Fall 2023 CSIEME Dinner!

Please Join Us! Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 7 p.m. KOMOL RESTAURANT (RSVP Below)

The FALL 2023 CSIEME Dinner will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 @ 7 p.m. at KOMOL Thai Restaurant, 953 E. Sahara Avenue, Suite #E-10, Las Vegas, NV, 89104, (702) 731-9268. KOMOL is located inside the very large Commercial Center. Coming from campus, head North on Maryland. Go two miles to Sahara (about 2 miles), turn left onto Sahara and go to the first light (about 1/10 of a mile). Turn left at that light onto Commercial Center Drive. You will immediately come to a small concrete road divider, when you do, turn right and drive alongside the divider until it ends (it's not very long), then turn immediately left and continue forward. KOMOL will be on your left in the middle of the block of businesses on that side (which is in the middle) of the Center. Here’s a link to KOMOL’s very robust menu: https://komolrestaurant.com/#

Please RSVP below! However, for the critical love of, and critical care for, our CSIEME community, if you’re not 🤒 feeling well 🤕, please stay home and take care of you! ❤️‍🩹 We promise to invoke your spirit 🧘🏽‍♀️ and to share photos with you.

As always, we hope that with this advance notice everyone can arrange to join us, at least for part of the time (come early or late, even if just for a few minutes)—it is never the same when not everyone is there! If this is not possible, of course we understand and will still toast you and your accomplishments! If you know for sure you will not be able to join us in person, consider recording and then sending us a short video to say hello and to update us on what you are working on/doing in your personal, academic, professional life to share at the dinner!

For those of you new to this dinner—WELCOME! For the rest of you—WELCOME BACK!!

For all attendees, the purpose of the dinner is…to build, deepen, and sustain relationships as a part of a critically loving teacher-scholar-activist community.

For students, the purpose of this dinner is also…to discuss, relative to your programs of study, where each of you are, what you have already and still want to accomplish this semester/academic year, and what you need from the community to achieve your goals.

We will continue the CSIEME Dinner tradition of honoring continuing and new CSIEME program students and students in other programs who are CSIEME-connected (at all academic levels, full or part-time), as well as faculty, affiliate faculty, part-time instructors, and graduate teaching assistants!

As an FYI, this dinner is organized around:

1) the students that are in the CSIEME specializations at either the doctoral or masters level (and certificate programs), as well as CSIEME graduates who are still living locally/visiting the area;

2) masters and doctoral students in other specializations whose committees CSIEME core faculty chair or sit on as a member, as well as graduates who are still living locally/visiting the area; AND,

3) all affiliated/interested “others.”

The dinner is designed to be intersectionally inclusive and affirming, not cliquey, so if you know of other colleagues who would like to attend, please invite them and let us know they are coming. Also, please let us know if we missed someone that you know should be included based on the “organizing” criteria :-)

And, as is always the case, children, significant others, other family and friends are welcome to join us, just let us know they are coming!

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE…and to continuing to build connections with veteran’s in, and newbies to, our community!

Don't forger to RVSP below!

Best,

Norma, Marla, Danielle, & Christine

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Norma A. Marrun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator of CSIEME

Co-Director of the Center for Multicultural Education

norma.marrun@unlv.edu

Marla Goins, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of CSIEME

marla.goins@unlv.edu

Danielle Mireles, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of CSIEME

Racial Equity and Social Justice Cluster

danielle.mireles@unlv.edu

Christine Clark, Ed.D.
Professor and Co-Coordinator of CSIEME

Co-Director of the Center for Multicultural Education

Senior Scholar in Multicultural Education & Founding Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

chris.clark.unlv@me.com and 702.985.6979 (cell)

Department of Teaching & Learning

College of Education

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

www.csieme.us

Image descriptions for three smaller images above this text box:

Left: Artwork by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano titled, "No Papers No Fear," depicting a turquoise, orange, black and cream colored butterfly in the middle. At the top, above the butterfly, are the words, “No Papers No Fear!!!” in cream and orange font, and then, "We Ride for Dignity!" in black font, against a backdrop of turquoise and cream stripes arranged in a radiating pattern from the butterfly out to the edges of the image. Around the butterfly there is an orange rose above it, two peace doves on the lower right and left side of it holding peace signs from their feet, and fist directly below it. Words below the butterfly and surrounding images say, "Sin Papeles [orange butterfly image] Sin Temor!" in turquoise font, and further below, "El Miedo Se Quedó En La Carretero" in cream and orange font. This artwork is part of how Ernesto demonstrates his commitment to work for social justice.

