2012 Summer Latino Policy Institute

2012 Summer Latino Policy Institute

Washington, D.C.

Application Deadline is January 15,2012

The Summer Institute for Latino Public Policy is a fully sponsored leadership training program for junior and senior undergraduate students interested in working on issues facing Latinos in the U.S. Every year, 30 young scholars convene in Washington DC for an intense week-long orientation to public policy and the legislative process. Activities include seminars, workshops, site visits to national organizations, and a meeting with a Congressional representative.  

Three or four students from San Francisco State University will be competitively selected for this training opportunity to take place in June. All expenses - round-trip airfare, local transportation, lodging at George Washington University, meals and classroom materials - will be paid by the César E. Chávez Institute and our private donors. 

Objectives of the Summer Institute

• Provide an appreciation and understanding of public policy issues confronting Latinos in the U.S.;
• Experience the process through personal contact with decision makers;
• Present findings of an in-depth research project in current public policy issues;
• Expand critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills;
• Develop, expand and enhance leadership skills.

Eligibility criteria

• Be a full-time junior or senior student at SF State;
• Enroll in LTNS 699 independent study in the Spring 2012 semester;     
• Preferably have a GPA of 3.0 or higher;
• Have a demonstrated interest in public policy;
• Proof of medical insurance.

Coursework

Students selected to the Summer Institute are required to sign up for work under the supervision of Dr. Belinda Reyes (Director, César E. Chávez Institute) and Dr. Teresa Carrillo (Latina/Latino Studies) in an independent study project to be completed before the end of the spring semester. Directed readings will focus on educational issues confronting Latino students.  Students who do not complete the project would not be able to participate in the summer program.

Students may register in LTNS 699 for independent study credit for the work.

 

To apply  
Submit the Summer Institute application, a two-page essay describing your interest in the program and in Latino policy and educational issues, a current transcript, and at least one letter of recommendation or endorsement from an SFSU faculty member. All application materials should be submitted electronically or by mail to: 

César E. Chávez Institute
SF State University

1600 Holloway Ave. PP750

San Francsico CA 94132

Application deadline:

January 15, 2012

Visit our webpage for information updates.

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Associated Students Incorporated is offering 28 scholarships up to $1,000 in a number of categories.

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Pick up applications at the ASI Business Office M-102 in the
Cesar Chavez Student Center
All graduate, undergraduate and AB 540 students with a minimum of a 2.5 G.P.A. are encouraged to apply.  Students will need to provide transcripts, a cover letter and a letter of recommendation.  To date, Ethnic Studies students are underrepresented as applicants.

There will be a DROP-IN SCHOLARSHIP CLINIC on Tuesday, December 13th between 10am and 2pm at the Ethnic Studies Student Resource Center, EP 110B.

For more information contact http://asi.sfsu.edu  (415) 405-4048 or Phil Klasky at pklasky@sfsu.edu.

World AIDS Day December 1st

SFSU Present: World Aids Day

When/Where: December 1, 2011

• 11:00 – 12:00 @ Rosa Parks A
• Safer Sex Workshop—Sexual Health P.E.A.C.H.
• 11:00 – 4:00 @ Rosa Parks A–C
• FREE HIV Antibody Testing—Larkin Street Youth Services
• 12:05 – 12:20 @ Malcolm X Plaza
• Moment of Reverence—SKINS
• 12:30 – 2:00 @ Jack Adams Hall
• Film:  We Were Here
  From Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals a feature length documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber.
• 2:10 – 4:00 @ Jack Adams Hall
• Panel: 30+ years of HIV and the state of HIV today
  Moderator, Mya Vaughn, Department of Counseling
• Kenneth Monteiro, Dean of Ethnic Studies, We Were There Too: African American Communities, African American men and HIV
• Rita Melendez, Chair Human Sexuality Studies, Latino Immigrants who are HIV+
• Mai Nhung Le, Asian American Studies, HIV and Women of Asian Decent Who Work in Massage Parlors 
• Peter Ingmire, Department of Biology, HIV and Men Who Have Sex with Men
• Cecilia Chung, SF Human Rights Commissioner, HIV and Transgender Communities
• C.S. Gomora, Two Spirit, Ojibwa First Nations, American Indian Studies / English and Gender Studies Student, HIV in Native American Indian Communities
• Jason Bell, Director of Project Rebound,  HIV in California Prisons

THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY AIDS QUILT WILL BE ON DISPLAY ALL WEEK IN THE LOBBY OF THE CESAR CHAVEZ STUDENT CENTER

KPFA-FM radio Thurs. Nov. 17, 7p

Valerie Soe and a student from AAS 304 will be on APEX Express, the API arts & culture show on KPFA-FM  this Thursday, Nov. 17. The show is from 7-8p and you can tune in at 94.1 FM, or find the livestream at http://www.kpfa.org/

AMP: Asians Moving Power, Fri. Dec. 2

AAS 304: Community Arts Workshop will be putting on AMP: Asians Moving Power, on Fri. Dec. 2, 7-9p at the I-Hotel Manilatown Heritage Foundation in Chinatown. The show will feature skits, videos, spoken word, dance and other performance pieces dealing with relevant topics in 
the AA community. There will also be a reception with food after the show. Suggested donation $5-15. 

American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island 11/20

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

You are invited to attend the opening of a multimedia exhibit on the historic American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island on Sunday, November 20th on Alcatraz Island.

In 2009, in collaboration with native community members, scholars and activists, a group of San Francisco State University and California State University East Bay students and faculty conducted interviews of native scholars and activists and documented the 40th anniversary of the historic 19-month American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island.  The resulting exhibit was originally shown at the San Francisco State Cesar Chavez Student Center Art Gallery in November 2010 and was subsequently invited by the National Park Service to be installed on Alcatraz Island.

The multi-media exhibit contains photographs of the 40th anniversary occupation celebration; an audio landscape with excerpts from interviews of Alcatraz veterans and native activists; a collage of contemporary and archival footage; contemporary Native American poetry; and original art.  Alcatraz historian Dr. Troy Johnson provides interpretation for what remains an important part of the history of the island and an event that sparked the flame of American Indian activism.  The occupation provided visibility for the many challenges facing America's original peoples and led to victories in civil rights and native sovereignty. 

Alcatraz occupation veterans, American Indian artists, activists and scholars, as well as the students and faculty who created the exhibit will be present at the opening to interact with the public.  The exhibit is sponsored by the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center; American Indian Studies and Cesar Chavez Institute at San Francisco State; the International Indian Treaty Council; the Department of Ethnic Studies at Cal State East Bay; and The Cultural Conservancy, a non-profit indigenous rights organization. We wish to acknowledge the support of the National Park Service and a generous donation from the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Native American Caucus.

The exhibit is located next to the gift shop in the former Band Practice Room in the cellblock basement on Alcatraz Island.

I have attached the press release for the event and our postcard.  Please distribute to your contacts.

We hope to see you at the opening which will last from 9:00am to 4:30pm.  SF State students, faculty and special guests can ride on the staff ferry to the island for free on the morning of November 20th.  Meet at Pier 33 at 8:30am.  The exhibit will be housed in the cellblock basement until February 2012 and will then move to another location on the island.

-- Phil Klasky, American Indian Studies

Arab and Arab American Feminisms Panel Event 11/10

Arab and Arab American Feminisms Panel Event

Thurs. Nov. 10th 7pm | 2 Plaza St, SF

This panel will feature a discussion led by contributors to the book Arab and Arab American Feminisms, which explores themes including intersections between gender, sexuality, Orientalism, racism, Islamophobia, and Zionism, and the restoration of Arab Jews to Arab American histories. Arab and Arab American Feminisms opens up new possibilities for placing grounded Arab and Arab American feminist perspectives at the center of gender studies, Middle East studies, American studies, and ethnic studies.

