FOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY
DATE: April 8, 2009
CONTACT: Yoshiko
Harden: (206) 878-3710, ext. 3041; yharden@highline.edu
Lisa Skari: (206) 870-3705;
lskari@highline.edu
Highline
Community College’s diversity week returns for 12th year
More than 750
people attended last year’s programs and activities
DES
MOINES,
Now
in its 12th year, Unity Through Diversity Week is one of Highline’s biggest
events. More than 750 people attended last year’s free educational programs and
activities.
Dates:
April 27 to
May 1, 2009
Times:
Various times
Price:
Free and open to the public
Location:
Highline’s
main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street
and Pacific Highway South (Highway 99); address: 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines,
WA 98198.
Website:
www.highline.edu/stuserv/multicultural/unityweek.html
Events include:
·
Masters
of the Universe: The Mis-Education of Powerful People
10-10:50
a.m. Monday, April 27; Highline Student Union (Building 8),
Gary
Howard, president and founder of the
·
Jazz
Concert
12:10-1:13 p.m. Monday, April
27; Building 7
Listen to an eclectic jazz
concert featuring Jovino Santos Neto, Joe Locke and Highline professor Dr. Ben
Thomas.
·
Cultural
Competence and Courageous Practice: Creating Inclusive and Equitable
Institutional Environments
1:30-3 p.m. Monday, April 27;
Building 2
In this interactive session,
education activist and author Gary Howard provides a framework for
understanding and engaging issues of social justice and shares a three-stage
model of assessing Highline’s environment.
·
Between
Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
9-10:30
a.m. Tuesday, April 28; Highline Student Union (Building 8),
Tim
Wise is among the most prominent antiracist writers and activists in the
·
Immigration
Law Clinic
11-11:50 a.m. Wednesday, April
29; Building 2
Attorney Gilberto Gómez,
foreign law consultant for AMS Law of
·
Immigration
Reform
12:10-1:13 p.m. Wednesday,
April 29; Building 7
Attorney Gilberto Gómez
discusses the struggles behind immigration reform and the realities that
undocumented people face. Originally from
·
Thou
Shalt Not Love: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays
10 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Thursday,
April 30; Highline Student Union (Building 8),
Dr. Patrick Chapman critiques
evangelical arguments against homosexuality from an anthropological perspective
while also drawing upon science and biblical scholarship.
·
Breaking
Down Barriers in the Community College System
1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, April 30;
Highline Student Union (Building 8),
Community college faculty
members Dr. Lisa Aguilera Lawrenson and Dr. Marcia Somer share the findings of
their separate doctoral research titled, “Why Are So Few Hispanics Graduating
from College?” and “Where are the Asian American Female Community College
Leaders?” This panel discussion is facilitated by Lonnie Somer from HCC’s
Anthropology department.
·
Highline
Drag Show
6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 30;
Highline Student Union (Building 8), Mt. Townsend Room
This second annual event
features performers from the drag queen and king communities.
·
S.O.N.
– Sun of Nun
9-9:50 a.m. Friday, May 1;
Highline Student Union (Building 8),
S.O.N., a political hip-hop
artist, activist and former
·
For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow was Enuf
Noon to 1 p.m. Friday, May 1;
Building 7
Eight
Highline women perform this choreopoem and play written by Ntozake Shange. The
piece explores racism, sexism and poverty through story, poetry and movement.
Sponsored
by: HCC’s
Multicultural Services, Student Programs ‑ Center for Leadership and
Service, Learning and
With
the most diverse population of any college in
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