Center: A poster created by artist Micah Bazant for New Mexico Together for Healthcare, a campaign led by New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, Partnership for Community Action, Strong Families New Mexico, Health Action New Mexico and healthcare leaders across the state to bring quality, affordable comprehensive healthcare to every New Mexican. This poster features Albuquerque and Northern New Mexico community leader Kena Chávez Hinojos. On the poster, Kena is smiling with their hands clasped in front of them near their waist; they have cobalt blue nail polish on and a white bead bracelet on their left wrist. Kena has their black hair braided around their face and pulled back into a pony-tail and they are wearing a white tank top with an orange ruffle at the top, in the center is a green turtle with images of people in it's shell and decorative images around it. Kena has a red and blue bird (maybe a roadrunner) tattoo on their right chest and a blue bird (maybe a hummingbird) tattoo, one or more bear claw tattoos, and a lizard-like tattoo on their left bicep; all the tattoos are in an aztec style artwork. The poster background is an orange and brown sky and southwest style mesa mountain image with two healthcare organizational logos on the lower left hand side. Above Kena are the words "Change Starts with Us" in white font.

Right: Artwork by artist Ernesto Yerena Montejano titled, "Peace Migrates;" with dark blue (the ocean), and a yellow, green, and clay orange continents (like a map) (perhaps Gondwanaland) with embedded (as part of the continents) Aztec patterns and images, including a peace dove holding a peace sign from it's feet, four butterflies, a Virgin of Guadalupe icon, a fist, a rose, and several abstract patters (swirls and shapes) in contrasting from the backgrounds) clay orange, yellow, and green. Two thirds of the way down the image are the words, "Peace Migrates [with a heart icon for the letter "i" dot], followed by the words, "enrich the earth with movement," again in contrasting colors of yellow, and blue. At the bottom right hand corner in yellow font are the words, "2012 Ganas." This artwork is part of how Ernesto demonstrates his commitment to work for social justice.

Image Description for image at top right hand corner inside this text box: An artistic image, by Javier Ferrando for Getty (could be a generative AI image) on Black America Web in muted gold, green brown, pink, black, and cream. At the center in the foreground of the image is a female-presenting, Black-presenting youth wearing black short wavy hair, gold, cream and black sunglasses, a black and brown shirt under a gold gold jacket (with two small chest pockets on either side and an emblem on the right side above the pocket) with green collar and black cuffs speaking into a hand-held microphone facing to the right; they are standing in front of a cream colored circle, almost like a moon, maybe a large light. They are surrounded by several people, most appear to be People of Color, mostly wearing green, black and cream striped, and black clothing and hats or head wraps, who appear seated, also facing right. The gathering looks like a rally, protest, or speak out event of some kind. Some parts of the image are abstract, the majority are representational.

Image Description for the single larger image below the RSVP (further below): A public mural located at 3100 block of Chestnut in Oakland, California titled, "Housing Justice," by (all tagged here): The Community, Bay Area Mural Project, Kiss My Black Arts, Natty Rebel, Creative Shields, @imnarchitect/, Alena Museum, @iam_niyya/, Queen Shushan, Exhale and Paint, photographed by @eggshell001, and inspired by John T. Biggers for the Bay Area Mural Program (BAMP). Part of the Oakland Murals living archive. The mural depicts a neighborhood with a black city scape in the background against a red skyline; in the foreground are five tiers of small row homes (some are tents or covered with a tarp), most are pale peach, pale blue, pale brown, or grey, a few have darker color blue, green, orange, and brown features (doors, front walls, windows, tarps or tents, front steps) and all have triangular roofs. A few have their doors open and the inside room (bedroom, entry way, living room) areas are partially visible. There is one person visible from the back with dark short hair and a blue shirt on in the forth row. Otherwise there are people only on the front stoop of the seven house in the front row. The people are from left to right, a Black-presenting female-presenting caregiver in a long red and pink dress and Black-presenting, non-binary-presenting child in a blue shirt and pants, a white-presenting male-presenting adult in a white t-shirt and blue overalls, a Black-presenting, male-presenting adult in a grey suit, a Black-presenting, female-presenting elder in a long white dress, a Brown-presenting, female-presenting adult in a long white and black dress, an Asian-presenting non-binary presenting adult in a sun hat, orange t-shirt and blue pants, and a Brown-presenting, male presenting elder in a green shirt and blue pants leaning on black cane in his left hand; all of the adults are holding a miniature home in in front of their chests. In front of the front row of homes lies (horizontally) a "white picket fence" on a red background. The mural is painted on a brick wall near a bridge to the left rear, utility poles to the right rear, and an uneven concrete sidewalk in front.

