2009-2010
8/28 “Fresh Friday” Dance Party
10 pm-1 am @ Hall of Presidents
Dance party featuring the best in Hip-Hop, Reggae, Reggaeton, Salsa, Merengue, Caribbean
vibes. Pina colada & strawberry margarita mocktails will be served all night. There will be free
food, giveaways, and prize-winning dance contests. It is a great scene for relaxing and meeting
other incoming first-year students. Brought to you by the ALANA Cultural Center.
9/4 ALANA Palooza
Live Music by Same Blood Folk and DJ Chino Loco. Free food from Mister Ed's BBQ.
4 pm @ ALANA Cultural Center
9/4 ENST Brown Bag Luncheon
Ecological Endeavors in the Amazon
Charles A. Mango, MD is an optometrist with a passion for conservation efforts in the Amazon.
Nearly 20 years ago he visited the Peruvian Amazon and decided he wanted more than the
typical tourist experience. He founded and is the president of the Amazon Yarapa River Lodge
and is responsible for the protection of half a million acres of land, 40 miles of river, and three
villages in the Amazon.
12:15 pm - 1:30pm @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
9/10 ALST Conversation Series:
Obama: Where are we going?
Featuring- Pete Banner-Haley, John Palmer and Louis Prisock
11:30 am @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
9/15-19 Diversity Week: Click to see all the great events!
9/15-18 LASO Bake Sale for Latino Heritage Month @ the COOP
There will be flan, arroz con leche, morir soñando, dominican cake, and cupcakes to name a
few.The money raised from the bake sale will be donated to the Cove's Dominican Republic
alternative winter break.
9/17 Speaker: Tsega Etefa
The Origin and Expansion of Orthodox Christianity in Ethiopia
4:30 pm @ Lawrence 105, Ho Lecture Room
9/18 Concert: SAVAE- San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble
Music from the Aztec and Inca Territories
7:30 pm @ Colgate Memorial Chapel
9/22- Alternative Cinema: The Birth of a Nation
“History written on lightning,” President Wilson said of this film when it premiered. “History
written on lightning” President Wilson said of this film when it premiered. The first popular
feature length narrative constructed with the shot/reverse shot, parallel editing that continues to
be the myopic form of all commercial cinema. A racist, re-writing of history from the viewpoint of
a son of the Confederacy, B.O.A.N. raises issues of dominant cinema construction and the
social and political responsibilities of mass media. (D.W. Griffith, 1915, 120 min., U.S.A.)
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
9/24 Speaker: Raymond Silverman
Icons of Devotion/Icons of Trade: Contemporary Religious Art of the Ethiopian Orthodox
Church
4:30 pm @ Golden Auditorium
**OPENING RECEPTION 5:30 pm @ Clifford Art Gallery**
9/24 Speaker: Junot Diaz
Pulitzer Prize winner coming to speak for Hispanic Heritage Month
4:30 pm @ Love Auditorium
9/25- Loisaidas Playing Bachata
Dominican Republic Dance Music
Free Dance Lessons, Food and Pina Coladas
8pm @ Hall of Presidents
September
9/29 ALST Conversation Series
Surveys and Colgate: Problems and Benefits
Featuring- Landon Reid and Carolyn Hsu
Professors Carolyn Hsu and Landon Reid, two of the main faculty members focused on the
most recent campus climate survey, will explain the results and their analysis. Lunch provided,
all are welcome.
11:30 am @ Women's Studies Lounge, East Hall
9/30 Beehive Design Collective- The Cost of Coal: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for
our Future
http://beehivecollective.blogspot.com/
5 to 7 pm @ 27 Persson
October
10/3 Party by the Pool: Official Pool Party of Homecoming
Come splash away with Sisters of the Round Table at the Official Pool Party of the
Homecoming Weekend. There will be free food, snow cones, and plenty of entertainment. Hope
to see you there!!
4-6 pm @ Lineberry Pool, Huntington Gym
10/6 Hispanic Heritage Month Dinner
A chef will prepare traditional Hispanic food, while talking about his cultural background.
5 pm @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
RSVP by emailing alana@colgate.edu
10/7 Rosie Perez- Yo Soy Boricua, Pa' Que Tu Lo Sepas!
Directed her first film, a documentary titled, I'm Boricua, Just So You Know! It's a history of
Puerto Rico's people, from the first native inhabitants to more recent immigration waves to the
United States.
Sponsored by LASO
7:30 pm @ Love Auditorium
10/8 ALST Conversation Series
Music: Mexico, the USA and Mestizo
Featuring- Glenn Cashman and Laura Klugherz
11:30am @ Women's Studies Lounge, East Hall
10/8 Annual Race and Education Lecture
Ericka Fisher, Holy Cross
7 pm @ Love Auditorium
10/9 ENST Brown Bag Luncheon: John Pamilio
Sustainability coordinator at Colgate will discuss the human-nature dualism as exhibited by the
Galapagos Islands.
12:15pm @ Multipurpose Room, Alana Cultural Center
10/9 Food Fest 09
Come and enjoy foods cooked by an array of cultural groups!
5-7 pm @ Hall of Presidents
10/13- ALST DAY
ALST Open House on Academic Quad.
Free Food, ALST music by WRCU and more!
11:30 am-1 pm @ Academic Quad (Rain Location: The COOP)
W.E DuBois Lecture
Rex Nettleford: The African Presence in the Diaspora and the Post-Racial Myth
Caribbean scholar, trade union educator, social and cultural historian, and political analyst. 4:30
pm @ Persson Hall Auditorium
Trivia Night
Come win prizes for answering ALST Trivia questions!
6:00 pm- 7:30 pm @ Frank Dining Hall
10/14 ALST DAY (Part 2)
Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Race and the age of Obama
Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. She is the
author of the award-winning book, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black
Political Thought. Reception to follow.
7 pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
October
10/27 ALST/WMST Brown Bag: Domestic Violence and Race/Gender
Featuring- KC Stewart, Sue Marks & Lana Paul with Liberty Resources
11:30 am @ Women's Studies Lounge
10/29 ALST Conversation Series:
Searching Literature in Latin America, the Caribbean and the USA
Featuring- Lourdes Rojas~Paiewonsky and Michelle Stephens/ Free La Iguana Lunch!
11:30 am @ Women's Studies Lounge, East Hall
10/29 ALST Films- Trouble Behind
A look at a small Kentucky town that forced out its Black population in the 1920s and has
remained exclusively Caucasian ever since.
1:20pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
10/30 Friday Night 35MM Film Series: Meeting David Wilson
A feature-length decumentary about the enduring legacy of slavery in young black society
today. David Wilson, a 28-year-old African-American jounalist, journeys into his family's past to
find answers to America's racial divide. Along the way he meets another David Wilson, the
descendant of his family's slave master. This discovery leads to a momentous encounter
between these two men of the same name, but whose ancestors were on the opposite sides of
freedom. Pete Mensies, Colgate '93, in person!
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
November
11/2 P-CON Film Series: The Rekoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
This film follows ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and his team for three years across four
continents as he issues arrest warrants to leaders in Uganda, the Congo, Colombia, and Darfur.
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
11/3 Off-Campus Study: Information Session for West Indies Study Group to Jamaica (Fall
2010)
11:30-1:00 @ 331 Alumni Hall
Applications are available from the Africana and Latin American Studies Program office in 327
Alumni Hall or the Off-Campus Study Office in 201 McGregory Hall.
The deadline for applications is November 20, 2009. Applications should be turned in to the
ALST Office in 327 Alumni Hall.
11/5 ALST Films: Adam Clayton Powell
This is dramatic portrait of the flamboyant Harlem minister and Congressman. Through archival
footage, still photographs, and onscreen interviews, Adam Clayton Powell provides a colorful
and candid portrait of a man known for both his love of the "good life" and his dedication to civil
rights. Narrated by Julian Bond, this documentary includes illuminating interviews with Shirley
Chisholm, Julius Lester, and Powell's son -- Adam Clayton Powell III. Powell himself emerges
as an important and tragic figure in the early stages of modern black politics in America.
1:20 pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
11/9 Careers and Paths in ALST
Career Services to host a session on Careers in ALST
11:30 @ 331 Alumni Hall (History Lounge)
11/11 Off-Campus Study: Information Session for West Indies Study Group to Jamaica (Fall
2010)
11:30-1:00 @ 432 Alumni Hall
Applications are available from the Africana and Latin American Studies Program office in 327
Alumni Hall or the Off-Campus Study Office in 201 McGregory Hall.
The deadline for applications is November 20, 2009. Applications should be turned in to the
ALST Office in 327 Alumni Hall.
11/11 Art & Art History Lecture: Eduardo Kac (Photographer)
Eduardo Kac is an internationally recognized artist that gained prominence at the beginning of
the twenty-first century with his transgenic work GFP Bunny, centered on the green-glowing
bunny named Alba that he created through genetic engineering. This presentation will give an
overview of his trajectory, with emphasis on his most recent works.
http://merz.colgate.edu
4:30 pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
11/12 ALST Conversation Series:
Conceptions of Race in the Americas
Featuring- Brian Moore and Nina Moore/ Free La Iguana Lunch!
11:30 am @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
11/12 ALST Films- Place of Rage
Within the context of the civil rights, Black power and feminist movements, Angela Davis, June
Jordan and Alice Walker reassess how women such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer
revolutionized American society.
1:20pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
11/14 SORT: Finesse of Tress
Monologues about hair and its meaning to society and tradition. All proceeds from go to Locks
of Love. There will be prizes and lots of fun!
5-7 pm @ The Edge Cafe
11/16 Film: Still Black
This award-winning documentary film follows the lives of six black transgender men in the
United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers,
lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race,
sexuality and trans identity.
(http://www.stillblackfilm.org/)
Dinner Provided!
6 pm @ ALANA
11/17 Poetry by Tehut Nine
CSA brings this world renound poet from Jamaica! Refreshment provided.
4:30 pm @ 27 Persson Aud.
11/18 Keller Winslow Sr.
Former Professional Football Player comes to talk to Colgate.
7 pm @ Love Auditorium
11/18 & 19 Screening of the Chris Rock Documentary: Good Hair
In light of Hair Appreciation Week. Entrance fee is two cans or $2.
7:30 pm @ Hamilton Theater
11/19 Brownbag with Student Panel: What is Good Hair?
In light of Hair Appreciation Week.
11:30 am @ ALANA Catered By: Indian Cafe (Clinton, NY)
11/19 ALST Films: Boondocks
The Boondocks is the American animated television series created by Aaron McGruder for the
Adult Swim programming block of Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network, based upon
McGruder's comic strip of the same name.The Boondocks is a social satire of American culture
and race relations, revolving around the lives of the Freeman family – ten-year-old Huey, his
younger brother, eight-year-old Riley, and their grandfather, Robert.
2:45 pm @ Love Auditorium, Olin Hall 300
11/19 Student-to-Student Dance-athon
Raising funds for Babaana Dreams, a school for special needs children in Uganda, the only one
of its kind. Get sponsored per hour of danceing! Games, performances and food will be
provided.
8-2 am @ Palace Theater
11/21 SORT brings Finesse of Tress
Monologues about hair and its meaning to society and tradition. All proceeds from go to Locks
of Love. There will be prizes and lots of fun!
Proceeds will go to Hope House, a Soup Kitchen in Utica, NY.
