Campus Diversity Events

Campus Diversity Events 2009-2010
In the spirit of the Cadena Cultural Center mission, we provide you the following calendar of diversity/cultural events being offered by the various departments at Fullerton College. Primary contributors to this calendar include: Cadena Cultural Center, Diversity Committee, Fine Arts Division, Humanities Division, Social Science Division, and Student Affairs/Associated Students. The calendar is structured according to the academic year which runs from July 1 through June 30.
We encourage and invite all campus constituents to contribute to the calendar. For more information, please contact our office at (714) 992-7086.

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JULY	AUGUST	SEPTEMBER	OCTOBER	NOVEMBER	DECEMBER
JANUARY	FEBRUARY	MARCH	APRIL	MAY	JUNE

JULY
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AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER
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Latino Faculty & Staff Association, et. al Presents Bienvenidos! A Celebration of Latino Heritage Month & Annual Student Success Orientation Featuring Maria Elena Ramirez in Chicana Her Story	Tuesday September 15 11am-2pm College Center	The Latino Faculty and Staff Association in coordination with the Fullerton College Student Services and Counseling and Student Development Divisions welcome all students to attend this annual event to commemorate the opening of Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month with this student success orientation. Come learn about the student services that exist to help you become a successful student and to make yourself part of the Fullerton College family and tradition.
Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center Presents: Latino Student Forum	Tuesday September 22 12 – 1:30pm Room 224	This forum is designed to get you connected with the Latino Networks here at Fullerton College, our surrounding communities, and the CSU and UC. We will have student guests from CSU Fullerton and UC Irvine. Topics covered will be student clubs, scholarships, negotiating parental pressures, and any topic that participating students will address during a question and answer session. Cadena is your link to the resources you need to be a successful student at Fullerton College and beyond! WE NEED FC STUDENT VOLUNTEERS! PLEASE CONTACT THE CADENA CULTURAL CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Cadena Cultural Center & FC Dream Team Presents Dream Act Day of Action Information table in the quad.	Wednesday September 23 10am-1pm Quad	The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that addresses the tragedy of young people who grew up in the United States and have graduated from our high schools, but whose future is circumscribed by our current immigration laws. Under current law, these young people generally derive their immigration status solely from their parents, and if their parents are undocumented or in immigration limbo, most have no mechanism to obtain legal residency, even if they have lived most of their lives here in the U.S. The DREAM Act would provide such a mechanism for those who are able to meet certain conditions. <click here> for more information.
Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center Presents	Thursday September 24 4-6pm Cadena Cultural Center	The Cadena Cultural Center invites all poets, singers, and musicians, to our Open Mic Night! We will provide the microphone, speaker and CD & Ipod player; you provide your poetry, beats, jams, and/or musical instruments.

