Theme: Intersections of Humanity: Action at the Crossroads

Monday, April 24, 2017

Telling Our Stories is Resistance

Lecture presented by Nikkita Oliver

10–11:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Humanity is a map of intersecting stories. Storytelling is one of the worlds oldest forms of resistance, survival and thriving. Storytelling and the arts is an incredible tool for building movements, shared analysis, and transforming the narrative. Stories touch our hearts and as a result they can move us to action. Nikkita is a storyteller who will interweave spoken word poetry, storytelling, history, and movement analysis into an inspiring presentation that will get you fired up to take action!

Some Call It a Mystery, I Call It My Identity: A Paradoxical and Intersectional Approach to Race and Gender Identities

Workshop presented by Jason Dorsette, Associate Director and Chief of Staff at Oregon State University

1:30–3pm

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus (Building 8)

The experiences of race and sexuality continues to be a growing interest in the hearts and minds of many. This interactive workshop will encourage participants to share and listen to multiple truths and experiences, as it relates to the interconnectedness of identities. Employing some theory and applying intersectionality as core frameworks, participants will have an opportunity to listen, and share stories and experiences that helps center and celebrate the ability to hold multiple truths and identities.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race

Workshop presented by Anthony Ocampo

9–10:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Is race only about the color of your skin? In this talk, Dr. Ocampo focuses on Filipino Americans to show that what “color” you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans are officially classified as Asian, but share many cultural characteristics with Latinos. Are they “becoming” Asian or Latino? By elevating the voices of Filipino Americans, Dr. Ocampo will discuss how Filipino/Asian racial identities “change” depending on the communities they grow up in, the schools they attend, and the people they befriend. This talk offers a window into both the racial consciousness of everyday people and the changing racial landscape of U.S. society.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Supporting Undocumented Students & Their Families

Workshop presented by Matt Matera, Alejandra Perez, Larissa Garcia

1:30–3 p.m.

Location: Building 7

During this time of uncertainty, undocumented students and their families continue to be targeted through systemic racism and xenophobia. Our students and families are living in fear. During this workshop you will learn about the necessary tools to better support and work alongside undocumented students and their families.

Who Are Our Leaders? A Native Hawaiian Perspective Contextualized in Traditional and Contemporary Times

Workshop presented by Dr. Kanoe Nāone

3–4:30 pm

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus (Building 8)

Leaders are everywhere depending on the filters and values utilized. Dr. Nāone will explore how Native Hawaiian traditional systems can be utilized as a source of insiration and then contextualize those systems and values to meet the needs of our current times. Please join with Dr. Kanoe Nāone for an interactive, engaging conversation to expand notions of leadership.

Know Your Rights: Community & Legal Resources for Undocumented Students and Families

Workshop presented by Matt Matera, Alejandra Perez, Larissa Garcia

6:30–8 p.m.

Location: Mt. Townsend, Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus (Building 8)

War Against Immigrants-We defend and protect ourselves

La Guerra en Contra de los Inmigrantes-Nos defendemos y nos protegemos

Workshop presented in Spanish by Maru Mora

6:30–8 pm

Location: Building 7

The new regime in the US has declared a war against immigrants by utilizing at the maximum capacity the detention and deportation machine built by the Bush administration and grown exponentially by the Obama administration. Immigrants have been used as scapegoats for many years in the political games, and are now expected to hide and live in fear of the current immigration enforcement. But many undocumented immigrants have decided to do the opposite, listen to their examples of organizing and resistance to ensure people can live with dignity and hope.

El nuevo regimen de los EEUU han declarado una guerra contra los inmigrantes al utilizar a la máxima capacidad la máquina de detención y deportaciones construida por la administración de Bush y aumentada enormemente por la administración de Obama.

Los inmigrantes han sido usados como chivos expiatorios por muchos años en los juegos politicos, y ahora se espera que se escondan y vivan en miedo de la aplicación de la mano dura de la ley de inmigración.

Pero muchas personas indocumentadas han decidido hacer lo opuesto, escuchen sus ejemplos de trabajo comunitario y resistencia para asegurar que la gente viva con dignidad y esperanza.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Empowerment Comedy

Performance by Ernie G.

10–11:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

This empowerment comedy performance is an inspirational performance, which is not only entertaining, but empowering and powerful, and covers these basic topics:

• Own your power!
• Despite whatever challenges you’ve been through, you can achieve greatness!
• If it is to be, it is up to me! Taking personal responsibility for our lives.
• Taking pride in our neighborhoods, our barrios, our schools, our community.
• Overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds.

ISIS, Islam, and Islamophobia

Workshop presented by Fawzi Belal and Sam Alkalili

1:30–3 p.m.

Location: Building 7

This lecture will explore the origins of ISIS/ISIL, how they developed, and why they do not represent Muslims and Islam. It will also explore the negative impacts of Islamophobia.

Sherman Alexie

7–8 p.m.

Location: Building 7 (Overflow in Building 2)

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction, a Pen/Hemingway Citation for Best First Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and performer. Advance and priority RSVP’s go to HIghline Public Schools and Highline College students and families but limited general open seating for the public will be available. Vouchers are located at the Center for Leadership and Service office with Betty Vera, Multicultural Affairs Program Assistant. One voucher can be reserved per person.

Friday, April 28, 2017

A People’s Movement: No New Youth Jail and Beyond

Workshop presented by Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR)

9–10:30 a.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/ Mt. Olympus (Building 8)

Hear from fellow community organizers on the No New Youth Jail Campaign in Seattle as they fight the city against the 210 million dollar youth jail. Juvenile incarceration is just one foot of oppression in all of the systems that play into keeping our communities down. From protest to community arts night, learn the formula for a movement that is 75% community building and 25% dismantling. Hear from Youth Undoing Institutional Racism’s Ardo Hersi and Asha Heru about their experiences as young people working with an anti-racist vision to sustain and build the movement for liberation.

Destructions of the Master Plan: Finding your Voice and Creating Change through Protest and Boycott

Workshop presented by Rashad Norris

First Fridays Leadership Institute

2–4 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus (Building 8)

Students will work in groups and create a space where they truly understand the power behind working together to create a larger voice for change!

Rashad currently devotes his time as the Director of Community Engagement at Highline College, where he travels to various schools, community centers, libraries and conferences to speak about the importance of education. As the creator of HERO (Honor Education & Respect Others) Young Men Cocooning Program, he seeks to provide young men with the essential life preparation tools through various presentations. Rashad has also founded other programs including: Highline College Black and Brown Summit, and HC Y.E.L.L. (Young Educated Ladies Leading).