5-7 pm @ The Edge Cafe
December
12/1 ALST/WMST Brown Bag: LASO- Machismo in Latin America
11:30 am @ Women's Studies Center
12/1 Alternative Cinema: Within Our Gates
"... I think that the past is all that makes the present coherent and further, that the past will
remain horrible for exactly as long as we refuse to assess it honestly." James Baldwin. “Within
Our Gates is the title of Oscar Micheaux's rediscovered 1919 feature film. Restored in 1993
from a single known surviving print from Spain, the film adds new insight into the workings of
Oscar Micheaux, an incredibly prolific African American filmmaker, writer, producer, novelist,
and businessman. Since so few of Micheaux's estimated forty-eight feature films survive, it is
difficult to generalize about the entire oeuvre. However, Within Our Gates is a stunning film, the
first surviving feature by an African American director, and an example of his silent-era work.”
Dina Ciraulo, Wide Angle.
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
12/4 ENST Brown Bag: Environmental Justice and Aluminum Smelters in Trinidad and
Tobago
12:15 pm @ ALANA
12/5 Dance Fest
12/9 Join Sisters of the Round Table for a Study Break!!!
Pizza -- Drinks --Music -- Candy
6:00 pm @ Women's Studies Center (basement of East)
12/15 Study Break: Food, Massages and more!
11:30-2:30 pm @ WMST Lounge
January
1/18- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY CELEBRATIONS
12 @ the Chapel- Music, Words, Dance
TRACK 1 WORKSHOPS
1 pm @ ALANA
Workshop A: “Fulfilling the Dream: King and Obama’s Competing Visions of America”
Facilitated by: Dr. Pete Banner-Haley,Professor of History
Workshop B: Covering: The Hidden Assault On Our Civil Rights By Kenji Yoshino
Facilitated by: Jennifer Lutman & Charles M. Sprock, Jr. Director of the Writing Center and
Attorney, Baldwin & Sutphen, LLP
TRACK 2 WORKSHOPS
4 pm @ ALANA
Workshop C: Freedom On My Mind- Film Screening
Workshop D: First Year Workshop- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
By Barack Obama
Facilitated by: Megan Wyett & Dr. Ken Valente, Assistant Director for Residential Education
and Associate Professor of Mathematics
1/19 ALST Conversation Series
Senior Research: Sexuality & Fraternities, Afro-Peruvian Religious Expression, & Gender Role
Biases
Students will present on their current research though Colgate University dealing with race,
culture and gender. Lunch Provided by Curtain Call
11:30 @ WMST Lounge (co-sponsors: WMST)
1/20 Dr. Tricia Rose, Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
Rose is known for her book, Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary
America, which chronicles the emergence of hip-hop culture, but will be speaking on the legacy
of Martin Luther King. 7 @ Love Auditorium (SPONSORED BY & IN COLLABORATION WITH:
First-Year Seminars, First Year Life Skills, ALANA, Office of the Vice-President of Diversity,
Office of the Dean of the College,Division of Social Sciences, Division of University Studies,
Asian Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Second-Year Experience, Pre-Law Society, Africana and Latin
American Studies, SORT, Sister 2 Sister, The Center for Teaching, Learning and Research,
The Office of Undergraduate Studies)
1/26 ALiSTas Lounge Open House - Stop by 327 Alumni Hall anytime for refreshments and
check out the new student lounge. *Free tea and coffee always!
1/27 Art & Art History Eric J Ryan Lecture: Carrie Mae Weems
The photographs, films, and videos of Carrie Mae Weems trace an indirect history of the
depiction of African Americans for more than a century.
Sponsored by: Art & Art History, Film & Media Studies, English Department
4:30 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
1/30 Welcoming Diversity and Prejudice Reduction Skills Workshop
Brought by the National Coalition Building Institute (Colgate Chapter)
Sign-Up Today! Email: swelsh@colgate.edu
After talking about the Colgate Campus Life Survey, are you looking for something specific you
can do? Do you want to explore issues of diversity in a hopeful, non-blameful manner while
developing some useful, concrete skills? Come to the Welcoming Diversity and Prejudice
Reduction Skills Workshop. Participants will learn how we are socialized to think and act as
members of our racial, gender, and other identity groups. We will celebrate similarities and
differences, claim pride in group identities, recognize misinformation that people have learned
about various groups, and identify and heal from internalized oppression. Facilitators will teach
hands-on tools for dealing effectively with prejudicial comments and discrimination. The
workshop will conclude with skill-building to bridge differences and build stronger coalitions on
campus.
9am - 4pm @ Coop Conference Room
1/30 BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HAITI!!!
As we watch the videos and images and read stories of the tragic events in Haiti, it is clear to
many of us that we need a way to help. Mark Shiner, the Catholic Campus Minister and David
Levy, the Jewish Chaplain, at Colgate University, have brought a group together, drawing from
the campus, local and surrounding communities, to plan & host a benefit concert to raise funds
that would be sent to the following charities and relief organizations: Doctors Without Borders,
Partners in Health and the American Red Cross.
Where: Colgate University Chapel, Hamilton NY
When: Saturday, January 30th starting @ 6pm
Why: To raise funds for Haiti. Money to be donated to- Doctors Without Borders, Partners in
Health, American Red Cross
Who: Performances by members of local communities, local youth, & students on the Colgate
campus. If you are interested in performing, please contact Lorraine Joseph,
ljoseph@colgate.edu.
How: Tickets @ $5 and donations beyond that amount so that we can send as much funds as
possible for aid to Haitian communities.
Contacts are mshiner@colgate.edu and dlevy@colgate.edu
February
2/1 Professor Jorge Francisco Liernur- "Villas Miseria: Urban Dysfunction and Distorted
Development in Buenos Aires, Argentina"
Jorge Francisco Liernur directs the Center of Studies on Contemporary Architecture at the
Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, and is a Senior Researcher at the Argentine
National Council for Research on Science and Technology. At the University of Buenos Aires he
was director of the Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, and founder and
director of the Juan O'Gorman Latin-American Architecture Chair. He acted as visiting scholar
and critic at several universities in America and Europe, and his many studies on South
American urbanism include The Threshold of the Metropolis.
7pm @ 105 Lawrence Hall (Cosponsored by PCON, ALST, and the Geography Department)
2/3 ALST Conversation Series
The Cove: Helping Women with Small Business in the Dominican Republic
This year the Cove’s Alternative Break initiative take the students to the Dominican Republic to
work with the Juana Saltitopa Women’s Group of Hato Mayor and help them start small
businesses from the ground up. Lunch provided by La Iguana.
11:30 am @ ALANA Lounge (co-sponsors: WMST and the Cove)
2/4 Black History Month Celebration Dinner
Guest Chef, Juanita Bass (Soul Food)
Only 50 Spots – Please RSVP to Alana@colgate.edu
6 pm @ ALANA Cultural Center
2/5 Friday Night 35mm Film Series
Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros
Saludos Amigos, Disney, U.S., 1942, 43 min., DVD; The Three Caballeros, dir. Norman
Ferguson, U.S., 1944, 72 min., DVD.
This pair of films was (in)famously produced as part of the Good Neighbor Policy during World
War Two, when the U.S. State Department commissioned Disney to make (and show) a series
of films in Latin America.
Interweaving live action and animation, these films star Donald Duck, Goofy, and a series of
new, “local” characters: Brazilian parrot José Carioca, Mexican rooster Panchito Pistoles, and
others.
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
2/6 BSU to host kids at Colgate Bookstore to reflect and learn about Black History Month
(Contact: jwright@colgate.edu for more information)
2/6 Harlem Renaissance Trip Course
Three part course focusing on the history of Harlem – Entrepreneurship, Comedy, and Jazz
(Must attend this course to go on the trip to Harlem Feb. 27)
10 am – 1 pm @ ALANA Cultural Center MPR
2/8 Maxine Maxwell- ECHOES of the PAST & VOICES of HOPE: CELEBRATING AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN
Currently Maxine is on the roster of the New York Foundation for the Arts, Young Audiences,
and Arts Connection in the New York area. As an actor, Ms. Maxwell has toured throughout the
country. She has worked in New York as both a solo artist and as member of performing
ensembles. Her past credits include originating the roles in "Cross Currents", and "Tell Me It's
Going To Be Wonderful". She has also appeared in "Funnyhouse of A Negro", "The Trojan
Woman Of Euripides", and the national tour of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered
Suicide... When The Rainbow Is Enuf".
Black History Month keynote speaker brought by BSU.
7 pm @ Chapel
2/10 Film Screening: The Bronx Princess
Bronx Princess follows headstrong 17-year-old teenager Rocky's journey as she leaves behind
her mother in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in Ghana, West Africa. Filmed
over the tumultuous summer between high-school and college, this film tells Rocky's coming-ofage story. By confronting her immigrant parents' ideas of adulthood, Rocky reconciles her
African heritage with her dream of independence.
The film's directors, Musa Syeed and Yoni Brooks, will be present to discuss the film after the
screening. Musa also had a great piece in Time.com on immigrant integration into the political
scene in America.
4 pm @ Persson Aud.
2/11 Brothers Presents Guest Speaker – Warrick Dunn
Three-time NFL Pro – Bowl Winner and humanitarian.
7 pm @ Love Aud.
2/9 & 2/16 Presentation of Faculty Research by Participants in the SIO Diversity Colloquium:
Presenters: Pete Banner-Haley (History), Janel Benson (Sociology and Anthropology), Graham
Hodges (History), Mary Moran (Sociology and Anthropology), John Palmer (Educational
Studies), Louis Prisock (Sociology and Anthropology), Chad Sparber (Economics), Michelle
Stephens (English) Moderator: Dr. Nina Moore, Associate Professor of Political Science.
4:30 - 6pm @ Ho 101
2/12 Island Vibes IX
The Caribbean Student's Association Presents Party for Haiti
Admission $2; All proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross; NYC DJ & Swagged Up
Squad will be performing; There will be Caribbean Food!
10 pm-2 am @ Palace Theatre
2/15 Hasani Pettiford
Author of Black Thighs Black Guys & Bedroom Lies, Pimpin' from the Pulpit to the Pews, and
Why We Hate Black Women. Black History Month keynote speaker brought by BSU.
7 pm @ ALANA
2/17 ALST Conversation Series
Globalization and its (dis)Contents
Professors April Baptiste (Environmental Studies) and Jay Mandle (Economics) will be sharing
their insights and understanding of globalization issues with students. Lunch provided by La
Iguana.
11:30 am @ ALANA Lounge
2/21 Jackie Robinson Story
Summer of 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league
baseball. Mad River Theater Work’s live production captures events that shaped Robinson’s
character and the tremendous obstacles he overcame on his way to changing the face of our
nation and our national pastime. “A glimpse into the past, into our souls, with wit and genuine
American ingenuity.” The Annenberg Center, Philadelphia PA The Place Theater presents MAD
RIVER THEATER WORKS‘S LIVE NATIONAL PRODUCTION. Reserve Tickets- $7/kids,
seniors 60+; $10/adults General admission.Group Rates Available!
3 pm @ The Palace Theater (palacetheater.org)
2/23 ALST Major/Minor and Study Abroad Information Session
Interested in African, African America, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies? Join the
Director of ALST, Antonio Barrera, for more information.
11:30 pm @ 327 Alumni, ALiSTas Lounge
2/23 Poetry Slam with Harlem Essence
7 pm @ ALANA MPR
2/24 Dr. Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, New York
University School of Law
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
7:30 pm @ Love Auditorium (SPONSORED BY & IN COLLABORATION WITH: First-Year
Seminars, First Year Life Skills, ALANA, Office of the Vice-President of Diversity, Office of the
Dean of the College,Division of Social Sciences, Division of University Studies, Asian Studies,
LGBTQ Studies, Second-Year Experience, Pre-Law Society, Africana and Latin American
Studies, SORT, Sister 2 Sister, The Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, The Office of
Undergraduate Studies)
2/24-2/28 Model African Union in Washington, D.C.
2/27 Trip to Harlem, New York
Contact ALANA for more info.
