2008

Fall Calendar of

Sponsored Cultural Events

September | October | November | December  

September

ALL Month Queer History Month

ALL Semester Latino/Chicano Heritage Celebration

Tuesday, September 9, 12:00-2:00 p.m., KSC 270

Multicultural Center Open House

Fall Feast
Tuesday, September 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Kirby Rafters
Speaker: Amy McCoy, from the Enweyang

Ojibwe Immersion Language Nest for Early 5 children

Sponsored by the American Indian Learning Resource Center

Tuesday, September 16,

Panel Discussion about the Topic of Immigration

Sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement

Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 p.m., Montague 80

Film “The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez”

Sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement

Wednesday, September 17, 3:30-5:30p.m, KSC 273B

Train Your Brain: “Sound and Fury”

Sponsored by Access for All

Tuesday & Wednesday, September 23 & 24, 11:30-2:30pm, Kirby Commons

Egg Roll Sale

Sponsored by Access for All

Thursday, September 25, 7p.m., Bohannan 90

Latino Film Festival, Film: “Maria Full of Grace”

Sponsored by the Latino Chicana Student Association

Fri-Sat, September 26-27, Register at www.d.umn.edu/mlrc/glbt

First U of M System-wide GLBTA Summit

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Friday, September 26, 8 p.m., UMD Weber Music Hall

Singers Sara Thomsen, Paula Pedersen and more

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

October

ALL Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Wednesday, October 1st,  12 NOON, KSC 266

Meet and greet with the Women’s Resource and Action Center Interns

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Wednesday, October 1, 3:30-5:30p.m., KSC 273B

Train Your Brain Film Series: “XMEN 3”

Sponsored by Access for All

Thursday, October 2, 7p.m., Bohannan 90

Latino Film Festival, Film: “El Norte” / “The North”

Sponsored by the Latino Chicana Student Association

Friday, October 3, 12 Noon Montague Hall 80

Panel Discussion with the cast members of Mending Monologues

Sponsored by PAVSA, Women’s Resource and Action Center and many other community organizations

Friday, October 3, 7:00 p.m., Bohannon Hall 90

Mending Monologues

Sponsored by PAVSA, Women’s Resource and Action Center and many other community organizations

Saturday, October 4, 7:00 p.m., Bohannon Hall 90

Mending Monologues

Sponsored by PAVSA, Women’s Resource and Action Center and many other community organizations

Thursday, October 9, 7p.m., Bohannan 90

Latino Film Festival, Film: “La Vendedora de Rosas” / “The Rose Seller”

Sponsored by the Latino Chicana Student Association

Saturday, October 11th,

National Coming Out Day, More info at www.d.umn.edu/mlrc/glbt

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Wednesday, October 15,  Please RSVP to Angie Nichols (anichols)

Annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Wednesday, October 15, 12 Noon, KSC 268

Women’s Resource and Action Center Brown Bag TBA

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Thursday, October 16, 11:00-2:00p.m., Kirby Student Lounge

Speak Out

Sponsored by Diversity Commission

Thursday, October 16, 7p.m., Bohannan 90

Latino Film Festival

Film: “Ladrón que roba a ladrón” / “Thief Who Steals From a Thief”

Sponsored by the Latino Chicana Student Association

Wednesday, October 22, 12 Noon, KSC 268

“Men can be feminist too” Presented by Ed Heisler

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Monday, October 27, 4 p.m., Kirby Ballroom

White Like Me, Kirby Leadership Symposium, Tim Wise author

Sponsored by Diversity Commission and Kirby Student Board

Tuesday & Wednesday, October 28 & 29, 11:30-2:30p.m., Kirby Commons

Egg Roll Sale

Sponsored by Access for All

Wednesday, October 29, 12 Noon, KSC 268

Women’s Resource and Action Center Brown Bag TBA

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

October 28-Nov 7, MLRC, KSC 270

Exhibition Display “Dia de Los Muertos” Day of the Dead

Sponsored by Latino Chicana Student Association

November

Saturday, November 1, 2:00-5:0p.m., Multicultural Center, KSC 270

Family Day Event for “Dia de los Muertos”

Sponsored by Latino Chicana Student Association

Tuesday, November 4th, Get Out and VOTE!

Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 3:30-5:30p.m., KSC 273B

Train Your Brain Films Series: “AWAKENINGS”

Sponsored by Access for All

Saturday, November 8, 5:00p.m., Kirby Ballroom

Arts of Asia

Sponsored by Asian Pacific American Association

Tuesday, November 11, 7-10p.m., Kirby Ballroom

Speakers: Aspergers Syndrome

Sponsored by Access for All

Wednesday, November 12, 9-4p.m., Kirby Ballroom

Speakers: Aspergers Syndrome

Sponsored by Access for All

Wednesday, November 12, 12 Noon, KSC 268

Panel Discussion: Professional Women in Duluth

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Wednesday, November 12, 7:00p.m., MonH 70

Speaker: Victor Lewis

"Time for Transformation:  From the Politics of Race to the Politics of Solidarity

Sponsored by the Office of Cultural Diversity, African American Student Programs and Black Student Association

November 15-23

International Education Week

For more information please go to www.d.umn.edu/ieo

Saturday, November 15, 2:00-4:00p.m., 301 West St. Marie Street

International Taste of UMD at Hope United Methodist Church

Sponsored by the International Club

Salsa Dance

Saturday, November 15, 7:00p.m., Kirby Ballroom

Sponsored by Latino Chicana Student Association

Tuesday, November 18, 12 noon, Open to Campus. Library Rotunda

Book Club Discussion, White Like Me, Tim Wise.

Sponsored by Diversity Commission

Thursday, November 20, Activity, TBA

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Friday, November 21, time TBA

Drag 101 Workshop, Drag Queen Diva Esmé Rodriguez

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Saturday, November 22, 7:00p.m., Kirby Ballroom

QASU Fall Drag Show, starring Esmé Rodriguez

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

December

Monday, December 1, Contact Angie Nichols for more info

World AIDS Day

Sponsored by Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Services

Tuesday & Wednesday, December 2& 3, 11:30-2:30p.m., Kirby Commons

Egg Roll Sale

Sponsored by Access for All

Wednesday, December 3, 3:30-5:30p.m., K273 B

Train Your Brain Film Series: “SILENT ANGELS”

Sponsored by Access for All

Wednesday, December 3,  12 Noon KDC 266

Holiday Party at the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Sponsored by the Women’s Resource and Action Center

Thursday, December 4, 4:00p.m., Griggs Conf. Room P-Q

Book Club Discussion, White Like Me, Tim Wise.

Sponsored by Diversity Commission

Saturday, December 6, 6:00p.m., UMD Ballroom

Kwaanza Celebration

Sponsored by the Black Student Association

Sunday, December 7, 2-4p.m., MPAC Dudley

Interpreted Performance of Hummingbirds

Sponsored by Access for All