Calendar of Events

Here’s an opportunity to use your talent!  Record children books for the East Harlem Academy listening center.  Volunteers will read from a range of books and make recordings for students to read along with.  BOOKED BY MLK SCHOLARS!

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Don’t Walk By is an annual homeless outreach that will take place in Manhattan every Saturday in February offering the homeless population an alternative to life on the streets.  Last year, over 1,300 volunteers from New York joined together to bring warm meals, clothing, medical treatment, shelter and more to men, women and children during one of the coldest months in the city.

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Starting in the early morning, soups and sauces are prepared in eighty-gallon steam kettles while the meats, side vegetables and starches for dinner entrees are prepared in twenty ovens.  By 8am, staff and volunteers typically have labeled and lidded 1,400 soups and 1,000 dinner entrees.  The rest of the day volunteers help chop hundreds of pounds of vegetables needed every day for soups and entrees while chefs and cooks prep, cook and portion the soup bases, meats, sauces and sides for the next day’s menus.  Frozen version of entrees are also cooked and packaged for future delivery. 

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Kimmel Room 803

The NYU Wagner Black Student's Alliance and the Wagner Women's Caucus will be screening the documentary "Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock" on Monday, February 6, 2012 from 5:30 - 8:00 pm in the Kimmel Center Room 803. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the Director/ Producer Sharon La Cruise, an NYU alum. This is a rare opportunity to watch the film after it debuts in February on PBS' Independent Lens.

Synopsis: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock tells the story of a seven-year journey by filmmaker Sharon La Cruise to try to unravel the life of a forgotten civil rights activist named Daisy Bates. In 1957, Bates became a household name when she fought for the right of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bates’ public support culminated in a constitutional crisis—pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself. As head of the Arkansas NAACP, and protector of the nine students, Daisy Bates would achieve instant fame as the drama played out on national television and in newspapers around the world. But that fame would prove fleeting and for her attempts to remain relevant, she would pay a hefty price.

Bio: Sharon La Cruise, Director/ Producer
Sharon La Cruise has worked in television and film for twenty years, both in the corporate and production aspects of the business. Currently, she is the Producer/ Director of Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock, a feature length documentary on civil rights activist Daisy Bates, which will be broadcast February 2012 on PBS' Independent Lens. She began her television career with ABC Primetime sales, working closely with account executives and advertising agencies. She has worked for Blackside Ind., Firelight Media, Roja Productions, The Faith Project, The Coca-Cola Company, the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and the Cable News Network (CNN). She has worked on: Shut up and Sing, Going Up River: The Long War of John Kerry, Beyond Brown: Pursing the Promise, Citizen King, Matters of Race, This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys, The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, and CNN's Through the Lens, The Road to the White House and The Planetary Police. She currently works as an associate for the Ford Foundation in the JustFilms unit. She is a member of the International Documentary Association. She holds an M.A. degree in television journalism from New York University, and a B.A. in history from Adelphi University.

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For more information contact:  Chanel Cathey cjc491@nyu.edu, 203.685.2043

SAFH’s Soup Kitchen serves approximately 200 hot and nutritious varied meals during the week and on Sundays.  SAFH staff and volunteers cook, serve, and clean up after these meals, which are offered cafeteria-style in our community room.  Related to the Soup Kitchen are two Food Pantry programs.  On Monday mornings seniors and others with chronic need are able to come twice per month.  Tuesdays through Fridays, low income families and individuals pick up bags of groceries, including food for three meals a day for three days, according to family size and conforming to state-approved nutrition standards.  Along with SAFH staff, volunteers also help with the preparation of bagging food items and the distribution of packaged food to families and individuals in need.

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Housing Works community of volunteers help in the Online Sale Department of the bookstore.  Volunteers will assist with the processing of online orders, packaging books for shipment and sorting incoming donations.

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Loeb Auditorium NYU Langone-Hospital for Joint Diseases 301 East 17th Street , 1st floor

2 hour panelist led discussion on defining cultural competence and improving care to culturally diverse or different populations.
The purpose is to address cultural competency, examine the purpose, discuss the need & most importantly, know what steps should be made to give culturally competent care without encouraging stereotypes.