2/28 BSU Family Dinner
BSU will cook to close Black History Month
March
3/1 The Thickness featuring Amanda Diva
The Thickness is SORT's annual spoken word performance inspired by Jill Scott's The
Thickness.
8 pm @ Brehmer Theatre
3/2 Film Screening: Very Young Girls
Very Young Girls is a documentary about sex trafficking in the United States.
7 pm @ Lathrop 209
3/3 ALST Voices Lecture
Rich Benjamin- Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America
Between 2007 and 2009, Rich Benjamin packed his bags and embarked on a 26,909-mile
journey throughout the heart of white America — some of the fastest-growing and whitest
locales in our nation. A prediction that made headlines across the United States ten years ago is
fast becoming a reality: By 2042, whites will no longer be the American majority. A related, less
reported trend is that as people of color, especially immigrant populations, increase in cities and
suburbs, more and more whites are living in small towns and exurban areas that are
predominately, even extremely, white. Call these places White Meccas. Or White Wonderlands.
Or Caucasian Arcadias. Or Blanched Bunker Communities. Or White Archipelagos. He calls
them Whitopia. His journey to unlock the mysteries of Whitopia took him from a three-day white
separatist retreat with links to Aryan Nations (North Idaho) to the inner sanctum of 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue — and many points in between. To learn what makes the Whitopias tick,
and why and how they are growing, he lived in three of them for more than three months apiece
— in Utah, Idaho, and Georgia. On this improbable journey, he shows us what Whitopias are
like and the urgent social and political implications of this startling phenomenon.
6:30 pm @ Persson Aud.
http://www.richbenjamin.com/index.html
3/3 Film Screening: Skin
Skin is the true story of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, classified
as white but she appears to be black.
7:30 pm @ Hamilton Movie Theatre
3/3 ColorStruck
ColorStruck is a woman of color comedy troop based out of Boston, MA, whose comedy is
based on their lives and experiences as women of color.ColorStruck is a term used in urban
communities to alienate people of African-American descent who have an attraction towards
lighter individuals—whether that be romantically, socially or the like. The unique character of
this group is its all-women cast as well as the diversity of the women within the group,
representing a multitude of ethnicities as well as a variety of viewpoints.
9 pm @ Donovan's Pub
3/4 Brown Bag: ColorStruck
This brownbag is to discuss issues these women have encountered as well as to explore issues
brought up in their comedy.
11:30 am @ Coop TV Room
3/4 SORT Presents - Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Lloyd is the founder of GEMS (girls educational mentoring service) which is a service
that provides outreach to girls involved in sex trafficking.
7 pm @ Love Auditorium
3/5 SORT Hosts- A Night of Sisterly Love
A night of sisterly love is a night where members of the organization and our allies can partake
in food, conversation, movies, and games. It also serves as an opportunity for the older
members of the organization to bond with the younger generation
5 pm to AM @ Center for Women's Studies
3/6 American Heart Walk (SORT)
6 am @ Utica College
3/6 Traffic Jam
The event is held annually to celebrate the week with Colgate's campus via a social gathering
with music and entertainment.
11 pm Multi-level party in the HRC
3/7 Sisterly Potluck
In the midst of our extensive week, this event serves as a personal bonding experience for
SORT and the community.
5 pm @ ALANA
3/8 International Women's Day Celebration
Film Screening: "Me and the Mosque" followed by a lecture by Dr. Juliane Hammer, Assistant
Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University
Dr. Hammer works on the population of Muslims in the US, focusing on immigrant, AfricanAmerican and Latin American Muslims.
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium (sponsored by WMST, ALST)
3/9 Model African Union Celebration and Follow-up Dinner
6 pm @ Professor Moran's Home
3/10 ALST Conversation Series
Segregation at the 'Gate? HRC and the Rhetoric of White Privilege
John Palmer, Professor of Education, Rhonda Levine, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology,
and Kermit Campbell, Professor of Writing and Rhetoric will be discussing the politics and race
of college dorms and defending the premise of the HRC. Lunch Provided by la Iguana.
11:30 am @ ALANA Lounge
3/23 Lost Boy of the Sudan: Gabriel Boldeng
He will speak about his experiences as a "Lost Boy" and his current work to build schools in the
Sudan.
11:30-1:00 pm @ Persson Auditorium
3/24 ALANA Cultural Center and Poetically Minded Present: A Night In Harlem- Open Mic Night
Performances by C.R.R.A.B.S, Poetically Minded and Benae. Poets and Musicians Welcome.
Mocktails and food will be provided!!!
9 pm @ Donovan's Pub
3/25 Social Sciences Division Luncheon Seminar Series
Denying Discrimination: Race and Life Insurance in the US at the Turn of the Twentieth
Century- Presented by Dan Bouk
12:15 pm @ 111 Alumni Hall
3/26 ALST Conversation Series
The Founding of ALANA: A Conversation with Todd Brown ‘71, Gregory Threatte '69 about the
founding of the ALANA Cultural Center and it’s development over the years. Lunch Provided.
12 pm @ ALANA MPR (co-sponsors: ALANA)
3/29 BROTHERS Charity Week- Bake Sale
Coop - All Day
3/30 BROTHERS Charity Week- BBQ on the Quad
Deans Thomas Cruz-Soto and Keenan Grenell will be having a cook-off barbecue on the Quad.
11:10 am @ Academic Quad.
3/30 Humanities Colloquium Series: Kezia Page, Assistant Professor of Englis, Coordinator of
Caribbean Studies at Colgate
Embodying Haiti: Edwidge Danticat's 'The Dew Breaker' and 'Brother, I'm Dying'
4:10 pm @ 105 Lawrence
3/31 Brothers and Theta Chi 2nd Annual Poker Tournament
6:30 pm @ Theta Chi
April
4/1 BROTHERS Charity Week- Bachelor Auction
7:30 pm @ Hall of Presidents
*Students for Students hosting a silent auction - proceeds will go to funding a school in Peru.
4/1 Opening Reception: West Mexican “Jades” from the Luis deHoyos ’41 Collection in the
Longyear Museum of Anthropology
This exhibition focuses on West Mexican greenstone figures, commonly called “jades,” from the
Luis de Hoyos '43 collection. The earliest figures conform closely to the shape of celts (stone
axes) and eventually develop into clearly defined and naturalistic human figures. The de Hoyos
figures include examples representing the full stylistic range of Mezcala artistic development,
which began during the third and second millennia B.C. In addition to human figures, the
collection includes stone tools, ornaments, temple models, animal effigies, and masks. Maggie
Mariani ’10 investigated the de Hoyos stone sculptures during a summer research fellowship
and developed this exhibition during a 2009-10 Longyear Museum internship.
4:30–6:00 pm @ Alumni 111
4/2 I Open Banquet
All proceeds of the banquet go to Wo Kai (I open), a micro-finance charity focusing on poor
people in rural China. Further donations are welcome and can be made via www.wokai.org.
Chinese, Korean, and Dominican food will be served! PLUS: Student performances by CIA,
KASA, and the Latin American Dancers! Broght to you by Korean American Student
Association,Chinese Interest Association,Latin American Student Organization, & Gamma Phi
Beta
5 pm @ Hall of Presidents
4/3 BROTHERS Charity Week- Brothers and Sigma Chi Basketball Tournament
Free Basketball Tournament T-shirts to the first 10 teams to sign up for the three on three
tournament. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of the three on three tournament, threepoint-contest, and dunk-contest.
1 pm @ Huntington Gymnasium
4/5 Reception- Lalla Essaydi Photographs: L’Écriture Feminine / Le Corps Feminin
Gallery remarks by Professors Emilio Spadola and Ayesha Chaudhry.
Lalla Essaydi is a feminist artist from Morocco. She creates richly textured photographs of
women in staged environments that critique the visual clichés and stereotypes of western
Orientalist paintings and colonialist photographs of the harem in the Islamic world. Essaydi
interjects script that confounds the western gaze. Self-taught in the elegant maghribi calligraphy
of North Africa, Essaydi covers her female subjects, as well as their clothing and furnishings, in
texts that convey her own thoughts about being an Arab woman in the 21st century. Exhibition
runs from March 8-May 16, 2010.
4:30-6:30 pm @ Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall, 2d floor (sponsored by Middle
Eastern and Islamic Civilization Studies Program (MIST), Africana and Latin American Studies
(ALST) and Women's Studies (WMST))
Exhibition runs from March 8 - May 16
4/6 ALST Conversation Series
Madre: Travels with a Spanish Noun by Liza Bakewell
Liza Bakewell, the NEH Chair in WMST for Spring 2010, will discuss her new book with
students. Lunch provided by Curtain Call.
11:30 am @ WMST Lounge (co-sponsors: WMST)
4/6 Humanities Colloquium Series: Julian Arribas, Assiociate Professor of Spanish and Chair of
the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Ohio Wesleyan University
Some Rebellious Women in Cervantes' 'Don Qhixote.'
4:10 pm @ 105 Lawrence
4/6 Laura Anderson Barbata- Language, Women and Power in Mexico: Personal Experiences
World renown artist.
5 pm @ Golden Auditorium
*4/7 April Visit Days
Professor Baptiste will represent ALST at the luncheon with prospective students.
4/7 SOAN Presents- Nancy A. Denton: Mi Casa May Be Su Casa But Are Our Neighborhoods
the Same? Hispanic Families and Children and the Neighborhoods They Live In.
Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Social and Demographic
Analysis at University at Albany, SUNY
4:15 pm @ 27 Persson
4/8 Core 152 Lecture- Professor Michael Coyle: Pharoah Sanders and the Music of Double
Consciousness
7 pm @ 105 Lawrence Hall
4/9 From Spoons to Looms: Refugee Settlement and Community in Utica
Utica, NY is one of the US's biggest refugee destinations and is home to thousands of refugees
from all over the world. As part of the COVE's Cove Fridays Brown Bag series, Professor Ellen
Kraly will be giving a short talk and then leading a discussion about community development
and the work of the Utica Refugee Center, along with its implications for the lives of refugees
living in the local community. Sponsored by Colgate's Utica Refugee Tutors
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm @ the COVE (East Hall)
4/12 The History Department presents The Douglas K. Reading Lecture featuring:
Professor Ali Mazrui, SUNY Binghamton- “From Othello to Obama: Is this the Dawn of the
Postracial Age?”
4:15 pm @ Persson Auditorium
4/12 Caribbean Week Study Break
Come and watch a Caribbean movie with delicious Caribbean food and celebrate Caribbean
Week with CSA
5:30-8 pm @ ALANA Lounge
4/13 ASU presents- Sean Carasso CEO/Founder of Fallen Whistles
http://www.fallingwhistles.com/splash/index.php
11:30 am @ ALANA
4/14 CSA Brown Bag- Discussion: The Evolution of Caribbean Culture, Professor Moore
11:30-12:45 pm @ ALANA Lounge
4/14 Woven Communities: Art for Refugees in Transition
Art for Refugees in Transition helps rebuild individual and community identity for refugees
worldwide. A.R.T.’s programs provide local and international relief institutions with tools to help
refugee communities cope with the trauma, terror, and dislocation of war and natural disaster.
Founder, Sara Green, earned her MBA at Columbia U. with the idea of applying business model
skills to the world’s refugee populations. Since it’s founding, A.R.T. has implemented programs
in Thailand, Columbia, Bogotá, and the United States.
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm @ ALANA Cultural Center
4/15 Social Sciences Division Luncheon Seminar Series
Privatization Agencies and the Politics of Economic Reform in Africa- Presented by Manny
Teodoro, Department of Political Science
12:15 pm @ 108 Persson
4/15 K’NAAN Lecture
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, at the very beginning of the notorious civil unrest that enveloped
the country, rapper K'NAAN spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to
the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had already left Somalia. When
K'NAAN (whose name means "traveler" in Somali) was 13, he, his mother, and his two siblings
were able to leave their homeland and join relatives in Harlem, where they stayed briefly before
moving to Rexdale, Ontario, where there was a large Somali community.
