Tim Wise visit highlights busy month of programs
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All programs are free and open to the public
Combating Racism: From Ferguson to the Voting Booth to the Border Session: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Reception: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, 12:30 2 p.m. Showalter Auditorium
Tim Wise is among the nations most prominent anti-racist essayists and educators. He is the author of a number of books addressing race and culture including White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. This event is being sponsored by the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work, American Indian Studies, Chicano Education Program, Africana Education, the Presidents Advisory Committee on Diversity, the Provosts Office, Communications Studies, School of Social Work, Sociology/Justice Studies and Womens and Gender Studies.
Black Womens Strength, Resilience and Dedication Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, 3-5 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Conversations with a panel of three generations of Spokane Black women moderated by Fetlewoyni Gebreziabher. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.
The Gift of Safe Sex Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 12-1 p.m. 207 Monroe Hall With Valentines Day just around the corner what better to talk about than how to put on a condom. Give your partner the gift of safe sex for Valentines Day! Join us as the staff from Planned Parenthood GWNI give a not so typical demonstration of how to put on a condom and other safe sex advice. Those who come will be entered into a raffle for a safe and sexy gift basket.
Women Musicians in the South African Freedom Struggle Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, 1-3 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Through a vivid multimedia presentation offering striking video and audio examples, native South African Sheila Woodward, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Music; Associate Professor and Director of Music Education, will take participants through an emotional journey tracing the voice of South African women fighting their struggle for freedom through song. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.
AiR Workshop II: Criminal Justice Reform in Spokane: Our Smart Justice Vision Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, 3:30 5:30 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Panelists will discuss alternatives to mass incarceration. Smart Justice Spokane is calling for racial equity, non-arrest & non-jail solutions, culturally appropriate mental health and chemical dependency treatment, restructuring the system and providing employment solutions.
Queer Latin American Filmmaking Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 1-2 p.m. 207 Monroe Hall While queer issues can be found throughout the history of Latin American film, a specifically queer-marked Latin American filmmaking dates from the 1980s, and includes the Oscar-winning performance of William Hurt in the Brazilian 1985 film in English, Kiss of the Spider Woman. The dynamics of queer issues and the parameters of queer lives differ significantly from one country to the other in Latin America. In this lecture David William Foster, Ph.D., Arizona State University Regents Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies, will examine the most important representatives of this production, with special emphasis on country-specific inflections of queer matters. Cosponsored by Modern Languages and Literatures, Womens and Gender Studies, Womens Studies Center, The Pride Center, Film Studies, and Chicano Education.
Black is Beautiful: Afrocentric Hair and Fashion Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 3-4 p.m. 205 Monroe Hall Rachel Doleal, MA, Africana Studies will discuss the strength and power of cultural and social expression through hair. Six EWU students will model African-centered hair from ancient times to todays Black fashion trends. Cosponsored by Africana Studies and the Womens Studies Center.
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Tim Wise visit highlights busy month of programs