Category Archives: Events 2009-2010

3-day Event about Hispanic/Latino Culture

Published: May 14, 2010

The Alianzas program and The University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human development is hosting Cambio de Colores. Cambio de Colores is a 3-day event to examine and discuss Hispanic/ Latino culture.

The event will be held over May 24-May 26 at Stoney Creek Inn.

For more information please visit http://www.cambiodecolores.org/.

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Presentation to examine Mexico program

Published: May 3, 2010

Christiane QuinnChristiane Quinn, the vice president of the Hispanic and Latin American Faculty and Staff Association, will present at the semester’s last “Diversity in Action” program on Wednesday, May 5. The program, “The Experimental Learning Program in Mexico: Culture, Family Values, Agriculture and Migration,” is part of the university’s regular research and discussion seminars.

Quinn is on staff at MU’s Cambio Center, which studies demographic changes in Missouri and aims to prepare both current and incoming residents for a diverse society. Her presentation takes place from 12-1 p.m in 206 Memorial Union on the MU campus. For more information, check out the “Diversity in Action” website.

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Race and Diversity in Mid-Missouri

Published: May 2, 2010

KBIA-produced talk show Intersection will be recorded live at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on Monday, May 10. Come join Mizzou representatives and members from the Columbia community to share in a discussion of race and diversity in Mid-Missouri. Questions to the panelists are also welcome during the recording. The event will be held from 6:30- 7:30 p.m.

The event will broadcast live on KBIA radio 93.1 from 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Suggestion of discussion topics are welcome. Please e-mail intersection@kbia.org with your ideas.

Refreshments and conversation will follow the event from 7:30-8:00 p.m.

Space is limited. Please reserve your spot by visiting the Intersection’s website.

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Noel P. Gist Brown Bag Luncheon Seminar

Published: April 26, 2010

Barbara Bauer, trauma psychologist at the International Center for Psychological Trauma, will present a lecture entitled, “Women and War: Observations Over 15 Years of Humanitarian Work.”

Dr. Bauer has worked with the International Center for Psychological Trauma, Doctors without Borders, and Network 4 Africa. Bauer has worked in Bosnia, Pakistan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Nepal. During her work she gained the appreciation of women in war. Bauer will share positive and negative effects of war on women, and will share photos of her most recent humanitarian work in Uganda.

Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010

Time: 12:00 p.m.- 12:50 p.m.

Location: Memorial Union, Room S203


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Studying the effects of felon disenfranchisement

Published: April 9, 2010

S. David MitchellS. David Mitchell, an associate professor of law at the University of Missouri School of Law, will present “Can You Hear Me Now?: Silencing Communities of Color Through Felon Disenfranchisement Laws” on Wednesday, April 14, at noon in S206 Memorial Union.

Mitchell, an alumnus of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, will speak as part of the university’s Diversity in Action series. His recent publications include In With the New, Out With the Old: Expanding the Scope of Retroactive Amelioration and Undermining Individual and Collective Citizenship: The Impact of Exclusion Laws on the African-American Community.

The Diversity in Action series combines presentations of scholarship with time for audience questions and discussions. Visit the university’s Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative for more information.

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