Come hear K’naan speak about his experiences and how he is bringing a positive message
back to hip-hop music.
Sponsored by ALST, SCOPE, ALANA, WRCU and the International Student Community
4 pm @ Love Auditorium
4/15 Live Concert: Performances by Tabi Bonney, John Forte, Wale, and K'naan
Doors open at 8 pm in the Hall of Presidents
4/15 The Shapna Project
A company, started by two Colgate alumni, is celebrating the release of its tea and coffee!
There will be a concert and free samples. Come out and support this great cause!
"Shapna is no ordinary business. Shapna is an initiative to empower marginalized farmers in
Bangladesh, Uganda, and the Dominican Republic, while fighting poverty in the United States.
A massive forty percent of profits are invested into health, entrepreneurship, education, and
infrastructure opportunities both in the communities where coffee and tea are grown and the
communities at home where it’s purchased. All Shapna tea and coffee is grown organically
without the use of artificial chemicals, preservatives, or flavoring. So you’re not only investing in
your health, but you’re helping to improve the health of people worldwide."
5 - 8 pm @ The Barge
4/16 ALST Conversation Series
Social Networks and Pro-Environment Behaviors
Dr. Julio Videras is a professor of environmental economics at Hamilton College. His talk will
cover different social structures (race, class, gender, etc.) and how they relate to our behaviors
regarding the environment. Lunch provided by Hamilton Whole Foods.
12:15 pm @ ALANA MPR (co-sponsors: ENST and WMST)
4/16 ALST, ALANA, COVE, LGBTQ & WMST present “A Day of Service"
Through a collaborative effort, these groups have organized a day of service in Utica which will
address issues of poverty/homelessness, youth outreach, and reproductive health. This trip is
an effort to build stronger ties amongst students, as well as foster connections between Colgate
and Utica. If you are interested contact derobinson or kopatovsky to register or follow the link
below. Registration deadline is April 13th or on a first-come, first-served basis (so register early
as spaces will fill up fast!).
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/students.colgate.edu/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dDgtTGJYN
TRPZUdmSlZuT3NlX0Jyenc6MA
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12 - 6 pm @ UTICA (Contact derobinson@colgate.edu for more information)
4/16 Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Brass & Steel Orchestra
Caribbean Week Celebration with free Caribbean food!
6 pm @ The COOP
4/16 Friday Night 35mm Film Series
La Cienaga
In her recent films, young Argentine director Lucrecia Martel has not only established herself as
a formidable presence in the country's flourishing cinema, but has also delicately portrayed the
lives of young women. La Cienaga, in a style that's at once naturaistic and unearthly, chronicles
a summer in the life of two teenage cousins, while simultaneously sketching the crumbling of
Argentina's rural aristocracy.
7 pm @ Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
4/21 Dinner with Senior ALST Majors/Minors
5:30 pm @ Seven Oaks
4/23 African Student Union's Annual 5-on-5 Futbol Tournament (SPW)
Contact Togbor for more information and to register your team of 5 people (201)313-6837 or
twentum@colgate.edu. CASH PRIZES!
2 pm - 6 pm @ Practice Fields (adjacent to the Football Stadium)
4/27 ALANA Spring Soiree
BBQ catered by Mister Ed's!Rainbow cake provided by LGBTQ Initiatives! Student Award
recognition. Come early for GIVEAWAYS!!!: 100 Finals week survival kits, T-shirts, Executive
Gift Sets for first 25 seniors
5:30 @ ALANA
4/28 BBQ for Students in Peru
Students for Students is hosting a BBQ and raffle with music from some Acapella groups. Meal
tickets, raffle tickets and t-shirts for sale to fundraise towards building a dormitory and school for
young girls in Peru who usually do not have the opportunity or the means to gain a level of
education further than elementary school.
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Academic Quad.
May
5/4 Study Break
Enjoy healthy food, relaxation classes, yoga sessions, and much more during Finals Week.
11:30-2:30 pm @ WMST Lounge
Fall 2010
Exhibitions:
October 2010 - February 2011 Exhibition
Peru's Memory Museum, which documents the horrors of the internal conflict experienced by
Peru from 1980 to 2000. It is a powerful and moving exhibit of 40 large (70cm x 1m)
photographs.
5th floor of Case-Geyer
9/3 ALANA Palooza!
ALANA's annual Kick-Off event for the Fall 2010. Mister Ed's BBQ, multi-artist concert, dance,
giveaways, Rainbow Cake, and more!
4:30pm-7:00pm @ ALANA Cultural Center
9/6 LASO/Spanish Club Film: In the Time time of the Butterflies
Directed by Mariano Barroso and based on Julia Alvarez's novel of the same name. The film
covers the lives of the Mirabal Sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the
dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960.
7:00pm @ Lawrence 20
9/7 ALST/WMST Brown Bag- National Coalition Building Institute at Colgate: Celebrating
Diversity and Reducing Prejudice
Scott Brown, Dirichi Arungwa, Brian Gitau, Tennille Haynes, and Dawn LaFrance are leading
the discussion. Members of Colgate's NCBI chapter will talk about the roots of NCBI
International and its theoretical underpinnings. We will discuss how the Colgate chapter was
formed and the various programs NCBI can provide. We will share what it is like to be on the
team and how students, staff, and faculty can join.
11:30am @ WMST Lounge (Co-sponors: WMST; Lunch provided)
9/8 Living Writers: Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez authr of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent" will give a reading from her work
at 4:30 pm in Love Auditorium. All are welcome to attend. Q&A and book signing to follow
reading. Refreshments will be available. http://www.juliaalvarez.com/about/
4:30pm- 6:30 @ Love Auditorium (Refreshments at 4:00pm)
9/10 Equity & Inclusion Workshop
We are inviting members of the community to participate in NCBI's Equity and Inclusion
Workshop. Participants will learn how we are socialized to think and act as members of our
racial, gender, and other identity groups. We will celebrate similarities and differences, claim
pride in group identities, recognize misinformation that people have learned about various
groups, and identify and heal from internalized oppression. Facilitators will teach hands-on tools
for dealing effectively with prejudicial comments and discrimination. The workshop will conclude
with skill-building to bridge differences and build stronger coalitions on campus.
Lunch will be provided starting at on-site check-in at 11:30. Workshop will start promptly at
12:15. There will be a break in the middle and snacks will be available.
For more information, see the Colgate NCBI chapter website: www.colgate.edu/ncbi. For on-line
registration, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/ncbi_registration
12:15pm - 6:30pm @ Coop Conference Room
9/10 Friday Night 35mm Film Series: Do the Right Thing
director Spike Lee, 1989, 120 minutes
It's 1989, it's Brooklyn, and it's hot outside. Do the Right Thing follows a young black man
named Mookie around his ethnically and culturally diverse community in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
When a dispute at the pizza parlor where Mookie works takes a violent turn, however, the
neighborhood must figure out together whether its diversity is a positive thing.
7:00pm - 9:00pm @ Golden Auditorium
9/13 PCON Film- CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil. Directed by Joe Berlinger, 2009, 104 minutes
CRUDE presents the inside story of the so-called “Amazon Chernobyl” disaster. Filmmaker Joe
Berlinger (Colgate ‘83) has crafted a revealing documentary mapping the legal battle waged by
indigenous Ecuadorans against Chevron for dumping billions of gallons of oil waste into the
Amazon basin. Dramatic courtroom scenes are merged with powerful footage from the field to
provide a glimpse of the true cost of oil addiction. Official Selection of the Sundance Film
Festival and the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. “A fascinating and important
story. CRUDE does an extraordinary job of merging journalism and art.”—Christiane Amanpour
9/14 Annual Race and Education Lecture: Patricia A. Graham
Patricia A. Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education, Emerita
from Harvard Graduate School of Education will speak on "Grasping the Past to Inform the
Present."
7:00pm @ LOVE Auditorium
9/16 Constitution Day Lecture: "Citizenship & Immigration: What Does the Constitution Say?" by
Peter Schuck
In celebration of Constitution Day, the Institute for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics presents
a lecture by Peter Schuck, Simon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale University, Emeritus. His
talk is titled "Citizenship and Immigration: What does the Constitution Say?"
4:30pm - 6:30pm @ Persson Hall Auditorium
9/16 Vision Social
This will be a chance for you to mix and mingle with other cultural, religious and greek life
organizations on campus. VISION is a place where the heads of multicultural, religious life, and
Greek life organizations come together along on a monthly basis to discuss programming and
campus issues. The purpose of VISION is to have student groups support each others’ events
and not duplicate services and programming. Past collaborative events include the Wiz Khalifa
SPW Concert hosted by Beta, Brothers, and KAPPA, Island Vibes Party at the Palace hosted by
the Caribbean Student Association, and Kappa, among many others.
6pm @ ALANA MPR
9/17 CSA Social
CSA is throwing a social night Friday night. We will have wonderful food cooked by the core with
love and there will be great people there as well as music.
8:30pm @ the Unity House, aka the 1934 House, which is the red one across from DU
9/20 Safe Zone Training
ALST, WMST and ALANA interns will get together for the LGBTQ Safe Zone Training
5:00pm @ ALANA Lounge
9/21 Speaker: Majora Carter, Environmental Justice Advocate
Syracuse University
http://lectures.syr.edu/about
9/24 Latin American Student Organization presents:Yo Soy Latina!
Performed by Latino Flavored Productions, Inc. Latino Flavored Productions, Inc. performs "Yo
Soy Latina!" the story of three women who try to make sense of what it means to be Latina in
America. This off-Broadway theater group has performed at over 200 colleges nationwide, and
now they are coming to Colgate! Enjoy a funny and moving play that challenges a group of
diverse Latina women to examine their identity and their connections in the contemporary
American landscape.
FREE ADMISSION! Brought to you by LASO
8:00pm @ The Palace Theater
9/25 Onstage Series-Live Theater: Fiesta de Palace with Ernie G and La Krema
La Krema, under Jesse Pabon's leadership, will start the night performing Latin American music
while their dancers provide a visual performance to match. Ernie G, one of the hottest, talented,
Latino entertainers in the country, will then perform his stand up comedy routine. The Night
Goes On. At 10pm the audience is invited to join La Krema's dancers for free lessons and an
hour of open dancing with Jesse Pabon and Ernie G. Call 315-824-1420 for tickets.
Cost: $20 per person or $10 for youth 18 and under and students with school ID
(http://www.palacetheater.org)
8:00pm @ The Palace Theater
9/27 ALST DAY
11:00am- Celebrating ALST Day on the Academic Quad (rain location: the COOP) with free
Mexican Lime Tortilla Soup from Hamilton Whole Foods and Trivia questions to win free organic
cotton shirts. Live music from WRCU.
7:00pm- W.E.B DuBois Lecture: Achille Mbembe, "Reading Fanon in the 21st Century"
Achille Mbembe is one of the world’s leading critical theorists. His work on power, violence, and
subjectivity has shaped and challenged contemporary scholarship on the postcolonial in Africa
and beyond. Born in Cameroon, Achille Mbembe obtained a PhD in History from the Sorbonne,
and a Political Science degree at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). Author of On
the Postcolony (2001) and the essay “Necropolitics,” (2003), and founder of the Johannesburg
Theory Workshop, Professor Mbembe is currently Visiting Professor of Romance Studies in the
English Department at Duke University; he has also been on the faculty at Columbia University,
the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. His
academic interest also extends to a theory of soccer, of which he is a world-class fan. The
unique erudition and theoretical impact of Professor Mbembe’s work on contemporary political
practices and dramaturgies ensure his stature as one of today’s most compelling scholarly
voices.