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Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center & Art Department Present: Sidewalk Art Festival	Thursday October 1 10am-2pm Campus Quad	In honor of the California Day of the Arts, the Cadena Cultural Center and FC Art Department is hosting a sidewalk art festival showcasing chalk art and easel works. This event is cosponsored by the Cadena Cultural Center and the FC Arts Department. To participate RSVP at the Cadena Cultural Center.
The Fullerton College Theater Department, et. al. Presents: The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later – An Epilogue Directed by Gary Krinke	Monday October 12 Campus Theater	This year marks ten years since the murder of Matthew Sheppard an openly gay college student whose death in Laramie, Wyoming brought national attention to hate crimes against gays and lesbians. The Fullerton College Theater Department is proud to join hundreds of theaters across the nation which will offer three free showing of this theatrical play. This event is cosponsored by the FC Theater Department, FC Foundation, Diversity Committee, Cadena Cultural Center, and the Gay and Lesbian Association of District Employees. For more information and tickets, please contact (714) 992-7150.
Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center Presents Candlelight Memorial	Monday October 12 8:30pm Campus Quad	In memoriam of Matthew Sheppard and all victims of hate crimes, we will be holding a candlelight memorial immediately following the evening showing of the Laramie Project Epilogue. All are welcome to attend. NOTE: Only battery-operated candles will be permitted per Fullerton Fire Department.
Fullerton College Art Gallery Presents: Viva La Vida an exhibition of the works of Robert Palacios	Oct 15 - Nov 17 FC Art Gallery	Day of the Dead inspired exhibition with pieces by multi-media artist Robert Palacios. Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct. 15 from 5-7pm Special Evening Hours: Oct 19 & 27; Nov 4 & 12 from 5-7pm For more information contact the Fullerton College Art Gallery (714) 992-7116, room 1004
Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center Presents	Thursday October 22 4-6pm Cadena Cultural Center	The Cadena Cultural Center invites all poets, singers, and musicians, to our Open Mic Night! We will provide the microphone, speaker and CD & Ipod player; you provide your poetry, beats, jams, and/or musical instruments.
Fullerton College Theatre Arts Department Presents To Kill A Mockingbird Directed by Chuck Ketter	Performances: Oct. 22-24	Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning story of Scout, Jem, Atticus Finch and the reclusive Boo Radley takes the audience to Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Lies and bigotry tarnish a courtroom and bring the characters face to face with racial injustice and the loss of innocence, but ultimately it is the warmth and humor of this tale that secures its place among the timeless classics. For more information <click here>
Associated Students HALLOWEEN Costume Contest	Thursday October 29 12 noon Campus Quad	Associated Students welcomes all students, staff, and faculty to join them in their annual Halloween Costume Contest. There will be music, games, and a pie eating contest as well! For more information contact the Student Affairs Office.
Fullerton College Ethnic Studies Department Presents: Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration	Thursday October 29 6-10pm Campus Quad	Students, family, friends are all welcome to this annual celebration of life, family, and reflection. Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican cultural tradition that can be enjoyed by the entire community. The Cadena Cultural Center will be erecting its own ofrenda inside our center beginning October 13. This ofrenda will be educative, describing the various aspects of the ofrenda. For more information, please contact the Ethnic Studies Department 714-992-7109
Fullerton College Humanities Division Welcomes Visiting Writer: Gayle Brandeis	Thursday October 29 7pm Wilshire Auditorium	Gayle Brandeis is the author of several books. She has won Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize for Fiction in Support of a Literature of Social Change. Gayle holds a BA in “Poetry and Movement: Arts of Expression, Meditation and Healing” from the University of Redlands, and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Antioch University. She is writer in residence for the Mission Inn Foundation’s Family Voices Project and she is on the national staff of CODEPINK: Women for Peace and is a founding member of the Women Creating Peace Collective. Tickets are $5 For more information, please contact the Humanities Division Office Room 522 (714) 992-7036

NOVEMBER
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Fullerton College English Department Presents Ask the Dust: A night of Open mic Poetry, Art, and Music Featuring guest poet: Johnny Nelson	November 3 7-9pm College Center Conference Room 224	The Fullerton College Humanities Division cordially invites all poets and other writers to participate in the largest Open Mic held by Fullerton College each semester. This Open Mic typically attracts the over 200 participants. This year the them is "Ask the Dust: A night of Open mic poetry, art, and music" Featuring guest poet Johnny Nelson. Fedoras and huaraches optional. For more information, please contact: Amanda Walzer-Prieto at: awalzerprieto@fullcoll.edu
Fullerton College Dance Department Presents Fullerton College Faculty Dance Concert Artistic Director Melanie Kay Rosa	November 6 & 7 8pm Campus Theater	Tickets: $15.00 Student, FC Faculty, Staff & Seniors: $10.00 Box Office: (714) 992-7150 Mon-Fri, 10:30am-3:30pm Fullerton College <click here> for more information
Fullerton College English Department Presents *An Evening of Personal Poetry:* 1st Annual FC Faculty Reading Event	Tuesday, November 10 7-8:30pm College Center, Rm 224-226	What fool said, "People who CAN'T do, teach"? Come hear three outstanding teacher-who-write read their original fiction and poetry are out First Annual FC Faculty Reading Event. Our guest faculty include: Jennifer Givhan, Bruce Henderson, and Mark Fullmer. No RSVP is required and all are invited to attend! Refreshments provide and a Q & A and book signing to follow the readings.
Fullerton College Veterans Services & Veterans Club Present Veterans Day Celebration	Wednesday, November 11 10am-1pm Quad	Join the Fullerton College Veterans Center and the Fullerton College student Veteran's Club for our first Veterans Day Celebration honoring the services of our veterans. Included in this event will be Veterans Workforce Specialist from EDD, Salvation Army Liberty Bell program, Garden Veteran Center, and representatives from the OC Behavioral Health Center. There will be pizza & drinks, and the ARMY will be bringing a Rockwall, along with other equipment.
Tales of a Golden State: The Mendez v. Westminster Story A Film by: Erica Bennett Admission is free!	Friday, November 13 12pm Wilshire Auditorium	In 1945 the Mendez, Guzman, Palomino, Estrada, and Ramirez families led a movement to integrate Orange County elementary school. They succeeded. This 40 minutes documentary weaves together family member memories of the case with the first public performance of Erica Bennett's play "El Primer Dia de Clases." This film focuses on civil rights, educational equality, and multicultural understanding of the landmark case that set the precedent for Brown v. Board of Education. It features many of the original family members who participated in this class action lawsuit and students from the college's Ethnic Studies Department.
RACE in the Age of Obama with Guest Lecturer Tim Wise Book signing at the Cadena Cultural Center, Room 212, immediately following Mr. Wise's Presentation	Wednesday, November 18 10:30am-11:30am In the Campus Theater	Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S., and has been called, "One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation," by best-selling author and professor Michael Eric Dyson, of Georgetown University. Wise has spoken in 48 states, and on over 400 college campuses, including Harvard, Stanford, and the Law Schools at Yale and Columbia, and has spoken to community groups around the nation. Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers nationwide, and has trained physicians and medical industry professionals on how to combat racial inequities in health care. He has also trained corporate, government, entertainment, military and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions, and has served as a consultant for plaintiff's attorneys in federal discrimination cases in New York and Washington State.
Fullerton College Theatre Arts Department Presents *Bent* Directed by Gary Krinke	Performances: Nov. 18-22	Berlin, 1934. Hitler's bloody purges begin with "The Night of the Long Knives", and Max Berber is caught up in the horror of Nazi Germany. After his lover, Rudy, is killed, Max is sent to Dachau concentration camp. Knowing that it is better to be classified as anything other than homosexual, he lies and tells prison officials that he is Jewish. Despite a series of constitution-breaking incidents, Max develops a relationship with fellow prisoner, Horst, who helps him discover his true self. Powerful and provocative, Bent is a monument to the strength of the human spirit.
Fullerton College Cadena Cultural Center Presents	Thursday November 19 4-6pm Cadena Cultural Center	The Cadena Cultural Center invites all poets, singers, and musicians, to our Open Mic Night! We will provide the microphone, speaker and CD & Ipod player; you provide your poetry, beats, jams, and/or musical instruments. For more information contact

