2009-2010 EVENTS

 

UW Women of Color Collective
Dialoguing Difference
1st Annual Conference

June 5, 2009

Seattle Fandango Project

Building Community Through Music

The Fandango traditions of Veracruz, Mexico, use music, singing, and dancing to generate a spirit of convivencia—of living and being in community. For a decade, musicians in Veracruz and in California have built a movement of convivencia through Fandango Sin Fronteras (Fandango Without Borders). The Seattle Fandango Project brings this movement to Seattle with local workshops, concerts, and public discussions with guest artists Son De Madera, as well as community members, organizers, and educators. Come experience and learn!

Son De Madera, a quartet from Veracruz, Mexico, is known for its powerful music arrangements in the Son Jarocho tradition. They will be in residence in Seattle during the month of October.

All events are free and open to the public.

Event Schedule

Concerts:

• EMP All Access Night presents Son De Madera
Thursday, October 1, 2009 ~ 5-8pm
Experience Music Project, 325 5th Avenue N

• Final Concert and Fandango
Friday, October 30, 2009 ~ 8pm-2am
The Vera Project, Seattle Center (next to Key Arena, tucked under the awning)

Discussions and Demonstrations:

• Son De Madera, Martha Gonzalez (Quetzal, UW), and Francisco Orozco (UW)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 ~ 7-10pm
Ethnic Cultural Center Theater, 3931 Brooklyn Avenue NE

• Son De Madera: Music and American Cultures, MUSIC/AES 446
Monday, October 12, 2009 ~ 1:30-3pm
University of Washington School of Music, Brechemin Auditorium, room 213

• Alma en la Tarima/Soul Dancing: Rubi Oseguera Rueda (Son De Madera), Carolina Sarmiento (Son Del Centro, Santa Ana CA),
Martha Gonzalez (Quetzal, UW)
Thursday, October 29, 2009 ~ 7-9pm
University of Washington Communications Building, room 120

The Seattle Fandango Project is dedicated to building relationships through participatory music. It is sponsored by the American Music Partnership
of Seattle (AMPS), a collaboration between EMP, KEXP, and the University of Washington, funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and housed
at the Simpson Center for the Humanities, with support from the UW School of Music, UW Department of Women Studies, UW School of Social Work,
UW Dance Program, UW Diversity Research Institute, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, El Centro de La Raza, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and
The Vera Project.

For more information, contact AMPS Project Coordinator Quetzal Flores at quetzal@uw.edu or Download e-Flyer.

 

PATTERNS OF INDIGENOUS MOBILITY: GUATEMALA > MEXICO > U.S.*

Presented by the Department of American Ethnic Studies
in collaboration with the UW Office of Global Affairs
to mark the establishment of the UNAM's Office for the
Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.

Friday, October 16, 2009

3:30PM – 5:30PM
Douglas Forum – Bank of America Executive Education Center University of Washington, Seattle Campus

A conference on indigenous migration from Guatemala and Mexico to the U.S. presented by the Department of American Ethnic Studies in collaboration with the UW Office of Global Affairs to mark the establishment of the UNAM’s Office for the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.


“The Multicultural and Multiethnic Character of Mexican Migration to the U.S.” Dr. Cristina Oehmichen Bazán, Institute for Anthropological Research, UNAM

“Migration and Human Rights,” Dr. Emilio Rolando Ordóñez Cifuentes, Insitute for Juridical Studies, UNAM

"Zapotec and Mixtec Migration to the Pacific Northwest," Dr. Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies,University of Oregon

Moderator: Dr. Erasmo Gamboa, American Ethnic Studies, U.W.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information call AES, 206 543-4343 / aes@u.washington.edu

To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/TTY, 206-685-7264 (FAX), or email at dso@u.washington.edu.

For more information on PATTERNS OF INDIGENOUS MOBILITY: GUATEMALA > MEXICO > U.S. Conference, click here.

*Although this event is not sponsored directly by the Diversity Research Institute, we are in support of various events both on and off campus that promote diversity, social justice and institutional transformation.

 

CENTER FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

"EDUCATION FOR DIVERSITY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY"

A Puget Sound Regional Conference and Publication Launch

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
University of Washington, Seattle
Husky Union Building (HUB)

Friday, October 30, 2009

Co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity
and the Diversity Research Institute

This regional conference is being held to launch The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education, to celebrate the culmination of this two-year project and to disseminate the results of this project.

In this conference, several authors of the Companion from different nations will provide an overview of the volume, the historical development of multicultural education within their nations, the major debates in the field, and make scholarly bservations and predictions about the future of multicultural education within their nations. A major objective of this conference is to facilitate a comparative study of multicultural education across nations and to discuss the implications of education and diversity in other nations for enriching theory, research, and practice in the United States.

For more information on the Education for Diversity in a Global Society Conference, click here.

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