2017 Unity Through Diversity Week Committee

• Darryl Brice
• Dominique Austin
• Thomas Bui
• Shannon Waits
• Shon Meckfessel
• Joe Aguilar
• Haley Cummins
• Katrina Miyamoto
• Natorius Ezell
• Michael Tuncap
• Angie Hunckler
• Cheryl Carino-Burr
• Doris Martinez (Chair)

Theme: Rewiring OUR Minds: Reconnecting Our Roots across Invisible Borders

Monday, April 25, 2016

Learning and Teaching The Truth of the Last 500 Years of Colonialism

Lecture presented by Olin Tezcatlipoca, Director Mexica Movement
MEXICA MOVEMENT: Indigenous Liberation for Anahuac

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Olin Tezcatlipoca will lecture on how to begin rewiring our colonized minds and reconnecting to our true roots across invisible borders by learning and teaching the truth of the last 500 years of colonialism on this continent.

He will focus on the mis-education of non-European people, and the European descent people, on this continent, and in the United States.

He will present a short outline of the unknown, and hidden, Pre-1492 history of cities, civilizations, and scientific and other accomplishments on this continent by the Nican Tlaca (the Indigenous people) of this continent; breaking the lies of “savages and a people with no history and no accomplishments”.

Learning and Teaching Truth As A Solution to The Colonized Minds That We Have Inherited

Workshop presented by Olin Tezcatlipoca, Director Mexica Movement

1:30 p.m. to 3p.m.

Location: Building 8 – Mt. Constance/Olympus

Olin Tezcatlipoca will introduce 5 books that will help students begin the difficult task of rewiring of their colonized minds. The books will serve to help students understand that solutions to our colonized condition will be difficult, but they must be done with discipline or nothing will progress us from our present conditions in the coming non-European majority of the United States.

We will learn that learning and teaching truth and making demands for justice is what brought about the abolition of slavery, the women’s movement, the labor movement, and the end to European direct colonization of most of the world. Europeans still have indirect colonial control of most of the world through control of media, commerce, monetary systems, and a world cultural focus on European interests.

The books recommended will serve as a foundation to learning and teaching solutions to the ignorance of self, stereotypes, a media that serves the interests of maintaining our colonized lives, the Eurocentric education system, and the poverty of minds and living conditions that the majority of non-European people in the United States live and suffer under.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Intersections of Oppression: An African American Muslim Perspective

Lecture presented by Imam Benjamin Shabazz

10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Media portrayal of Islamic faith continues to saturate negatively across media forums, causing misconceptions of its teachings and rich diversity. In this lecture, Imam Benjamin Shabaaz will discuss the intersections of race, religion, media influence and how we as a global community can begin to dismantle what is fabrication from reality.

Rick Barot – Award Winning Poet

In Partnership with National Poetry Month

11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus

LGBTQIA Safezones, Part 1

Workshop presented by LGBTQIA Taskforce

12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Building 2

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Bystander Intervention

Workshop presented by Barbara Talkington, Multicultural Affairs Leadership Advisor and Richelle Enriquez, ASHC Vice-President.

11 a.m.–12:50 p.m.

Location: Building 2

Witnessing someone being harassed or bullied can leave many of us feeling helpless because we don’t know how to respond. Developing bystander intervention strategies empower us to take action. In this interactive workshop we’ll use Forum Theater to explore real stories and build our confidence to step in and support each other.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Indigenous Thoughts on Borders: Clearwater

Lecture and Film presented by Tracy Rector of Longhouse Media

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7

Tracy Rector of Longhouse Media will share about how borders have crossed through canoe journeys, tribal movements, indigenous views of immigration and the environmental impact of ocean acidification beyond borders. She will share film clips a variety of pieces including her newest creation-Clearwater, a nonfiction film about the health of the Salish Sea (Puget Sound) and the unique relationship of the tribal people to the water. Join us as we meet geoduck divers, listen to elders, travel with fishermen, learn from biologists and explore with the youth as we come to understand the beauty of the regions culture and the impending impacts of ocean acidification.

The Leap: From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Workshop presented by Jeffon Seely

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Building 8 – Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus

Within us all lies unbound potential. This workshop provides the leaders of the next generation with practical tools to bring their dreams from ideas into reality by breaking down barriers both within and without, connecting deeper with our roots, expanding our minds and showing up authentically each day of our life.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Syrians Also Have Dreams: Refugees, Islamophobia, and Media Misrepresentations of the Syrian War

Lecture presented by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, Authors of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War

10 a.m.–11:30 am

Location: Building 7

Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami will discuss their new book Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, which the journalist Hassan Hassan says is “poised to become the definitive book not only on the continuing Syrian conflict but on the country and its society as a whole.”

Burning Country is a vivid and groundbreaking look at a political and humanitarian nightmare. It explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in Syria today with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on first-hand testimonies from human rights activists, opposition fighters, and exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and others.

Their talk at Highline will tie in these develop.m.ents to the way prevailing attitudes about Muslims have influenced the way the conflict has been narrated in western media, in particular how the democratic struggle at the heart of the conflict has gone nearly unnoticed, in the midst of fears of terrorism and suspicions about refugees.

Exploring Social Interactions Beyond Invisible Borders

Workshop presented by Dr. Leticia Nieto and Yvette D. Murrell

First Fridays Leadership Institute

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Building 8 – Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus

On our collective journey, persons, and parts of self, that experience marginalization must be reconnected, welcomed, and hosted well. What do we lose when we are given the message that we don’t belong? How do we get ourselves back? What conditions invite authentic connection? This two-hour workshop will use anti-oppression informed experiential and movement-based activities to invite deep belonging.

2016 Unity Through Diversity Week Committee

Cinthia Velez-Regalado, Darryl Brice, Iesha Valencia, Shon Meckfessel, Richelle Enriquez, Pa Ousman Jobe, Barbara Talkington, Tanya Powers, Ricardo Pinon-Garcia and Doris Martinez (Chair).

Theme: Empowerment: Your Voice. Your Culture. Our Diversity.

Monday, April 27 2015

Race & Classism in Sports

Lectures presented by Dave Zirin, Political Sports Writer for Nations Magazine

Location: Building 7 (Overflow room in Highline Student Union- Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus)

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Sports and Resistance in the United States

They say sports and politics don’t mix. But as long as there have been sports, there have been people – for good and ill – attempting to use these games to advance social change. We will look at this history and try to understand what makes sports so powerful a societal force.

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Race, Power and Seattle’s Final Play of the Super Bowl

The Seahawks and their fans had their hearts broken during the most bizarre ending in Super Bowl history. Since then, accusations and questions have arisen both inside and outside the locker room about how certain decisions at the end of the game were made. We will examine those decisions and the controversy through a political lens.

Tuesday, April 28th 2015

(Dis)Unity in Diversity Rhetoric: The Ableism Crisis & Disability Justice

Lecture presented by Lydia Brown, Disabilities Rights Activist

12:15 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus

Our bodies are sick, disabled, mad, wobbly, flappy. We are everywhere, working, loving, playing, laboring for liberation, yearning for community. But most representations of disabled people are relegated to little more than inspirational stories of overcomers and supercrips. Most discussions of disability are limited to patronizing awareness laced with pity and fearmongering campaigns to cure the “cripples” and “mentally challenged.” Too often, disability is thought of as someone else’s private medical problem instead of a diversity and social justice issue. We must critically examine how ableism impacts disabled people and centers the bodies and minds of those who are more or less considered “normal” as if the rest of us don’t exist. Undoing ableism means examining our unspoken assumptions, ease of access taken for granted, and public discourse about bodies labeled “other” and “less than.” It is time to recognize how we “dis”-unify our communities even and especially when we talk about diversity and inclusion. When disabled people live with the constant threat of violence throughout our lives, we must take up a call to action. Disability justice calls for us to move beyond blindness simulations, buddy programs, and superficial inclusion — and toward social justice movements where radical access is the norm and disabled people are integral, valued parts of our communities.