This will be an open and candid discussion on improving health care to culturally diverse populations.The panelists will share their expertise and opinions on cultural issues and deas as relates to health.

Sponsored by: NYU Student Health Center

RSVP: http://cultureandhealth.eventbrite.com

Pfizer Auditorium

Description Join the Multicultural Peer Educators and the Office of Student Activities and Resource Center for a movie night!

Soul Food reception to follow!

Inspired by real events, the fascinating The Great Debaters reveals one of the seeds of the Civil Rights Movement in its s...tory of Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington in a captivating performance) and his champion 1935 debate club from the all-African-American Wiley College in Texas. Tolson, a Wiley professor, labor organizer, modernist poet, and much else, runs a rigorous debate program at the school, selecting four students as his team in ’35, among them the future founder of the Congress of Racial Equality, James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker).

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Sponsored by: NYU-Poly Office of Student Activities and Resource Center

1 Washington Square North, Social Work Building, Basement Lounge

A panel of student speakers with specific areas of expertise gather in a round-table discussion on exactly "Why We Can't Wait", the title of a book by Dr. King. Topics of discussion include food justice, community organizing, racism and diversity , and immigration. We will be serving dinner and desert in what promises to be a provocative, interactive, and motivating discussion for change and social activation. Come with ideas to share, or to learn more alongside similarly passionate students!

Sponsored by: Silver School of Social Work Undergraduate Student Government Association

Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South, Screening Room

Support students from the NYU community as they present a performance that demonsrates their relationships with the work of Dr. King and others in the Civil Rights movement.

Sponsored by Steinhardt Graduate Student Organization.

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For more information, please email steinhardt.gso@nyu.edu

YCP can use the support of volunteers to help with its Pantry program.  This is an excellent opportunity to experience the necessary team-work called forth to operate a food pantry.  Volunteers will work in teams to divvy up food, pre-pack, and organize bags by family composition in preparation for individuals and families to receive nutritional meals.

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Join the Administrative Management Council’s Naughty Knitters and Crafty Crocheters for a lunchtime workshop creating scarves and hats for local seniors.  Professionals will be onsite to assist beginners, no experience necessary.  All material will be provided in-kind by CSALS-NYU Service.  Bring a friend.

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Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1 Washington Place

Bomani Jones is a contributor for SBNation.com, and the former host of “The Morning Jones” on The Score. He is currently an on-air personality with ESPN as a regular panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” and “Jim Rome is Burning.” Bomani also has served as an adjunct professor at Elon University and Duke University.

Please RSVP as space is limited. This is part of a larger Black History Month Series Sponsored by the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies. For more information, click here.

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Pless Hall Lounge, 82 Washington Square East.

The 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award recipients include

• Pedro Noguera - Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education-Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
• Shankar Prasad - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
• Deirdre Royster - Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science
• Joseph M. Salvatore - Clincial Assistant Professor of Educational Theatre, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
  
• Kim Taylor-Thompson - Professor of Clinical Law, School of Law

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award is sponsored by the Office of the Provost in partnership with the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Student Diversity.  Its purpose is to recognize faculty members who exemplify the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. - through their scholarship, research, and teaching - by making a positive contribution to their students in the classroom and to the greater NYU community.  Honorees are nominated by NYU students and chosen by the MLK Faculty Awards Selection Committee.

To RSVP for this event, please email mlkfacaward@nyu.edu.

SAFH’s Soup Kitchen serves approximately 200 hot and nutritious varied meals during the week and on Sundays.  SAFH staff and volunteers cook, serve, and clean up after these meals, which are offered cafeteria-style in our community room.  Related to the Soup Kitchen are two Food Pantry programs.  On Monday mornings seniors and others with chronic need are able to come twice per month.  Tuesdays through Fridays, low income families and individuals pick up bags of groceries, including food for three meals a day for three days, according to family size and conforming to state-approved nutrition standards.  Along with SAFH staff, volunteers also help with the preparation of bagging food items and the distribution of packaged food to families and individuals in need.

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Join the Administrative Management Council’s Naughty Knitters and Crafty Crocheters for a lunchtime workshop creating scarves and hats for local seniors.  Professionals will be onsite to assist beginners, no experience necessary.  All material will be provided in-kind by CSALS-NYU Service.  Bring a friend.

