Calendar of Events

2012-2013 Calendar

Intercultural Center Programs & Events

FALL SEMESTER 2012-13

AUGUST:

• Tue. 21st - Thur. 23rd: International Student Orientation
• Sun. 26th, Intern Orientation Camp, 9 am - 12 pm, GAC and College Cabin
• Mon. 27th, Activities Fair 10 am - 1 pm, Cordiner Side Lawn
• Mon. 27th, Intercultural Center Social, 5pm Reid Coffee house

SEPTEMBER: HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

• Fri. 7th - Sat. 8th, IC-OP Trip, Wallowa Lake
• Wed. 12th, South Indian Music Concert, 7:30 pm Chism Recital Hall
• Thur. 20th, Rob Smith: Closets, Combat, and Coming Out, 7 pm Maxey Auditorium
• Sun. 23rd, Friendship Family Dinner, 4:30 pm GAC
• Tue. 25th, Storyteller Series: Olga Loya, 7 pm Olin 130,
• Sat. 29th, Multicultural - GLBTQ Alumni Brunch, 11 am GAC

OCTOBER: FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION MONTH

• Thur.  4^th      Precious Knowledge , Olin 130 @ 7 pm
• Fri.  5^th          Tamástslikt Cultural Institute Trip @ 12:30 pm
• Thur. 18^th    Boy , Kimball Theatre @ 7 pm
• Sat. 20^th       UN Day Celebration, Reid Ballroom @ 4 pm
• Sat. 20^th       Adventist Sabbath Dinner, GAC 6 - 8 pm
• Tue. 23^rd      Ray Suarez Q&A, GAC @ 3 pm
• Fri. 26^th        Corn Maze, Mill Creek Farm @ 7 pm
• Mon. 29^th    Political Diversity Forum, , Reid Ballroom @ 7 pm
• Tues. 30^th   Question One , Olin 130 @ 7 pm

NOVEMBER: Native American HERITAGE MONTH

• Sat. 3^rd         Dia de los Muertos, La Casa @ 7 pm
• Thur. 8^th      A Discussion with Walt Minnick, GAC @ 4 pm  
• Thur. 8^th      Eid Dinner, GAC @5 pm
• Mon. 12^th    Fall Visitors’ Day: IC Presentation, GAC @ 11
• Thur. 29^th   Storyteller Series: Ed Edmo, GAC @ 7 pm
• Fri. 30^th        Wakilisha Afrika Dinner, Prentiss @ 5:30 pm

DECEMBER

• Sun. 2^nd       Queer Talk, Olin 157 @ 1 pm
• Wed. 5^th       Presidents’ Meeting, Reid 110 @ Noon
• Fri. 7^th           Festival of Lights, Reid Ballroom @ 4 pm

Past Speakers

• Salman Rushdie, novelist and essayist
• Eliot Chang, comedian
• Saul Williams, slam poet, author, actor
• bell hooks, author
• Yolanda King, human rights worker and actress
• Sherman Alexie, author 
• Dr. Jaiya John, speaker, author, poet, and social psychologist
• Dr. Cornel West, scholar and public intellectual
• Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi,  journalist and political activist.
• Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (Feb. 2002)
• Yaffa Eliach, creator of the "Tower of Light" at the National Holocaust Museum (Oct. 2000)
• Dr. Maya Angelou, poet, author, actress (Feb. 2003)
• Loung Ung, author of "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers"
• Rep. Maureen Walsh, co-sponsor of bill HB 2516 for marrige equality
• James Yee, activist and author

Past Events

In addition to bringing speakers to the Whitman campus, the Intercultural Center also sponsors events planned, created, and directed by the office and student diversity clubs. Many of these events are annual affairs:

• Imagine Festival
• Hawaiian Luau
• International Banquet
• The Tunnel of Oppression