Co-sponsored by Access Services

Unveiled: A One Woman Play

Written and Performed by Rohina Malik

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7 (Overflow room in Highline Student Union- Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus)

UNVEILED, a one woman play written and performed by Rohina Malik, has been presented at the 16th Street Theater, Victory Gardens Theater, Next Theater, Brava Theater, Crossroads Theater and Theater project, Baltimore. Unveiled has also been presented at Princeton University, Yale University, NYU, University of Chicago, Stanford University, De Paul University, Loyola University, College of the Atlantic, Bates College, St. Mary’s College, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Oklahoma State University, University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, College of New Jersey, Washington University, Fordham University and many more. Rohina has been invited to perform UNVEILED at Universities, Churches, Mosques, Synagogues and Theaters. She was awarded the Y award with the Evanston YWCA for her work to end racism.

Theater of the Oppressed

Performed by Highline Students

All Day

Throughout Campus

Wednesday, April 29 2015

Design Yourself

Lecture presented by Louie Gong, Seattle Based Native Artist, Activist and Educator

10 a.m.–11:30 am

Location: Building 7 (Overflow room in Highline Student Union- Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus)

In this highly visual and interactive presentation, Seattle-based artist and activist Louie Gong shows images of his art while weaving together humorous personal stories, empirical information and unique analysis on the challenge of maintaining a strong cultural identity while succeeding in higher education.

Retaining Culture in Eurocentric World through Asian Pacific Islander Experiences

Lecture presented by Michael Tuncap

Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Green River College

12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7

Co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Islander Task Force

Health, Wellness & Pacific Islander Performing Arts

Workshop facilitated by Carmen Tuncap

2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location: Building 2

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Empowerment through Words

Workshop facilitated by local Hip-Hop artist Sharp Skills

12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Olympus

Words are the bedrock of creativity. Get exposed to revolutionary ideas on this phenomena and hone your personal skills in this interactive workshop.

Open Mic Night

Featuring Sharp Skills and local performing arts non-profit organization Freshest Roots

6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Olympus

Have a passion for spoken word, poetry, live musical performances? Join us for an evening of artistic expression as local artist Sharp Skills and community organization Freshest Roots co-host an open mic that will leave you empowered!

Friday, May 1 2015

Modern Activism On and Offline

First Fridays Leadership Institute presented by Shuan Knittle, Founder of Social Outreach Seattle

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Olympus

Times have changed. Being an activist in 2015 offers its challenges from social media communication to marching in the streets. Activists find themselves organizing in a time dealing with flashpoint issues. In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to navigate the often dangerous minefield, but rewarding path of being an activist.

2015 Unity Through Diversity Week Committee

Natasha Burrowes, Darryl Brice, Iesha Valencia, Bevin Taylor, Arline Garcia, Nasri Isaac, Amy Menjivar and Doris Martinez (Chair).

Sponsored by Multicultural Affairs, Center for Leadership & Service, Learning and Teaching Center, Access Services and Asian Pacific Islander Taskforce

Theme: Reimagining the Imagination: Create Action for Social Change

Monday, May 5, 2014

Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Global Religious Conflict

Eboo Patel

12:10-1:30p.m.

Location: Building 7

America is the most religiously diverse nation in human history and the most religiously devout nation in the West in an era of global religious conflict. Will faith be a barrier of division or a bridge of cooperation? Named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a Chicago-based organization building the interfaith movement on college campuses. Author of the books Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, and Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America and the forthcoming book Interfaith Leadership: A Primer, Eboo is also a regular contributor to the Washington Post, USA Today, Huffington Post, NPR, and CNN. He served on President Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University.

Please join us following the lecture for a book signing.

1:30–2 p.m.

Faculty & Staff Workshop: A Campus as an Ecology of Interfaith Cooperation

Eboo Patel

2:30-4p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms – Highline Student Union

This workshop will help faculty and staff facilitate interfaith dialogue in the classroom and support ways students can express their beliefs respectfully within a diverse community of beliefs. This workshop also will give strategies for ways to construct conversations in the classroom around shared values versus theological differences within an interfaith context.

Sponsored by Executive Staff

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Long Road to Restoration Denied

Cecile Hansen

10 -10:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Cecile Ann Hansen — a descendant within the family of Chief Si ‘ahl (“Chief Seattle”) — has served as the elected chair of her people since 1975. During those decades the Duwamish (or in the Salish language of Lushootseed: the Dkhw’Duw’Absh) have made much progress in the ongoing efforts to nurture their arts, language, and culture. But Hansen’s original goal — and the driving imperative behind her sustained efforts ever since — has simply been to “correct an injustice.” Or more precisely: a multitude of injustices that have faced the Duwamish — ranging from the initial loss of their traditional lands (the town site of Seattle and much of King County) via the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, to the loss of their fishing rights along the Duwamish River, to the even more tragic refusal of the federal government to grant them official recognition as a legitimate historic tribe.

Student Speak Out

1:30–3 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms – Highline Student Union

A student led discussion around issues of social justice and equity.

Sponsored by the Inter-Cultural Center and the Social Justice Club

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Women’s Programs 32nd Annual Celebration

Phenomenal Women: Break it Down

10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms – Highline Student Union

Every year Women’s Programs has their annual event to celebrate accomplishments throughout the year. In addition, we raise awareness to our campus and community around issues women and men encounter, overcome and move on to self-sufficiency and giving back to others.

Featuring: Climbing PoeTree

Alixa Garcia & Naima Penniman – Breakin’ it down with Hip Hop & Spoken Word at 10 a.m. – followed by a Q&A at 11 a.m.

Refreshments will be served before awards ceremony.

Women in Action Award Ceremony

1 p.m.

Women In Action awards will be given out to those that have been nominated. Forms are available at our Women’s Programs Department Building 6 next to the Security office.

Announce Raffle/Auction Winners

2:30 p.m.

Raffle sales and viewing start at 10 a.m.

At this annual event we raise funds to assist HCC students with admission/testing costs, utility and rent assistance. If you would like to donate please contact (206) 592-3340 or drop your items off at Building 6 -2

Sponsored by Women’s Programs in collaboration with Multicultural Affairs and Center for Leadership & Service

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Visual Storytelling: A Refugee and Immigrant & The Dream is Now: A Documentary on Student Experience Immigration Reform

10:45 a.m.–12:50 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms – Highline Student Union

Come join us for an art workshop and film presentation expressing refugee and immigrant experiences. Erika Berg will be hosting Visual Storytelling an interactive art workshop and slide show presentation expressing refugee and immigrant experiences. Participants will share their experience through visual art of drawing and water color. No previous art experience is necessary to participate and all supplies will be provided for you. Space is limited to 50 people.