The Panel Event will feature: 
Rabab Abdulhadi, associate professor of Ethnic Studies/Race and Resistance Studies and senior scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative at San Francisco State University and coauthor of Mobilizing Democracy: Changing U.S. Policy in the Middle East.
Mohja Kahf, associate professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Arkansas. Kahf is a poet, novelist, and activist for the Syrian Revolution, which she tweets for @ProfKahf. Her books include Emails from Scheherezade, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, and Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque.
Happy/L.A. Hyder,  visual artist, writer and performer, whose activism include speaking about anti-Arab racism at the Dynamics of Color conference on racism in the lesbian community (1989), founding/directing LVA : Lesbians in the Visual Arts (1990-2003), and sharing thoughts on the iconography of family images and the impact of making art at the Arab American Museum's DIWAN conference (2009

4th Annual Palestinian Cultural Mural Anniversary 11/3

4th Annual Palestinian Cultural Mural Anniversary

Palestine and the Indivisibility of Justice

Thursday, November 3rd

5:00pm - 9:30pm

Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco, CA

The 4th anniversary of the Palestinian Cultural Mural Honoring the Late Professor Edward Said <http://www.sfsustudentcenter.com/about/murals.php#palestinianmural>

Evening Program with members of the "African Heritage" & "Indigenous and Women of Color Feminist" Delegations to Palestine:
Angela Davis * Waziyatawin * Gerald Lenoir * Gina Dent * Melissa Garcia * Rabab Abdulhadi

& Dean Jake Perea * Dean Ken Monteiro * Aimee Barnes * Loubna Qutami * SFSU GUPS leaders * Al-Juthoor

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Proceeds will benefit the Edward Said Distinguished Lecture Fund. Please send your check to AMED at 1600 Holloway, EP 425, SF, CA 94132, or donate with your credit card online <https://www.applyweb.com/public/contribute?s=sfudonat> Please select "Other" Under About Your Gift and write in AMED/Said Lecture Fund.
For more information, contact amed@sfsu.edu or call (415) 405-2668

Winter Writing Colloquium 1/19/12

The Committee on Written English Proficiency (CWEP) invites all faculty to a Winter Writing Colloquium on Thursday, January 19,2012, 10:00 -2:00.  Morning coffee and lunch will be provided.

The Colloquium will feature concurrent events: Roundtables (where faculty can share their work teaching writing in GWAR classes) and Workshops (one focusing on the appropriate role of grammar in our response to student writing, and another on using peer response.) Faculty can attend in the morning, afternoon, or both.

RSVP by January 15 to Mary Soliday (Soliday@sfsu.edu) if you plan to attend and if you want to reserve lunch.  Complete details available at:http://wac.sfsu.edu/content/winter-writing-colloquium-january-19-2012

American Indian Studies Open House & Community Gathering Potluck

The Department of American Indian Studies would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 in EP 116 for our fall open house and community gathering potluck.

This semester's open house will be very special as we will be dedicating a portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Parent that was unveiled at last year's open house in Spring 2011. The portrait is now hanging in the Phil McGee Conference Room.

We do encourage you to share this invitation with Native community members who may not be on this list, especially high school students and their families, community college students and community-based organizations.

When you RSVP, please let us know what you might be able to bring so that we can plan to provide as much as possible for those attending.

As always, thank you for your continued support, collaboration, and work on behalf of Native communities in the Bay Area and beyond.

Andrew Jolivette
Associate Professor and Chair
American Indian Studies Department, EP 103B
Affiliated Faculty, Race & Resistance Studies/Educational Leadership
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA. 94132
(415) 338-2701 ~ ajoli@sfsu.edu
~~~~~~~
IHART Fellow, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute,
University of Washington 2010-2012

http://www.sfsu.edu/~ais/faculty.htm
http://www.nativewiki.org/Andrew_Jolivette
http://depts.washington.edu/ihartp/index.php
~~~~~~~
Board President, Speak Out
Board Co-Chair, GLBT Historical Society

http://speakoutnow.org/
http://www.glbthistory.org/


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Writing Workshop 10/19

The Ethnic Studies Student Resource and Empowerment Center will be conducting a writing workshop on Wednesday, October 19th from 4pm to 6pm in EP 116.

