Campus Coalition Builders - Calendar
Building community through diversity, leadership & service.
October 11, 2012
Lunch & Learn -- "Ethnic Notions" video & discussion
This lunch and learn session is open to the public. MU Joyce Powell Leadership Center, Journey Room; noon-1:30pm; seating is limited. No pre-registration is required. Requests for accommodations related to disability may be requested by contacting jodi.nelson@oregonstate.edu or calling 541-737-0715.
Ethnic Notions is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America.
Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche.
Narration by Esther Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150 yearlong parade of bigotry. Ethnic Notions situates each stereotype historically in white society's shifting needs to justify racist oppression from slavery to the present day. The insidious images exacted a devastating toll on black Americans and continue to undermine race relations.
Approaching a complex and delicate subject with great sensitivity, Ethnic Notions equips viewers to view media and other cultural representations with a more critical eye.
November 30, 2012
Building Community through Diversity: an introduction to the NCBI model.
This presentation is specifically designed to introduce participants to the philosophy behind the National Coalition Building Institute's community building model and to give a jumpstart to Welcoming Diversity: Valuing the Difference Among Us workshop participants. Interactive exercises and plenty of time for questions and answers will be built into the day. Lunches and everyone are welcome! 9:00am-11:30am, Memorial Union 206. Pre-registration appreciated.
January 31, 2013
Lunch & Learn * -- topic: Religious Diversity
This lunch and learn session is open to the public. Details TBA. Seating limited. Noon-1:30pm, Women's Center. No pre-registration is required. Requests for accommodations related to disability may be requested by contacting jodi.nelson@oregonstate.edu or calling 541-737-0715 no less than one week prior to session.
February 15, 2013
Welcoming Diversity: Valuing the Differences Among Us!
This workshop will be offered twice this academic year. See workshop description under "Descriptions: Classes & Workshops." Pre-registration required. 8:30am-4:30pm, Memorial Union Joyce Powell Journey Room.
March 21, 2013
Lunch & Learn * -- Examining Ourselves: Uncovering Ageism and Adultism in Everyday Life
Participants will explore how, whether young or older in age, society is constructed to oppress and disempower our members who exit on both sides of the age continuum. Group work will provide a platform for participants to share their voices and help minimize oppression related to age.
This lunch and learn session is open to the public. Noon-1:30pm, MU 206; seating limited to 42. No pre-registration is required. Lunches are welcome. Requests for accommodations related to disability may be requested by contacting jodi.nelson@oregonstate.edu or calling 541-737-0715 no less than one week prior to session.
April 25, 2013
Lunch & Learn * -- topic: TBA
This lunch and learn session is open to the public. Details TBA. Noon-1:30pm; seating limited to 42. No pre-registration is required. Requests for accommodations related to disability may be requested by contacting jodi.nelson@oregonstate.edu or calling 541-737-0715 no less than one week prior to session.
TBA
Building Skill to Effectively Interrupt Prejudicial Behaviors
PRE-REQUISITE: must have previously attended a "Welcoming Diversity: Valuing the Differences Among Us" workshop at OSU. See description under "Descriptions: Classes & Workshops." Pre-registration required; space limited.
