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E-Newsletter Extras!
As you may know, in the past our E-Newsletters have been quite lengthy. To reduce the length the newsletter we have decided to not include every material that is sent to us. However, we feel that all the information is vital to students and should some way be communicated to them. Therefore each week all the information that was not directly included in the E-Newsletter will now be posted here on the site. Each week please check the page out in order check out what you may have missed.
This Week’s E-Newsletter Extras:
- Alternative Summer Break: Uganda
ASB SUMMER IN UGANDA
** This trip will take place between May 23 - June 24 2010. USC Student Group, RAYSE (Rise of African Youth Through Self-Empowerment) is dedicated to educating, empowering, and enriching the lives of women and children in Uganda, and eventually all of Africa. We are committed to providing a learning environment where youth in Africa (initially Uganda) can develop the leadership skills needed to create a new generation of leaders in Africa. In partnership with the USC volunteer center, we invite all undergraduate and graduate students to apply for the 2nd Annual Summer Break Volunteer Trip to Uganda. Participants will travel to Kampala, Uganda to work with the Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association (A.G.Y.A.) for a co-curricular service learning alternative break trip. Promoting active participation and international awareness, this trip will teach students how to learn and develop through action-oriented service that meets community needs and teaches students important lessons about Ugandan culture. Unlike academic service learning, the co-curricular service-learning model is not anchored in a specific course, and entails a structured "reflection" time, thus allowing students to evaluate, assess, and share the service experience with their home communities. Students will design their own curriculums, and work collaboratively with the A.G.Y.A. Staff to teach workshops. Students will also volunteer at local schools and an orphanage, and will complete a community service project that benefits the community of Nabulagala where A.G.Y.A. operates. rayse@usc.edu. Info Sessions 11.03.09 7-7:50 PM VKC 208
11.04.09 1-1:50 PM VKC 202
11.09.09 11-11:50 AM VKC 210
11.09.09 4-4:50 PM THH109
11.10.09 5-5:50 PM VKC 209 To learn more about A.G.Y.A., visit http://www.amagezigemaanyi.blogspot.com learn more about the trip, visit: http://sait.usc.edu/volunteer/alternativebreakdetails.asp?id=36 To The application is attached -- the deadline has been extended to Friday November, 13 2009 by 5PM and should be dropped of in HSH101. Further questions should be directed to RAYSE Co-Presidents Marianna Ferrono and Jillian Chou at
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- " Native Visions: Two Documentaries on Indigenous Mexican Culture"
FILM AT REDCAT PRESENTS
Mon Dec 14 | 8:30 pm
Jack H. Skirball Series
$9 [students $7, CalArts $5]
Native Visions: Two Documentaries on Indigenous Mexican Culture
2501 Migrants: A Journey by Yolanda Cruz
Day Two by Dante Cerano
2501 Migrants: A Journey / Reencuentros: 2501 Migrantes (Mexico/USA, 2008, 53 min.) examines the effects of mass emigration in the Oaxacan town of Teococuilco, virtually deserted after most of its adult indigenous population departed to look for work in the United States or Mexico City. Yolanda Cruz’s documentary tells the story of artist Alejandro Santiago, who sets out to create a monumental installation of 2501 life-size sculptures of all the people who left. Because Teococuilco, he feels, is… so empty. The program also features Dante Cerano’s award-winning video essay Day Two / Día dos (Mexico, 2004, 23 min.), an idiosyncratic and irreverent take on the second day of a P’urhepecha wedding ceremony.
Both works offer rare insights into contemporary indigenous Mexico that scramble easy dichotomies of self-representation versus the ethnographic gaze, static tradition versus global forces of change, and indigenous culture versus Western “high art” or popular culture. Documentarian Yolanda Cruz finds parallels of communal artmaking between her subject Santiago’s commemorative repopulation of his Oaxacan village and her editing suite in Los Angeles, while P’urhepecha videomaker Dante Cerano deploys both pastiche and humor in his genre-bending chronicle of a wedding.
In person: Yolanda Cruz
On 2501 Migrants: A Journey
Cruz allows her subjects to tell the story in their own words. But the perspective is uniquely hers, a reflection of someone with an intimate knowledge of both sides of the border.
– Los Angeles Times
Santiago’s sculptures are larger than life, rough-hewn, scarred and sturdy like the people who have left his village of Teococuilco de Marcos Perez. He dreamed up the project as a way to repopulate the village – at least symbolically, to create challenging jobs for those left behind and to ultimately lure back some [of] the community’s former inhabitants with improved job opportunities in his workshop….
Santiago and I are both from Oaxaca – one of Mexico’s poorest states and both of us have created art that comments on the state’s status as a leading exporter of human labor to the United States. Both of us left home as children and returned to find our communities irreversibly altered by mass migration to the United States. We each had a foot in two worlds – our home state of Oaxaca and the international community of artists, filmmakers and funders. And we were both creating work that tried to make sense of mass migration from rural Mexico to the United States….
When the production reached 80 hours of footage, I stopped filming and returned to Los Angeles to begin the editing process. I had interviewed everyone that had a relationship with Alejandro, his friends, his mother, his wife and the 25 workers…. I hired a team of five people who were transcribing, translating, digitizing and building sequences with the best sound bites. We started making a film per person, per issue, but I knew an eight-hour film would… be accepted neither by the funders nor the audience. We edited for eight months, five days a week, while I pressured the team to cut, cut, cut. And during the weekends we would host dinners to have friends watch rough cuts and provide feedback. This structure became remarkably similar to Alejandro’s communal workshop. In a Los Angeles editing suite, my own community-based approach paid homage to Alejandro’s work far off in Oaxaca.
– Yolanda Cruz
Yolanda Cruz: Biography and Filmography
Yolanda Cruz is an indigenous Chatino from Oaxaca, Mexico, and the producer-director of seven award-winning documentaries. Her work has received the support of prestigious organizations such as the Rockefeller foundation, Latino Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation. It has also screened at film festivals and museums internationally, including the Sundance Film Festival, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Park la Villette in Paris, the National Geographic All Roads Film Project and the National Institute of Cinema in Mexico City. The UCLA film school alumna is fluent in English, Spanish and Chatino, and harbors a passionate drive to increase the representation of indigenous people in the media.
