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YOUR PORTAL TO INTERCULTURAL CONNECTIONS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
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Let’s welcome the center’s new director
We are pleased to announce that Tarah Trueblood joined the Miami community on March 12, 2018 as the Director of Center for American and World Cultures. Tarah comes to Miami University from the University of North Florida, where she was the Director of Diversity Initiatives in Student Affairs. She has a background in diversity and inclusion consulting, and is the Founder and Co-Facilitator of Waking up White in America, providing strategy and leadership development for organizations to raise awareness of implicit bias. Prior to her position at UNF, Tarah was the Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation at the University of California at Berkeley. Her educational background includes a Juris Doctor, Master of Arts and Master of Divinity, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics. Tarah will lead the efforts to embed Intergroup Dialogue at Miami University, and to launch an intercultural, diversity, and inclusion distinction program for students. ~ Cheryl Young, Assistant Provost, Global Initiatives
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CALENDAR – APRIL 2018
Upcoming events. Save the dates!
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Monday, April 2, 2018
The Only Home I Know, My American Dream
-Film screening and panel discussion
Guest speaker: Rhian Miller, filmmaker, and Miami University Western alumna
Panelists: Miami University Students Address of the program by Kate Rousmaniere, Mayor, City of Oxford
6:00 pm, MacMillan Hall, Great Room (MMH 212)
In this special half hour film collaboration between My American Dreams and Define American, former Washington Post reporter, Jose Antonio Vargas tells the story behind his high profile expose of himself as an undocumented “alien.” His story and those of six other young DACA recipients are told. Related resources:
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
The National Sanctuary Movement
-Panel presentation and discussion
Guest panelists: - The Very Rev. Gail Greenwell, Dean, Christ Church Cathedral
- Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, Rabbi, Temple Sholom
- Shaykh Ismaeel Chartier, Imam, Clifton Mosque
6pm, MacMillan Hall, Great Room
During the panel, the guest speakers will be discussing the National Sanctuary Movement in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities across the U.S., how their faith communities decided to join the coalition and what their commitment to be a Sanctuary or Solidarity congregation means, and how students can be involved.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
The Spirituality of Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Movement
-A Contemplative dinner and Breaking of the Bread for Peace and Justice Facilitator: John-Charles Duffy, Department of Comparative Religion Readers: Miami University students
7:30 pm –The Interfaith Center (16 South Campus Avenue, Oxford OH 45056)
This program will provide an opportunity for people from diverse faith-and-meaning-making backgrounds to come together to reflect on the spiritual values that drove Cesar Chavez’s work.
Dinner sponsored by the Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Initiative, Office of Community Engagement and Service.
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The Cesar Chavez Day celebration program is co-sponsored by the Center for American and World Cultures; the College of Education, Health and Society; and the Office of Community Engagement and Service; and in partnership with the Association of Latin and American Students; the Interfaith Center; the Office of Diversity Affairs and Somos Miami.
For co-curricular connections related to the Cesar Chavez Day Celebration program contact Jacqueline Rioja, associate director, CAWC | Latin(o) American and Caribbean Initiatives.
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"Memory in the Living Room" (Adapted from the Hebrew, Zikaron BaSalon) Survivors of the Holocaust and Bosnian and Armenian Genocides, and survivors’ descendants, share their personal and powerful stories in intimate settings across campus.
Four locations for each of the conversations are listed on the RSVP form. Space is limited. Please RSVP to one or two of the locations by April 1st. You will receive a confirmation email.
7:00 pm Refreshments | 7:30 pm Conversations
Monday, April 2
Conversations with first generation Holocaust survivors
Tuesday, April 3
Conversations with second Generation Holocaust and Bosnian Genocide survivors
Wednesday, April 4
"When you listen to a witness, you become a witness"
Third generation Holocaust and Armenian Genocide survivors share personal reflections and ways to keep testimonials alive for future generations.
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Wednesday, April 11
Maya-Ixtil Cultural Rights and Megaprojects in Guatemala
Baltazar De La Cruz Rodriguez, Alcaldía Indígena of Cotzal 5:30 pm, Heritage Room, Shriver Center Baltazar de la Cruz Rodriguez is a member of the Alcaldía Indígena of Cotzal, consisted of ancestral authorities dedicated to promoting Ixil culture, identity, rights and the defense of the regions natural resources and territories. The talk will focus on recent efforts by Maya indigenous communities in resisting megaprojects in Guatemala.
Talk will be in Spanish, with translation provided by Dr. Giovanni Batz.
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Thursday, April 12
The Reading of the Names
8:30 am–4:15 pm, The Hub
Reading of the names of the men, women, and children killed during the Holocaust is a highly symbolic and personal way of remembering and honoring these individuals. This year we will be focusing on reading the names and ages of 5000 children. The event takes place on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
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Friday, April 13
“Son, I’d rather not talk about it…”: Holocaust Hero and Righteous Among the Nations
5:00 pm, Benton Hall Room 102
-Talk followed by Q&A Chris Edmonds, Baptist Pastor and son of the late Master Seargant Roddie Edmonds shares his father’s personal, powerful, and moving story as a WWII prisoner of war who saved hundreds of Jewish soldiers during their internment in Germany. Roddie has been posthumously declared “Righteous among the Nations”, the honor bestowed upon non-Jewish persons who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
Honorary dinner and Shabbat celebration
6:30 pm, Goggin Ice Arena, Lounge
Transportation will be provided to Goggin Ice Arena The Genocide and Holocaust Education program is sponsored by the Center for American and World Cultures and the Department of History Holocaust Education fund with support from Hillel Association of Jewish Students; Hillel Foundation at Miami University; Hillel International; the Holocaust and Humanities Center in Cincinnati; and in partnership with the Department of Anthropology; the Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies. For co-curricular connections related to the the Genocide and Holocaust Education program contact Erik Jensen, Department of History, and coordinator of the program planning committe.
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Contact Us For more information about CAWC sponsored or co-sponsored events, courses, and/or opportunities to collaborate, contact us at cawcnews@MiamiOH.edu. Do you like what you see from the Center for American and World Cultures newsletter? Ask your fellow students, colleagues, and/or friends to subscribe to our eNews.
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