The Dream Is Now is a 30-minute documentary and discussion on immigration reform and how it is currently affecting millions of young people in the United States in terms of their future, education, employment, hopes and dreams. Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim presents the faces and voices of the undocumented children and how their plight is tied to our country’s future. The film and discussion sessions will start at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

The Souls of White Folk: African American Writers Theorize Whiteness

Dr. Veronica Watson

1:30-3:15p.m.

Location: Building 7

The Souls of White Folk is the first book to argue that the substantial body of black writing that critiques whiteness as social construction and racial identity is an African American intellectual tradition. Dr. Veronica Watson is professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and also serves as the Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for Intercultural Research. http://www.amazon.com/The-Souls-White-Folk-Whiteness/dp/161703889X

Please join us following the lecture for a book signing

3:15 – 3:45p.m.

Dreams Unlimited: Turning Dreams into Action

Presented by Tay Sianghui & Val Tan Xinhui

4–6 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Conference Rooms – Highline Student Union

Multiple-award-winning film-makers, inspirational story-tellers and invited TEDx speakers Tay and Val, are living examples of dreamers who left Singapore in March 2010 and cycled and traveled across the globe on project www.ibelievethatdreamscancometrue.com. With the intention “One Dream Shared, Millions Inspired”, their global movement of dreams inspiring dreams has engaged countless people at hundreds of events, and each person inspired and empowered – to do the things they truly want to do and be the person they truly want to be.

Sponsored by International Student Leadership Council

Friday, May 9, 2014

Movie Fridays: “If These Halls Could Talk”

Facilitated by Laura Manning, Communication Studies

12:30–2:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7

During the hot summer of 2010, Director Lee Mun Wah (“The Color of Fear”, 1994) brought together eleven college students to discuss what it is like on campuses across the country today. The students shared the frustration and anguish of trying to be understood and acknowledged on campus where the faculty and students are predominantly white. Their stories are starkly emotional and raw, filled with incredible tenderness, courage and pain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_81DwriCNc

Sponsored by the Learning & Teaching Center, International Student Programs, and First Friday’s Leadership Institute

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Global Fest

1–5 p.m.

Location: Building 2

Sponsored by International Student Programs

Unity through Diversity Week 2014 is sponsored by: Multicultural Affairs, Center for Leadership and Service, and The Learning & Teaching Center.

Theme: Interrogating Knowledge: Other Ways of Knowing

Monday, April 22, 2013

Zulu Pickney: Caribbean Identity and Pan-African Consciousness in the African Diaspora

Dr. Quito Swan, Howard University Department of History

9–9:50 a.m. lecture, 10–10:30 a.m. book signing

Location: Building 7

This presentation engages Caribbean identity through the lens of Zulu Pickney, a song by Reggae artist Tarrus Riley. While the song highlights the diverse roots of pan-African consciousness in the region, this presentation also discusses how the Caribbean has embraced or denounced pan-africanism as a concept. In addition, the presentation also explores the legacy of African culture and ethnicity in the region.

Slavery, Maroonage and Black Power: African Liberation Struggles in the West Indies

Dr. Quito Swan, Howard University Department of History

1:20–2:45 p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

This presentation explores African resistance to slavery, colonialism and racism in the Caribbean since the era of enslavement through the 1960-1970s Black Power movement. In particular it discusses the tradition of resistance in the region through topics such as revolts, maroonage, Garveyism, Rasta and national liberation movements.

Safe Zones Training

Presented by Sunny Ybarra, Multicultural Affairs and Craig Hurd-McKenney, English Department

3–4:30 p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Skokomish Conference Room

In this introductory training, participants will increase their awareness about Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and Allied (LGBTQIA) communities as well as learn strategies to promote a safe “zone” for LGBTQIA students, faculty, and staff. Participants will also gain practical skills to promote a more inclusive learning environment. This training is for faculty and staff. Please RSVP at sybarra@highline.edu.

Co-sponsored by the LGBTQI Task Force and the Learning & Teaching Center

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress

Lecture by Dr. Becky Pettit, University of Washington Department of Sociology

10–10:50 a.m., lecture

11–11:30 a.m., book signing

Location: Building 7

For African American men without a high school diploma, being in prison or jail is more common than being employed -a sobering reality that calls into question post-Civil Rights era social gains. Nearly 70 percent of young black male dropouts will be imprisoned at some point in their lives, and poor black men with low levels of education make up a disproportionate share of incarcerated Americans. In Invisible Men, Becky Pettit demonstrates that the exclusion of inmates from national surveys — a practice that dates back to the Depression — results in a misrepresentation of U.S. political, economic, and social conditions in general and black progress in particular. Invisible Men provides an eye-opening examination of how mass incarceration has concealed decades of racial inequality.

The Untold Story of Title IX

Lecture by Dr. Bernice R. Sandler

12:10–1:13p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

2012 marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, and to quote the “Godmother of Title IX,” Dr. Bernice Sandler, it is “the most important law passed for women and girls since women obtained the right to vote.” Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the federal legislation that prohibits educational institutions that are receiving federal funding of any sort (loans, contracts, grants, etc.) from discriminating against students or employees on the basis of sex. Dr. Sandler played a pivotal role in the develop.m.ent, passage and implementation of Title IX, and continues to champion for women’s rights in the workplace and education. www.bernicesandler.com

A Conversation with Dr. Bernice Sandler

1:20-2:20p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

Come participate in a live interview with Dr. Bernice Sandler to hear stories and historical perspectives on the evolution of women’s rights. Audience members will have the opportunity to engage and ask questions.

Warming up the Chilly Climate for Women: Institutional and Individual Strategies

Professional develop.m.ent workshop for faculty and staff with Dr. Bernice R. Sandler

3-5p.m.

Location: Building 2

Several years ago Roberta M. Hall and Dr. Bernice R. Sandler coined the term “chilly climate” to describe the many small behaviors that together make up an inhospitable situation for women in academe. The first report on the chilly climate described how faculty often treated women and men students in the classroom. For example, many professors -men and women alike -tend to call on male students more often, make more eye contact with male students, respond more to male students’ comments, and interrupt women more. By giving men students the greater share of classroom attention, faculty unknowingly create a climate that explicitly or subtly interferes with the develop.m.ent of women students’ self-confidence, academic participation, and career goals. This workshop will focus on strategies to address institutional forms of sexism, and individual gender bias.

Co-sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial

Lecture by Dr. Ralina Joseph, University of Washington Department of Communication

9–9:50 a.m., lecture

10–10:30 a.m., book signing

Location: Building 7

Representations of multiracial Americans, especially those with one black and one white parent, appear everywhere in contemporary culture, from reality shows to presidential politics. Some depict multiracial individuals as mired in painful confusion; others equate them with progress, as the embodiment of a post-racial utopia. In Transcending Blackness, Ralina L. Joseph critiques both depictions as being rooted in -and still defined by -the racist notion that blackness is a deficit that must be overcome.

