NEWS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Diversity/Inclusivity Events
APRIL 2015
WHAT'S GOING DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH
KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW
NATASHA TRETHEWEY
MARIO MOORE'S WORK
UPCOMING EVENTS
DIVERSITY ART MONTH SPONSORED BY THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE FROM STUDENT SENATE
If you want to participate or have questions email the Diversity Chair of Student Senate ChanTareya Paredes at ckparedes@knox.edu. Check out the facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/DiversityArtMonth/timeline?ref=page_internal.
ASHA FOR LIFE EVENTS :
SATURDAY APRIL 25TH, Union Board Sponsors Battle Ball (Bubble Soccer) in the Fieldhouse from 4pm -10pm. (To play it is $1.00 which will go towards Asha for life.)
SATURDAY APRIL 25TH, A Run Up Bishop Hill, time and location TBA
DIVERSITY ART MONTH EVENTS
INCITE Conference Presentation and Domestic Violence Workshops, April 13th, 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Trustees Room
Poetry and Popcorn, April 16th- Located in the Gizmo. Time TBA
Stargazing and Movie Night, April 17th- Movie selected by K.A.R.E.S.
Planet Earth: Jungles, location and time TBA
Music and Coffee, April 24th- Located in the Gizmo, time TBA
Gallery Art Opening and Art Tour, April 26th- Located in CFA, starts at 11am-3:30pm
ENGAGE KNOX APRIL 25TH SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Engage Knox is a community-focused day with the morning being focused on students going out into the community, while the afternoon is focused on bringing community members to campus. Here is a rough outline of the schedule:
9:30am Students will gather on campus for their volunteer projects
9:45am Students leave for volunteer projects
10am-12pm Volunteer Projects occur all around Galesburg
12pm-4:30pm Community Carnival
The afternoon will include a kids carnival sponsored by the Student Senate Diversity Committee, story time on the patio, yoga on the lawn, a dance performance, and musical performances from community members. "Mud" and chips will be available for purchase as a snack. Proceeds from all events will be going to Asha for Life, which provides relief for victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
The volunteer opportunities for Engage Knox aren't available online yet, but once they're up students will be able to access them this way:
1. Go to www.signupgenius.com
2. Click "Find a SignUp" at the top of the page
3. Search for "volunteer@knox.edu"
4. Sign Up with your Name and Knox ID
April 18th KPA- Know Your IX event at 4-5:30pm in the Trustees Room in Alumni Hall
April 19th-22nd ASAP- Sexual Assault Awareness Gallery
April 20th Counseling Center partnering with Victim Services- AOD (Alcohol the Other Drug) Event at 5:00pm, this event is bringing awareness to how alcohol plays a major role in most assaults and behaviors like victim blaming.
*(the fundraising for Asha For Life is connected with this week as the event INCITE, which is a session on the Color of Violence Conference, April 13th, is also a part of the sexual assault awareness week along with the theme speaker on April 30th for Diversity Art Month is connected with these events)
APRIL 30TH DIVERSITY ART MONTH THEME SPEAKER: KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW IN HARBACH
"Kimberlé Crenshaw teaches Civil Rights and other courses in critical race studies and constitutional law. Her primary scholarly interests center around race and the law, and she was a founder and has been a leader in the intellectual movement called Critical Race Theory. She was elected Professor of the Year by the 1991 and 1994 graduating classes. She now splits her time each year between UCLA and the Columbia School of Law.
At the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she received her LL.M., Professor Crenshaw was a William H. Hastie Fellow. She then clerked for Justice Shirley Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Professor Crenshaw's publications include Critical Race Theory (edited by Crenshaw, et al., 1995) and Words that Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech and the First Amendment (with Matsuda, et al., 1993).
In 2007, Professor Crenshaw was awarded the Fulbright Chair for Latin America in Brazil. In 2008, she was nominated an Alphonse Fletcher Fellow. In the same year she joined the selective group of scholars awarded with an in-residence fellowship at the Center of Advanced Behavioral Studies at Stanford.
You can find out more about Professor Crenshaw's work through her think tank, The African American Policy Forum, at http://aapf.org/." (Bio found at https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/kimberle-w-crenshaw/)
Time for this event will be announced later.
For more information on this event contact ChanTareya Paredes @ ckparedes@knox.edu.
