Fall 2014 Lunch on Us Calendar
Fall 2014 Lunch on Us Calendar
All programs take place from noon-1 p.m. Due to space and fire code restrictions, we may need to turn away attendees if a room reaches its capacity. Please arrive early.
Lunches are paid for in part by the Student Cultural Programming Fee.
Mondays
QUENCH with the LGBT Resource Center
Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor
September 15—Navigating the Healthcare System: Barriers for Transgender People of Color, Dr. Margo Bell, MD, Director of Inpatient Pediatrics, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
September 29—Queering the Curriculum: LGBTQ-Inclusivity in Campus Sexual Assault Prevention, Molly McLay, MSW, LSW; Assistant Director, Women’s Resources Center & Alex Nelson, Graduate Assistant, Women’s Resources Center
October 6—“Queer Professional Seeks Inclusive Employer for Long Term Relationship”: When Identity and Career Intersect, Bradley Woodruff, Information Management Specialist, The Career Center
October 20—Emotional Well-Being: Queer and Trans* Students and Getting the Support We Need, Dr. Anita Hund, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology
November 3—“APPly within: A Structured Dialogue on Queer App Culture,” Brian Bedoun, Psychology major with a minor in MCB and Jeremy Willis, Chemistry major with a minor in secondary education.
November 17—“‘It Gets Better for Queer Youth—Until It Doesn’t’:Challenging Discourses of Safety in Educational Research Using a Chicana Feminist Epistemology,” Tanya Diaz-Kozlowski
December 1 :: World AIDS Day—“HIV/AIDS: Past, Present, and Future,” Gregory Damhorst, MD/PhD Student, Department of Bioengineering
DISH IT UP at the WRC
Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor
August 25—Of Fairies and Fiends: The Magical Other in Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Stephanie Alma Birch, Masters Student, GSLIS and African Studies
September 8—Let It Go Bag Lady!: Navigating Voice, Identity Development and External Validation as a College Student, Dr. CC Suarez, Visiting Faculty, College of Agricultural Education
September 22—The Option to Look: Women’s Access to Products of Conception in Elective Abortion, Lena Hann, MPH, CHES, PhD Student, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
September 29—Queering the Curriculum: LGBTQ-Inclusivity in Campus Sexual Assault Prevention, Molly McLay, MSW, LSW, Assistant Director, Women’s Resources Center & Alex Nelson, Graduate Assistant, Women’s Resources Center
October 13—Half-Full & Half-Empty: Spoken Word, Feminism, and the Fight to End Gender Violence, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Chicago-based writer, performer, and spoken word artist
October 27—Can There Be a Feminist Dude?: Men and Masculinities in the Movement to End Violence Against Women, Ross Wantland, Director of DiversityEd and Robert King, Sr. Assistant Director, Family and Graduate Housing
November 10—“Through the Eyes of My Ancestors: One Woman’s Navajo Narrative,” Beverly Smith (Dine), Assistant Director, Native American House
December 8—“Speak Black Girl and Tell Your Story!: Storytelling and Narrative Practices in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths,” Porshe Renee Garner, PhD. Candidate, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership
Tuesdays
FOOD FOR THOUGHT at AACC
Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana
September 2—Jeremy Lin, Asian American Athletes, and the Model Minority Myth, Teresa Mok, Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Independent Practice and David Chih, Director, AACC
September 9—Chartering Across the Middle Kingdom: Studying Abroad in China, Katreena Casallo
September 16—Asian American Activism in the Community, Dennis Mondero, Chinese Mutual Aid Association
September 23—What Asian Are You Talking About?: Southeast Asians as Minority in the Asian American Community, Long Bui, Chancellor’s Research Associate
September 30—Tohoku Tomo: Friendships, Volunteerism, and Commitment to Japan’s Recovery After the 2011 Earthquake, Wesley Julian, Documentary Film Director
October 7—On Being Out as International Students, Rainbow International
October 14—Written in the Air: Spoken Word, Hip Hop & Asian American Pacific Islander Experience Over Time, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Chicago-based writer, performer, and spoken word artist
October 21—Devon, Diwali, and the Indian American Community in Chicago, Jacob Chacko, AACC Graduate Assistant
October 28—Mental Health Awareness Among Asians and Asian Americans, Counseling Center Staff Members
November 4—“Growing Up Taiwanese-American: My Cultural Awareness Experience,” Alex Wen, Student Leader
November 11—“‘Karma’s My Homegirl’: Finding Parallel Narratives as a Queer Vietnamese Women,” Patricia Chau Nguyen, Senior Director of Diversity Programs at UCLA’s Alumni Association
November 18—“Glen Rhee: Breaking Down the Stereotypes About Asian Males,” Dan Quock, Resident Director, University Housing
December 2—“A Public Book Reading of The City Son,” Samrat Upadhyay, Author, Indiana University Creative Writing Program
Wednesdays
FOOD FOR THE SOUL at BNAACC
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 51 East Gregory Drive, Champaign
note new address for 2014-2015
August 27—Introduction to BNAACC Staff & Center, Rory James, Director; Ashley Davis & Alisha Elliott, Assistant Directors, BNAACC
September 3—The Truth About Medical School: How to Succeed in Applying, Getting In, and Thriving, Medical Students, members of Urban Health Program and Student National Medical Association
September 10—The West African Dance & Drum Experience with Djibril Camara, Djibril Camara & Dancers, Choreographer, Instructor & Performer
September 17—National Hispanic Heritage Month: Intersections of Black & Brown Student Experience
September 24—*I-Unite Illinois Keynote Speaker Dr. Sam Museus—Defining Culturally Engaging Campus Environments, Dr. Sam Museus, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Denver, Illini Rooms A, Illini Union.
