Latino Heritage
Date:Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Time:5-7pm
Location: Dining Hall, IDX Student Center
Celebrate Latino Heritage with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person. (Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
The Tournees Festival: French Cinema at Champlain
October 9 - 11, 2009
Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College
Free & Open to the Public
All films sub-titled in English
Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:00 P.M.
The Grocer's Son
Le Fils de l’Epicier (France 2006, 96 min.)
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 3:00 P.M.
Azur and Asmar, The Princes’ Quest
Azur et Asmar (France 2006, 90 min.)
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00 P.M.
The Secret of the Grain
La Graine et le Mulet (France 2007, 151 min.)
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 2:00 P.M.
Being Jewish in France
Comme un Juif en France, (France, 185 min.) with intermission
Sunday, October 11, 2009, 7:00 P.M.
Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Les Amours d’Astrée et de Céladon (France 2006, 106 min.)
|
|
Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 12:15-1:30pm
Location: Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Center
Topic and description TBD.
Join Meg Sealey, from the Career Services Office, for an informational discussion surrounding LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion. What’s the general workplace atmosphere like? What are the current laws protecting individuals from discrimination? Come and learn more about the realties in the workplace as it pertains to LGBTQ employees and their experiences. (Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person) (Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Community Dinner
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 7-8:30pm
Location: Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Center
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
|
 Voices of our Community!
Date: Speak Out! on Tuesday October 27, 2009
Time: 12:00PM
Location: Vista Room Library, MIC Building
Have you ever heard of Belize? …Michele Melia, Cataloging and Systems Librarian at the Miller Information Commons, was inspired by her father’s stories of his early life in Belize to learn more about this Central American/Caribbean country. She will explore her African, European, and Native American roots as they are part of the fascinating history and complex culture of Belize.
|
November 2009 Diversity Events
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: Native-American Heritage
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5:00-7:00pm
Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate Native-American Heritage with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person. (Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series - Tuesday, November 10, 2009. 12:15-1:30pm, Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Life Center.
"Black Indians: An American Story" (2000) - Film and discussion
Narrated by James Earl Jones, produced and directed by the award winning Native American production company, Rich-Heape Films, this presentation explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart, and the challenges they face today.
Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Voices of our Community! Celebrate Diversity! Friday, November 13th, 2009. 5:00-6:30pm
Vista Room, Library, MIC Building
Join the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Library as they celebrate Champlain College students reading their original works of poetry, essays, short stories and multimedia presentations. Refreshments will be served. Students interested in reading, please email Sophia Morris-Pittman, or Paula Olsen.
|
|
 Native-American Film Festival Monday, November 16th, 10am – 5pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
 The Last of His Tribe (1992)- 10:00am (image courtesy of HBO)
Between 1800 and 1900 almost 300,000 Native Americans were slaughtered. It was thought that none had remained wild, until one day in 1911, a doctor and his wife discover one survivor - and with him, the secrets of a vanished world. (90 mins)
 The Song of Haiwatha (1999)-11:45am (image courtesy of Crown Media)
This screen adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of Hiawatha, the legendary Ojibwe chief and his love for the beautiful Minnehaha.(114 mins.)
 Spirit Rider (1998)-2pm (image courtesy of Allumination FilmWorks LLC)
After the untimely death of his mother, Johnny Three Bears must leave the comforts of his home and move to the Ojibwe reservation with his grandfather. The two set out on an adventure to capture and tame a wild stallion, and Johnny learns to appreciate his grandfather’s wisdom and kindness. Just when things were starting to look up, Johnny unearths a dark secret about his grandfather. (90 mins)
 POW WOW Highway (2004)- 3:45pm (image courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Buddy Red Bow is struggling, in the face of persecution, by greedy developers and political in-fighting, to keep his nation on a Montana Crow Reservation financially solvent and independent. Philbert, a simple-minded friend of Buddy's, ardently pursues Native American/First Nation wisdom and lore wherever he can find it--even on Bonanza--in order to earn his warrior name. He's even got his war pony, Protector: a beat-up old wreck of a car. Buddy's sister has been arrested in Santa Fe, and together Buddy and Philbert set off on a road trip to look after her kids and go bail her out. (87min)
|
|
Native American Celebration Event: Abenaki Story Telling and Integrative Arts!:
Tuesday, November 17th, 6:00 pm- 8:00pm
Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Come and experience Native American Traditions, Storytelling & Art! Come and explore the myths and oral traditions of the Elnu Abenaki presented by the 'Laughing Couple' and watch a spontaneous mural unfold before your eyes. Native American food will be served. Co-sponsored by Continuing Professional Studies Division
|
|
Community Dinner: Wednesday, November 18th, 7:00 pm-8:30pm,
Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
2:00pm, Tower Room.
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
December 2009 Diversity Events
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: International HolidaysWednesday, December 9th, 5:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate International Holidays with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
 International Group Community Potluck
Friday, December 11th, 6-8pm Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
|
January 2010 Diversity Events
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: Refugee Night
Wednesday, January 13th, 5:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate Champlain’s Refugee community with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
 Martin Luther King Day
Monday, January 18th
Events to be announced.
|
|
Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series
Thursday, January 21st, 12:15- 1:30pm Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Life Center
Topic and description TBD.
Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Community Dinner Friday, January 29th, 7:00 pm-8:30pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
February 2010 Diversity Events
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: African Diaspora
Wednesday, February 3rd, 5:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate African Heritage with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Black History Film Festival
Tuesday, February 9th, 10am – 5pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Films and times to be announced.
|
|
Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series
Thursday, February 18th, 12:15- 1:30pm Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Life Center
Topic and description TBD.
Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Community Dinner
Friday, February, 26th, 7:00 pm-8:30pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
March 2010 Diversity Events
|
|
International Women’s Film Festival
Tuesday, March 2nd, 10am – 5pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Films and times to be announced.
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night
Wednesday, March 17th, 5:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Diversity & Inclusion Lunch Series
Tuesday, March 23rd, 12:15- 1:30pm Tower Room-CAF, IDX Student Life Center
Topic and description TBD.
Purchasing lunch is optional - $7.25 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
Community Dinner
Friday, March 26th, 7:00 pm-8:30pm, Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
Join us for dinner in the Fireside Lounge! All Students are welcome.
|
April 2010 Diversity Events
|
|
Sodexo Cultural Menu Night: Asian-American Heritage
Wednesday, April 7th, 5:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall, IDX Student Life Center
Celebrate Asian-American Heritage with members of the Champlain community.
$9.00 per person.
(Sodexo offers lower prices for staff and faculty who put money on their cards
Meal plan, credit cards and cash welcomed!)
|
|
International Group Community Potluck
Friday, April 22nd, 6-8pm Fireside Lounge, IDX Student Life Center
|
|
 Community Banquet:
April 16th 5:30pm, Gym/ Hauke… TBA
Registration information will be available during the Spring semester.
|
A realistic rendering of a dinosaur for a game design class