K.A.R.E.S. SPONSORS EARTH WEEK
APRIL 13TH EQUIKNOX SPEAKER DR. BEVERLY WRIGHT @7PM
Bio:
"Dr. Beverly Wright is a professor of Sociology and the founding director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ). For nearly two decades, she has been a leading scholar and advocate in the environmental justice arena. She has created a unique center, formerly at Xavier University, and currently at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The DSCEJ is one of the few community/university partnerships that addresses environmental and health inequities in the Lower Mississippi River Industrial Corridor, the area commonly referred to as Cancer Alley.
Since Hurricane Katrina, much of the work at the DSCEJ has focused on research, policy, and community outreach, assistance, and education of displaced African-American residents of New Orleans. Dr. Wright has been an advocate of the safe return of residents, addressing the critical issues of health and environmental restoration and monitoring fairness as it relates to standards of clean up. The center has been a resource to the community providing education, training, and job placement to displaced citizens of New Orleans.
Dr. Wright has conducted groundbreaking and significant research in the area of environmental justice and developed a curriculum for use at the elementary school level that has been used by the New Orleans Public Schools. She manages Hazardous Waste Worker Training Programs that embrace a work-based curriculum and a holistic approach to learning for young men and women living near Superfund and Brownfield sites resulting in their employment." (from her website www.drbeverlywright.com)
To read more of her background check out her website: http://drbeverlywright.com/
Earth Week Schedule
Wednesday April 15th- Knox Farm Workday at 4pm OR Bat Observation 7:30pm at the HRC
Thursday April 16th- Poetry and Popcorn 5pm Gizmo
Friday April 17th- Knox Farm Workday at 4pm OR Bat Observation 7:30pm at the HRC (weather dependent)
Saturday April 18th- Earth Day Festival Old Main Lawn Starting at 1pm (till 5ish), all clubs welcome to have a booth!
Sunday April 19th- Barn Dance 2-5 Gizmo Patio
Wednesday April 22nd- Wall-e Movie, Kresge 8pm
Contact Callie Smith for more information or if you want to get involved @ acsmith@knox.edu.
AROUND THE WAY
APRIL 15TH ARTIST'S TALK: MARIO MOORE, 7PM IN CFA
Knox Artist in Residence Mario Moore is a painter, originally from Detroit and currently living in Brooklyn. Moore received his BFA in Illustration from the College for Creative Studies in 2009, and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art in 2013. Moore works within a tradition of representation that uses paintings and images to catalyze social and political change. While his paintings are firmly rooted in the present, they reflect and consume the histories of Blacks and Blackness in an effort to challenge social constructs.
Contact Lynette Lombard for Information @ llombard@knox.edu.
GRETCHEN HENDERSON "POETICS OF EMBODIMENT: DISABILITY, CREATIVITY, AND THE SHAPE OF SPACE" APRIL 16TH, @4PM IN ALUMNI ROOM, OLD MAIN
Her presentation is open to the Galesburg community!
Read more on her site: https://bookunbound.wordpress.com/about/
MINDFULNESS MONDAYS APRIL 6TH & APRIL 20TH
INTERNATIONAL TEA HOUR! PRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (OISS)
Join the Office of International Student Services (OISS) for a weekly International Tea Hour, featuring international teas, snacks, and conversations. Fridays 4 - 5pm, Knight Student Lounge, Alumni Hall.
OISS is looking for other organizations or students to partner with to sponsor a future International Tea Hour. Please contact Rebecca Eckart (rreckart@knox.edu) with any questions or ideas for a future Tea Hour.
APRIL 15TH FLASH TALK WITH LENA HEILMANN IN SEYMOUR LIBRARY REFERENCE ROOM @ 4:15PM
Trigger Warnings: Where Do We Go From Here?
Conversations about incorporating trigger warnings into college syllabi or in classrooms remain a contentious and divided issue on campuses as well as online. The debate is well underway, but it has by no means been resolved. Professor Lena Heilmann will outline current opinions and positions regarding trigger warnings and facilitate a discussion in response to the question: "Where do we go from here?" You can find more information on Professor Heilmann here: https://www.knox.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/modern-languages/faculty/heilmann-lena.
For information on this event contact Ryan Lynch @ drlynch@knox.edu.