7pm @ LOVE Auditorium
9/28 ALST Conversation Series: Reflecting on Mbembe's Lecture
Professor Mary Moran and Professor Jon Hyslop will discuss Achille Mbembe's talk given the
day before in honor of the annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture.
11:30am @ ALANA Lounge (Lunch Provided by La Iguana)
* Frank Dining Hall will be serving Africana, African-American, Caribbean and Latin American
food.
9/29 The Yes Means Yes Seminar
Join other students, faculty, and staff as we explore healthy relationships through positive
sexuality, assertive communication, and better understanding ourselves. Dinner and book
provided by the Wellness Initiative. Everybody is welcome – students who took this seminar last
year loved it!
What do you think about the “hook up culture”? Do you ever wonder about how to ask for what
you want in a relationship? Would you like to think about how to navigate your sexuality better?
Could you learn how to better help others with these areas? Contact Dawn LaFrance at
dlafrance@mail.colgate.edu for more information or to register!
September 29, October 6, 13, 20, & 27
7 - 8:30pm @ ALANA Cultural Center
10/4 Speaker: Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurence S. Rockefeller Univ. Professor of Philosophy at the Center
for Human Values at Princeton, will speak on his book Cosmopolitanism. This book was
selected as the summer reading for the Class of 2014 and is currently included on the CORE
152 syllabus.
Co-sponsors: Core 152, First-Year Seminars, First-Year Experience Program, Office of the
Dean of Diversity, ALANA Center, Department of Philosophy, Division of University Studies,
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
7:30pm @ Chapel
10/5 Breakfast with Kwame Anthony Appiah
Join Appiah for a conversation over breakfast.
9:00am @ ALANA Lounge (Breakfast provided)
10/5 ALST/WMST Brown Bag- Peculiar Intimacies: Reading Antebellum Atrocities from Behind
the Veil
Lynn Makau, Assistant Professor of English at Willamette University will lead the discussion.
The title makes reference to the 19th-century practice in sentimental fiction of presenting slavery
behind a shield of propriety thought appropriate for female readers. My paper demonstrates that
the literary recovery of what I call "peculiar intimacies" in recent historical fiction about slavery
withdraws this veil, but suggests precedence for this in antebellum slave narratives as well. I
focus on Valerie Martin's novel, Property, and propose its inclusion in the genre of "neoslave"
literature, which typically imitates the slave narrative form. By focusing instead on the
entrapment of a slaveholding mistress, Property, I argue, unsettles dichotomies of enslaved or
free, while simultaneously confirming white America's reliance on oppositional "others" in
identity formation.
11:30am @ WMST Lounge (Co-sponors: WMST; Lunch provided)
10/13 LASO Brown Bag- Gender Role in Politics: Female Leaders in Latin America
Members from LASO will be giving a presentation on the role that women play in politics,
including information on the presidential campaign in Brazil, perceptions of the media, and
female presidents in Latin America. The Brown Bag will be a prelude to the Hispanic Heritage
Month keynote speaker the following day, Patti Solis Doyle.
12:00am @ WMST Lounge
10/14 WMST Brown Bag- "National Coming Out Week Panel: Coming Out as LGBTQ"
11:30am - 1:00pm @ WMST Lounge
10/14 Latin American Heritage Speaker: Patti Solis Doyle
Patti Solis Doyle was the first Latina to lead a major US presidential campaign. Ms. Solis Doyle
led Hillary Clinton's campaign for her presidential bid in 2008.
7:00pm @ Ho Lecture Room
10/14 PCON Schaehrer Lecture
Scott Straus, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin and one of the
top scholars of the Rwandan genocide will speak on violent conflict and its aftermaths in
contemporary Africa.
10/15 "The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief" V. S. Naipaul
The Institute for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics presents a lecture by V.S. Naipaul, Winner
of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2001. "The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief"
4:30pm- 6:30pm @ Love Auditorium
10/15 Friday Night 35mm Film Series: The Wiz
dir. Sidney Lumet, 1978, 134 min., USA Based on a smash Broadway musical, The Wiz offers a
modern adaptation of Frank Baum?s classic tale, complete with a urban, decaying Oz that
resembles 1970s New York, a black Dorothy played by Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson as
the Scarecrow. Though a critical and commercial flop, The Wiz offers a unique glimpse of race
and class politics in the 1970s, spirited singing and dancing, and a memorable performance
from a young Michael Jackson.
7:00pm- 9:00pm @ Golden Auditorium
10/18 PCON Film- My Neighbor My Killer
Directed by Anne Aghion, 2009, 80 minutes. My Neighbor My Killer is the fourth installment in
an award-winning series on post-genocide justice in Rwanda. Filmaker Anne Aguion examines
the Gacaca tribunals which the Rwandan government set up to mete out justice in the wake of a
horrifying outburst of ethnic violence. The film captures the wrenching and halting process of
reconciliation which unfolds when survivors of the 1994 genocide confront the confessed killers
of their loved ones in open-air, community-based hearings where stories of trauma mix uneasily
with expressions of repentance and forgiveness. When peace comes, how do you make it right
again? Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival. Winner of the Human Rights Watch Nestor
Almendros Award. “An historic document of incalculable value, but also a superbly shot work of
cinema.” —Agence France Presse
10/22 COVE Friday- Women's Health and Sexual Awareness
Featuring Sister2Sister, The Network, and Peer Health Educators, to talk about Women's Health
and Sexual Awareness, kind of as a tie-in to the documentary that will be screened the previous
night -- Where is Your Line?. Lunch Provided!
12:15pm @ The COVE
10/23 Mobbed in Utica, Welcomed in Peterboro
Keynote Address by Milton C. Sernett Ph.D. for Annual Dinner of National Abolition Hall of
Fame and Museum
Sernett's new book will be available at the event.
Come to Peterboro: Commemorating the 175 Anniversary of the Founding of the New York
State Anti-Slavery Society October 21-22, 1835
5pm @ Smithfield Community Center/ 5255 Pleasant Valley Road/ Peterboro NY 13134
www.AbolitionHoF.org
www.sca-peterboro.org
mail@AbolitionHoF.org
315-684-3262
10/25 ARTIST TALK with Federico Leon: The Translation of Process
In conversation with Brenda Werth and April Sweeney. Actor, director and filmmaker Federico
León has been a leading figure of the Argentinean theatre and film scene for over ten years. He
has won numerous awards, including First Prize for Dramatic Literature from the Argentine
National Institute of Theatre, the 2004 Konex Award of the National Arts Foundation, and the
Argentine government’s First National Prize for Dramatic Writing 1996-1999. His plays have
been performed in theatres and festivals in countries around the world, including Germany,
France, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Scotland, Canada, Belgium, Brazil and
Australia. His most recent play “Yo en el Futuro” premiered at the 2009 Kunsten Festival des
Arts and subsequently was seen at festivals in Avignon, Graz, Berlin, Torino, and Salamanca. In
2001, he wrote and directed his first film, “Todo Juntos” and his second film “Estrellas” (2006),
created in collaboration with Marcos Martinez, has been screened throughout Argentina and
various international film festivals. In 2008 he co-directed “Entrenamiento Elemental para
Actores” with Martin Rejtman. Playwright 1500 Meters Above Jack’s Level Directed by April
Sweeney in production October 19-23
4:30-6pm @ Lawrence Hall, Robert Ho Lecture Room
10/26 Humanities Colloquium Series: Electa Arenal
Professor Arenal, Colgate NEH Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures, will speak on 'Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz' Triumphal Arch: The
Allegorical Neptune (Isis-Athena-Minerva-Sophia in the 17th Century Mexico)
4:30pm @ 105 Lawrence Hall
10/26 "Pharoah Sanders and the Music of Double Consciousness."
Professor of English Michael Coyle will give a talk on the interplay between jazz music (with
special attention to Pharoah Sanders' album Karma) and themes of identity formation in both
DuBois' Souls of Black Folk and the African-American context more generally. Sponsored by
Core 152.
7:00 PM @ 103 Lawrence Hall - Ho Center
10/28 ALST Major/Minor Information Session: African Studies, Caribbean Studies and Latin
American Studies
Come hear about requirements for these Concentrations in ALST and the classes offered next
semester. Free Cookies!
WMST Lounge @ 11:30am - 12:30pm
10/28 Speaker: Tanya R. Robinson
Tanya R. Robinson is the Executive Director for the Center for Experiential Learning at Saint
Anselm College in Manchester, NH. In her role, she oversees four professional offices: Career
Education Services, the Internship Office, the Meelia Center for Community Service, and Study
Abroad. She has worked in the area of academic internships and other experiential learning
areas as an administrator for approximately 10 years.
7pm @ MEYERHOFF (HO 101)
10/30 Family Weekend: Celebrating Black Identity
Black Student Union/ Sort Family Weekend Banquet. The Black Student Union annually hosts
the Family Weekend Banquet. This is a time for friends and family to gather together for a
scrumptious meal... soul food of course! Come and celebrate with us... our theme this year is
"Celebrating Black Identities".... come looking your best that is semi- formal attire and remember
ALL are welcome!
5 - 7pm @ The Edge
November
11/1 Black Solidarity Day
Solidarity Day is a national event in which black men, women, students, and faculty around the
country come together in unity to discuss the political status and the future of the black
community. Remember ALL are welcome!
Speak Out on Chapel steps at @ Noon - our theme is "Celebrating Black Identities"
Black Solidarity Day March will begin at the HRC at 5pm
Discussion of Celebrating Black Identities will be at 6pm with Pizza and Wings at ALANA
CANCELLED- 11/1 The Harlem Children's Zone, Charter Schools, and the Future of Urban
Education
Dennis McKesey (principal) and Kevin Dougherty (assistant principle) of the Promise Charter
Academy, which is affiliated with Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, will be leading a
discussion about charter schools and educational reform. They will touch on topics such as
evaluating teachers, the Obama administration's Race To The Top blueprint, and how publicprivate partnerships are shaping the future of urban education.
1:25pm - 2:45 @ ALANA Multipurpose room
11/2 ALST Major/Minor Information Session: African American Studies
Come hear about requirements for the African American Studies Concentration in ALST and the
classes offered next semester. Free Cookies!
4:30 pm @ Harlem Renaissance Center Library
11/2 Humanities Colloquium Series: Kermit Campbell
Professor Campbell, Associate professor of Writing and Rhetoric, will speak on 'For the Sake of
Truth, Freedom, and Humanity: Reclaiming Rhetoric as a Liberal Art.'
4:30pm @ 105 Lawrence Hall
11/4 ALST Conversation Series- The Significance of Study Abroad for College Education at
Colgate
Discussion will be led by Emily Merkle, Kendra Opatovsky, Malcolm Piper, and Professor Nisha
Thapliyal.
11:30am @ ALANA Lounge (Lunch Provided by La Iguana)
11/8 David Carrasco: "There Will Be Blood: Ritual Sacrifice Among Aztecs and Spaniards in the
Conquest of Mexico"
Reception to follow. Co-Sponsors: NAST and ALST
4:30pm @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
11/11 Classroom Discussion about Finding Cholita
Professor Isbell will be speaking in SOAN 102 D (Introduction to Anthropology) about her
ethnographic novel, Finding Cholita.
2:45-4:00 @ Alumni 110 (Sponsored by: Native American Studies and Sociology and
Anthropology Department)
11/11 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva- The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of
Everyday Life in America
He is Professor of Sociology at Duke University. Professor Bonilla-Silva’s research has
appeared in journals such as the American Sociological Review, Sociological Inquiry, Racial
and Ethnic Studies, Race and Society, Discourse and Society, Journal of Latin American
Studies, and Research in Politics and Society among others. His books include, White
Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era and Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind
Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States.