DECEMBER
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Fullerton College Ethnic Studies Department, et. al. Presents: Kwanzaa Celebration!	Thursday December 4 12pm – 1:30pm Wilshire Auditorium	Come join in the celebration of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is the traditional African American celebration of family, community, and culture. Be proud of your culture or come to learn what it is all about. In addition to the libations ceremony, dancers from the Afro-Caribbean dance group will perform. All students are welcome to be a part of this celebration! For more information, please contact the Ethnic Studies Department 714-992-7109
The Fullerton College Music Department Presents: HOLIDAY CONCERT COMMUNITY BAND	Sunday Dec. 6 3pm Campus Theater

JANUARY
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Fullerton College
Art Gallery
Presents an exhibition of the works of

Elyse Pignolet
Photograph of artist Elyse Pignolet

Jan 28- Mar 2

An interest in social issues, news, headlines, maps, architectural plans, graffiti and urban themes drive this artist.
Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan 28 from 5-7pm
Special Evening Hours: Feb 1,9,17, & 25 from 5-7pm

For more information contact the
Fullerton College Art Gallery
(714) 992-7116, room 1004

FEBRUARY
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Fullerton College
Vietnamese Students Association
& Cadena Cultural Center
Present

Tet Festival
graphic of asian tiger for year of the tiger

2010 is the Year of the Tiger

Thursday
February 11
10am-12pm
(tentative)

Join us for this annual event hosted by the Vietnamese Student Association and the Cadena Cultural Center as we celebrate the Lunar New Year!
The VSA will educate and entertain us in their presentation celebrating one of the most important holidays in Vietnamese culture - Tet. Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

Fullerton College
Cadena Cultural Center
Presents

Black Student Forum

Tuesday
February 16
12-1:30pm
College Center Room 224

This forum is designed to get you connected with the African-American/Black Networks here at Fullerton College, our surrounding communities, and the CSU and UC. We anticipate that we will have guests from CSU Fullerton, UC Irvine, and other colleges. Topics covered will be student clubs, scholarships, negotiating family pressures, and any topic that participating students will address during a question and answer session. Cadena is your link to the resources you need to be a successful student at Fullerton College and beyond!