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L101 - Commerce Room, Tisch Hall

PART 1:
Stern will help to further promote and advance Dr. King's dream by inviting students to participate in the "I AM DIVERSITY" picture campaign. Come have your picture taken during common hour (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.) in the Tisch Lobby from Tuesday, January 31 to Thursday, February 2. Pictures will be featured during MLK Week.

PART II:
Join the Stern community as we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In honor of this year's theme, "The Future of Diversity, Here and Now". We will be screening videos which reflect upon the past, present, and future of diversity. Stern student leaders will then lead a discussion centered on the continued importance of social justice and diversity in today's world. Also, be on the lookout for the "Social Justice and Diversity Mobile Game Show" taking place in the Stern student lounge on Wednesday during common hour!

Sponsored by: Student Life/NYU Stern

Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 3rd Floor Lounge

Conversations of Color welcomes any and all students, faculty and administrators to meet and talk about issues of diversity related to culture and identity. Our topic this month will be Colorism.

Sponsored by: NYU Steinhard

RSVP: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/717873/RSVP-for-Conversations-of-Color

Select upperclassmen and possibly alumni from the Opportunity Programs (HEOP & CSTEP) will share their personal stories of how they have evolved as college students coming from high schools and circumstances that have labeled them as disadvantaged.

Sponsored by: Opportunity Programs

Location: TBD

R.S.V.P. to Robert Rock, rmr360@nyu.edu

Call Temi Pedro for more information at 212-998-5688

Kimmel Center Eisner and Lubin Auditorium

What is the Future of Diversity in the Media, Arts, Education, Cities, Economy, Immigration and Activism? Find out at the university-wide event during MLK Week at NYU, featuring 7 leaders from various areas speaking for 7 minutes on 7 topic areas surrounding this year’s theme, The Future of Diversity: Here & Now. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Cornel West, Princeton University Professor, philosopher and influential intellectual, who will address the issue of activism; and Dr. Mitchell L. Moss, Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation and Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, who will speak about the issue of cities. We will also be presenting the NYU MLK Jr. Humanitarian Award to Associate Professor Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen, an NYU Alumnus and the Founding Director of NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute and co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America.

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RH-116 (NYU-Poly)

Over 150 rare artifacts that celebrate the contributions of African Americans to the field of politics. Through rare photographs, documents, magazines, newspapers, and other artifacts a story is told ab...out African Americans who in many cases were the first to open significant opportunities for other African Americans in the field of politics and other fields. More importantly, they fought to make inroads for America to live up to its principles of life, liberty and justice for all. Some of the highlights of this exhibit include rare documents and photographs signed by: Adam Clayton Powell, Blanche Bruce, Tom Bradley, Carl Stokes, Shirley Chisholm, Richard Hatcher, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, John Conyers, Barbara Jordan, President Barack Obama, Maynard Jackson, Edward Brooke, David Dinkins, Coleman A. Young, and many more. There is also a special section with original artifacts dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

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Sponsored by: NYU-Poly Office of Student Activities and Resource Center

Starting in the early morning, soups and sauces are prepared in eighty-gallon steam kettles while the meats, side vegetables and starches for dinner entrees are prepared in twenty ovens.  By 8am, staff and volunteers typically have labeled and lidded 1,400 soups and 1,000 dinner entrees.  The rest of the day volunteers help chop hundreds of pounds of vegetables needed every day for soups and entrees while chefs and cooks prep, cook and portion the soup bases, meats, sauces and sides for the next day’s menus.  Frozen version of entrees are also cooked and packaged for future delivery. 

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YCP can use the support of volunteers to help with its Pantry program from 9:30am to 1:30pm on February 11th.  This is an excellent opportunity to experience the necessary team-work called forth to operate a food pantry.  Volunteers will work in teams to divvy up food, pre-pack, and organize bags by family composition in preparation for individuals and families to receive nutritional meals.

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RH-116

Professor Griff of Public Enemy will speak on the life and legacy of Malcolm X.  

*Soul Food reception to follow!

