April 8, 2003 (Tuesday):
1. Speaker: Tom Gehrls, "Socialization of Rape"
Tom Gehrls (Sergeant, Campus Police) will explore the "Socialization of Rape" and the reality for women whether they know the assailant or not. Sponsored by the CSUF Women's Center. (For more info on Women's Center-sponsored events in 2003, please see their website calendar at: http://www.fullerton.edu/womencenter/calendar.htm)
(LOCATION: University Hall - 205; TIME: noon - 1:00 pm)
April 9 (Wednesday):
1. Speaker: filmmaker Rhianne Bergado
CSUF alumnus Rhianne Bergado will speak about and screen excerpts from her body of film work, as well as discuss aspects of the production process.
(LOCATION: Pollack Library South 360; TIME: 1 - 2:15 pm)
April 10 (Thursday):
1. Poetry Reading: featuring Trangdai Tranguyen and Richard Jong
Trangdai Tranguyen is the author of If You Like, Mom, an acclaimed collection of poems celebrating mothers. Richard Jong is a lecturer of Asian American Studies at CSUF; his poetry has appeared in DisOrient, the Ground Up, and Anagram.
(LOCATION: McCarthy Hall - room 617; TIME: 1 - 2:15 pm)
2. Speaker: Trangdai Tranguyen, "Vietnamese American Women"
Coinciding with her contribution to an upcoming SAGE Publications collection, CSUF history graduate student Trangdai Tranguyen will discuss her research on Vietnamese American women. Sponsored by the CSUF Center for Oral & Public History.
(LOCATION: Education-Classroom [a.k.a. 'EC' building] room 032; TIME: 2:30 - 4:00 pm)
April 12 (Saturday):
1. Student Workshops: University Leadership Conference
This year's conference will focus on the empowerment of all students to become the leaders they already are. Whether we know it or not, we have all, at one time or another, served as a leader, held a leadership position, or demonstrated leadership qualities. Everyone has the capacity for leadership and for being a leader. Sponsored by the Dean of Students Office, and Leadership & Multicultural Development Programs. (For additional info, please see http://www.fullerton.edu/deanofstudents/sli/ULC%20Information.htm)
(LOCATION: Titan Student Union, various locations; TIME: 8 am - 5 pm)
April 15 (Tuesday):
1. Speaker: Katina Napper, MBA, "Cross Cultural Communication"
This presentation will provide tools to communicate effectively in diverse environments. A special focus will be on communicating effectively in professional and personal settings. Sponsored by the CSUF Women's Center.
(LOCATION: University Hall - 205; TIME: noon - 1:00 pm)
April 16 (Wednesday):
1. Speaker: Elahe Amani, "Women's Rights in Post-Taliban Afghanistan"
Dr. Elahe Amani (Chair, Coalition of Women from Asia and the Middle East) will discuss the lack of women's human rights in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Women and girls are still being abused, harassed and threatened in Afghanistan, often by government troops and officials. Eye witness reports and human right organizations claim that outside Kabul life has not changed much for women and girls. Sponsored by the CSUF Women's Center.
(LOCATION: University Hall - 205; TIME: noon - 1:00 pm)
April 18 (Friday):
1. Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) Culture Night
(LOCATION: CSUF Plummer Auditorium; TIME: to be announced)
April 19 (Saturday):
1. Pilipino-American Student Association (PASA) Culture Night: "Ang Talaarawan ni Lola (Grandmother's Diary)"
(Off-Campus LOCATION: Anaheim Union H.S.; 811 W. Lincoln Ave.; Anaheim, CA; TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm)
April 20 (Sunday):
1. Film: The Color Of Fear (part of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences' International Film Series "Peace and War on Planet Earth")
Documentary, USA, 1994, by Lee Mun Wah, 90 min. A groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight men of various ethnic groups. (2nd feature: Everyone's Child. Zimbabwe, 1996, by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 85 min. The story of two orphaned children in Zimbabwe and their abrupt journey into a world of adult responsibility.) Discussion by CSUF Afro-Ethnic Studies professors Dr. Carl Jackson and Dr. Wacira Gethaiga. Sponsored by the College of Humanities & Social Sciences
(LOCATION: Humanities Building, room H-110; TIME: 5:30 - 9:00 pm)
April 24 (Thursday):
1. Film: Two Lies
Fiction, USA, 1989, by Pam Tom, 30 min. Synopsis: Doris Chu, a recently divorced Chinese American woman, has plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder. From her teenage daughter Mei's perspective, her mother's two eyes equal two lies. When the family journeys to a desert resort during Doris' recuperation, a series of revelations and bitter confrontations erupt. This beautiful black and white drama is a poignant study of generational conflict and the struggle for identity in a world of hybrid cultures. Sponsored by the CSUF Women's Center & the Asian Pacific Islander Discussion Group.
(LOCATION: University Hall - 252; TIME: 2:30 - 3:30 pm)
April 25 (Friday):
1. Workshop (for CSUF students only): Andi Sims, "Dealing With Racism"
(LOCATION: Titan Student Union room 249; TIME: 2:30 - 4:00 pm)
April 28 (Monday):
1. Asian American Studies Brown-bag lecture: Dr. Eliza Noh, "Asian American Women and Suicide"
(LOCATION: Pollack Library South 360; TIME: noon - 1:00 pm)
April 29 (Tuesday):
1. Townhall Meeting: "Leadership in the South Asian Community"
Co-sponsored by the Pakistani Student Association and the Asian American Studies program.
(LOCATION: Titan Student Union -- Alvarado A; TIME: noon - 1:30 pm)
2. Music / Performance: Asian Pacific American Culture Night
Featuring Ill Again, Sketchbook Cafe, CSUF Wushu Club, DJ Frank_E, Carol Vu, Randall Park (emcee).
(LOCATION: Titan Student Union Pavillions; TIME: 7 - 9:00 pm)
April 30 (Wednesday):
1. Speaker: Trangdai Tranguyen, "Activism in Contemporary Vietnamese America"
Sponsored by the CSUF Center for Oral & Public History.
(LOCATION: Pollack Library South 360; TIME: 10 - 10:50 am)
2. Speaker: Gerdy Ungerer, "Japanese Internment Camps During World War II"
Gerdy Ungerer describes her experiences surviving the Japanese internment camps during the war. Gerdy will share her experience of being separated from her family at age 13 and moving to 5 different camps. Sponsored by the CSUF Women's Center.
(LOCATION: University Hall - 205; TIME: noon - 1:00 pm)
Upcoming events in May...
May 18 (Sunday):
1. Films (double feature): No Man Is An Island / Imua Tamuning Eagles (part of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences' International Film Series "Peace and War on Planet Earth")
No Man Is An Island. USA, 1962, by Richard Goldstone and John Monks Jr., starring Jeffrey Hunter and Marshall Thompson, 114 min. As the only American serviceman left on the island of Guam during the three years in which the Japanese controlled the surrounding seas, Tweed (Hunter) slowly but surely learns to survive with a hero's bravery and fortitude. Imua Tamuning Eagles. Documentary, Guam, 2003, by Vicente M. Diaz, Herman Crisostomo, and Michael P. Perez. This documentary traces the itinerary of a Guam football team against the backdrop of US military colonialism. Discussion by Dr. Michael P. Perez and Vicente M. Diaz.
(LOCATION: Humanities Building, room H-110; TIME: 5:30 - 9:00 pm)