4:30pm @ Love Auditorium (Sponsored by: SOAN, Africana and Latin American Studies
(ALST), African American Studies, Division of University Studies, Division of Social Sciences,
PCON, ALANA, Office of the Dean of Diversity, Psychology)
11/12 RESCHEDULED Black Speaker's Series: Dr. James Pogue's
If anyone is interested, please e-mail Rashaad Mubarak at rmubarak@colgate.edu. The topic is
"using student identity development to increase involvement, engagement and facilitate student
success and growth!"
5pm @ 94 Broad Street
11/13 NCBI- Equity and Inclusion Workshop
Registration can be found at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/ncbi_registration
Participants will learn how we are socialized to think and act as members of our racial, gender,
and other identity groups. We will celebrate similarities and differences, claim pride in group
identities, recognize misinformation that people have learned about various groups, and identify
and heal from internalized oppression. Facilitators will teach hands-on tools for dealing
effectively with prejudicial comments and discrimination. The workshop will conclude with skillbuilding to bridge differences and build stronger coalitions on campus.
10:00am-5:00pm @ Coop Conference Room
11/15-11/20 AFRICA WEEK
*Wednesday 17th- 'Yellow Card' the movie hosted by Tino, Ambassador of ALANA; 7pm @ 217
Lathrop
*Friday 19th- Drum Circle to open Africa Week; 11:30pm - 1pm @ COOP TV Room
*Saturday 20th- Fashion show; The *fashion designer*, a student from The Art Institute of
Washington, will be visiting Colgate to bring her collection and have custom fittings for all
models!; 8pm @ Brehmer Theater
*Saturday 20th- Dance Party; 11pm @ Donovans Pub.
11/15-11/20 National Hair Appreciation Week
*Monday 15th- SNAP SNAP. . . .Release; 6-8:30pm @ ALANA Multipurpose Room
*Tuesday 16th & Thursday 18th- Screening of the Documentary 'Good Hair'
Good Hair, is a documentary by comedian Chris Rock, that explores the African American hair
culture specifically and discovers the big business behind black hair. The documentary also
exposes the struggles that African American women face with their hair every day in society and
the impact the hair industry has in shaping their perceptions of "good hair". Celebrities such as
Paul Mooney, Maya Angelou, Raven-Symone, Nia Long, and many others offer their insight on
this issue and attempt to dispel the rumors and myths about African American hair. The
documentary also won a 2009 Sundance Film Festival Award. 7pm @ Love Auditorium
*Friday 19th Brown Bag Panel on Hair with Sister 2 Sister, 12:15 @ ALANA
11/15 Doing Well by Doing Good Brown Bag: From Beans to Chocolate
Marla Saint Gilles, a Latin American Studies Alumna, will visit to talk about her work with Kallari
Chocolate. Kallari Chocolate, which is one of the few cooperatives in the world that actually
produces its very own line of chocolate as opposed to just exporting beans. The cooperative is
actually fairer than fair trade. This fall, members from the cooperative will be touring the US
speaking at universities, high schools, Slow Foods groups etc and speaking on topics ranging
from the chocolate making "bean to bar" process to rainforest biodiversity to Kichwa life and
craft-making. CHOCOLATE TASTING! You can find more information about Kallari at
www.kallarichocolate.com.
Sponsors: Career Services, ALST and The COVE
12:15pm @ The COVE Lounge
11/16 ALST/WMST Brown Bag- Chocolate-loving, Pampered Nuns of Viceregal, Mexico
Presenter: Electa Arenal, NEH Professor of the Humanities in Romance Languages and
Literatures
11:30am @ WMST Lounge (Co-sponsors: WMST; Lunch provided)
11/17 The Harlem Children's Zone, Charter Schools, and the Future of Urban Education
Dennis McKesey (principal) and Kevin Dougherty (assistant principal) of the Promise Charter
Academy, which is affiliated with Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, will be leading a
discussion about charter schools and educational reform. They will touch on topics such as
evaluating teachers, the Obama administration's Race To The Top competition, and how publicprivate partnerships are shaping the future of urban education. Contact: Professor Mark Stern,
Educational Studies.
1:25pm @ ALANA Multi-Purpose Room
11/18 ALST Conversation Series: Lula, Brazil and the Reshaping of Latin America
Discussion will be led by Professor Dan Epstein, Professor Heather Roller and Professor
Teresa Cribelli.
11:30am @ ALANA Lounge (Lunch Provided by La Iguana)
11/18 Living Internationally
Come hear fellow students from various backgrounds who have had a lot of international
exposure, and hear them compare and contrast foreign cultures to that of ours. Hosted by
ALANA Center Ambassadors Togbor Wentum and James Speight
4:20PM @ 110 Broad Street
11/18 A Capella Concert to Benefit Uganadan Orphanage
The groups that will be performing are Dangerboy, the Dischords, the Colgate Thirteen, and the
Swinging 'Gates. The Change the Truth Foundation was founded upon the ideal to change the
truth about the vicious cycle of low educational standards, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The
Foundation sends at-risk orphans to school to hopefully pull them out of this cycle, and to put an
end to it once and for all. Sponsored by: Brothers, African Student Union, Black Student Union,
Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa Tau, CAB Special Events
6:00pm- 8:30pm @ the HOP
11/19 Henry Butler and Gent Treadly Charity Concert
Small Donation for entry (proceeds will go towards helping up and coming musicians in New
York City) Hosted by ALANA Center Ambassador Kunal Shetty
9pm @ Palace Theater
11/20 Finesse of Tress
Finesse of Tress is a production intended to bridge the gap between intersecting identities at
Colgate. In this performance, men and women will discuss the politics of hair, telling hair stories,
and uncovering what hair actually means to them. At the performance, hair facts will be
discussed, food will be served, and gift baskets will be raffled off.
6pm - 8pm @ The Edge Cafe
11/21 Workshop for Harlem Renaissance Trip 2011
ALANA will be traveling to Harlem, New York on February 19th to tour the community, including
Spanish Harlem. In order to attend, you MUST participate in a Harlem Renaissance Workshop
on Sunday, November 21st from 2-6pm in the ALANA Cultural Center (MPR Room). There will
be no exceptions. Dinner and refreshments will be provided. If you are currently off campus or
abroad we will web stream the workshop to you specifically. When you register, please indicate
that this is your situation. There are 45 spots available. To register, please e-mail Elise Bronzo,
Outreach/Programming Coordinator at the ALANA Cultural Center, at ebronzo@colgate.edu.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
2pm-6pm @ ALANA
11/29 PCON Film- Crude Impact
Directed by James Jandak Wood, 2006, 97 minutes. An official selection at more than thirty film
festivals worldwide, Crude Impact explores the connection between oil consumption and global
conflict. This is a timely story that exposes our long-standing dependency on fossil fuels and
explores the possible implications of “peak oil” in settings around the world, from China to the
Amazon to West Africa to the United States. What starts as a personal journey for the director
becomes a global odyssey leading to our understanding the history and future of oil extraction
and its impact on the earth, humanity (and other species), and the climate. “More concrete than
other docs on the implications of big oil…offers practical solutions.”—Sarah Schieron,
SanFranciscomGuardian.com
11/29 LGBTQIA: Where Does the “A” Fit? Brown Bag
This event will Feature a panel consisting of students and staff who will share their personal
experiences with being an ally for the LGBTQI community as well as how to be an effective
leader. Food will be provided.
11:30am @ Center for Women Studies.
11/29 Ally Week Party in the ALANA Lounge
A mix and mingle of Colgate’s queer and ally communities in a safe and fun atmosphere. Music,
Food and Drink provided. And Button Making!!!
9:00pm @ ALANA
11/30 ALST/WMST Brown Bag- The Status of Women in Higher Education in South Africa
Joanne Schneider will lead the discussion. After a trip to Cape Town and Durban, South Africa,
October 11-24 with a group of women affiliated with the Office of Women in Higher Education at
the American Council of Education, this presentation will focus on South African women’s
representation in higher education, current research on women in higher education in South
Africa, groups and movements that work on behalf of these women, the place of education for
women in South African society, and the issues facing South African women in higher education
today. In particular, I will be examining the role of women in academic library and information
technology leadership.
11:30am @ WMST Lounge (Co-sponsors: WMST; Lunch provided)
11/30 Coop Conference Room Family Dinner
Come and enjoy a free dinner with the LGBTQI community and allies!
6:00pm-7:00pm @ Coop Conference Room
December
12/1 It’s Everyone’s Issue: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Allies Brown Bag
This brown bag will facilitate discussion of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a safe environment.
11:30am @ Center for Women’s Studies
12/1 Film Screening: "Waiting for Superman"
Cost: Free! (www.waitingforsuperman.com) We've seen it time and again, when disaster strikes
in America, heroes rush in. When all seems lost, real-life supermen, and women, step up to
save the day. But what if, right now, there is a hidden catastrophe spreading quietly, insidiously
through our nation's cities, towns, and communities and yet we have the power to stop it? What
if our children and their futures were in peril? Who will become the hero now? From Davis
Guggenheim comes a stirring, must-see clarion call of our times. This film is a personal
exploration of the current state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting our
children. Fueled by his conscience and electrified by the possibilities for change, Guggenheim
sets off on a probing journey into the lives of five unforgettable kids whose dreams, hopes, and
untapped potential reveal all that is at stake at this critical moment.
7pm @ Hamilton Movie Theater 7 Lebanon Street, Hamilton, NY
12/2 Rice Bowls and Hip Hop
This is being put on by Karl Jackson a 1st year ALANA Ambassador. Karl is starting off the
discussion by analyzing the Hip Hop perception in the states and how it affects the international
Hip Hop scene. From that he will then delve into what is Hip Hop like in China. That subject in
itself is multifaceted because of linguistics, education, among other things. Food will be
provided.
12:20 @ ALANA Lounge
12/2 Living International Writers: Dinaw Mengestu
Mengestu's debut novel "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears" earned him comparisons to
Bellow, Fitzgerald, and Naipaul, and garnered praise for its haunting depiction of the immigrant
experience in America. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mr. Mengestu immigrated to the United
States as a child and was educated at Georgetown and Columbia universities.
Co-sponsored by University Studies, Africana & Latin American Studies, and Core Communities
& Identities.
4:30 pm @ Persson Hall Auditorium
12/2 Film Screening: "Waiting for Superman"
Cost: Free! (www.waitingforsuperman.com) We've seen it time and again, when disaster strikes
in America, heroes rush in. When all seems lost, real-life supermen, and women, step up to
save the day. But what if, right now, there is a hidden catastrophe spreading quietly, insidiously
through our nation's cities, towns, and communities and yet we have the power to stop it? What
if our children and their futures were in peril? Who will become the hero now? From Davis
Guggenheim comes a stirring, must-see clarion call of our times. This film is a personal
exploration of the current state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting our
children. Fueled by his conscience and electrified by the possibilities for change, Guggenheim
sets off on a probing journey into the lives of five unforgettable kids whose dreams, hopes, and
untapped potential reveal all that is at stake at this critical moment.
5:30 pm @ Hamilton Movie Theater 7 Lebanon Street, Hamilton, NY
12/2 Planning for Senior Year Fellowships?
Are you a JUNIOR interested in the Fulbright, Watson or other fellowships? Visit with Ann
Landstrom, fellowship advisor, about fellowships and scholarships such as the Rhodes,
Marshall, Mitchell, Fulbright, Watson, Churchill, St. Andrew's, Liebmann, Jack Kent Cooke Arts
and Carnegie. It is vitally important to plan ahead for these competitive opportunities that you
apply for early in your senior year. If you cannot make it to the session and you are going
abroad spring semester, call 315-228-6224 to make an appointment with Ann Landstrom before
you leave campus this fall semester. Seniors wishing to apply as alumni and sophomores
anxious to get a jumpstart are also welcome to attend! Sponsored by the Office of National
Fellowships and Scholarships, www.colgate.edu/fellowships.
