DIVISION OF STUDENT SERVICES |
Multicultural Resource Center |
Spring Semester 2013
February 2013
Aspirational Prayer Flags Project
Reed campus - outside location
The goal of the project, a partnership between SEEDS, the Multicultural Resource Center, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, International Student Services, Residence Life, and the Peer Health Advocates, is to hear directly from the Reed community about what our campus needs and what we should strive to become. The project aims to provide education about the history of Tibetan prayer flags and their meaning, and to use prayer flags in a culturally appropriate way to gather the community's aspirations for the New Year.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Aspirational Prayer Flags Project
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Bruce Western: "Mass Incarceration and the Prospects for Reform"
Vollum Lecture Hall, 6pm
Bruce Western is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Western's recent work has focused on the link between social inequality and the growth of the prison and jail population in the United States. He finds that the penal system has become a common presence in the lives of poor Americans, with lasting effects on their life chances. As a quantitative social scientist, Western has also contributed to the use of Bayesian statistics in sociology. Cosponsored by the Sociology department and the multicultural resource center.Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Tuesday Talks
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Marti Newland: Artist Talk
Psychology 105, 4:30pm
Opera singer and ethnomusicologist Marti Newland will give a talk that draws on her fieldwork at Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee. She will highlight the voice as a mechanism of speaking and singing and as a site of mediation for ideological, discursive, embodied, and affective constructions of blackness. Newland's visit is supported by the Office for Institutional Diversity's New Scholars Series, the Music department, and the multicultural resource center.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Marti Newland: Recital
Eliot Chapel, 7:30pm
Opera singer and ethnomusicologist Marti Newland will give a talk that draws on her fieldwork at Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee. She will highlight the voice as a mechanism of speaking and singing and as a site of mediation for ideological, discursive, embodied, and affective constructions of blackness. Accompanied by pianist Artis Wodehouse, Newland will give a vocal recital. Newland's visit is supported by the Office for Institutional Diversity's New Scholars Series, the Music department, and the multicultural resource center.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Renn Fayre Theme
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Migrant Labor in Oregon
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Body Positivity and Intersections of Race and Ethnicity
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 and Wednesday, March 20, 2013
MRC Alternative Spring Break: Migrant Labor in Oregon
The MRC will lead a two-day immersion trip to explore the issue of migrant labor in Oregon. Participants will learn from a migrant farmworkers union, business owners, community leaders, and social justice advocates. For details and application instructions, please contact the MRC.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Multiracial Identity
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Vine Deloria Jr. Lecture Series: More Than Just A Trend
Eliot Chapel, 4:30pm
The theme for this year's sixth annual Vine Deloria Jr. lecture is the cultural appropriation of Native Americans in the twenty-first century. The lecture series honors its namesake's memory by recognizing the work of Native American scholars whose intellectual pursuits reflect the spirit and commitment exhibited by Deloria. Cosponsored by the Office for Institutional Diversity and the multicultural resource center.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Imperialism and White Savior Complex
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Class Dynamics at Reed
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project
Vollum Lecture Hall, 8:00pm
The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project (UKBP) is a live comedy talk show starring Hari and Ashok Kondabolu. The brothers will present a night of mostly improvised banter and a carefully prepared Powerpoint presentation. Past topics have included: Peak Oil Theory, cultural appropriation, the Illuminati, Blipsters, police brutality, and Ashton Kutcher. The show is done regularly in New York City and has included such guests as W. Kamau Bell, Wyatt Cenac, and Aasif Mandvi. They are also starting a new podcast this year called "The Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Podcast."
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday Talks: Racial Humor
Student Center, 12pm
Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us for an hour of conversation!