2501 Migrants: A Journey (2008, 53 min., DVCAM)
Freedom to Marry (2007, 30 min., DVCAM)
Freedom to Dream: Rights of Immigrants (2007, 30 min., DVCAM)
Freedom to Learn: School to Prison Pipeline (2007, 30 min., DVCAM)
Bi-national Dreams (2005, 30 min., DVCAM)
Women Who Organize Make Progress (2004, 15 min., DVCAM)
The Ones Who Come to Visit / Guenatíza (2003, 15 min., DVCAM)
Within Dreams (2000, 6 min., 16mm)
On Day Two
While… Cerano’s Día dos does not sit well within any existing genre within the larger rubric of nonfiction, it is nonetheless engaged in a highly self-conscious play with recognizable genres, especially those of the ethnographic film and of the wedding video, while not remaining within either of those genre’s conventions. Cerano’s pastiche of genres extends beyond these two principal references; one interjection, an awkward montage of tight shots of Corona bottles being consumed at the festivities, accompanied by music of Vivaldi, is a ham-fisted parody of an advertisement for beer. This sequence, introduced with an intertitle: “la sonata de la cerveza” and a graphic of a beer bottle, suggest[s] a kind of intertextuality closer to the spirit of Austin Powers than visual anthropology….
[Yet, like] an ethnographic film, the video is clearly directed at outsiders; it explains otherwise incomprehensible features of the ritual through a sparse and irreverent voice-over narration, read by the director. A graphic summary, stylistically indebted to an Eighties-era video game, summarizes the relationships and movements over an electronic beat. Although the electronica may be alien to the context of a traditional P’urhepecha wedding, the strategy of a schematic summary, a simplified, animated diagram that explains complex social relations, movements and exchange, is not at all an unprecedented one in ethnographic film….
The electronic dance music is only one of multiple non-diegetic music excerpts included in the soundtrack, excerpts that range from hip-hop to… baroque, from kitschy neo-lounge to a repeated guitar riff by the 1970s stadium rock band Heart…. In the context of the wedding video, however, this sort of insertion of non-diegetic and seemingly out of place musical citations, often for comic effect, is not at all outside the norm….
As James Moran points out, the wedding video is a genre that implodes the classic binaries of amateur/professional, private/public and artisanal/industrial. The text on the screen at the video’s opening, from the transcendental to the banal, situate[s] Cerano’s work within the commonplaces of the wedding video genre…. This list, mixing the clichés of the ritual with what might be items on a wedding videographer’s shot list place us firmly within the realm of the formulaic….
Beyond the generic pastiche and irreverent humor of the video, Cerano’s Dia dos articulates a position that is at once that of an insider and an outsider, a position that I would argue is emblematic of the indigenous media maker…. Día dos is, I believe, exemplary of the way that new digital technologies and non-linear editing software have enabled not just a new class of practitioner, but new representations of native Mexico.
– Jesse Lerner, Dante Cerano’s Día dos: Sex, Kinship and Videotape
Dante Cerano: Biography and Filmography
For the past decade, P’urhepecha director Dante Cerano has explored questions of cultural identity. Día dos won the Best Artistic Creation Award at the 7th Festival Americano de Cine y Video de Pueblos Indígenas in Chile in 2004. Cerano is the first indigenous filmmaker in Mexico to work in fiction – Uarhicha en la Muerte (2003) is a story of love and witchcraft in a contemporary P’urhepecha community. In 2003 he received the Young Creators grant given by the Mexican arts foundation Fondo Nacional de la Cultura y de las Artes (FONCA). Cerano leads youth media training workshops through the organization Exe Video, and produces traditional and contemporary P’urhepecha music. He is from Cheranatzicurin, Michoacán.
– excerpted from Native Networks, National Museum of the American Indian
Cheranasticotown (2005)
Day Two / Día dos (2004)
Uarhicha en la muerte (2003)
St. Cecilia, Patron of Musicians / Santa Cecilia, patrona de los musico (2002)
To See Again / Volver a ver (2001)
Holy Water / Agua bendita (2000)
New Year, New Life / Año nuevo, vida nueva (2000)
Corn Stalks / Xanini (1999)
The Maturity Game / Ch’a nantskua, el juego de la madurez (1999)
Forest Resources / Recursos forestales (1998)
Return Here / Junkua Axu, regresa aqui (1997)
Guest curated by Jesse Lerner with Steve Anker
Funded in part with generous support from Wendy Keys and Donald Pels
REDCAT is located at 631 West 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 – in downtown Los Angeles at the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets, inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Parking is available in the Walt Disney Concert Hall parking structure and in adjacent lots.
Tickets are $9 for the general public, $7 for students with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased by calling 213.237.2800, at www.redcat.org , or in person at the REDCAT Box Office on the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets (30 minutes free parking with validation). Box Office Hours: Tue-Sat | noon–6 pm and two hours prior to curtain.
- Alternative Spring Break
The Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs is proud to present an Alternative Spring Break trip to Montgomery, Alabama. The vision of the this year’s ASB Montgomery trip is a service learning program that will allow students to explore historical events and legislation that has affected families living in rural, southern communities while providing hands on service. ASB participants will take part in outings, engage in discussions groups, and make a positive impact to a community in need. Because this trip requires some commitment, all students are required to attend all pre-trip orientation meetings as well as participate in fundraising events. In addition, all students are expected to participate in the duration of the trip and adhere to an alcohol/drug free policy in order to maintain the service spirit of our trips. This year we plan to work with Habitat for Humanity in areas surrounding Montgomery, Alabama. This trip will take place between March 12th to 20th 2010.
Info Sessions:
Sept. 29th @ 2 pm (STU 413)
Oct 1st @ 5:30 pm (STU 415)
Oct 9th @ 12:30 pm (STU 413)
Applications are available in STU 415 or at www.usc.edu/cbcsa
Deadline: Oct. 23, 2009 by 5pm in STU 415
- Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
For seniors or recent graduates.
By Dec. 4 Application: Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program (May 17 to July 24, 2010) From Austin Comadre Diana Gorham Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Accepting Applications for the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program Deadline December 4, 2009. http://www.kff. org/minorityheal th/bjscholars/ index.cfm An initiative of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, particularly those affecting racial and ethnic minority and underserved communities.
Through the ten-week program (May 17-July 24, 2010), scholars gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure and health policy issues while further developing their critical thinking and leadership skills. In addition to gaining experience in a congressional office,scholars participate in seminars and site visits as a way of augmenting their knowledge of healthcare issues and write and present
a health policy research memo that addresses a problem of concern to disadvantaged populations.