APRIL 15TH EMERITUS CONSULTING COMING BACK TO KNOX FOR A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT SCAN
You may recall that the College has contracted with Emeritus Consulting to complete an environmental scan of the campus climate for diversity, equity and inclusion and to meet with campus stakeholders to focus our efforts on developing and implementing solutions to campus concerns. In June, they will present progress and recommendations to the campus and the Board of Trustees.
They will be returning to campus on Wednesday & Thursday, April 15-16 to again meet with campus stakeholders.
Focus Group:
Time has been set aside for a Student Only focus group on Wednesday, 6-7:30 pm, in Alumni Hall, Room 302.
Drop-In:
In addition, time has been set aside for a "drop-in" time for students who have schedule conflicts. Students are invited to stop in Alumni Hall 219 to visit with Sonja C.P. Armstrong on Thursday, 11-Noon.
I hope this will be an opportunity to to learn from them and to move forward Knox's efforts towards a more inclusive campus.
Contact Karrie Heartlein for more information @ kheartle@knox.edu.
LAST CHANCE TO SIGN-UP: APRIL 18TH-19TH GLOBAL LEARNING RETREAT SPONSORED BY OISS AND CAMPUS LIFE
The retreat is a unique collaboration between Augustana College and Knox College. Faculty members and Student Life staff from both institutions will facilitate various education sessions and activities designed to offer a rich learning experience for all participants.
The retreat will be held April 18 - 19 at Augustana College.
If you're interested in participating in the Global Learning Retreat please complete the Google Form below. If you have any questions, please contact Travis Greenlee at tagreenlee@knox.edu
https://docs.google.com/a/knox.edu/forms/d/10r07GZXOPkXhftK_1e2C3-f33vg6I1nZsSSnEgGqKm0/viewform
APRIL 18TH FROM 1 MAN TO ANOTHER: THE MALEBOX @ 1PM IN LINCOLN-DOUGLASS ROOM
APRIL 21TH NATASHA TRETHEWEY WILL SPEAK ON CAMPUS
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States and the College's 2014 Commencement speaker, will read from her four poetry collections at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21 in Alumni Hall on the Knox College campus.
Her reading, which will take place in Alumni Hall's Petrovich Atrium, is the keynote address for Galesburg's annual Sandburg Days Festival.
Trethewey will read selections from her books Thrall;Bellocq's Ophelia; Domestic Work, which won the inaugural Cave Canem Prize for the best first book by an African American poet; and Native Guard, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
The event is free and open to the public.
Check out this page for more information on Natasha: http://www.knox.edu/news/news-archive/pulitzer-winner-natasha-trethewey-will-speak-on-campus
APRIL 25TH UMOJA! FINALE SPRING CONCERT @ 4:30PM IN KRESGE
APRIL 27TH OPENING FOR THE BLACK POETRY DISPLAY IN THE SEYMOUR LIBRARY
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April 16th-Big Pink Volleyball 8-10pm in Field House-Campus Life
April 15th-Late Night Movie Kresge @ 9pm-Campus Life
April 22nd- Movie in Kresge @ 8pm-Campus Life
April 26th-Senate Mixer- Student Senate
April 29th- Across Knox @ 7PM- Campus Life
CULTURAL CLUB GENERAL MEETINGS
EVERY MONDAY LO-NUESTRO'S GENERAL MEETINGS AT 7:00PM IN ALUMNI HALL ROOM 117
EVERY MONDAY M.E.Ch.A. GENERAL MEETINGS AT 6:00PM IN THE HRC (RAIN LOCATION IS TAYLOR LOUNGE)
EVERY WEDNESDAY JAPANESE CLUB'S GENERAL MEETINGS
EVERY WEDNESDAY HARAMBEE'S GENERAL MEETINGS AT 9:00PM IN FERRIS LOUNGE
EVERY THURSDAY KNOX INFLUENCE'S GENERAL MEETINGS AT 8:00PM IN THE GIZMO
EVERY THURSDAY ASA'S GENERAL MEETINGs AT 5PM
EVERY FRIDAY ASAP GENERAL MEETINGs
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Website: http://www.knox.edu/offices/center-for-intercultural-life
Location: Center for Intercultural Life
Phone: (309) 341-7920