MARCH
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Fullerton College
Art Gallery
Presents an exhibition of the works of

Hung Liu
Photograph of Hung Liu

Mar 16-Apr 15

Hung Lui's monumental paintings are both literally and symbolically layered to express her personal Chinese history. Working from old photographs, Liu beautifully merges portrait images with traditional Chinese birds, flowers, and insects into loose drip stained canvases. This exhibition will be accompanied by an artist lecture and a series of demonstrations as part of the distinguished Fullerton College Artist in Residence Program.
Opening Reception: Thursday, Mar 16 from 5-7pm
Gallery Hours: Mon-Thu from 10am-2pm
Special Evening Hours: Mar 22, Apr 8 & 14 from 5-7pm

For more information contact the
Fullerton College Art Gallery
(714) 992-7116, room 1004

The Fullerton College
Child Development Department, et. al.
Presents:

Kindercaminata

FC Student
Volunteers needed!

Friday
March 19
8am-2pm
Quad

KinderCaminata is a combination of the German word for children, Kinder, and the Spanish word, Caminata, which translates as "promenade" or to "walk at an event." Through hard work and dedication, KinderCaminata has become a walk through a college dreamscape of "career" booths, entertainment, and joyous encounters with business and professional role models. Kindergartners witness experiments, listen to each other's hearts with stethoscopes, talk to fire fighters, police officers, teachers, doctors, nurses, professional athletes, and more.
For more information, please visit the FC Kindercaminata website <here>.

The Fullerton College
Music Department
Presents:
38th Annual

Jazz Festival

Fri. Mar 26
&
Sat Mar 27
Quad

We would like to extend an invitation to participate in the 38th ANNUAL FULLERTON COLLEGE JAZZ FESTIVAL. The goals of the festival, which has grown into one of the largest and most prestigious festivals of its kind are the education and promotion of jazz music, both vocal and instrumental. To this end, we feature many clinics and workshops in addition to the adjudication aspect of our festival. Starting at 9:00 a.m., there will be clinics continuing through the day, covering a wide variety of subjects.

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FC Humanities Division Welcomes Visiting Poet: Luke Warm Water	Tuesday April 15 7-9pm Wilshire Auditorium	Luke Warm Water is an Oglala Lakota, born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. He writes within the context of contemporary American Indian life, especially within urban communities. Many of his poems contain unsafe topics; they have perspectives of racial issues past and present, poverty and dysfunctional misadventures. But they also have sense of hope and a thread humor; often dark humor. Luke received a 2005 Archibald Bush Foundation artist fellowship, also a 2005 South Dakota Arts Council grant, both in poetry. He has competed and featured at Slam poetry events throughout the U.S. and in Europe. For more information, please contact the Humanities Division Office Room 522 (714) 992-7036
Fullerton College Associated Students, Inter-Club Council, and Student Affairs Present Festival of Diversity	Thursday April 22 10am-1:15pm Quad Rain Date: April 29	The Cadena Cultural Center is proud to support our Associated Students, Inter-Club Council, and Student Affairs with their Festival of Diversity. Come join the entire campus community as our students celebrate cultural diversity through song, dance, and music. (College Hour 12N - 1pm) For more information, please contact the Student Affairs Office College Center, Room 223 (714) 992-7095.
The Fullerton College Art Gallery Presents Fullerton College Student Art Exhibition	Apr 29 - May 11 Fullerton College Art Gallery Room 1004	Shows: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Mon, May 3, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Tue, May 4, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Tue, May 4, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Wed, May 5, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Wed, May 5, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Thu, May 6, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Mon, May 10, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Mon, May 10, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Tue, May 11, 2010 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Details: This annual exhibition presents the best of the best artwork created during the 2009-2010 academic year. Cash prizes will be awarded to the students who demonstrate the highest artistic merit. Many works will be available for purchase. Opening Reception: Thursday, April 29 from 5pm - 7pm Awards presentation at 6pm. For more information contact the Fullerton College Art Gallery (714) 992-7116, room 1004
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Fullerton College Dance Department Presents Fullerton College Faculty Dance Concert	May 7 & 8 8pm in the Campus Theater	DETAILS: This evening of concert dance will feature choreography from the faculty and guest artists along with performances and choreography from selected Fullerton College dance students. <click here> for more info. Artistic Director Melanie Kay Rosa. Tickets: $15.00 Students, FC Faculty, Staff & Seniors: $10.00 Box Office (714) 992-7150 Mon - Fri 10:30am-3:30pm

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