Eligible candidates must be U.S. citizens who will be seniors or recent graduates (less than two years) of an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall of 2010. Graduate students and individuals with an advanced degree are not eligible to apply. Successful applicants will show evidence of academic achievement and will either be a member of a population that is adversely affected by racial or ethnic disparities in health and/or have experience working in or with programs that address health issues disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minorities or underserved communities or have done previous academic work related to health disparities.
Scholars receive approximately $7,500 in support, which includes a stipend of $2,000 upon successful completion of the program, a daily expense allowance for meals and local transportation, transportation/ airfare to and from Washington, D.C., and lodging at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Visit the KFF Web site for complete program information. http://www.kff. org/minorityheal th/bjscholars/ index.cfm
http://www.kff. org/minorityheal th/bjscholars/ bjsapplication. cfm
- Campus Catalyst Position
Border Stylo is looking for stellar personalities. We’re a rapidly growing internet start-up that’s ready to shift some paradigms, and we want you to be a part of it. We’re assembling a team of Campus Catalysts who will help champion our new web product, Glass, on campuses across the US. (It’s so new, we haven’t even announced it yet. So if you get the job, you’ll be one of the first to even know of its existence and what it is.) We want those creative thinkers and doers who love new technology and keeping ahead of the curve. The perfect candidate is also hungry for top-notch, real-world experience. Since you’ll be working from your couch and your campus, you should be responsible, detail-oriented, outgoing, creative and curious. You’ll be one of the first people in the world to get an invite to Glass and you’ll be out there sharing it with others and getting feedback as well. This is great training for those interested in technology, start-ups, marketing, advertising, business, people who just like access to things before everyone else, and people who like legitimately cool things. Although the position is an unpaid internship, you’ll be considered an integral part of our growing team. In addition to school credit, being a Catalyst has plenty of perks. 1) Real-world experience and responsibility (No grunt work—we aren’t fans of those internships that just give you filing or ask you to fetch coffee. We want you to learn, too.)
2) The inside scoop on Glass while we’re in stealth mode
3) Invitation codes to hand out during the private Beta phase*
4) Catalyst Gear that only people in the company get
5) Swag to share
6) The potential for an all-expense paid trip to meet the founders and Catalysts from other colleges (Our offices are pretty nice, if we do say so ourselves) Procrastinators need not apply, as you will be supervising yourself most of the time. (We believe you should be treated as adults.) Being a Catalyst only requires 6-8 hours of work per week that can be completed from your couch or on your campus, this includes regular communication with our College Outreach Coordinator via email or phone. To apply for this internship, please send us your resume to catalyst@borderstylo.com. Please put your school and name in the subject line of your email. No faxes please! (We’re an internet company…) And, if you want, include some interesting details about yourself as to why we should hire you, we’ll read those too. We look forward to hearing from you. Virtual high five! *Note: We want to make sure we are clear that our product will initially be by invitation only…seriously, you will be a gatekeeper on your campus. This is a pretty early look and you’ll be working with some exciting and confidential information.
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- Capital Fellows Programs Applications Now Available
CALIFORNIA STATE - SACRAMENTO Applications for the Capital Fellows Programs are now available online and the postmark deadline is February 24, 2010- www.csus.edu/calst/programs
· California Senate Fellows
· Executive Fellowship Program
· Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program
· Judicial Administration Fellowship Program
Prepare for a Future Career…Engage yourself in Public Service. Apply for a Capital Fellowship Today!
- Career Center: Senior Job Club
The Career Center is launching a new program for
graduating seniors called Senior Job Club. Please let your students know. According to experts, there is an *84% *success rate in finding
employment when joining a group of other job-hunters (compared to a 7%
success rate when searching online on your own). In an effort to help improve your job outlook, the Career Planning &
Placement Center will be facilitating a series of discussions every
Friday from October 23rd through November 20th for seniors graduating in
December 2009, May 2010, and August 2010. /The purpose?/ To identify opportunities, discuss job search and career
issues, build leads, and connect with like-minded students (as well as
employers). /The benefits?/ You increase your opportunities, establish potential
lifetime relationships, and you control the direction of the meetings
through your questions and concerns. Lunch is allowed, so bring your brown bag. It is a come-as-you-need event, so you do not need to attend all the
meetings to be part of the club. *Senior Job Club*
Friday, October 23, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Trojan Presentation Room, STU B3 _With the following additional dates and locations, all from 12:00 to
1:00 p.m._:
October 30 - Cardinal & Gold Conference Room, STU B6
November 6 - Cardinal & Gold Conference Room, STU B6
November 13 - Cardinal & Gold Conference Room, STU B6
November 20 - Cardinal & Gold Conference Room, STU B6
- Career Planning & Placement Center Events
Tuesday, November 17thUSC Marshall’s annual Dining and Event Protocol Dinner
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Town and Gown
Wednesday, November 18thWho's Hiring: Green Careers
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Trojan Presentation Room, Student Union B3
Choosing your Major (Natural Sciences) Workshop - presented by the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Leavey Library
Friday, November 20th2009 Boston Career Forum
4:00 - 4:00 pm
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
From East to West: How to Navigate the U.S. Job Search
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Trojan Presentation Room, Student Union B3
For Graduate Level International Students Only
Senior Job Club: Best Ways to Present Yourself in Interviews and Networking Opportunities
12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Casa 0101! "The Cleaning Lady"
Coming up at CASA 0101
The World Premiere of
THE CLEANING LADY
Written by Josefina Lopez and Christopher Chacon
Directed by Hector Rodriguez
A super-natural comedy about a young Latina who works as a
cleaning lady during the day and a spiritual cleaning lady at night.
October 16–November 22
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 5 PM
(No performance Halloween night Saturday October 31st)
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************************* WANT TO BE A PRODUCED PLAYWRIGHT? Join Josefina Lopez, Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater Art Space, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, author of Real Women Have Curves and Hungry Woman in Paris, as she teaches the basics of storytelling, playwriting, and screenwriting. Learn how to write a ten minute play or a full length play or screenplay or an outline for your novel. Learn the secrets of being a professional writer. Plays that are created and completed in the writing workshop will be seriously considered for production at CASA 0101. Here's your opportunity to get produced! WHEN: Tuesdays, Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2009 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Beginning Writing 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Intermediate Writing 9:30 - 11:00 p.m. Advanced Writing Students can attend all three classes or just the one that suits their writing ability.
$10.00 suggested donation for each class (all three in one evening or just one). No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All classes will take place at Brooklyn & Boyle Literary and Artistic Salon
2003 E. First St., L.A., CA 90033, in Boyle Heights (Cross Street is Cummings.) To register, just show up the day of the class.