October 1—Diversity in the Workplace: From Surviving to Thriving, The Career Center
October 8—Meet the Nesbitts & the Sounds of Spoken Word with Speak Café, Bruce D. Nesbitt Family, Aaron Ammons
October 15—National Disability Awareness Month: Intersection of Race & Disability, Teryl Brewster & Rashaad Young, Specialist in Education along with Assistant Instructor for Early Childhood Development
October 22—How Diversity Impacts Teams, Dr. Denise Loyd, Associate Professor of Business Administration, College of Business
October 29—History, Pride and Legacy of the Association of Black Culture Centers: Conference Preview and Background, Alisha Elliott & Ashley Davis, Assistant Directors for BNAACC
November 5—“Financial Advice & Planning for the Holidays,” Bruce Brown, Financial Representative
Northwestern Mutual, McClure Financial Group
November 12—“Masculinity and Intersecting Identities—Blueprint,” 2015 Black & Latino Male Summit Student Committee
November 19 :: Native American Heritage Month—“The Wheel: Finding Inner Peace and Gaining Holistic Awareness,” Beverly Smith, Assistant Director of Native American House
December 3 :: World AIDS Day—“Know the Difference Between Myth and Fact,” Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. & Special POPS, Black Greek Council
Thursdays
LUNCH @ LA CASA
La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana
August 28—Race Cards, Affirmative Action, and Other Things You’re Not Supposed to Talk About: Unpacking the History of Education for Latinos, Dr. Cecilia Suarez, Visiting Teaching Associate, Agricultural Education
September 4—Considering Students’ Prior Knowledge in Mathematics Classrooms, Dr. Gloriana González, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
September 11 —Who Gets to Write Race? Dr. David Wright, Associate Professor, English
September 18—The Rhetoric of Immigrant Rights Movements, Dr. David Cisneros, Assistant Professor, Communication
September 25—Social Justice High School: Teaching Community Engagement, Carlos Saucedo, Scholar, Summer Research Opportunity Program
October 2 —Every Memory Counts: Videogame Development of Rhizome of Ixil, Daniella Pavlic, Graduate Student, Art and Design
October 9—Reinstating Salaita as a Latin@ Issue, Latin@ UIstudents4Salaita
October 16—Transforming the Idea of “The Right to Education”: The Parents who Fight to Defend Public Schools in Chile, Mauricio Pino, Graduate Student, Education, Policy and Leadership
October 23—They’re Not Illegals, They’re Students: Experiences of Undocumented Students, Berenice Sánchez, Assistant Director, La Casa Cultural Latina
October 30—The Latina/o Resilience Network: Student Engagement and Empowerment Through a College Retention Program, Xavier Ramírez and Veronica M. Kann, Staff, La Casa Cultural Latina
November 6—“Social Identity and Racial Threat: The Effects of Citizenship Status on Black-Latino Relations,” Dr. Claudia Sandoval, Chancellor’s Post-Doctoral Fellow, Latina/Latino Studies
November 13—“La Música Romántica and Other Queer Latino/a Pedagogies,” Richard Villegas, Storycrafter/Writer
November 20—“Parental Influences on the Educational Attainment of High-achieving Latino Men,” Dr. Michelle Cruz-Santiago, Assistant to the Director, Office of Minority Student Affairs
December 4—“Latin American Conceptualism in Art,” Dr. Jorge Lucero, Assistant Professor, Art Education
Fridays
CHAT ’N CHEW at NAH
Native American House, 1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana
September 5—Lessons from the Soil, David Lehman, Ph.D. Student, Department of History
September 19—Indigenous Women & Activism, Isabel Scarbrough, Assistant Professor and Program Director of Anthropology, Parkland College
October 3—Indians on Display: Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill, Norman K. Denzin, Professor, Institute of Communications Research and Media and Cinema Studies
October 17—Dramaturgy of Erasure: Performing Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Shannon Epplett (Chippewa), Ph.D. Candidate, Theatre of History and Criticism
November 7—“Native American Religious Studies,” Prof. James Treat (Muscogee Creek Nation), School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics
November 21—“Historical Perspective on the Impact of Chief Illiniwek on Allies to the Native Community,” Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Assistant Director, Diversity & Social Justice Education
December 5—"The Beauty and Challenges of Building At-Large Urban Tribal Communitiesm" Jacquie Archambeau (Cherokee), Secretary, Cherokee Nation Community Association Board
CONVERSATION CAFE with DiversityEd
Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor
September 12—Asking Big Questions: How to Deepen Your College Experience, Illini Hillel Ask Big Questions Interns
September 26—Being an Ally to People With Disabilities, Dr. Betsy Basch & Whitney Maddux, DRES
October 10—Gay Rights Meets Religious Freedom: The Hardest Dialogue of All? Dr. Jacob Z. Hess, U of I alum and psychologist
October 24—Living the Oxymoron: Interfaith Atheists, Kristi Del Veccio & Adam Garner, Interfaith Youth Core
October 31— Challenging Gender Norms: A Conversation with Janet Mock, Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Ch.
November 14—“Disable the Label: A Dialogue on Ableism,” DiversityEd Social Justice Education Paraprofessionals