Mother Earth, Water Walks: Indigenous perspectives on Environmental Sustainability

Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, J.D., Director Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at Evergreen State College College

11–11:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

What began with four Anishinawbe Grandmothers quickly included women and men walking to raise awareness for the water. They walked around the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence to the sea. Each of the 24,113,700 steps taken was a prayer for the water. In 2011, Mother Earth, Water Walks journey to Wisconsin from the four directions began in Olympia, Washington, under the watchful eyes of loon and bald eagle. Come and learn how indigenous knowledge informs environmental sustainability efforts. http://www.motherearthwaterwalk.com/

Reading the Bible Contextually

Lecture by Dr. Leticia Guardiola-Sanez, Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry

1:20–3:35p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

The Bible, as a text of cultures, speaks not only of the diverse contexts from where it emerged, but also of the diverse ways in which those cultures experienced the Divine and interpreted the Gospel. By reading the Bible as a distant text, as the other coming from a different cultural context, we can uncover the rich multiplicity of voices in the text which in turn open the door to an array of interpretations. This lecture will explore the role of culture in both the formation of the Bible and the interpretation of its message, diverse ways in which the text has been read throughout the centuries, including liberation theology, and will particularly highlight how some of the central topics of the Bible are identity, social justice and equity, which can promote unity in the midst of our diversity.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Politics of Language: A panel discussion

Moderated by Mira Shimabukuro, English Department

11–12:03p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

How do we understand the politics of language across diverse communities? This panel explores three perspectives on the relationship between language and identity for immigrants, African Americans, and indigenous communities. Come learn about the facts and controversies surrounding African American English in the deaf community, Highline’s upcoming heritage language classes, and the Skokomish Tribe’s ancient ancestral law of “stu xwHa’scH3la”. Guest panelists include: Heather D. Clark, Ph.D., Social Cultural Anthropology faculty, University of Washington, Arline Garcia, World Language faculty, Highline College, Delbert Miller, Skokomish tribe’s spiritual leader.

Student Speak Out: Do You Think it is Bad to See Race?

2–4:30p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Constance Room

Join the challenge and be part of our discussion where we look at cultural identity, stereotypes, and how our differences can unite us. This student speak-out will be about understanding yourself in order to understand others.

Sponsored by Associated Students of Highline College and the Inter-Cultural Center

6th Annual Divas in Drag Show

6:30–8 p.m.

Location: Highline Student Union, Mt. Townsend Room

Featuring the finest in Pacific Northwest drag kings and queens, the Divas in Drag Show introduces the audience to the fun and fierce art form. Hosted by Jinkx Monsoon of RuPaul’s Drag Race-Season 5. Admission is free. All ages welcome.

Co-sponsored by PRISM GSA and the LGBTQIA task force

Friday, April 26, 2013

The Ethics of Listening: New Practices in and Across Theatres of Diversity

Dr. Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, University of Washington Bothell

10–10:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

In her book Hearing Difference across Theatres: Experimental, Disability and Deaf Performance (2006), Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren examines the way our received ways of hearing in the modern world silences the other in its multiple forms. Citing personal experiences of cross-cultural encounters and creations of performances of the moving body, during which unfamiliar sounds conjure up in spaces between spoken languages and silences, the hearing and hard-of-hearing, etc., Kanta proposes the idea of the “third ear” as an “interpretive activity” allowing for “hybrid listening.” This approach has implications for considering new practices of engagement across theatres of diversity and intercultural communication.

Movie Fridays: Searching for Sugar Man

1:30–3:30p.m.

Location: Building 2

Come watch the story of Sixto Rodriguez who was a Detroit folksinger that had a short-lived recording career with only two well-received, but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for the anti-apartheid movement. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero’s fate.

Co-sponsored by Movie Fridays

Unity through Diversity Week is sponsored by Multicultural Affairs, Center for Leadership & Service, and the Learning & Teaching Center

Theme: Justice, Leadership and Social Change

Monday, April 23, 2012

Unconditional Love for the Hood: Redefining Success in Our Communities

Lecture by Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade

Lecture: 9–9:50 a.m.; Q & A: 10–10:30 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Why is success defined differently depending on your zip code? What happens to communities that define success for their young people by how far away from the community they can get? How can we redefine success so that our young people understand how important they are to the project of improving the conditions in our communities? This talk focuses on reminding young people how important they are to the pursuit of justice and freedom. Drawing from Tupac Shakur’s concept of “unconditional love”, this talk challenges the double standard that is frequently used to define success in this country. It critiques notions of success that encourage poor and working class youth to “escape” their communities by distancing themselves from its struggles and at the same time increasing resources in communities that are already well-resourced. Using a range of popular cultural frameworks, the talk presents a new definition of success for young people in our country. Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade is Associate Professor of Raza Studies, Education Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU). He also serves as Director of the Educational Equity Initiative at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Sustainable Cities and Schools at SFSU. In addition, he is a high school teacher in East Oakland.

Capitol Resistance: Pick up a Mic and Battle the System Tour

Lecture by Dr. Jared Ball & performance by Head-Roc Lecture/performance: 11–11:50 a.m.,

Location: Building 7

Book signing: 12–12:30 p.m., Building 7

For nearly twenty years, Head-Roc has been regarded as the best that Washington D.C. Hip-Hop has to offer. Dubbed “The Mayor of D.C. Hip Hop,” currently, Head-Roc is promoting his latest critically acclaimed release “Empower DC” project. The debut album with his award-winning Funk, Rock and Soul Band GODISHEUS (gotta-see-us) is serving as the first ever ambassador for the non-profit organization Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA), http://www.head-roc.com. Dr. Jared A. Ball is the father of two brilliant and adorable daughters, Maisi (6) and Marley (4), and the husband of Nelisbeth Yariani Ball. He is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Ball is an editor with BlackAgendaReport.com. He is also producer and host of the “Super Funky Soul Power Hour” on Washington, DC’s WPFW 89.3 FM Pacifica Radio. He is the founder and producer of FreeMix Radio. His first book I MiX What I Like: A MiXtape Manifesto (AK Press) was based on “The Original Mixtape Radio Show”.

Writing for Social Justice: a Hip-hop writing workshop by Head-Roc

1:30–3 p.m.

Location: Building 8, Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Rooms

Come participate in this dynamic and interactive writing workshop led by “the Mayor of D.C. Hip-Hop” Head-Roc. www.head-roc.com. This event is co-sponsored with the Inter-Cultural Center. Refreshments provided.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Power of a Diverse Culture

Lecture by Christopher D. Coleman

10–10:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Christopher D. Coleman believes diversity is a combination of strength and weakness. Diversity requires embracing people’s capabilities and their limitations. Everyone has the potential to succeed or fail. Mentor, life coach, and keynote speaker, Coleman was pronounced dead at birth. After 15 minutes without oxygen to his brain, his wails filled the room. Due to his traumatic birth, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and his family was told this condition would prevent Christopher from ever moving, talking, or even thinking for himself. In spite of this diagnosis, Christopher eventually taught himself to read and became the first member of his family to graduate from college. Come hear his inspiring message. http://christophercoleman.net Co-sponsored by Access Services.