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YOUTH ACTING CLASSES (ages 7-15)
Sept 12–Oct 31
10 AM to Noon Saturdays at CASA 0101
2009 E. 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033 Taught by Eddie Padilla
Class will culminate with a special performance on Halloween weekend
(October 31st), directed by Carmelita Maldonado and written by Josefina Lopez Class is FREE!! Please come early to all classes.
To reserve spot call 323-263-7684
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Stay tuned for: BHLIFE
(Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza!)
at CASA 0101 December 11-13
For more information about these and other events visit www.casa0101.org
Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/CASA0101
Or on Facebook: CASA0101
- Cash for College - Be On Television - Volunteer for Univision A Su Lado
Hola amigos!
The Chamber is hosting the 8th Annual Cash for College Convention on October 28 and 29. The Convention was created to educate students and their families on the process of getting to and paying for college, and to raise awareness about the many different careers available to students if they pursue higher education.
Univision (Channel 34) is providing us with the opportunity to raise awareness about the Convention and to answer basic questions about financial aid/college admissions through their “34 A Su Lado” segment. We need 50 Spanish-speaking volunteers to help us staff phone lines from 4:30 am to 8:00 am on Tuesday October 20 at the Univision Call Center - 5999 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
Volunteers will be provided with a script of frequently asked questions, breakfast, and the opportunity to help students and families understand the process of getting to college!
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the attached registration form. If you don't speak Spanish yourself, or are not convinced by having to get up before 4:30 am J, please pass this on to people in your networks.
Thanks!
Paola Santana | Pillar Business-Education Partnership Coordinator
LOS ANGELES AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
350 S. Bixel St. | Los Angeles, CA 90017
Ph: 213.580.7553 | Fax: 213.482.0814
psantana@lachamber.com | www.lachamber.com | www.lausd.net
Learn more about Pillar: www.pillarLA.
- Center for Women and Men Newsletter
Apply to attend the 6th Annual Women’s Leadership- The Center for Women and Men will be hosting its 6th Annual Women’s Leadership Retreat the weekend of February 26th- 28th, 2010 in the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains. * The retreat is FREE and open to all undergraduate and graduate women who are interested in a fun and empowering weekend of activities and workshops. The weekend will cultivate leadership skills and foster friendships, while keeping women’s concerns at the forefront. * If you are interested in attending the retreat, please fill out and return an application by January 15, 2010. Applications are available at The Center for Women and Men (Student Union 202C) or online- click here. You may also call the Center for Women and Men for additional information (213) 740-4900 Liked the Men Care posters in the past? Then you’ll love our new one… USC Men Care launches its Trojans Make the Right Decisions campaign, which address real-world questions. * Pick up a free poster for your door in STU 202C. And if you have a question you’d like to submit for a future poster, submit anonymously in a drop-off box in the Center for Women & Men or e-mail it (non-anonymously) to mencare@usc.edu. The Center for Women and Men is currently forming Support Groups for sexual assault survivors. *For more information or to sign up for a group, please call or email Sheetal Chib: 213-740-4900 or schib@usc.edu * Accepting new members Fall 2009 * LGBT Resource Center and GLBTA will be sponsoring USC’s third annual Gender Justice Month all of November *To get more information about Gender Justice Month’s events, click here Take Back the Night- TBtN is recruiting amazing leaders, feminists, and activists to be committee members for TBtN 2010! Take Back the Night is a week of events educating USC students on sexual violence, domestic abuse, and safer sex * The next meeting is November 18th at 5:30 PM in THH 212, anyone interested is welcome to attend * For the application and more information, click here Alternative Spring Breaks: * Manzanar -Sign up for the 5th annual Mini-Alternative Spring Break program sponsored by Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS) to explore the history and reality of Manzanar National Historic Site, known during World War II as Manzanar War Relocation Center * Hawaii- In partnership with the School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, join their team as they learn about issues of sovereignty and explore the history of Hawaii *for applications and more information, click here Gender- Related News From the New York Times: Women’s Rights for Political Power? click here From the LA Times: Mammogram guidelines spark heated debate, click here From the LA Times: Women still largely absent in California board rooms, click here Sexual Violence in the News From ABC News: DOD Sexual Assault Report, click here From the New York Times: Richmond to Honor Teen Who Called Police In Gang Rape, click here You are receiving this e-news because you are subscribed to the USC Center for Women & Men listserv. To unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to cwm@usc.edu with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. To learn more about the USC Center for Women & Men, please visit www.usc.edu/cwm If you would like to advertise and/or promote an event through our list serve, email us at cwm@usc.edu. USC CENTER FOR WOMEN AND MEN | STUDENT UNION, SUITE 202C TEL: 213.740.4900 | FAX: 213.740.2638 EMAIL: cwm@usc.edu | WEBSITE: http://www.usc.edu/cwm
- Ernst & Young Career & Leadership Impact Conference
Ernst & Young in partnership with USC's ALPFA, BBSA, LBSA and NABA student organizations is proud to present the Ernst & Young Career & Leadership Impact Conference (EY CLIC). EY CLIC will consist of 3 interactive, inspiring and impactful evenings designed to equip USC's business and accounting students with the tools to effectively prepare for their careers, develop their leadership abilities, and realize the power of their unique diversity. Opportunities will abound to participate in engaging activities, hear inspirational stories of success, and network with business professionals and like-minded USC students. Additional details on the Conference are below: November 10th
"Creating Impact Through Career & Skill Development"
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Davidson Conference Center November 11th
"Launching Impact Through Leadership"
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Davidson Conference Center
November 12th
"Igniting Impact Through Inclusiveness & Diversity"
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Radisson Hotel
Special Guest Speaker: Ken Bouyer, Americas' Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, Ernst & Young
- Please reference Ken Bouyer's attached bio This Conference is FREE of charge and will also include the following:
- Refreshments each evening
- Giveaways
- Raffle items
- Musical entertainment A flyer is attached for additional reference. To register for 1 or more of the 3 evenings of EY CLIC, please RSVP via the following link: http://response.ey.com/CSG3/?RSVP_10-11-12 (cut and paste the link into your web browser). The Ernst & Young Career & Leadership Impact Conference will not be your typical career event. We expect that you will truly be impacted as a future business leader and career professional in training, and that you will realize the value and power of your unique diversity. Come and be part of the EY CLIC!