Image Description for background tiled image surrounding this text box and all other images on this smore page: A graphic design image by GammaDragon, titled "Mandala Art 01 Heart-Infused" (could be generative AI) features a decorative gold and orange heart inside a circle with teal and orange leaves, inside an eight-petaled flower in orange, gold, and green surrounded by additional elongated petals also in teal, purple, pink, and gray.


by Finn A watercolor note card created by artist Finn. The card has a blueish purplish border featuring a non-binary-presenting Black-presenting adult waving a cream-color flag above their head with their left hand, wearing a short curly purple mohawk hairstyle, a light blue face mask, light blue shorts and a darker blue tank top, with brown laced short boots, sitting in a light blue and black wheelchair with their right arm, with a black spirally image tattoo on the bicep, is resting on the chair wheel. The flags has the words, "nothing about us without us!" on it. The background has light blue sky, light brown ground with green grass, a small brown rabbit with black eyes and pink and brown ears and a white tail sits on the lower left corner facing the chair; above the rabbit and to the left of the person are four tall sunflowers, behind and to the right of the person are two tall green leafy vine plants. The artwork is described as Queer.	of Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson by Micah Bazant Artwork by artist Micah Bazant for When We Fight, We Win! Trans Justice work honoring Marsha P. for "Pay It No Mind" Johnson considered a "mother" of the Trans + Queer Liberation Movement. A royal blue background that becomes light blue in transitioning from bottom to top. In the center is a portrait of Marsha P. Johnson, smiling with red lipstick and blonde wavy short hair and colorful pink, purple, orange, green and white hat of flowers (inspired by many photos taken of Marsha in which she is wearing similar hats). Marsha is wearing a royal blur bead necklace and a v-neck white shirt. In her shirt are words that say, from left to right, "Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson was a mother of the Trans + Queer Liberation movement. She dedicated her life to helping Trans youth, sex workers, and poor and incarcerated Queers. We honor her legacy by supporting Trans Women of Color to LIVE + LEAD" in black handwriting.	by Favianna Rodríguez for the AFL-CIO Part of a social justice poster project curated by artist Favianna Rodríguez for the AFL-CIO in collaboration with Roger Peet and Justseeds Artist Collective to amplify the work of laborers and the important role of labor organizing. This poster titled, "Save America's Postal Service," has a blue top with yellow and white font that has the words "Save America's Postal Service: Shared Prosperity for a Just Society" on it. The rest of the poster is yellow with a female-presenting, Black- or Brown-presenting postal carrier with their long brown hair in a ponytail under a blue and white baseball cap; they are wearing black-rimmed glasses and a blue postal service uniform; they are holding three boxes (red, gray, and blue) and are heading toward two mailboxes, one gray and one red with the doors open and flags up. A female-presenting, Black- or Brown-presenting child with their long black hair in a ponytail is wearing a blue shirt and red skirt is handing the postal carrier two letters. At the bottom is the URL "aflcio.org."

by Finn

A watercolor note card created by artist Finn. The card has a blueish purplish border featuring a non-binary-presenting Black-presenting adult waving a cream-color flag above their head with their left hand, wearing a short curly purple mohawk hairstyle, a light blue face mask, light blue shorts and a darker blue tank top, with brown laced short boots, sitting in a light blue and black wheelchair with their right arm, with a black spirally image tattoo on the bicep, is resting on the chair wheel. The flags has the words, "nothing about us without us!" on it. The background has light blue sky, light brown ground with green grass, a small brown rabbit with black eyes and pink and brown ears and a white tail sits on the lower left corner facing the chair; above the rabbit and to the left of the person are four tall sunflowers, behind and to the right of the person are two tall green leafy vine plants. The artwork is described as Queer.

of Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson by Micah Bazant

Artwork by artist Micah Bazant for When We Fight, We Win! Trans Justice work honoring Marsha P. for "Pay It No Mind" Johnson considered a "mother" of the Trans + Queer Liberation Movement. A royal blue background that becomes light blue in transitioning from bottom to top. In the center is a portrait of Marsha P. Johnson, smiling with red lipstick and blonde wavy short hair and colorful pink, purple, orange, green and white hat of flowers (inspired by many photos taken of Marsha in which she is wearing similar hats). Marsha is wearing a royal blur bead necklace and a v-neck white shirt. In her shirt are words that say, from left to right, "Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson was a mother of the Trans + Queer Liberation movement. She dedicated her life to helping Trans youth, sex workers, and poor and incarcerated Queers. We honor her legacy by supporting Trans Women of Color to LIVE + LEAD" in black handwriting.

by Favianna Rodríguez for the AFL-CIO

Part of a social justice poster project curated by artist Favianna Rodríguez for the AFL-CIO in collaboration with Roger Peet and Justseeds Artist Collective to amplify the work of laborers and the important role of labor organizing. This poster titled, "Save America's Postal Service," has a blue top with yellow and white font that has the words "Save America's Postal Service: Shared Prosperity for a Just Society" on it. The rest of the poster is yellow with a female-presenting, Black- or Brown-presenting postal carrier with their long brown hair in a ponytail under a blue and white baseball cap; they are wearing black-rimmed glasses and a blue postal service uniform; they are holding three boxes (red, gray, and blue) and are heading toward two mailboxes, one gray and one red with the doors open and flags up. A female-presenting, Black- or Brown-presenting child with their long black hair in a ponytail is wearing a blue shirt and red skirt is handing the postal carrier two letters. At the bottom is the URL "aflcio.org."