The workshop will focus on effective resumes, personal statements, how to obtain letters of recommendation and apply for scholarships, and will be facilitated by Phil Klasky and Angel Ku.

COES 42nd Anniversary Celebration

College of Ethnic Studies 42nd Anniversary Celebration and Annual Awards Program

Please join us for a sophisticated afternoon of fun and meaningful community networking. We will kick off the festivities with a Sky Terrace welcome and reception. Followed by this years awards program in the main restaurant. This celebration will feature guest speakers, fine cuisine, and live music from amazing artists including our own Dr.Loco and John-Carlos Perea.

Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011

Program:

11:30am-12:45pm - Sky Terrace Reception

1:00-1:45pm - Award Ceremony

1:45-3:00pm - Celebration

Place: Medjool Restaurant, 2522 Mission Street, SF, [map]

Cost: $40

Tickets

There are a limited number of tickets available.  Once we reach that number no more tickets
can be sold.  Last years event sold out quicker than we expected.  So purchase your tickets early at http://www.sfsu.edu/~alumni/events.html#coes

SF History Association slideshow and talk: Judy Yung on Angel Island

Guest Speaker: Judy Yung, coauthor of Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America

Tuesday, May 31, 2011
St. Philip’s Catholic Church, 725 Diamond (at 24th St.), Noe Valley
Doors Open: 7 p.m.

From 1910 to 1940, an island in San Francisco Bay was at the center of the 20th century's greatest debates over immigration. The Angel Island Immigration Station, known as the "Ellis Island of the West," was the detention center for nearly half a million people who sailed through the Golden Gate to
pursue the American Dream or find safety from war, poverty, and religious and political persecution. For some, this was the entry point to their new lives in America. For others, it was a prison and their final destination before being sent home. Some were excluded and deported because of their race; others were found to be physically unfit, illiterate, or "likely to become a public charge.”

Historians Erika Lee and Judy Yung ― both descendants of Angel Island immigrants ― uncovered the stories of these surprisingly diverse immigrants through extensive new research, immigration records, oral histories, and inscriptions on the barrack walls. Their experiences on the island and
beyond — illustrated by beautiful archival photographs—reveal how Angel Island represents both the best and worst of American history.

Judy Yung is Professor Emerita of American Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her other books include Island: Poetry and History of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, and Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with refreshments and a S.F. historical book sale, while the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. sharp. There is a $5 admission for nonmembers. Limited parking in schoolyard (entrance on Elizabeth St.), but additional parking is available on surrounding streets. Muni: 24-Divisadero and 48-Quintara stop at Castro and 24th streets; 35-Eureka stops at Diamond and 24th streets.

PEP Community Show this Friday

Greetings!

You are cordially invited to attend PEP's Annual Community show this Friday, May  6, 2011 @ 6:00 PM at the Burton High School Auditorium. The event will showcase the many talented students and teachers from PEP.  There
will be lots of entertainment to enjoy, including dance, poetry, readings, and plays. This is our most popular event and is always well attended by the community.  Please join us in celebration of this years theme of "Hope that Grew From Concrete."  We look forward to seeing you at the show.

Sincerely,

The Students and Teachers of PEP

Raza Studies Graduation Reception 2011

¡Felicidades! Congratulations!

You and your family and friends are invited to the Raza Studies

Graduation Reception!

    The Department of Raza Studies would like to invite the Class of 
2011 Raza Studies Majors and Minors, along with friends and family, 
to a reception in your honor.

     Come help us celebrate your SFSU graduation and the completion of the Raza Studies Major or Minor degree program.

     This is a time for fun, food, friends, family and faculty to join in honoring you and your accomplishments. 

When: Friday, May 20 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Where: EP 103 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132

     Please RSVP using this Evite and give us the number of guests in your party by May 11, 2011. 

      A prize will be awarded by random drawing of all students who have RSVP'ed by May 11, so don't delay. 