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- Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week!
http://www.usc.edu/org/gpss/gpsaw2009
Graduate and Professional
Students Appreciation Week 2009
(GPSAW)
November 7th to November 14th
Join this national celebration of highlighting the achievements of graduate students and their impact on the intellectual, social and all-encompassing development of the society. We recognize that after four long years of undergrad education, when a person picks up his or her books again to pursue the timeless tradition of Einstein, Nobel and Chomsky, it is not an easy path he or she chooses. We plan to highlight the achievements our graduate and professional students community, and send out a big “shout out” to them.
Tour of the San Antonio Winery
November 7th, from 12pm to 2pm @ the San Antonio Winery
(737 Lamar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031)
Join us for a tour of the last of more than one hundred producing wineries that once lined the Los Angeles River Basin.
The San Antonio Winery consists of a popular restaurant, a comprehensive tasting room, and an international wine shop with hundreds of domestic and imported labels.
We will tour the winery, enjoy a complementary wine tasting, and have a relaxing lunch in the winery dining hall, while learning about the health benefits associated with wine.
To RSVP email Pallavi Sharma at erpallavisharma@gmail.com.
A mandatory payment of $5 is required to reserve your place for the event.
Please write "San Antonio Winery" in the email subject.
2nd Annual Graduate Research Fair
November 8th, from 4pm to 7pm
Parkside International Residential College Room 1016
The graduate research fair is a chance for graduate students from all departments to present research posters from their respective fields, and to socialize. Students will have an opportunity to ask give and receive feedback on their research and interact with presenters. Feel free to come and present your research, or come and simply support and enjoy the work of your peers.
Prizes totaling $500 will be awarded for the top posters
If you would like to present your research at this event,
email CHRIS RIVERA at riverac@usc.edu, or Click here to register for the event.
GRUF BarbecueNovember 8th, from 4pm to 7pm
Parkside Arts & Humanities Residential College (Courtyard)
In conjunction with the 2nd Annual Graduate Research Fair, join GRUF for our
Annual BBQ!
Come out for some good old-fashioned hamburgers and (kosher) hotdogs!
Come meet and mingle with your fellow graduate and undergraduate students!
For questions, email either
Vivi Tolani at btolani@usc.edu or Celso Delgado at celsodel@usc.edu
International Violence Film Screening / Discussion
November 9th, from 7pm to 9pm @ WPH B27
Since 1998, a brutal war has shaken the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Over 4 million people have died. And there are the uncountable casualties:
tens of thousands of women and girls kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured
by soldiers from both foreign militias and the Congolese army. The world knows nothing of these women.
Join us for a thought-provoking viewing of The Greatest Silence,
winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize in Documentary
and inspiration for a 2008 U.N. Resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war,
and an engaging discussion about sexual violence against women in the Congo.
For questions, email Jazminne Orozco at jnorozco@usc.edu
Grad BoutiqueNovember 10th, from 5pm to 8pm @
USC Center for Occupational Therapy & Lifestyle Redesign (2653 Hoover Blvd.)
Calling All Graduate Students!
Come for a massage, learn how to breathe in peace, and breathe out stress,
or just relax with friends, while enjoying a glass of wine and some healthy snacks
A Bath and Body Works' raffle will also take place.
For questions,
contact Vivi Tolani @ btolani@usc.edu or Celso Delgado @ celsodel@usc.edu
Medical Communication SeminarNovember 11th, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm @ PSC B13
(Pharmacy building basement, next to Seaver Residence Hall)
How many minutes do you think a physician spends with their patient?
Did you know that your communication skills can prevent malpractice?
Come learn more about the issues surrounding communication in all health professions There will be a small lunch and drinks available for those who RSVP
To RSVP, email Richard Dang @ rdang@usc.edu
Take a Hike through Griffith Park
November 12th, from 6pm to 8pm @ Griffith Park
Do you need a reprieve from the concrete jungle that is Los Angeles?
Are you ready to meet new people and get light workout?
Join our hike, with the the Los Angeles Sierra Club members, and view breath taking beauty from the heights of the Griffith Park
Trails for beginners and advanced hikers are available
Transportation and water will be provided
For questions, email M. Ali Amer @ mamer@usc.edu
Explore LA LiveNovember 12th, from 5pm to 10pm (LA Live)
Join us on a tour through the Grammy Musuem and then head over to the ESPN Zone to watch the 2009 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers take on the Phoenix Suns!
Grammy Museum admission and transportation to and from the event are inlcuded.
RSVP required
To RSVP, email Ryan Itchon @ itchon@usc.edu
Laugh Factory : Live Standup ComedyNovember 13th, from 9pm to 11pm @ The Laugh Factory
Who doesn't enjoy a good laugh?
Join us at the Laugh Factory, which has been putting smiles on people's face since 1979
Come see the legendary stage which once hosted famous comedians such as
Jamie Fox, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and Richard Pryor!
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to visit this renowned comedy club!
RSVP required- email Silas Criss @ scriss@usc.edu
Visions of Vermont : Neighborhoods of OpportunityNovember 14th, from 10:30am to 12:30pm @ St. Agnes Church (2625 S Vermont Ave)
Are you satisfied with our neighborhood's design? Do you think our neighborhood should have more bike lanes?
Do we have enough local parks and sufficient access to public transportation?
If you're interested in community development, join local residents and community leaders to address any and of your questions!
Help your community plan an equitable and thriving neighborhood by designing the neighborhood of your dreams, through community planning exercises, simulations, discussion, and education about the community plan process
By the way... there'll be Free Mexican Food!
Please contact Daniel Wu @ wudaniel@usc.edu for more information GPSAW is sponsored by:
GPSS, URSC, VGSA, the Occupational Therapy Department, the Chemistry Department, Center for Women and Men, and GRUF BG
- Help a graduate assistant
Greetings CLS Members, My name is Rodolfo Victoria and I am a first-generation Mexican-American. I am currently a 4th year doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University.One of the major requirements I have to complete for me to continue in my program is the completion of a research competency project. I'm happy to report that I am in the data collection phase of this project. For thisproject I am interested in enhancing people?s understanding of Hispanics?/Latinos? sociocultural experience in the U.S. In order to accomplish this, I am asking participants to fill out a brief survey on their socioculturalexperiences. My study was highly influenced by many people but in particular by my own experiences growing up in the Latina(o) communities in East Los Angeles, California. It was here, growing up, that Ilearned from family members, friends, colleagues, and people from the community about what it means to be a "Latino(a)" in this country. I'm conducting this study in the hopes of getting a clearer understanding of thisissue. Furthermore, one of the criticisms I have about research in psychology is that it often relies exclusively on the views of students in the university setting while excluding the views of people we claim to want tohelp.Thus, another purpose of this study is to curb this practice in my field and to try to also include people from the neighborhood(s) where I grew up as well as other Latina(o) communities. In other words, my hope is thatthis study will provide an opportunity for people to voice their opinions and concerns who are normally ignored in our research. This study is focused specifically on Latinas(os) so please consider taking this surveyorforward the link below to Latina/o students, friends, co-workers, and family members (see link below). Unfortunately, I did not have the resources this time around to translate the questionnaire to provide a Spanishversion (perhaps for my dissertation!) so please keep that in mind when forwarding the link. Thank you for your help and support through this process. Sincerely, Rodolfo Victoria
This study hasbeen approved by Teachers College, Columbia University Institutional Review Board. Protocol # 09-260. If you have any complaints, questions, concerns, or would like to know the results, please feel free to contact me viae-mailat rv2166@columbia.edu. You may also contact my faculty sponsor, Dr. Robert Carter, at 212-678-3346 or via email at rtc10@columbia.edu.
