Week of
September 12–16, 2022
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SOCIAL EQUITY & TITLE IX DIGEST
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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: September 15–October 15 (Learn more)
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| WEEKLY WORDS TO PONDER
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
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September is also Deaf Awareness Month. Please scroll to the end to learn about the IUP Sign Language Club and other highlighted STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS!
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IUP Values Me
Kiara is pursuing an undergraduate degree in marketing and will graduate this May. She is in the Cook Honors College and works in the Office of International Education. Through the OIE, Kiara serves as a conversation partner and SkillZone tutor for our exchange students. She is a member of multiple student organizations, including Women in Progress, Phi Gamma Nu, Association of Korean Cultural Interests (AKI), and the Japanese Student Organization (JAPASO). This year, Kiara serves as president for both AKI and JAPASO and is leading efforts to plan multicultural events for the entire IUP community. We thank you, Kiara!
Sibyl is a faculty member in the Department of Counseling, where much of her teaching, scholarship, and service contributes to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for students and community members. She is a member of the College of Education and Communications Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee (DISC). Sibyl is co-advisor to the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) student organization, which has a national mission that “acknowledges the systemic barriers within our society and profession that impact clients, students, counselors, schools, families, and communities.” She is codirector of the Frederick Douglass Institute for Intercultural Research at IUP, working with undergraduate and graduate students in marginalized populations to strengthen their scholastic skills. Sibyl collaborates with Ruling Our Experiences (ROX), a national organization that provides innovative evidence-based programming, large-scale national research on girls’ issues, and training and professional development to educators across the country. In this role, she assists with diversity-related national research and training on issues impacting girls. We thank you, Sibyl!
A note about IUP Values Me: Each week, we will highlight one student and one staff member to “shine a spotlight” on their great work assisting our campus community with diversity, equity, and inclusion and/or civil rights awareness. If you have a suggestion for an IUP community member to feature in this section, please email social-equity@iup.edu.
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| Mark your calendars!
Guest speaker Anouar Rahmani, writer and human rights defender from Algeria, will visit campus on Wednesday, October 12. Anouar is an Artist Protection Fund fellow in residence in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Modern Languages and at City of Asylum in Pittsburgh. He will speak in various classrooms throughout the day and to the IUP community at 4:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall, room 225. Further information
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EVENTS OF NOTE THIS WEEK
PLEASE PARTICIPATE, SHARE AS APPROPRIATE, OR INCLUDE IN YOUR CLASSES
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Overview
- Monday, September 12: September 11 Memorial Program, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Oak Grove
- Monday, September 12: Reading of the Constitution, 2:00–3:00 p.m. in front of Stapleton Library
- Monday, September 12: Asian Studies and Chinese Language and Culture Club Event: Mid-Autumn Festival
- Monday, September 12, and Thursday, September 15: Umbrella-Making Workshops for RAINN Day
- Monday, September 12: Six O’Clock Series: “What Would Our Founding Fathers Say?”
- Monday, September 12: Green Dot and Haven Project Volunteer Training
- Tuesday, September 13: Queer Conversations Workshop Series
- Wednesday, September 14: Lunch and Learn with Elise Glenn: “Just, Equitable, and Diverse—How Do We Get There?”
- Wednesday, September 14: Emerging Leader Workshop Series
- Thursday, September 15, to Sunday, September 18: Theater-by-the-Grove: Dangerous Taboos and Reversed Racial Order
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Coming Up Next Week
- Monday, September 19, to Friday, September 23: Banned Books Week
- Tuesday, September 20: National Voter Registration Day, #IUPVotes!
- Wednesday, September 21: RAINN Day 2022
- Thursday, September 22: IUP Blood Drive—make an appointment!
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Details
- Monday, September 12: Mid-Autumn Festival
4:30–6:30 p.m.—G-98 Wallwork Hall
Join the Asian Studies Club and the Chinese Language and Culture Club in celebrating this Chinese national holiday! Further information: chxz@iup.edu or dwpz@iup.edu. Follow these groups on Instagram: @clcc_iup and @iup_asianstudies
- Monday, September 12: Six O’Clock Series: “What Would Our Founding Fathers Say?”
6:00–7:30 p.m.—HUB Ohio Room or Zoom
Is the Constitution still relevant today, or is it time for an update? Join in this program and ask the authors what they think. Further information: MCSLE, 724-357-2598, or sixoclock-series@iup.edu
- Monday, September 12: Green Dot and Haven Project Volunteer Training
7:00–8:00 p.m.—HUB Susquehanna Room
Learn about these two programs and become qualified to volunteer for September events. This training is cosponsored by Sigma Chi. Further information: 724-357-3947 or haven-project@iup.edu. Follow @IUPHaven and @iup_greendot
- Tuesday, September 13: Queer Conversations Workshop Series
5:00–6:00 p.m.—Elkin Hall Great Room
This week’s presentation will be on Green Dot training. Learn the methods of this important bystander intervention program. Further information: lgbtqia-support@iup.edu or haven-project@iup.edu
- Wednesday, September 14: Lunch and Learn with Elise Glenn: “Just, Equitable, and Diverse—How Do We Get There?”
