Calendar of Intercultural Literacy Events for Spring, 1985 Quarter

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Title
Calendar of Intercultural Literacy Events for Spring, 1985 Quarter
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1985
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CALENDAR OF INTERCULTURAL LITERACY EVENTS
FOR SPRING, 1985 QUARTER

April
3

Third World Women's Workshop - CAB 110 - 3-6:30 p.m.

4

"Todos Santos Cuchumatan:

5

Nhi Doan - benefit for Ethiopia - Recital Hall - 8 p.m. - $3.50 & $5

8

''Genocide in Guatemala?" - slideshow- LH 2 - 10 a.m.*

10

(tentative)

Report from a Guatamalan Village'' - film - LH 2 - 10 a.m.*

Gay Awareness Days through April 12 - speakers, panels & films to increase
campus & community awareness of gays & lesbians - watch for details
Central American Teachers Tour - Educators from six Central American countries
on campus for a 'town meeting' event sponsored by academic programs The Cuban
Experience and Issues, Traditions & Change - 3 p.m. - location TBA

11

Public Debate between a Central American representative from Citizens for America
and a representative from Central America who opposes the Reagan foreign policy
in Central America - Library Lobby - noon (tentative)

12

Northwest Indian Center Festival of New Growth opens with Kutamba, folk reggae
dance music in Dorm Courtyard - 8 p.m. - $2 & a can of food

15

Festival of New Growth forum with Steve Robideau from Leonard Peltier Defense
Committee - LH 1 - 2 p.m.

16

Films on Native American issues - LH 1 - noon
Jo Cochran - Native American feminist poet - LH 1 - 8 p.m.

17

Ken Edwards -Native American story teller - for young people -Library Lobby - 2:30pm
Evening performance - Recital Hall - 7 p.m.

18

"Central America Through the Eyes of the Poor" - slide show- LH 2 - 10 a.m.*
Representatives from 11th Annual International Indian Treaty Conference - LH 1 - 1 p.m.
"Windwalker" - Festival of New Growth film - LH 1 - 7 p.m. - $2

19

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Peacemaker - exhibit opens in Gallery 2 and runs
until May 12 -Opening Ceremony - Library Lobby - 7:30p.m.
Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society - Jazz/Rock/Funk - Recital Hall 7:30 & 10 p.m. - $4.50 & $6
Festival of New Growth sponsors open tables in CAB Lobby for student arts & crafts

20

Ethiopia Relief Benefit Concert for Children - Recital Hall - afternoon event
POW WOW - Host group:

22

Nation singers - field behind Library - 3 p.m.

"Witness to War" - film about Charles Clements - an American Doctor on the
guerrilla side in El Salvador -plus a Salvadorean refugee speaker - LH2 - 10 a.m.*
"No Pasaran" - E.P.I.C. sponsored film on the civil war in Nicaragua by award
winning Australian cameraman David Bradbury - LH 1 - 7:30

23

Repeat showing of "No Pasaran" - CAB 110 - noon

24

Central American Students Tour - reception and daylong events for 4 students from
El Salvador, Nicaragua & Guatamala sponsored by academic programs The Cuban Experience
& Issues, Traditions & Change - panel discussion - Library Lobby - noon - 1:30 International Potluck Dinner - Lecture Hall Rotunda - 5-7 p.m.
* indicates events presented through the Issues, Traditions & Change acedemic
program - guests are very welcome - for more information call Mike Davis at x6138

April
27

Won-ldy Pay e - award winning drummer, danc e r & story t eller from Liberia,
West Africa - benefit for Wellspring African water pro ject - Recital Hall - 8 p.m.

28

Wallflower Order Women's Dance Collective - combines dance, sign language,
gymnastics & politics - co-sponsored by Third World Women & Tides of Change Library Lobby - 8 p.m.

29

''Sowing Hope"
film about priests in the guerrilla zones of El Salvador LH 2 - 10 a.m.*

May
5
6

Cinco de Mayo - Mexican independence celebration - Mexican food, speakers, skits,
dancers, Mexican music, art exhibit & a pinata for the kids - Lib 4300 - noon-S p.m.
Asian Heritage Week begins as the Ceremonies program sponsors an afternoon program
with a focus on Southeast Asians in America - call x6334 for details
"The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" - E.P.I.C. & L/GRC co-sponsored film about the
gay activist San Francisco City Councilman murdered in 1980 - LH 1 - 7:30 p.m.

7

"The Fukuyama Family" - slideshow - plus Asian American Women Panel - plus
tentative Core Programs common seminar in Lib 4300 - all day
Repeat showing of "The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" - CAB 110 - noon

8

Asian food booths & dance music in CAB Mall - noon-3 p.m.
Deems Tsutakawa - Jazz piano concert - Recital Hall - 7 p.m.

9

''Unfinished Business" & "The Fall of the I Hotel - Thursday Night Film co-sponsored
with the Asian/Pacific Isle Coalition - LH l - 7 & 9 p.m.
Third World Agriculture & Development Lecture Series - "An Agroecological Approach
to Rural Development in the Third World"- Miguel Altieri - LH 2 - 7:30p.m. Sponsored through in Intercultural Literacy Award to Ecological Agriculture Program.

ll

"Common Cause" - Asian American groove band featuring funk & fusion - L4300 - 9 p.m.

18

Ferron - music speaks about women's lives - Tides of Change - Lib. Lobby - 8 p.m.

24

El Teatro de la Esperanza - multicultural theatre sponsored by Evergreen Expressions
about social problems that affect the Chicano community - Recital Hall - 8 p.m.

31

Third World Students Dance - Lib 4300 - 7 p.m .

June
~

Super Saturday - All campus / community celebration with lots of ethnic foods and
a variety of entertainment & arts & crafts - ll a.m. - 7 p.m.

PLUS - Weekly radio programs of KAOS, 89.3 fm include :
Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m. Voice & Expression of Latin America with Lisa Levy
Thursday, l-3 p.m. Music of the World with Bill Blodgett-Clover (Asian & African)
Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Everywoman's Radio Show with Donna Eckenrode
l - 5 p.m. El Mensaje del Aire with Jose Valadez
7 - 10 p.m. One Drop Radio with Charlie Morgan (Reggae)
Sunday, 6 - 7 p.m. Vietnamese Hour with Hung Phan

Note:

Exact details on some events are tentative as many are still in planning stages.
There may be some Intercultural Literacy events that do not appear on this
calendar if event producers have not initiated the Production Clearance Process.
For further information, please call ext. 6220.