Beyond Appreciation: Developing the Knowledge and Skills to Work Effectively with Our Students

Highline College Diversity Taskforce

12:10–1:13 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Rooms, Building 8

We are justifiably proud at Highline for having the most diverse student body in the state. But what does this mean for us as faculty and staff? What knowledge and skills do we need to work effectively with our students across differences encompassing culture, race/ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sexual identity, class, language, nationality, ability, religion, and age? A committee at Highline has developed a way to assess our cultural responsiveness. At this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to assess their cultural responsiveness and share their knowledge and skills. This workshop kicks off a series of professional develop.m.ent opportunities that will be available in the coming years.

Miss Representation Documentary

Viewing and panel discussion

1:30–3:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7

Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contributes to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself. www.missrepresentation.org/the-film. Co-sponsored by Women’s Programs.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Marriage Equality in Washington State: Past, Present & Future

Panel discussion facilitated by Dr. Craig McKinney, English Department

12:10–1:13p.m.

Location: Building 8, Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus rooms

Members of the Washington state legislature join HCC in a discussion of the long road to marriage equality in Washington State. Attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at the background work on the marriage equality bill, as well as an understanding of the referendum process and the future of marriage equality in the state and country. Co-sponsored by the Honor’s Program.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Progress and Problems for Women in Higher Education

Lecture by Dr. Bernice R. Sandler

9–9:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

Dr. Bernice R. Sandler is a Senior Scholar at the Women’s Research and Education Institute in Washington, DC, where she consults with institutions and others about achieving equity for women. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine. She played a major role in the develop.m.ent and passage of Title IX and other laws prohibiting sex discrimination in education, and has been associated with Title IX longer than any other person. The New York Times has referred to her as the “godmother of Title IX.” She has given over 2500 presentations, has written more than 100 articles and is well-known for her expertise in women’s educational equity in general as well as in sexual harassment, the chilly classroom climate, and her knowledge of policies, programs and strategies concerning women on campus. She also serves as an expert witness in discrimination and sexual harassment cases. www.bernicesandler.com

The Untold Story of Title IX

Lecture by Dr. Bernice R. Sandler

11–11:50 a.m.

Location: Building 7

2012 marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, and to quote the “Godmother of Title IX,” Dr. Bernice Sandler, it is “the most important law passed for women and girls since women obtained the right to vote.” Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the federal legislation that prohibits educational institutions that are receiving federal funding of any sort (loans, contracts, grants, etc.) from discriminating against students or employees on the basis of sex. Dr. Sandler played a pivotal role in the develop.m.ent, passage and implementation of Title IX, and continues to champion for women’s rights in the workplace and education. Co-sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center.

Warming up the Chilly Climate for Women: Institutional and Individual Strategies

Professional develop.m.ent workshop for faculty and staff with Dr. Bernice R. Sandler

1:30–3 p.m.

Location: Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus Rooms, Building 8

Several years ago Roberta M. Hall and Dr. Bernice R. Sandler coined the term “chilly climate” to describe the many small behaviors that together make up an inhospitable situation for women in academe. The first report on the chilly climate described how faculty often treated women and men students in the classroom. For example, many professors–men and women alike–tend to call on male students more often, make more eye contact with male students, respond more to male students’ comments, and interrupt women more. By giving men students the greater share of classroom attention, faculty unknowingly create a climate that explicitly or subtly interferes with the develop.m.ent of women students’ self-confidence, academic participation, and career goals. This workshop will focus on strategies to address institutional forms of sexism, and individual gender bias. Co-sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center. Refreshments provided. www.bernicesandler.com

5th Annual Divas in the Spotlight: Drag Show

6:30-8:00 p.m.

Location: Mt. Townsend Room, Building 8

Highline College’s Annual Drag Show is em>co-sponsored by PRISM and the LGBTQ task force. Admission is free. Refreshments provided.

Friday, April 27, 2012

The American Teacher: viewing and discussion

12:30–2:30 p.m.

Location: Building 7

In response to the popular and controversial documentary, Waiting for Superman, The American Teacher, follows the lives of five K-12 public school teachers as they balance their personal and professional lives. Co-sponsored by Movie Fridays and the Teaching Equity Conference.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Teaching Equity Conference

8–4 p.m.

Location: Highline College, Building 8

This conference is for future educators looking to increase their understanding of how to work effectively in today’s diverse classrooms AND for students of color interested in learning more about careers in education.

Theme: Raising Disturbing Questions

Friday, April 22, 2011

Relationships Precede Learning: Stuff You Can Really Use on Monday to Enhance Student Motivation and Performance

Workshop for faculty/staff with Dr. Derek Greenfield, North Carolina State University

Need some new techniques for the classroom? This highly participatory workshop will present a brief overview of the benefits of interactive teaching approaches as well as model the implementation of 25 proven strategies for enhancing student engagement and learning. Dr. Derek Greenfield currently serves as Teaching Assistant Professor in the College of Education (and affiliate faculty in Africana Studies) at North Carolina State University and formerly taught at HCC in Sociology. www.derekgreenfield.com Co-sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center.

Monday, April 25, 2011

How does it feel? Black and Brown as Problems in Higher Education

Lecture by Dr. Derrick Brooms, Prairie State College

The educational crisis facing Black and Hispanic students has been discussed at length at local, state, regional, and national levels, and a number of reports have documented the problems confronting these students. This talk will address some of the problems faced by these student populations and identify some of the opportunities that exist as well. Dr. Derrick Brooms holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Loyola University Chicago. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Prairie State College and is a faculty affiliate for the Protégé Program, which is geared toward improving the academic achievement and retention of African American male students. Prior to Prairie State, he served on the design team and worked as a teacher / administrator at Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men—an all-boys charter school located in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Dr. Brooms helped Urban Prep spread to three campuses during his tenure and the first two graduating classes both have garnered 100% acceptance rates into 4-year colleges and universities.

Is Hip-Hop Keepin’ it Real?: Hip-Hop as Metaphor/Inspiration for Empowerment and Social Justice

Lecture by Dr. Derek Greenfield, North Carolina State

In this dynamic, interactive seminar, participants will better appreciate the positive power of the Hip-Hop culture and envision ways to incorporate elements of hip-hop into their daily lives to better themselves and the world: Co-sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

What’s going on with Racist and Unjust Discipline policies in Seattle Schools?

Lecture by Sunny Kim, Co-Director of the Seattle Young People’s Project

The school-to-prison pipeline is a tangible reality in our community; a systemic conduit that tracks marginalized youth out of the school system and into cycles of poverty and incarceration. Come hear about this project that Seattle Young People’s Project is heading: http://sypp.org/

Why are the majority of homeless youth Queer?

Workshop with Queer Kidz and Queer Youth Space

Workshop discussion will focus on homelessness in the queer youth community. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Revolutions from the Margins: When is the right time for a revolution?