7 pm @ 107 Lathrop Hall
12/3 ENST Brown Bag- EcoArtTech: Imagining a home in the convergent network of biological,
cultural, mental and digital environments.
Presenter: Cary Peppermint of Colgate University. BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE -- LUNCH
PROVIDED!! (Hamilton Whole Foods, yum!)
12:15 pm @ Alana Cultural Center - Multipurpose Room
12/3 ALANA Gala
The ALANA Gala is a semesterly event that celebrates the hard work and achievements of our
students. Students, staff and faculty members have the opportunity at the end of every
semester to nominate 25 individual students who they feel have built bridges between diverse
communities at Colgate and who have also assisted ALANA in its mission to unify our campus.
These 25 students and their respective student groups and friends will be joining us at the Gala.
5:00-7:00 @ Palace Theater
12/3 Ally Study Break: Viewing of “The Laramie Project”
This documentary is about Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young
gay man targeted because of his homosexuality. Originally a play, the film version is based on
more than 200 interviews conducted with people from Laramie.
7:00pm @ Showing in the Coop T.V. Room
12/9 Social Sciences Luncheon- Pay Now or Pay Later: Racial/Ethnic Differences in
Perceptions of College Affordability
Janel Benson, Department of Sociology & Anthropology will present. Lunch will be provided.
12:15pm @ 111 Alumni Hall
12/14 Finals Week Study Break
Stop by the WMST Center to enjoy the healthy food options and such activities as yoga,
biofeedback, massage, rockband, board games, stress balls, and coloring books.
11:30am-2:30pm @ WMST Lounge
Spring 2011
Exhibitions:
"Yuyanapaq: To Remember"
A photographic exhibit currently in the Learning Commons (5th level) of Case-Geyer Library.
October 1, 2010 to February 20, 2011
It's an exhibit of 40 powerful photographs documenting the internal armed conflict (1980-2000)
in Peru, and on loan from the Collective Memory and Human Rights Project in Lima.
African House and Home
Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall, 2d Floor
February 21 to June 5, 2011
The Longyear Museum of Anthropology will mount an exhibition of African architectural
sculptures and home furnishings drawn from its own collections. The focus of the exhibition is
adornments for permanent African buildings in which the owner has invested time, labor and
expense in order to create a home that will testify to his wealth, good taste, and standing in his
community. Such architecture is associated with settled populations of agriculturalists who
remain in the same houses for generations. The exhibition also includes, however, some items
characteristic of semi-nomadic herders, specifically the Tuareg people, who live in large tents
that are often sumptuously decorated. The exhibition focuses on ornamental architectural
details such as carved posts, lintels, doors, and door locks, but also includes examples of
furnishings such as tent bags, seats, and oil lamps.
Hapa na Pale: Here and There of Tanzania
20-25 photos of Tanzania taken by photographer Peter Stanley will be displayed in Case-Geyer
Library 5th floor Hyber Learning Commons
March - May
The photos cover the daily lives of the Tanzanians; distinctive landscapes. Many Colgate
students think of Africa as a very vague concept; either it is a land of abject poverty full of dying
children, or it is a land full of exotic plants and animals. The purpose of this exhibition is to
shatter the generic image of Africa and introduce its “real” aspects. The photos in this exhibition
would exclusively focus on Tanzania. Taken by a freelance photographer, Peter Stanley’s
pictures tend to be unbiased, capturing things in their natural state without the photographer’s
intended message behind them. His photos of the people and culture will aim to reveal the
different aspects of their living.
Collaborating with: ALANA Cultural Center, the Case-Geyer Library, African Student Union,
ALST
January
1/17 MLK Day
MLK Day Celebration Opening: “Speaking Out Through the Arts”
Dr. Jeffrey Herbst, President will open and students to perform in honor of MLK Day
12:00 @ the Chapel
Workshops1:00 – 2:00 PM
Workshop A: “A Time of Reconsideration: MLK, Obama and America’s Future”
Location: ALANA Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room
Facilitated by: Dr. Pete Banner-Haley, Professor of History & African American Studies
Workshop B: “MLK’s and Gandhi’s Peaceful Paths to Freedom”
Location: ALANA Cultural Center, Lounge
Facilitated by: Noor Khan, Assistant Professor of History & Keenan Grenell, Vice President and
Dean of Diversity, Associate Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Workshop C: Working with Reverend King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel- “Spiritual
Audacity and Moral Grandeur”
Location: Saperstein Jewish Center
Facilitated by: Reverend Richard R. Fernandez, coordinated MLK’s speech against the Vietnam
War at Riverside Church in NYC, Executive Director of Clergy and Laity Concerned about
Vietnam, 1966-1974 and the Northwest Interfaith Movement (NIM), 1980-2002
Workshop D: Film Screening- Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
This film chronicles the life of civil rights activist and organizer of the 1963 March on
Washington, Bayard Rustin, and explores the ways his gay identity influenced his role in the
Civil Rights Movement.
Location: ALANA Cultural Center
Facilitated by: Ken Valente, Professor of Mathematics & University Studies, Chair of First-Year
Seminar, Global Engagements, and Core Distinction Programs, Director of LGBTQ Studies
Dinner and Talk with Rev. Fernandez: “Reverend King and the Vietnam War”
Facilitated by: Steven Nathan, Associate University Chaplain, Director of Jewish Life
5:30-7:00PM @ Merrill House
1/18 WMST/ALST Brown Bag: “We May Have All Come On Different Ships, But We’re In The
Same Boat Now,” Faculty & Staff Perspectives on Diversity
Panel Moderator: Charlotte Johnson, Vice President and Dean of College
Panel: Ken Valente, Professor of Mathematics and University Studies; Chair of First-Year
Seminar, Global Engagements, and Core Distinction Programs; Director of LGBTQ Studies,
Helene Julien, Associate Professor of French and Women's Studies; Academic Director of OUS,
Stanley Brubaker, Professor of Political Science; Director of the Politics, Philosophy, and
Economics Institute, Nisha Thapliyal, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Pamela
Prescod-Caesar, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Joaquin Rivera-Cruz,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
11:30am @ Center for Women's Studies (Sponsored by ALST & WMST; Lunch provided)
1/20 MLK Keynote Speaker's Dinner
5:30pm @ 1934 House
1/20 MLK Keynote Address: Robert P. Moses, Founder and President, The Algebra Project, Inc.
He will be speaking on Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right. Robert P.
(Bob) Moses resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife, Dr. Janet Moses, M.D. They have
four children. Bob Moses was born and raised in Harlem, NY, and received his B.A. from
Hamilton College in 1956. In 1957, he received a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Harvard
University and he taught middle school mathematics at the Horace Mann School in New York
City from 1958-1961. In his young adult life, Dr. Moses was director of the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee’s (SNCC) Mississippi project 1961-1964, directed the Council of
Federated Organizations (COFO) 1962-64, and was a pivotal organizer for the Mississippi
Summer Project of 1964, and was instrumental in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
(MFDP), which challenged the Mississippi regulars at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Moses
worked for the Tazanian Ministry of Education 1969-76, teaching mathematics at the Samé
School. He used a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1982-87) to found the Algebra Project,
which uses mathematics as an organizing tool to guarantee quality public school education for
all students. The Algebra Project has received support from the National Science Foundation
and numerous philanthropies and individuals. Moses also has received several honorary
doctorate degrees, including Harvard, Princeton, University of Michigan, and is the recipient of
numerous awards.
http://www.algebra.org
7pm @ Chapel
1/21-23 Train the Trainer: NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute)
Join NCBI, the commitment of being a team member is participating in a 3-day workshop
(January 21, 22, and 23) and then coming to team meetings (1.5 hours once per month). If you
decide to join a subcommittee or facilitate a workshop, you can choose to spend more time with
the group. I really think that you would enjoy the work we do and I think you have a lot to offer
the group.
The application for the the Train the Trainer workshop in January is at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ncbi_app. It will only take a minute for you to complete. Let me
know if you have any questions.
1/23 Syracuse University Dinner
Dinner for students, faculty and staff. For reservations and more information contact ALANA.
4pm - 8pm @ Ernie Davis Legacy/ Carrier Dome in Syracuse
1/26 Movie Showing: For Colored Girls
Admission: $3! "For Colored Girls" weaves together the stories of nine different women - Jo,
Tangie, Crystal, Gilda, Kelly, Juanita, Yasmine, Nyla and Alice - as they move into and out of
one another's existences; some are well known to one another, others are as yet strangers.
Crises, heartbreaks and crimes will ultimately bring these nine women fully into the same orbit
where they will find commonality and understanding. Each will speak her truth as never before.
And each will know that she is complete as a human being, glorious and divine in all her colors.
7pm @ Hamilton Movie Theater (Sponsored by ALANA, ALST & WMST)
1/27 ALST Conversation Series: Reflecting on the Movie "For Colored Girls"
Discussion of the film that was shown Wednesday night. Lunch Provided.
11:30am @ WMST Lounge (Sponsored by ALST, WMST, SORT & BSU)
1/28 MLK Afternoon of Service (COVE)
Colgate University’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) is joining the
national commemoration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy by hosting the
second annual MLK Afternoon of Service. Colgate’s MLK Afternoon of Service hopes to honor
Dr. King’s teachings of citizenship and service and recognize the role they play in strengthening
communities. The aim of our locally-focused afternoon of service is to bring people of various
ages and backgrounds together to move our local community and nation closer to the “Beloved
Community” that Dr. King envisioned.
12:30pm- 5:30pm @ various local community organizations
February (Black History Month)
2/2 Cove Brown Bag: Dominican Republic Alternative Break
The students and staff that went to Neiba, DR for the Winter Alternative Break will talk about
their experiences.
12pm @ The COVE
2/2 Art & Art History Lecture: Rick Lowe (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)
Rick Lowe is the founder of Project Row Houses, an arts and cultural organization located in
Houston's historically significant and culturally charged Third Ward neighborhood. Developed as
an "...art work that both engages the community ... and celebrates African-American history and
culture," the New York Times recently said PRH "may be the most impressive and visionary
public art project in the country." Lowe was the 2000 recipient of the American Institute of
Architecture Keystone Award, and in 2002 was awarded the Heinz Award in the Arts and
Humanities. Lowe was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University from September2001-June 2002,
and in 2006 received the Brandywine Lifetime Achievement Award. He was the 2003 recipient
of the Rockefeller Foundation Arts Award for Organizations Tackling Critical Issues.
4:30pm @ Golden Auditorium
2/3 ALST Conversation Series: Help Wanted/Unwanted Help and the American Dream
Professor Henke and Professor Hodges will talk about connections between race/ethnicity,
immigration, and labor in the US context as well as hiring discrimination in the early Republic.
11:30am @ ALANA Lounge (Lunch Provided by La Iguana)
2/3 The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers Information Session
Graduate school opportunities: The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers aims to increase the
representation of minority groups on the faculties of schools and colleges. The IRT provides
academic and individualized support to students from diverse backgrounds who wish to attain
graduate degrees in the humanities, social sciences, education, and mathematics.
12:20pm @ ALANA MPR (If interesed in having an informational interview with leislie, please
email nvasudevan@colgate.edu and choose a 30min. slot between 9:30-12:00pm and 1:303:00pm.