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Elkin Hall Great Room
Elise Glenn, chief diversity and inclusion officer and Title IX coordinator, will facilitate this discussion on anti-racism and anti-bias efforts at IUP. Find out how you can be part of the effort to grow a diverse culture here on campus. Further information: MCSLE, 724-357-2598, tturn@iup.edu
- Wednesday, September 14: Emerging Leader Workshop Series
3:00–4:00 p.m.—Elkin Hall Great Room
This second workshop of the series will focus on “Developing Emotionally Intelligent Leadership.” Further information: kfoster@iup.edu
- Thursday, September 15, to Sunday, September 18: Theater-by-the-Grove: Dangerous Taboos and Reversed Racial Order
7:30 p.m. on September 15–17; 2:00 p.m. on September 18—Waller Hall Studio Theatre
Readings of plays by guest playwright Mark Clayton Southers, artistic director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre. One of these plays will be selected for a full performance in March. The first play is Miss Julie, Clarissa and John (Thursday and Saturday performances): In Reconstruction-era Virginia, the dangerous attraction between a plantation owner’s daughter and his top servant takes on new shades as its taboo nature expands from crossing boundaries of social class to encompassing racial lines. The second play is Nine Days in the Sun (Friday and Sunday performances): Twenty years in the future, racial balance has shifted, and social order in America is turned upside down. What if dark skin were the desired tone, and the beige/pinkish color we call White were a liability? Further information: lively-arts@iup.edu or 724-357-2787
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STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS OF NOTE: (More to be highlighted in future Digests)
- Asian Studies Club: Meetings to be scheduled; activities already planned! (@iup_asianstudies)
- Association of Korean Cultural Interests (AKI): Every Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Wallwork third-floor lounge (@iup_aki)
- Black Student League: First meet-and-greet held; more activities being planned (@iupblackstudentleague)
- Chinese Language and Culture Club: Meetings to be scheduled; activities already planned! (@clcc_iup)
- Collegiate Women in Progress: Every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Wallwork G-98 (rhqz@iup.edu, @cwipiup)
- Colors in Unity: Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall, room 111 (lgbtqia-support@iup.edu)
- Creating Higher Standards: Every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in Stouffer Hall, room 138 (mbkbc@iup.edu, @chsiup1)
- Cro-Gay Club: Every Monday and Friday at 5:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall, room 111 (lgbtqia-support@iup.edu)
- Egyptian Student Association: Organizing for the new year (dnvx@iup.edu)
- Her Campus IUP: Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall (bcybc@iup.edu, @hercampusiup)
- Hindu Association of IUP: Organizing for the new year (rgsoni@iup.edu)
- Identity & You: Every Monday at 4:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall, room 111 (lgbtqia-support@iup.edu)
- India Students Association: Organizing for the new year (indiastudent@gmail.com)
- IUP Café (French Club): Organizing for the new year (@iup_cafe)
- Japanese Student Association (JAPASO): Every Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. in Wallwork third-floor lounge (@japaso_iup)
- Latino Student Organization (LaSO): Biweekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall, room 114 (hysbc@iup.edu @iup_laso)
- Muslim Students Association: Organizing for the new year (dnvx@iup.edu or kwibowo@iup.edu)
- NAACP IUP Chapter: Every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Wallwork G-98 (rqry@iup.edu, @iupnaacp)
- Pan-African Student Association (PASA): Organizing for the new year (@iup_pasa_)
- Pride Alliance: Every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall, room 111 (@iuppridealliance)
- Rho Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: First Sunday of each month via Zoom (rhorhoaka@gmail.com, @rhorhoakas)
- Sign Language Club: Every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Stouffer Hall, Beard Auditorium (lwhcc@iup.edu, @iupsignclub)
- Students Against Racism (IUPSAR): Every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall, room B-11 (fkfv@iup.edu, @iupsar)
- Student Government Association (SGA): General Assembly Meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Elkin Hall Great Room (@iupsga or iuphawksstudentgov@gmail.com)
- Taiwanese Student Association: Organizing for the new year (yjkuo@iup.edu)
- Trans Tea Time: Every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall, room 111 (lgbtqia-support@iup.edu)
- UBORA Men: Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Elkin Hall (xxgcc@iup.edu @uboramenofiup)
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Hosting an event you’d like us to mention in an upcoming issue?
Digest issues are emailed every Monday morning. Send all information concerning your event to social-equity@iup.edu, and we will include it in the appropriate weekly issue. Also, please be sure to enter your event in the CMS on the DIVERSITY, STUDENT, and CENTRAL CALENDARS so that it will receive wider marketing, appear in IUP Now, and achieve greater attendance.
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