Fall Semester 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Jay Smooth
Eliot Chapel, 8pm
Jay Smooth is the founder of New York City's longest-running hip hop radio program, WBAI's Underground Railroad. He also hosts Ill Doctrine, a hip hop video blog, and writes for the website hiphopmusic.com. This event is open to the public.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tuesday Talks
Student Center, 12pm
Obama's Birth Certificate and "Papers Please": National Belonging through State ID? We'll discuss the relationship between state-issued identification documents and political and social inclusion in liberal democratic society. The conversation will be facilitated by LaShandra Sullivan, Scholar in Residence in the Anthropology department. Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us!
Let's Talk: Chat with a Counselor at the MRC
Tuesday, 4-5pm, Student Center 110. Weekly beginning October 9, 2012
Beginning Tuesday, October 9, Health & Counseling Center (HCC) counselors will be available at the MRC every Tuesday afternoon to provide easy access to informal, brief, drop-in consultations for stress management. No appointments are necessary, there is no paperwork to complete; visits are first come, first served. Come and relax in the Student Center while you wait to consult with a counselor.
Not sure what to talk about? Here are a few examples:
- how to support a friend who you're concerned about
- tips for stress management
- questions about the Mind Spa at the HCC
Global Citizenship Month
In October and November, the MRC is joining together with SEEDS and International Student Services to explore what it means to be a global citizen. Through campus-wide events, community dialogues, and interactive programs, we will consider dynamics of difference and connection as members of our global community.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Vollum Lecture Hall, 4:30pm
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is a professor of sociology at Duke University. His research areas include racial stratification, social theory, critical race methods, political sociology, Latin America and the Caribbean, and epistemology. His talk is entitled "From Dr. King to President Obama: Racial Vision, Racial Blindness, and Racial Politics in Obamerica." The lecture will be followed by a reception in the lower foyer of Vollum College Center. This event is cosponsored by the sociology department and the office for institutional diversity. The event is open to the public.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Salar Aghili & Hamnavazan Ensemble, "Traditional Music of Iran"
Eliot Hall Chapel, 6:30pm
Salar Aghili & Hamnavazan Ensemble will showcase contemporary classical music of Iran. This music draws heavily on Persian Sufi poetry, adapting it to contemporary musical styles and instruments. Salar Aghili is one of the foremost vocalist of classical music of his generation. He performs in the Iranian National Orchestra and Symphony. Aghili will be accompanied by two world class maestros from Iran, Hossein Behroozinia (barbat/lute) and Saeed Farajpouri (kamancheh/spike fiddle), as well as by Harir Shariatzadeh (Persian tuned piano) and Behnam Masoumi (tombak/percussion). Cosponsored by the Religion, Music, and Anthropology departments, the Dean for Institutional Diversity, and the Multicultural Resource Center at Reed, and the Andisheh Center, who is organizing the event. Tickets: $40 in advance, online; $45 at the door. Available free to Reed students, faculty, and staff at the Student Activities Office.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Jose Antonio Vargas
Kaul Auditorium, 4:30pm
Global Citizenship Month Event
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and founder of DefineAmerican. In 2011, Vargas exposed his personal story in a New York Times Magazine essay, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant." His talk, "Define American," will explore the politics of immigration. The lecture will be followed by a reception in Gray Lounge. This event is cosponsored by the David Robinson Memorial Fund for Human Rights, the political science department, and the multicultural resource center. The event is open to the public.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Tuesday Talks
Student Center, 12pm
Global Citizenship Month Event
We'll discuss Third Culture Kids, which generally refers to individuals who spend a significant part of their developmental years outside their parents' culture. Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday Talks
Student Center, 12pm
Come discuss current events and ideas for dealing with issues of privilege and discrimination. Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
International Engagement Panel
Vollum Lounge, 6pm
Global Citizenship Month Event
Join us for a discussion about opportunities to learn and work outside of the U.S. The panel will include faculty, staff, students, and alumni, who will answer questions and share stories about their own experiences.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tuesday Talks
Student Center, 12pm
Come discuss current events and ideas for dealing with issues of privilege and discrimination. Tuesday Talks happen bimonthly and are open to the entire Reed community. Please bring your lunch and join us!
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