11 am -12:30 pm
DH-100 Back

The Uncircumcised: A Reading and Discussion by the Author, Jude Chudi Okpala
Diversity Index# 2274

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
DH-100 Front

The Women’s Rights Movement - Music with a Message Workshop Series -
Celebrate Women’s History Month with this three-part performance/lecture on women who Lived Life on Purpose and changed history. In this series, we will learn about the Woman’s Rights Movement and listen to music of these women that reflected their messages. Come to learn and participate in a discussion about how you can Live Your Life On Purpose and positively affect humanity in the process.
Diversity Index#2184

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Galleria

 Phatty Girl
“Phatty Girl” featuring Mycology Movement, an interactive presentation and discussion on the denigrating images of women in cinema, magazines, videos and advertising that has been an ongoing topic of controversy throughout the nation.  Many women find the current visual display of women in the mainstream media offensive, while others don’t have an issue with the current status quo.  We will look through several mediums in American and international social classes and discuss the findings of misogyny
Diversity Index# 2185

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
DH-100 Front

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
DH-100 Back

If You Can’t Say Something Nice...
Participate in a workshop where the audience will learn from each other and apply active listening skills to express appreciation for gender, culture, race, and group affiliation.
Diversity Index#2286

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
DH-100 Front

Disabilities Awareness - The Ten Commandments
This program addresses disability issues from a diversity perspective.  People with disabilities are the largest minority in the world.  The program focuses on disability etiquette as well as what each person can do to make the world a more welcoming place for citizens with disabilities.
*Presented by The Howard County Commission on Disability Issues

Diversity Index#2290

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
DH-100 Back

Changing Attitudes
Film “Gay in Middle America-one town’s struggle with Religion and Bigotry” followed by discussion
Diversity Index#2291

10:00 am - 11:30 pm
DH-100 Back

Black Is… Black Ain’t
The film by filmmaker Marlon Riggs followed by a discussion

Riggs uses his grandmother's gumbo as a metaphor for the rich diversity of Black identities. His camera traverses the country, bringing us face to face with Black folks young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban, gay and straight, grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contested definitions of Blackness. Riggs mixes performances by choreographer Bill T. Jones and poet Essex Hemphill with commentary by noted cultural critics Angela Davis, Bell Hooks, Cornel West, Michele Wallace, Barbara Smith and Maulana Karenga to create a stew of personal testimony, music, and history

Diversity Index#2327

10:00 am - 11:30 am
DH-100 Front

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
HVPA 245

Chinese Exchange Speaker
Lecture: Feminist Artist in Contemporary China
Survey on how Chinese women artist make their voice in a rapid changing contemporary China.
Diversity index# - 2292

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
DH-100 Back

Using Diversity to Enhance Interactions with Students
This interactive session will explore ways in which to use diversity to enhance interactions with students in a variety of settings.
Diversity Index#2293

2:00 - 4:00
DH-100 Back

Developing Cultural Awareness
In this workshop, attendees will participate in a cultural simulation designed to help them understand how ESL students and other immigrants may feel upon arrival to the US and what cultural adaptations they undergo.  Participants will leave the workshop with an increased understanding of cultural competency.
Diversity Index#2294

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
DH-100 - Back

Cross Cultural Communication - How culture Affects Communication
Diversity index#2326

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
DH-100 – Front

Celebrating Diversity: A Universal Message From the Real Rain Man - film and discussion
This program profiles Kim Peek, who was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbit in the movie Rain Man. It follows Peek and his father Fran as they travel around the world and encourage audiences to celebrate diversity.
Diversity Index -2296

2:00 – 3:30 pm
CL – Galleria

Rastafarian Culture Presentation
“From Back ‘o Wall to the Smithsonian: Overstanding Rastafari in the 21st Century”. This presentation, by Dr. Jake Homiak of the Smithsonian’s Department of Anthropology, will provide an in-depth look at the transition of Rastafari from a marginalized Afrocentric movement in colonial Jamaica to a global network of universal affiliation in the 21st century.  Based on his 30 years of work with Rastafari in Jamaica, and across the Caribbean, Homiak will provide insights into the origins of the ideology and social practices of the movement as well as the nature of its international spread. In dealing with Rastafari globalization, attention is given to the little understood relationship between reggae music (and Rastafari as a form of popular culture) and the deeper African roots of Rastafari and the religiosity of its Elders. Jake Homiak is the Curator of “Discovering Rastafari” in the African Voices Hall, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Diversity index# 2192

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
DH-100 Front

Mexico Study Abroad
Diversity Index#2300

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
DH-100 Back

Gen Y, Gen X, Boomers – Yes We CAN work together!
Today’s work organizations are challenges with achieving goals with as many as five generations in one department or work team.  This makes understanding and leveraging generational diversity a priority skill for everyone.  This dynamic workshop combines facilitated discussion, presentation, and exercises to define generational diversity and ways to create quality work relationships.  Participants will increase their awareness of similarities and differences of generational values and the negative impact of generational stereotypes. The workshop will conclude with research based approaches for creating quality cross generational work relationships. 
Diversity Index# - 2301

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Monteabaro Recital Hall

Sitting in Circles with White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy
Featuring Chad Goller-Sojourner, Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy is the groundbreaking and crushingly honest reclamation story of a fat, gay, bulimic, black boy raised by white parents and struggling to find beauty, acceptance and safe spaces — in a world short on all.  With playful humor and sharp observance Sitting in Circles… takes audiences on an intense and insightful journey, along the way unpacking the mother load of competing and conflicting identities.
Diversity Index#2071

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
DH-100 Front

NAMI In Our Own Voice
Learn about mental illness from people whose lives were interrupted by mental illness, but who are now role models for hope and recovery.
Presented by the NAMI Howard County/Susan Helsel, Executive Director

Diversity Index#2303

3:00 pm - 4:00 PM
DH-100 – Front

Spotlight on Korea
A panel of students and staff will discuss culture, history, and adaptation after an introduction by HCC Korean teacher, Eunice Lee. Meet an American who has lived in Korea, a second-generation staff member who will talk about growing up between two cultures, and 2 international students who will tell you about their first impressions of the U.S.
Students: impress your Korean friends and classmates with your new knowledge! Teachers and staff: gain a greater understanding of this large campus population. Ask questions and taste a typical Korean food and beverage.
Diversity Index#2333

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
DH-100 Front

The Japanese American Experience
Friday double-feature of After Silence and The Jack Soo Story from 10:30 AM – 12PM.
Diversity Index# - 2304

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
DH-100 Back

Communication Across Cultures
Moving through exercises and video-based discussion participants will learn that culture encompasses more than just the surface features of a group of people; it also includes the deeper dimensions of values, belief systems of interactions and cognitive styles.  Workshop participants will increase their awareness and appreciation for their own cultural aspects and have a heightened understanding of how culture impacts interactions and communication in the workplace.  The workshop concludes with tips for taking information and putting it into action in the workplace.
Diversity Index# -2305

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
DH-100 Front

Using Diversity to Enhance Interactions with Students
This interactive session will explore ways in which to use diversity to enhance interactions with students in a variety of settings.
Diversity Index#2306

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
DH-100 Front

Beyond our Borders: India
Diversity Index#2334