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- Latinos On Fast Track: 'Haz la U' Scholarship
 November 18, 2009
'Haz la U' Educational Grant program Help Hispanic High School Seniors go to college with an Educational Grant of $10,000 OR ONE OF 15 ADDITIONAL GRANTS WORTH $1,000 EACH Awarded by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Colgate-Palmolive - Submissions must include a completed application and a short essay (500 words or less) on : How can Education impact the Heritage of Hispanic generations to come?
Hurry! Applications must be submitted
(on-line or postmarked) by November 30, 2009 Opportunities available through the LOFT program are for Hispanic students only. Others interested should contact the company website directly.
- Law Fellows Program Application
Law Fellows Program
The Law Fellows Program provides early academic outreach to high-potential undergraduate, recent graduates, and graduate students with strong academic backgrounds and a minimum 3.3 cumulative GPA at a four-year undergraduate institution. The program is committed to ensuring equity, access, and excellence in legal education. A strong preference is granted to applicants whose experiences reflect limited familial exposure to post-collegiate education, career opportunities, mentoring, and social support systems. Additional consideration is also given to applicants who have overcome economic and/or educational hardships and challenges, or come from or have demonstrated experience in economically or educationally underserved communities. The Program focuses on students’ academic development, with the objective of increasing the participants’ academic competitiveness for admission to law school. Law Fellows are strongly encouraged to participate in outreach activities aimed at serving the various community segments of Southern California.
Law Fellows attend a series of six Saturday Academies held at UCLA School of Law in the winter and spring, where they are provided with academic enrichment, career development activities and mentoring designed to de-mystify law school and the legal profession, and also present these objectives as viable options. The program prepares participating Law Fellows to successfully enter and excel in top law programs and, eventually, legal careers. Through the Saturday Academies, Law Fellows are afforded access to a variety of events, programs and services, including:
• Professional-Level Instruction by Law School Faculty
• Personalized Juris Doctorate (Law Degree) Action Plan
• Mentoring by Current UCLA Law Students
• Admissions, Financial Aid and Public Interest Law Workshops
• Legal Research Orientation by Law Library Staff
• UCLA Extension LSAT Instruction
• Full Scholarships for an LSAT Preparation Course
• Presentations by Practicing Attorneys and Leaders in the Law Community
• Follow-Up Activities and Counseling until Law School Matriculation We are approaching the end of our admission cycle, and would like to inform our contacts that prospective applicants may submit their applications until our newly extended FINAL NOVEMBER 15, 2009 deadline. Please know that our admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis, and we encourage applicants to submit their applications sooner rather than later in order to receive maximum consideration.
For your convenience, we have re-attached the application to this message. If you are not able to access the attachment, you may download the application from our webpage at the following link: http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=1408 . For any additional information, please feel free to contact us at (310) 794-4157 or Outreach@law.ucla.edu.
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- Law Fellows Program Application Final Deadline November 15, 2009
The Law Fellows Program provides early academic development to high-potential undergraduate students and college graduates. To be eligible to participate, applicants must have at least a 3.3 cumulative undergraduate GPA from a four-year institution. The program focuses on participants’ academic development, with the objective of increasing their academic competitiveness for admission to law school. Our initiative is committed to ensuring equity, access, and excellence in legal education both in California and nationally. A strong preference is granted to applicants whose experiences reflect limited familial exposure to post-collegiate education, career opportunities, mentoring, and social support systems. Additional consideration is also given to applicants who have overcome economic and/or educational hardships and challenges, or come from, or have demonstrated leadership experience in, economically or educationally underserved communities.
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- Mestizo Revelation-Looking for Mixed Race Writers
What is Mestizo Revelations? Mestizo Revelations is a collection of essays, poems, and visual art from mixed-race writers and artists expressing their narratives and perspectives on being mixed race in America. Ms. Allison Mannos, who is Chinese and Jewish, UCLA Asian American Studies and Urban Planning student is the visionary behind this work. This collection is slated to be published with an ISBN-Number through the writing collective, the Undeniables by June 2010. You can view the ENTIRE document here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Aeag0Udvf2MnZGd3YnJ6bTRfMzE4czd What do you need to do to be involved? Since everyone who is receiving this email is starting from scratch, we'll give you a full month to submit something. Submit in email and/or word doc to me bdelasa@gmail.com by October 31st, 2009. If you want to contribute in some other way other than by writing an essay, poem, or contributing visual art, email me at bdelasa@gmail.com and we'll discuss. What are we looking for in the pieces? People who can write a creative piece about examining the facets of their identity. Write about race, class, gender, sexuality, what those have all meant to you. How has being mixed race helped/hinder you? How has being lower or middle-class helped/hinder you? Maybe being a straight mixed male gives you extra privilege? What we want to achieve with the totality of your works, Ms. Allison Mannos says in her own words: "the primary objective [of this project] would be to obliterate race and identity while calling out the badness in the world that is based on the reinforcement of these artificial identities. I want [readers of the Mestizo project] to see how mixed people can use their "mixed" status as a platform to destroy racial identity, by not falling under easy boxes, how that is positive, not falling under the trap "non-mixed people" do by calling themselves and really believing in being latino, asian-am, black, etc. Its about being mixed but then again its really more about the bigger question of [racial] identity being/becoming irrelevant." Essays, poems, visual representations. Do it in your own style, slap some humor on it if you feel comfortable enough, and package it to me by October 31st, 2009 at bdelasa@gmail.com. is not simply another whine about the existence of institutional racism kind of project, this is one in direct response to the stagnancy of mixed raced literature and ethnic studies. It's there to spark dialogue and move perceptions about being mixed race. If you think you can do that and/or at least want to do that, we really really would like you to submit something. I really encourage you to email me and discuss your ideas! This Any other questions, email me at bdelasa@gmail.com.