Panel with Highline faculty

Tunisia. Yemen. Libya. Egypt. Wisconsin. What are the economic, political and social factors that combine to lead marginalized, everyday citizens to take to the streets? Co-sponsored by the Learning & Teaching Center.

Inside Job: Is the on-going economic crisis criminal?

Film and discussion

The Inside Job directed by Charles Ferguson is an indictment against not only the United States’ financial institutions, but also our system of government and educational institutions for the economic crash of 2008. Discussion facilitated by Kevin Stanley, Economics. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Boys of Baraka 2011

Video/discussion with De’Von Brown

In 2002 De’Von Brown, an at-risk youth from Baltimore, Maryland, was accepted into an all-boy’s boarding school in Kenya, East Africa called the Baraka School. The Baraka School changed his life dramatically. This life altering educational experience was publicized to the world through the documentary “The Boys of Baraka”, a film that inspired many people. Since the film, De’Von continues to inspire many youth and young adults throughout the nation speaking about his life and promoting youth opportunity.

Laura Rebolloso Group

Musical Performance

Laura Rebolloso is a 21st century poet and troubadour rooted in the four-hundred year old Son Jarocho tradition from Veracruz, Mexico. She is a founding member of the internationally-acclaimed band, Son de Madera, and has appeared alongside luminaries such as Susanna Baca and Pablo Milanes. Her performances feature her stirring voice, virtuosic leona playing and poly-rhythmic zapeteo, constantly taking her music in surprising new directions. Sponsored by Highline Music department.

Diva’s in the Spotlight

Highline College’s 4th annual Drag Show.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Afro-Latin@ Reader and Bomba de la Buena Performance

Discussion and performance

Please join us as we welcome Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores for a conversation about Afro-Latin@ identity, the invisibility of Black Latinos in the United States and their innovative new anthology: The Afro-Latin@ Reader. Cultural performance by Bomba de la Buena en Seattle following. Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the LTC and Teaching Equity conference.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Teaching Equity Conference

Location: Highline College

This conference is for future educators looking to increase their understanding of how to work effectively in today’s diverse classrooms AND for students of color interested in learning more about careers in education. Cost: $30 (includes lunch). Register at www.TeachingEquity.com.

Keynote speaker: “Teaching Equity” – Dr. Jeffery Duncan-Andrade

Reception and Book Signing

Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States with editors Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores. Cultural performances by Angel “Balancé” Reyes, Grupo Bayano, and Garinagu.

Theme: Institutions, Power and Privilege

Monday, April 26, 2010

Racial Microaggression and Experiences of Students of Color in Higher Education

Lecture by Dr. Miguel Ceja

Racial Microaggression are defined “subtle, innocuous, preconscious, or unconscious degradations, and putdowns” (Pierce, 1995). Using critical race theory as a framework, this talk will explore the educational experiences of students of color in higher education. Furthermore this talk will examine the campus racial climate in an effort to understand the concept of racial microagressions and their adverse effect on students of color. Dr. Ceja is an Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University, Northridge.

Enhancing and Strengthening the Campus Racial Climate: A Collective Effort

Workshop facilitated by Dr. Miguel Ceja

In this interactive workshop participants will have the opportunity to discuss issues of diversity in higher education and propose recommendations for developing and sustaining a healthy campus racial climate for faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Miguel Ceja is an Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University, Northridge.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Color of the Race Problem is White

Lecture by Dr. Robert Jensen

In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois suggested that the question white people so often want to ask black people is, “How does it feel to be a problem?” This program turns the tables and recognizes some simple facts: Race problems have their roots in a system of white supremacy. White people invented white supremacy. Therefore, the color of the race problem is white. White people are the problem. White people have to ask ourselves: How does it feel to be a problem?

Following the ideas in his book The Heart of Whiteness, Jensen argues that — even decades after the significant achievements of the civil-rights movement and with an African-American president — it is still appropriate to describe the United States as a white-supremacist society, in terms of how we think and how we live. Through an analysis of contemporary racial ideology, Jensen presents a framework for critiquing the naturalizing of power and privilege in other arenas of our lives (gender, class, nationality, and ecology). How have we come to accept so easily systems of domination and subordination? How did we become resigned to hierarchy? How can we challenge the unjust and unsustainable nature of the systems in which we live? Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin.

Beyond Race, Gender, and Class: Understanding the Roots of Privilege

Workshop facilitated by Dr.Robert Jensen

Many corporate, governmental, and educational institutions in the contemporary United States articulate a commitment to diversity and multiculturalism. The discussion of race, gender, and class has been institutionalized in many of these institutional settings. Such changes signal progress, but do they indicate that U.S. society has made a serious commitment to a more just distribution of wealth and power? Has this multicultural moment led to an ongoing critique of the deeper systems of authority in the culture?

Using the concept of privilege in race, gender, and class, this workshop will raise questions about systems and structures of power that can allow us to go beyond polite “diversity talk” to discuss what would be needed to transform our society and promote justice and sustainability. Any serious effort toward those goals must confront the structures of power in the contemporary United States that produce such profound inequality. Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin. His article can be found online at Beyond Race, Gender, and Class: Understanding the Roots of Privilege.

3rd annual Drag Show

Co-sponsored by the Gay/Straight Alliance

Come to Highline College’s 3rd annual Drag Show event. Performers from both the Drag Queen and Drag King communities will show their best talents and entertain you for an evening you don’t want to miss.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

ALIVE & FREE: Eliminating the Disease of Violence

Presentation by Marquis White, Leletha Williams, J’Quai Holiday

Co-sponsored with Honor’s Colloquy

Violence is a public health issue and a social disease. Alive & Free is the prescription to eliminating the disease. Alive & Free, a nationally recognized youth develop.m.ent and violence prevention organization works with communities to eliminate the “risk” factors of violence by dealing with emotional residues and breaking unhealthy norms. Presentation will focus on the individual and systemic roles of violence.

Caucus Discussion: Youth Violence

Facilitated by Thomas Tobin

Come to this caucus discussion where we will be investigating the causes of and solutions to youth violence.

The Only Black Student: Workshop by Lull Mengesha

Sponsored by The Black Student Union

Author, Lull Mengesha (www.lullmengesha.com) brings us a unique and interactive workshop designed to assist students of color with confronting racial stereotypes and tensions that may arise in PWI’s (predominately white institutions).

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Searching Routes and Roots for Songs of Ghosts

Talk by Quynh-Tram Nguyen, School of Social Work-UW-Tacoma

In the tradition of storytelling this interactive lecture aims to reveal an insider’s perspective in migrant invisibility in North America landscapes. Quynh-Tram Nguyen is a faculty member in the School of Social Work at UW-Tacoma and Doctoral Candidate in the PhD Social Science Program, Taos-Tilburg University. Her public scholarship focuses on performance-based community work where creative tension between the local and ‘global’, between the familiar and unfamiliar, the being at-home and the being on-the-move takes place.

