Calendar of Events for 2007-2008
September
September 11, 2007 - Welcome Back Student Cook-Out , 6:00-8:00 p.m., Raffensperger Alumni House
September 15 – October 15, 2007 Latino Heritage Month
September 17, 2007 – Field Trip, An Evening with Dr. Guion s. Bluford, Jr. The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
October
October 2, 2007 Film – My Family/Mi Familia, 7:00 p.m.
Presenter: Dr. Monserrat Linares-Ferras, Co-sponsor SoHis Spanish Club, Steinman 114
October 19, 2007 Homecoming/Family Weekend First-Year ALANA Parents and Students Reception , Brossman Center for Student Involvement Lounge
October 15-19, 2007 National Coming Out Week (Allies)
October 23, 2007 “Cosmic Race, Rainbow People and other Myths: An Exploration of Latinas/os Racial Identity” Presenter, Jorge Zeballos, Diversity Consultant, 7:00 p.m. Steinman 114
November
Native American Heritage Month
November 16, 2007 Washington, DC March on Hate Crimes, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Department of Justice, Washington, DC
November 19, 2007 American Indian Images in Sports Teams & Popular Culture, Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology-Anthropology, 7:00 p.m. Event Space
January
MLK Jr. Celebration
MLK Day 2008 Essay Contest
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2008 Program
Jan 20
Showings of When the Levees Broke by Spike Lee, on campus, in Gibble Auditorium. The documentary is divided into four acts which can be viewed independently. Please attend showings of one or more of the acts as you are able.
Act I: Begins at 5:00PM, 67 min.
Act II: Begins at 6:30PM, 62 min.
Act III: 8:00PM, 59 min.
Act IV: 9:30PM, 70 min.
Jan 21
Service Projects (for more information, contact Nancy Valkenburg (VALKENBURGN) or Sarah Brodbeck (BRODBECKS))
Morning, Harrisburg and Lancaster areas
Plenary session: Clips from When the Levees Broke, announcement of winners of the MLK Essay Contest
1PM-2PM Leffler Chapel
Interdisciplinary Faculty Panels on Hurricane Katrina
2:15-3:00PM Leffler Chapel
Panel 1: Fact vs. Fiction - Media and Communications in Katrina
Kirsten Johnson, Assistant Professor of Communications
David Donovan, Lecturer in Communications
Panel 2: Racism and the American Self-Image - Katrina as a Mirror?
John Rohrkemper, Associate Professor of English
Don Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor & Senior Fellow, Depts. of Sociology and Religious Studies
Panel 3: Government and Corporate Action in Response to Katrina
Bryan Greenberg, Associate Professor of Marketing
Bob Wheelersburg, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Rebuilding the Gulf; Rebuilding Hope” reflection panel from Gulf relief volunteers
3:15-4:00PM Leffler Chapel
MLK Day Reception
4:30PM Leffler Chapel- Lobby
Candlelight Re-enactment march
6:30PM BSC Game Room to Leffler Chapel
Gospel Extravaganza, featuring local and regional choirs and singers
7:00PM Leffler Chapel
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Black Heritage Month
February 1-3, 2008: Intercampus Social Justice Retreat, Eden Resort, Lancaster, PA
"The Social Justice Imperative"
Elizabethtown College
Multicultural Weekend Program Schedule
Feb 15-16, 2008
For more information, Contact Office of Admissions
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
"THEM: Images of Separation"
Ferris State University Jim Crow Museum Traveling Exhibit
Feb 19-26, 2008
Reception: Feb 19th, 6pm High Library
Fully Devoted Gospel Choir
Panel Discussion: 7pm
March
International Jazz Fest
Women’s History Month
The Miss Diversity Pageant
April
Asian Heritage Celebration
May
Asian Heritage Month (official)
End of the year Banquet