- News from GT Productions
A must-see documentary series - on your local PBS station.
"Voces"
This is a terrific documentary series that is now airing on a public television station in your area.
VOCES - A journey deep into the heart and soul of the Latino Culture is a series of eight incredible documentary films from around the country and about Latino cultures across North and South America. The series is hosted by Edward James Olmos. I've seen all the films - and know you will enjoy each and every film. Do tune in!Nancy De Los Santos RezaThe series includes: Celia, The Queen - The life and legacy of this incredible woman.
Dream Havana - Choices made by friends to stay or leave their homeland.
Special Circumstances - A young man returns to Chile to find the truth.
The Golden Age - Soccer is in their blood, no matter how old they are.
Soy Andina - A New York folk dancer return to her native Peru.
Tito Puente - The King of Latin Music
Antonia Pantoja: ¡Presente! - The legendary Puerto Rican teacher and activist.
Barcero Stories - Men who lived the life of a bracero, tell their stories.Produced by independent producers across the nation, and
Latino Public Broadcasting. Check your local PBS listings, or you can view all the films on www.voces.tv!
- Screening of First Chicano Feature Film: Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Event Announcement
Melnitz Movies and the Chicano Studies Research Center cordially invite you to the screening of:
Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive!
Tuesday, Nov 3rd at 7:30PM
The James Bridges Theater ( Melnitz 1409)
Free Admission
Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive! is the first Chicano feature film ever made! This gritty independent film expanded the way that films got made in two nations.
To learn more about the CSRC, visit http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/ , Wikipedia page, Facebook or email us.
- Speaker Bass Job Fair
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, in conjunction with Senator Curren Price, is organizing a job and social services resource fair on Wednesday, November 4th, from 9:00am until 12:00pm, at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.
We expect over 50 employers and around 15 non-profit agencies to have booths at the event. Our goal is to connect hundreds of unemployed people with real jobs, educational opportunities, and much needed resources.
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- Student Journal of Latin American Studies
Convocatoria de Artículos, 2009 - 2010
El Student Journal of Latin American Studies (Revista Estudiantil de Estudios Latinoamericanos) de la Universidad de Texas en Austin convoca a publicar trabajos de investigadores en estudios de maestría y licenciatura. La revista es de caracter interdisciplinario y busca aumentar publicaciones de investigaciones estudiantiles en las áreas relacionadas con Latinoamérica. También tiene como propósito promover el conocimiento de ésta región, y vincular las investigaciones hechas por estudiantes de licenciatura y posgrado alrededor del mundo.
Invitamos a los estudiantes Latinoamericanos y a quienes investigan esta región a contribuir con ensayos o artículos para esta revista. Nuestro objetivo es que a traves de este medio podamos acercarnos y estrechar lazos académicos y de amistad.
Para el próximo numero a publicar, las propuestas de ensayos serán recepcionadas hasta el día 4 de enero de 2010. Los ensayos pueden ser escrito en Inglés o Español y con un máximo de 8000 palabras. Si te interesa contribuir o promover la Revista estudiantil de Estudios Latinoamericanos, puedes encontrar más información en nuestro sitio Web: http://www.sjoflas.org/ Si tienen alguna pregunta o comentario, contáctenos a sjoflas@gmail.com
Call for Papers, 2009 - 2010
The Student Journal of Latin American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin is accepting papers from graduate and undergraduate students. The Student Journal of Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that seeks to foster student research on topics relating to Latin America, promote a better understanding of the region, and link the research of graduate and undergraduate students around the world.
We invite all students conducting research related to Latin America to contribute to the journal and encourage faculty and staff across colleges and disciplines to promote this opportunity among their students.
In order to be considered for publication, the articles must be submitted by January 4th, 2010.
Articles may be written in English or Spanish and a maximum of 8000 words long. Those interested in contributing to the Student Journal of Latin American Studies or promoting it will find more information in our website: http://www.SJofLAS.org If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at sjoflas@gmail.com
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- SUSA Weekly Update
Dinner this Thurs, meet at 6:15 ~ Feliz cumpleanos, Julita! :P
It happened to work out great that this Thurs is Julia's bday, aaand there was also very strong consensus that we go to the restaurant Julia had talked about, La Taquiza.
But a lot of you also showed interest in trying La Casita, so that should definitely be next. And as far as Olvera Street goes, some of you mentioned that it would be better as an end of the year event, especially since stuff there closes at around 5pm, so it wouldn't work for a dinner. So, Olvera Street is definitely a good end of the year event option.
If you're able to come this Thurs, reply back to let me know! Let's meet at the Leavey fountain at 6:15 and we can walk over together. Compton High, this Friday, 1-3pm
Looks like we're getting about a carload that will head over to Compton High this Friday to talk to a Spanish class about the importance of Spanish in our lives. If you're interested and haven't gotten back to me yet, it's not too late. And if you've shown interest but haven't given me your availability, please do so by Wednesday. The time is somewhat flexible, but it's looking like we'll leave USC at around 1pm, be there an hour, and head back at 2:30pm. End of the year event
A handful of you mentioned how Olvera Street would make a nice end of the year event. I'm up for it, but I'd like to know how everyone feels.
Definitely give me your feedback on this. :)
1. Is everyone good with Olvera Street?
2. If not, what idea would you like to go for? Cook-out at Century? LA Live? Another idea?
3. What day/time should our end of the year event be? Ensenada Trip
If you haven't yet given Richard feedback on whether you're interested in going to Mexico, please reply to his email... or if you can't find the email, reply to me and I'll let him know. Thanks!See ya this Thurs, Gracie
gpetrash@usc.edu
- The Social Innovation Fast Pitch
2009 Social Innovation Fast Pitch
Social entrepreneurs compete for up to $20,000 in funding
**Get your tickets soon | Early-bird tickets are available for $50**
(After October 31, tickets are $65.)
Early registration is now open!
http://socialinnovationpitch.org/pp/com/page2/p/registration
What: The Social Innovation Fast Pitch event (www.socialinnovationpitch.org) is the culmination of a free two-month training and mentoring program for innovative nonprofits that are effecting social change in Greater LA. The goal of the program is to build the capacity of, and create visibility for, local nonprofits and the social entrepreneurs who lead them. Leaders from 22 organizations participate in the program and receive training, feedback and mentoring on how to succinctly and powerfully tell their story. Through the process, they build valuable cross-sector relationships.