Backstage Racism: How Nice White Students Perpetuate the Racial Hierarchy

Lecture by Dr. Leslie Houts Picca

It’s more comfortable to view racism as “bad acts committed by bad people.” However, many racial scholars argue racism is largely reproduced not by fringe racial extreme groups, but by “good whites” who often embrace a colorblind perspective. Using data collected from 626 white college students across the U.S., Picca discusses the inconsistency in the presentation of white racial attitudes and behaviors. Specifically, white college students’ interactions among other whites (“backstage”) are strikingly different from their interactions among people of color (“frontstage”), and these everyday events actively perpetuate the racial hierarchy. Dr. Picca is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Dayton, and is co-author of the book Two-Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage (Routledge, 2007 with Dr. Joe Feagin).

Friday, April 30, 2010

Safe Zones Workshop

Facilitated by Joshua Magallanes, Multicultural Services & High School Programs

Although grossly understudied, research indicates that Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Questioning (GLBTQ) students hear derogatory words such as “fag, homo and gay” an average of 26 times per day. In K-12 education, colleges and universities, 85% of teachers oppose integrating GLBTQ topics into the curriculum (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network 2003).The Safe Zones education program is part of a national program that focuses on basic GLBTQ concepts, definitions, theories and building skills to confront homophobia and heterosexism. This interactive workshop will focus on campus climate for GLBTQ communities and allies and strategies to address individual and institutional forms of homophobia.

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making US Sick?

In sickness and in wealth- how does the distribution of power, wealth and resources shape opportunities for health? Unnatural Causes is the acclaimed documentary series broadcast by PBS and now used by thousands of organizations around the country to tackle the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health. Viewing and discussion facilitated by Melissa Ponder and Natasha Burrowes.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

2nd annual Teaching Equity Conference

This year’s event is being held in collaboration with CWU’s Power of Diversity project and The Center for Excellence in Education’s Future Teacher’s Conference. The professional develop.m.ent experience for future educators and those interested in teaching will provide important information for participants regarding successful pathways to becoming a teacher and the need for all educators to be culturally competent. There will be panel discussions throughout the day in addition to workshops, information tables from local colleges/universities, and entertainment.

Theme: Excellent Scholarship + Social Activism= Unity through Diversity Week

Monday, April 27, 2009

Masters of the Universe: The Mis-Education of Powerful People

Lecture by Gary Howard

What does it mean to be an educated person? Why do so many seemingly well-educated people use their positions of power to violate the common good? Using illustrative lessons from his 40 years as an activist educator, Gary Howard will explore the interface of education, social dominance, and the pursuit of justice. Mr. Howard founded the REACH Center for Multicultural Education in 1976, and the REACH teacher training design and classroom materials are presently being used internationally. His most recent book, We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know, Second Edition was published by Columbia University in 2006 and is considered a groundbreaking work examining issues of privilege, power, and the role of White leaders and educators in a multicultural society.

Jazz Concert

Co-sponsored by the Music Department

Cultural Competence and Courageous Practice: Creating Inclusive and Equitable Institutional Environments

Facilitated by Gary Howard

Co-sponsored by Learning and Teaching Center In this interactive session, faculty, staff, and students will consider how we can best work together to strengthen our teaching and governance related to inclusion, equity, and excellence. Gary Howard will provide a conceptual framework for understanding and engaging issues of social justice, and he will share a 3-stage model of assessing our institutional environment. Gary Howard has 35 years of experience working with issues of civil rights, social justice, equity, education, and diversity. Mr. Howard founded the REACH Center for Multicultural Education in 1976, and the REACH teacher training design and classroom materials are presently being used internationally. His most recent book, We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know, Second Edition was published by Columbia University in 2006 and is considered a groundbreaking work examining issues of privilege, power, and the role of White leaders and educators in a multicultural society.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama- lecture by Tim Wise

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S., and has been called, “One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation,” by best-selling author and professor Michael Eric Dyson, of Georgetown University. Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers nationwide, and has trained physicians and medical industry professionals on how to combat racial inequities in health care.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Immigration Law Clinic

Co-sponsored by United Latino AssociationCo-sponsored by United Latino Association

It is often difficult to find answers to your questions about immigration. Gilberto Gómez, Foreign Consultant for AMS Law in Seattle will give a brief presentation on immigration issues followed by individual consultations.

Immigration Reform- lecture by Gilberto Gomez

Co-sponsored by Honor’s Colloquy & United Latino Association

In this interesting and informational presentation you will learn about the struggles behind immigration reform and the realities that undocumented people face. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, attorney Gilberto Gomez faced significant barriers emigrating from Mexico to the United States.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Thou Shalt Not Love: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays Lecture by Dr. Patrick Chap.m.an

Based on his book Thou Shalt Not Love: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays, Dr. Patrick Chap.m.an citiques Evangelical arguments against homosexuality from an anthropological perspective, also drawing upon science and biblical scholarship. Specifically addressed are the Evangelical understanding of the Bible, nature, what causes sexual orientation, marriage, and the so-called “gay agenda.” Dr. Chap.m.an demonstrates there is no inherent tension between Christianity and homosexuality.

Breaking down Barriers in the Community College System

Panel and discussion

Co-sponsored by the Recruitment/Retention Council for Faculty & Staff of ColorWomen and people of color experience barriers in access to education as students and leadership opportunities as faculty and staff.

Community college faculty members, Dr. Lisa Aguilera Lawrenson and Dr. Marcia Somer will share the findings of their separate doctoral research titled, Why Are So Few Hispanics Graduating from College? and Where are the Asian American Female Community College Leaders? Panel facilitated by Lonnie Somer from the HCC Anthropology department.

2nd annual Highline Drag Show

Co-sponsored by Gay/Straight Alliance

Come to Highline College’s 2nd annual Drag Show event. Performers from both the Drag Queen and Drag King Communities will show their best talents and entertain you in an evening you don’t want to miss.

Friday, May 1, 2009

S.O.N. – Sun of Nun- Hip Hop & Activism Performance and lecture

(View the presentation via streaming video.)Political hip hop artist, former Baltimore City high school teacher, activist, cancer survivor, sickle cell battler, and recipient of praise by Public Enemy’s Chuck D as “[Leaving] a mean look on somebody’s face” for being “More than relevant!,” S.O.N. doesn’t just entertain his crowds he empowers them. Inspired by the Maroons in his Jamaican heritage and countless freedom fighters past and present, S.O.N. seeks to help pass the torch to the next generation.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow was Enuf

Co-sponsored by the Performing Arts Club

Come celebrate the experiences and perspectives of women of color, by hearing excerpts from this beautiful Choreopoem and play written by Ntozake Shange. Its first debut was in 1974 at a woman’s bar in New York City and later was produced on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, giving it national acclaim. This piece explores the intersections of racism, sexism and poverty with a cast of 8 Highline women told through story, poetry, and movement.

Sponsored by Multicultural Services, Student Programs-Center for Leadership and Service, the Learning and Teaching Center and the Recruitment/Retention Council for Faculty & Staff of Color