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Sponsored by: NYU-Poly Office of Student Activities and Resource Center

Kimmel Center, E&L Auditorium
60 Washington Square South

$5 NYU $8 Non

-FEATURING CUTTING EDGE DESIGNERS, PERFORMANCES AND GIVEAWAYS!!

Hosted by the dynamic duo: TWO HEADED MONSTER

DJ Reborn

-Designers Include:

Beast of Glory
Brokenhearted Gentlemen
House of Versatile Styles
Kya Simone
Prajje 1983
Profound Aesthetic
Scratch Designs

A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Project Sunshine organization.

Don’t Walk By is an annual homeless outreach that will take place in Manhattan every Saturday in February offering the homeless population an alternative to life on the streets.  Last year, over 1,300 volunteers from New York joined together to bring warm meals, clothing, medical treatment, shelter and more to men, women and children during one of the coldest months in the city.

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Wasserman Center
133 East 13th Street, 2nd floor

This networking fair designed to connect underrepresented student populations with representatives from publishing, marketing, health, law, global careers and more.

RSVP on NYU CareerNet by Feb 11.

The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place, Main Floor

Join us for an evening of spoken word and dance with Gina Athena Ulysse and Peniel Guerrier.

An anthropologist, poet/performer, multi-media artist and an educator, Gina Athena Ulysse calls her thoughtful, expressive spoken word that pushes the boundaries of cultural anthropology “alterednative.”   Born in Petion-Ville, Haiti, she earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan, and is presently a professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Peniel Guerrier studied at Haiti’s notable art institute, Ecole Nationale des Arts in Port-au-Prince where he researched Haitian folkloric traditions.  In Haiti he taught, danced and toured the world with the National Dance Theatre of Haiti.  He immigrated to the United States where he performs and teaches in various dance centers and schools, including the Connecticut Ballet Center.

The 12th Annual Student Affairs Conference at NYU is scheduled for Friday, February 17, 2012. The conference is quickly filling up, and we wanted to remind you to register as soon as possible. The deadline to register is January 30th, 2012 at 5:00 PM. Please be aware that we have a limited number of spaces at the keynote lunceon. While we will provide an alternative lunch if space is not available, those who register early will have a better chance of a guaranteed space for the keynote luncheon.

This year, the conference seeks to better understand the challenges of a more globalized society and how we as student affairs professionals are prepared to meet these challenges for ourselves and our students.

To read more about the conference theme and to register, please go to: www.nyu.edu/student.affairs/conference

Questions? Simply e-mail us at sa.conference@nyu.edu.

Kaufman Management Center - Stern Business School

On behalf of New York University’s Stern School of Business and the Stern in Africa (SiA) executive leadership team, we are excited to invite you to the inaugural Stern Africa Forum (SAF) - one of the school’s premiere events this year. We intend for the Forum to do two things:

• build a legacy of an event that will continually highlight Africa’s role in the global economy
• raise NYU’s and Stern’s profile on the continent as a preeminent institution for African thought leadership.

Consistent with Stern’s emphasis on global initiatives and innovation, SAF will draw together Africa’s top business thinkers, innovators, and executives to discuss the trends driving economic development and growth on the continent. We’ll go beyond highlighting Africa’s emergence as the final investment frontier, and focus on innovative business practices and ventures fueling the progress and potential of Africa’s emerging economies. Let’s dialogue on these topics and many others under the theme of this landmark event, which is “Redefining Africa: Innovative Business and Frontier investments in Emerging Africa”.

On behalf of Stern in Africa, we are thrilled to welcome participants from across the continent – and the globe. We look forward to seeing you in New York and engaging in great dialogue.

Sponsored by: Stern in Africa

To register
http://sia-nyustern.ticketleap.com/sternafricaforum2012/

NYU Bookstore - 726 Broadway

Freedom Riders is the powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives—and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment—for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism.

Sponsored by: NYU Bookstore

Kimmel Center, E&L Auditorium

-Come join us at the AHM Comedy Show. Hosted by comedian Mike Britt.

The show will also feature comedians Sherrod Small from vH1’s Best Week Ever, Damien Lemon from MTV2’s hit show Guy Code, and Phoebe Robinson. We will end the night with an Open Mic.

$7 NYU, $10 Non

Proceeds from this event will be donated to NY Laughs non-profit organization