At the event, 10 finalists will make three-minute pitches to a panel of judges and an audience of more than 350 investors, business and nonprofit leaders, and other members of Southern California's entrepreneurial community. The finalists compete for thousands of dollars in funding.
The Social Innovation Fast Pitch empowers local non-profits to dream big - and win big - for their innovative solutions to some of our most pressing problems. In addition to creating recognition and goodwill for the participating organizations, this program builds ongoing, valuable connections between the for-profit and nonprofit communities."
- Ken Deemer, Chairman of Los Angeles Social Venture Partners
When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 4:00 - 7:30 pm. (Doors open at 3:30 pm)
Includes formal program and networking reception.
Where: University of Southern California (USC)
Town and Gown
3551 Trousdale Pkwy
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Map: http://tinyurl.com/USCtownandgown
Who: The event is open to the public. Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (www.LASVP.org), the Social Enterprise Institute (www.se-institute.org ), and the University of Southern California (www.usc.edu) partnered to produce the Social Innovation Fast Pitch program.
MORE ABOUT SOCIAL INNOVATION FAST PITCH
Check out the highlight video from the 2008 Social Innovation Fast Pitch and read an LA Times article on 2008 first place winner Everyone Deserves a Roof, generated from a connection made by a Social Innovation Fast Pitch volunteer. This competition highlights a different type of entrepreneur - the social entrepreneur who focuses his or her skills to tackle social problems with the same energy, strength, and commitment as in a start-up company. Social entrepreneurs are gaining attention for their innovative ideas to attack social issues with risk-taking, entrepreneurial solutions. The Social Innovation Fast Pitch inspires this same energy to solve ingrained social problems with resourceful and imaginative solutions.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SOCIAL INNOVATION FAST PITCH:
I met a funder at the event, submitted a proposal and was funded a grant!
... a splendid evening that reminded me just how much mattering truly matters. The room at USC was filled with amazing people doing incredible work to change the world."
[I] was impressed with the quality of the presenters. Their three minute remarks were far more cogent than the entrepreneurs I typically meet with.
[We] generated more interest, earned income strategies and stronger proposal writing.
Questions?
For registration or other general questions about the program, contact LASVP at 310.281.7509 or info@lasvp.org .
For media inquiries, contact Elisa Wiefel Schreiber at 213.821.6063 or wiefel@stevens.usc.edu
- XXX Annual ILASSA Student Conference
XXX Annual ILASSA Student Conference
February 4-6, 2010 Call for Papers
Abstract deadline is 5:00 PM (CST) Friday, November 6, 2009 For abstract submissions, go to the ILASSA website and view the subheading “papers”: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/conferences/. The Conference
The Student Conference on Latin America, organized by the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association (ILASSA) at The University of Texas at Austin, is an interdisciplinary forum for students involved in Latin American research topics. The conference provides students with the opportunity to present research activities, develop presentational skills, exchange ideas and information, and meet other scholars from around the world. The conference, now in its 30th year, is the oldest and largest student
conference in the field of Latin American Studies. Abstract Requirements
ILASSA invites students to submit for acceptance a single-page abstract of a paper (300 words or less) within the field of Latin American Studies. The abstract will enable us to select papers for presentation and to organize panels for the conference.
Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be submitted online in order to facilitate the submission process for everyone - especially for participants outside the United States. Hard copies of abstracts will not be accepted. Please look for further instructions, guidelines, and forms for submission of abstracts which will be posted later this week on the ILASSA website:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/conferences/. If you have not received e-mail confirmation of abstract submission within a week, please contact the conference coordinators at the information listed at the bottom of this message. The final deadline for submission of abstracts is November 6, 2009. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by November 18, 2009. Students invited to participate will have until January 4, 2010 to submit final papers along with their registration fee. During the conference, each student will have approximately 15 minutes to present his or her work in a panel arranged around a common theme.
Fees
There is no fee for submitting an abstract for consideration. If your paper is accepted, however, you must confirm your participation by January 4 through payment of the $25 registration fee. Further instructions on payment can be found on the ILASSA conference website. (Special arrangements for payment can be made for international participants by contacting the conference coordinators via e-mail prior to payment deadline.)
Accommodations
Upon request, participants will be provided housing with a University of Texas student as well as transportation from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Please note that transportation from the airport is available only on Thursday, February 4. Additionally, participants should be aware when booking flights that registration and opening speaker events begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 4. Participants may stay in a hotel at their own expense. While attending the conference, participants will have access to the Benson Latin American Collection, considered by scholars worldwide to be one of the finest research libraries for Latin American Studies. Participants must notify coordinators of their housing requests by January 18.
Contacts and Addresses
You can contact the 2010 ILASSA Conference Coordinators: Colleen McGue, Samantha Serrano, Emily Spangenberg, or Nicholas Woodward at ilassa30@gmail.com. All conference correspondence will be conducted via e-mail.
Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station D0800
SRH 1.310
Austin, TX 78712-0331
Phone: (512) 471-5551 Fax: (512) 471-3090
Important dates for the 2010 ILASSA Conference:
Friday, November 6, 2009 – Final deadline for submission of abstracts
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 – Notify applicants of acceptance/non-acceptance
Monday, January 4, 2010 – Papers due and registration and equipment fees paid
Monday, January 18, 2010 – Flight information and housing requests due
February 4-6, 2010 – Conference
- YLC and USC MAAA: Re-Branding Yourself In Today's Economy
"Re-Branding Yourself In Today’s Economy"
Presented by the Young Leaders Council and USC Mexican American Alumni Association
When: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Time: 6:00p.m to 8:00p.m Where: University Club
University of Southern California
The USC MAAA & Young Leaders Council cordially invite you to attend a panel discussion on “Re-Branding Yourself In Today’s Economy.” Appetizers and drinks will be served. Dress attire is Business.
The guest panelists will include the following:
Chris Bravata
Vice President, Business Development
Lee Hecht Harrison
Kathi McClure-Wight
SVP, Product Delivery, Bank of America Vicki Perry
Director, Strategic Staffing
Avery Dennison Janis Spire
CEO
The Alliance for Children's Rights Julie L. Young
VP, Human Resources, Northern Trust Please join the Young Leaders Council and the USC Mexican American Alumni Association in a Panel Discussion focusing on A Young Professional’s Guide to Career Transition & Survival
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