RSVP HERE

SAVE THE DATE

The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University invites you to join us in tribute to activist artist
Rupert Garcia on Friday · July 15, 2011.
 

Join us at the de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park @ 6:30 PM in Koret Auditorium for the lecture. Followed by a Private Reception in the Piazzoni Murals Room.

Rupert Garcia was a  leader of the powerful socio-political Chicano Art Movement almost since its inception in the sixties, and he continues to use art to address social and political concerns and inequities. He was also a student at SF State during the '68 student-led Strike, where he designed many of the Strike posters. While a graduate student studying painting at SF State in 1969, Garcia was invited by Raza  Studies to design and teach the first La Raza Art Workshop class.  In 1970, he was a co-founder of the Galería de la Raza, a non-profit community-based arts organization which still exists and whose mission is to  foster public
awareness and appreciation of Chicano/Latino art.

RUPERT GARCIA'S WORK IS CURRENTLY ON EXHBIT AT THE de YOUNG UNTIL JULY 17

Net  proceeds from the July 15 tribute reception honoring Rupert Garcia will support the College of Ethnic Studies Community University Empowerment (CUE) Fund, which supports collaborative research and creative projects engaging faculty, students and communities of color served by the College.

For more information: http://www.sfsu.edu/~ethnicst/garcia_spec.html

Black Health & Healing Summit

Black Health & Healing Summit
Declaring Good Health in the Black Community

When: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Time: 9 A.M. - 5 P.M
Where: City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Avenue

Vietnamese Film Festival

The San Francisco Diasporic Vietnamese Film Festival features 13 films from nine directors in the U.S., Australia, Germany, England and Vietnam, and spans the range of narrative, documentary and experimental genres. Films will be screened in the Coppola Theatre beginning at 10:30 a.m. on April 23.

For additional information, visit www.dvanonline.org/ or contact Isaabelle Thuy Pelaud at ipelaud@sfsu.edu or (415) 608-7855.

Re-SEAing Southeast Asian American Studies

Memories & Visions
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

The third tri-annual interdisciplinary Southeast Asians in the diaspora conference will take place at San Francisco State University. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to sizable populations of Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Lao, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, and Vietnamese Americans. This conference will foreground the large Southeast Asian American communities of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and the Pacific Northwest, as well as continue to build momentum and grow just as the Southeast Asian American demographics increase in size and visibility here in the U.S. and in particular, on the West Coast.

Event dates:
March 11-12, 2011

For complete details click here

SFSU Costco Scholarship

The San Francisco State University Costco Scholarship is available to students who are in their junior or senior year at San Francisco State University in the Fall of 2011. Students applying must have financial need as determined by the SFSU Office of Student Financial Aid. Preference will be given to economically and educationally disadvantaged students who are committed to helping others with similar backgrounds.

For more details click here

Asian American Studies In Focus

A monthly series of roundtable discussions and presentations on
teaching, community and scholarship.

Details:
Friday, February 11, 2011
11:00am - 12:30pm
EP 116 in EP Building
San Francisco State University

Undergraduate Senior Research/Thesis Showcase

Presenters:

Brian Malibiran: Filipino American Nurses
Kyaw (Joe) Oo: Burmese American Political Representation in America
Joseph Domingo: Health/Healthcare Inequalities and Social Disparities
among Hmong American Communities
Vanessa Emperador: Child Maltreatment In Asian American Communities
Marco Samson: Do Filipino Americans eat Dogs? A Critical Look at the
Making and Maintenance of a Stereotype

ColorStruck!

The College of Ethnic Studies is proud to join the College of Creative Arts, Associated Students Program Services and Performing Arts, and SF State's Black Student Union and Black Alumni in bringing to campus a one-man play examining the differences and misunderstandings that lead to racism. Written and performed by SF State's own Donald Lacy!

Details:

One Night Only!!

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

7:30pm @ McKenna Theater

San Francisco State University

To purchase tickets click here:

http://creativearts.sfsu.edu/events/2741/donald-lacy-colorstruck