2/3 Sheryl Swoopes, Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA All-Star
She will speak on Dedication and Determination: The Keys to Success. Balancing the
seemingly irreconcilable roles of dedicated single mother, world-class athlete, and best-selling
author of Bounce Back, Swoopes proves that the modern superwoman isn’t a myth. Known as
one of the WNBA’s most eloquent spokespeople, she inspires audiences to aim high, and
illustrates that with passion, determination, and hard work, you really can have it all.
Sponsored by: CLSI, ALANA Cultural Center, The Wellness Initiative, Dean of the Faculty, Dean
of the College, First-Year Experience, Sophomore Year Experience, Dean of Diversity, The
1934 House, WMST & The LGBTQ Department.
7pm @ Love Auditorium
2/7 Black Student Union RELEASE NIGHT
Theme is "honoring people who empower you." Release nights are an awesome opportunity to
destress hang out and share what's on your mind! Everyone is welcome.
7pm @ ALANA All-Purpose Room
2/8 ALST/WMST Brown Bag: An Up Close View of the Civil Rights Movement
In honor of Black History Month, African American Studies will host a panel, which includes
Professor Jane Pinchin, Department of English, talking about Voter Registration Drives,
Professor Tony Aveni, Department of Physics and Astronomy and SOAN, talking about what
was happening on Colgate's campus, and Professor Rhonda Levine, SOAN Department, talking
about Robert F. Williams and his struggle against extradition. Professor Pete Banner-Haley,
Department of History, will be the moderator.
11:30am @ ALANA Cultural Center (Sponsored by ALST & WMST; Lunch provided by Curtain
Call)
2/8 PPE Panel Discussion: "EGYPT: What Happened? What's Next?"
The Institute of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics presents a panel discussion on the recent
events in Egypt: What Happened? What's Next? The primary speaker will be Political Scientist
Prof. Bruce Rutherford, with Prof. Doug Macdonald, Political Scientist, and Nady Abdal-Ghaffar,
Lecturer in Arabic, as commentators. Moderated by Prof. Stanley C. Brubaker. The short lecture
will be followed by a Q&A session. Co-sponsored with MIST. Refreshments will be served at
4:15.
4:30 @ 209 Lathrop
2/8 Film Screening: "Not Just a Game: Power, Politics and American Sports"
The documentary argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports
have long been at the center of some of the major political debates and struggles of our time. In
a fascinating tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly of American sports culture, Zirin first traces
how American sports have glamorized militarism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, then
excavates a largely forgotten history of rebel athletes who stood up to power and fought for
social justice beyond the field of play. The result is as deeply moving as it is exhilarating:
nothing less than an alternative history of political struggle in the United States as seen through
the games its people have played. Co-sponsored w/ SYE, POSC, & ALST. Q&A to follow with
Diane Williams.
7pm @ 217 Lathrop
2/9 "Frontiers of Internationalization: Opportunities for Study Abroad in the 21st Century"
Adam Weinberg, President and CEO of World Learning and President of SIT, formerly Dean of
the College and member of Colgate's faculty, will speak about significant trends and initiatives in
off-campus education.
4:15pm @ Ho Lecture Room, 105 Lawrence Hall
2/10-13 Gospel Fest
This is an annual event that brings together several different gospel choirs from neighboring
universities such as Cornell, Syracuse, Hamilton, etc. to Colgate to perform for one amazing
concert in University Chapel.
Thursday, February 10th: Brownbag on Gospel Music/Negro Spirituals @ 11:30 in ALANA
Friday, February 11th: Contemporary Christian Concert @ 7:30pm in the COOP
Saturday, February 12th: Afternoon Musical Workshop led by Kirk Franklin for participating
choirs
Saturday, February 12th : Evening Concert featuring Kirk Franklin and participating choirs @
7pm in the Chapel
Sunday, February 13th: Sunday Morning service at which Mr. Franklin will preach @ 11am in
the Chapel
2/14 Student Diversity Research Forum
- Kendra Brim, "The Great Migration, Gender Roles, and Family Structure"
- Medvis Jackson, "The War on Drugs"
- Benjamin Ouriel, "Arab-Jewish Relations: Documentary Film"
5:30pm- 7:30pm @ ALANA Cultural Center - Lounge
2/15 WMST/ALST Brown Bag: Dimensions of Stigma Toward Women, Children, & Men Living
with HIV/AIDS in Communities in Southwestern Rural Uganda
Ellen Kraly, Lesley Parrish, Alexandra Pons, Frank Frey and Pete Scull
11:30am @ Center for Women's Studies (Sponsored by ALST & WMST; Lunch provided)
2/16 Multicultural Open House
Career Services will be hosting a Multicultural Open House for students of color and the LGBTQ
Community.
4pm - 5:30pm @ Career Services
2/17 ALST Major/Minor Information Session: African Studies, Caribbean Studies, African
American Studies and Latin American Studies
Come hear about requirements for these Concentrations in ALST.
11:30am @ ALANA Cultural Center (Lunch Provided)
2/17 Living Writers Presents: Shara McCallum
McCallum, a Jamaican poet, will be reading from her work.
4:15pm @ Ho 105
2/18 ENST & ALST Brown Bag: Fighting Environmental Racism in Syracuse, NY
Presented by local activists Aggie Lane, Marva Hudson, Vernell Bentley, and Louise Poindexter.
Aggie Lane is the founder of Beyond Boundaries, a group that fosters cross cultural
understanding in Central New York. She, along with the other women presenting, are residents
of Syracuse who spearheaded an educated protest against the building of the Midland Sewage
Treatment Plant in their neighborhood. Even though they lost the battle and the plant was built,
they have become locally well-known environmental justice activists who are actively fighting
against environmental racism, and raising awareness about it, in Central New York.
12:15pm @ 217 Lathrop
2/18 Friday Night 35mm Film Series: "Black Girl" and "Yeleen"
(Ousmane Semb'ne, 1966, black and white, 65 minutes) & (Souleymane Ciss', 1987, color, 105
minutes)
This double feature showcases two of the finest African films ever made. Semb'ne's Black Girl is
a sharp condemnation of France's economic and cultural exploitation of its former African
colonies. The film chronicles a young Senegalese woman's move to France and her high hopes
for a new life there. These hopes are dashed when she becomes a slave in her employer's
household, estranged from her African heritage. Yeleen was filmed in the breathtaking Malian
desert, and recounts a hero quest comparable to Luke Skywalker's in the Star Wars trilogy. A
young boy with magical powers flees his evil father and tries to reunite with his kindly uncle,
undergoing a variety of strange experiences on his way.
7:00pm - 10:00pm @ Little Hall - Golden Auditorium
2/19 Harlem Renaissance Trip 2011
ALANA will be traveling to Harlem, New York on February 19th to tour the community, including
Spanish Harlem. In order to attend, you MUST participate in a Harlem Renaissance Workshop
on Sunday, November 21st from 2-6pm in the ALANA Cultural Center (MPR Room). There will
be no exceptions. Dinner and refreshments will be provided. If you are currently off campus or
abroad we will web stream the workshop to you specifically. When you register, please indicate
that this is your situation. There are 45 spots available. To register, please e-mail Elise Bronzo,
Outreach/Programming Coordinator at the ALANA Cultural Center, at ebronzo@colgate.edu.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
All Day
2/21 Student Diversity Research Forum
- Kendra Opatovsky & Emma Sholl, "Racial Diversity and Greek Life at Colgate"
- Kathryn Uehlinger, "Negotiating Female Space in Patriarchal Traditions: A Critical Analysis of
Christian and Muslim Female Writers"
5:30pm- 7:30pm @ ALANA Cultural Center - Lounge
2/21 Project Afghanistan Event: A Photojournalist in War Zones- West Africa & Afghanistan
(followed by book signing)
Tim Hetherington is a British photographer-filmmaker & contributing photographer for Vanity
Fair magazine. Hetherington along with American journalist Sebastian Junger directed the film
Restrepo that was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance
Film Festival. Hetherington's book, Long Story Bit By Bit:Liberia Retold (2009) narrates recent
Liberian history by drawing on images and interviews made over a five year period. His new
book, Infidel (2010), about a group of US soldiers in Afghanistan, continues the examination of
young men & conflict. He is the recipient of many awards: 2009 Alfred I. duPont Award, 2008
Rory Peck Features Award, 4 World Press Photo Prizes including the World Press Photo of the
Year 2007, Hasselblad Foundation grant (2002), & Fellowship from National Endowment for
Sci., Techno. & Arts (2000-4).
(The film Restrepo will be shown at the Hamilton Theater @ 7pm, 2/21, followed by a brief talk
& Q&A by Hetherington.)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM @ Little Hall - Golden Auditorium
2/22 VISION Meeting
They will meet to discuss the already busy spring semester, the various events that are being
planned, and ways in which we can support each other and collaborate.
6:30pm @ ALANA
2/23 Earlville Free Library Presents Norman Dann
Dann is going to talk about local people that were integral in the underground railroad,
abolitionists, and slavery.
6pm @ Earlville Opera House Arts Cafe.
2/23 ALANA: The Color Purple
Want to see the Broadway theater performance (not a movie!!!) of The Color Purple at Utica’s
Stanley Theater?
Itinerary
-Bus begins boarding at 5:45 p.m. in front of James C. Colgate/ Hall of Presidents Building
-Departs promptly at 6:00 p.m. (People who arrive late will be left and charged)
-Dinner on the bus
-Expected arrival time at Stanley Theater, Utica is 7:00 p.m.
-The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and lasts approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes including one
intermission
-Leave Stanley Theater right after the show and return to Colgate around 11pm
If you are interested in attending this FREE TRIP, you must carefully read, fill out, and submit
attached contract and Risk and Responsibility form to Makiko Filler (mfiller@colgate.edu or stop
by) at the ALANA Cultural Center.
2/23-27 Model African Union
Trip to Washington, DC to attend the annual Model African Union Conference. See Mary Moran
for details.
2/24 Sorella Society Brown Bag for Black History Month
Professor Susan Springer will be talking about influencial black women in the 17th century.
11:30 @ COOP Conference Room
2/24 ALANA/COVE Alternative Break Brown Bag
Interested in learning more about COVE alternative break trips? Then this is a perfect
opportunity to interact with the individuals who have already been on these trips and learn more
about how they work and what perspectives they offer. Curtain Call will be provided!
11:30 @ ALANA MPR
2/25 Friday Night 35mm Film Series: "Pan's Labyrinth"
(Guillermo del Toro, 2006, Mexico)
Colgate Film Society presents a film selected by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias
Cinematogr'ficas (English: Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences) to represent the
country in the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. Pan's Labyrinth takes place in Spain in
May/June 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Franquist period. The
narrative of the film interweaves this real world with a fantasy world centered around an
overgrown abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with which the main character,
Ofelia, interacts. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her
story, leading her through the trials of the old labyrinth garden.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Little Hall - Golden Auditorium
2/28 Black History Month Dinner Catered by Juanita Bass
5:30pm @ ALANA MPR
2/28 Black History Month Speaker: Tim Wise
Speaking on White Privilege, Wise is an anti-racism activist and writer who appears regularly on
college campuses and CNN.
7:30 pm @ Love Auditorium (Sponsored by BSU)
March
3/1 SORT Presents Africana Women’s Week Brown Bag
Africana Women’s Week will begin with a brown bag that talks about international feminism and
its importance today.
4:30pm @ Center for Women's Studies (Curtain Call will be provided)
3/2 SORT Presents Africana Women’s Week- Movie Screening: The Secret Life of Bees
SORT's annual contemporary will be a chance for people to come together in Women’s Studies
and have a time to relax, enjoy great food and watch a good movie! This year’s movie, The
Secret Life of Bees, tells the tale of a young girl in South Carolina in 1964, trying to get
information on her late mother’s past. As she makes her journey, she will take her caretaker
with her. It stars Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah.
6pm @ Center for Women's Studies