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Each week UA Crossroads provides a list of upcoming
opportunities to engage the rich diversity of identities and experiences at UA.
If you are interested in having an event included,
please contact the Crossroads office at 348-6930
or
email us at crossroads@ua.edu.
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Happening this Week!
- see attached flyers below for more details -
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Monday, March 27
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Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication & Information Symposium on Diversity
8:30 am - 5:00 pm, 205 Gorgas Library
(Call 348-6930 or email elmyers@ua.edu for a detailed schedule.)
- #Bama Creed Kick Off Event
11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Plaza
(#Bama Creed Week will run from Monday, March 27 - Friday, March 31. Please see full calendar below for list of events)
- International Study Break
6:30 - 9:00 pm, 3rd floor Ferguson Student Center in front of
Crossroads and the Source
- Taste of Alabama, A Showcase of Southern Food
7:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Theater
- Shut Out Human Trafficking
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center - 2nd Floor
- Tuesday T
1:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Great Hall
Dialogue circles: First Gen Experience, #Bama Creed, and Deaf Culture
- Sharing our Stories
5:00 pm, Ferguson Student Center Great Hall
- Luna Fest
6:00 pm (Reception and Silent Auction) 7:00 pm (Showtime)
- Poetry Reading
6:00 pm, Intercultural Diversity Center
Wednesday, March 29
- Inclusive Recreation Expo
4:00 - 7:00 pm, Student Recreation Center
- Symposium on Suicide
7:00-8:30 pm, Tuscaloosa River Market
- Sophorn Yang: Giving Voice to Women Worldwide
7:00 pm, ten Hoor 30
Thursday, March 30
- Gender and Race on Politics and Democracy
3:00 - 5:00 pm, North Lawn Room 2008
- Promoting Health Equity: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety and Stereotype Threat
4:30 - 8:00 pm
- Evenings at Global Café
5:00 pm, Capitol Hall (Bryce Lawn)
- Melanin Magic, Beauty Expo
6:30 pm, Intercultural Diversity Center
Friday, March 31
- International Coffee Hour
11:30 - 1:00 pm, 121 BB Comer
- Bending the Arc of History, African-Americans and The University of Alabama School of Law: Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the First African-American Law Graduates
9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Bedsole Moot Court Room
- Holi, Indian Festival of Colors
5:00 - 8:00 pm, Tuscaloosa Transportation Museum
Saturday, April 1
- 2017 Cherry Blossom / Sakura Festival
1:00 - 4:00 pm, Midtown Village
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Promoting Health Equity:
Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety and Stereotype Threat
Thursday, March 30
4:30 - 8:00 pm
In keeping with the Rural Health Conference mission, the Institute for Rural Health Research is collaborating with facilitators from the renowned Perception Institute Group to offer a training session focused on race and gender cultural competency awareness and skill building.
This workshop will focus on strategies to empower health care providers and their communities, encourage supportive networks and promote resiliency in health care providers and their patients in these challenging times.
This event requires an additional fee to attend and is not included in the registration package for the rest of the 2017 Rural Health Conference.
Addendum: Earlybird: Students $20, Others $40 (Before March 1, 2017)
After March 1: Students $25, Others $45
Contact Info: Pamela Payne-Foster, 348-5154
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Women's History Month -"Melanin Magic
The purpose of this week is to uplift and empower Women of Color. Each day will cover a different topic, from health care to women of color in the workplace. See details of this exciting expo to the right.
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“The Biggest Small-town They’ll Ever Call Home:
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in UA Classrooms”
For: UA Faculty, Instructors and Graduate Teaching Assistants
How do we, as teachers, create a welcoming educational environment in diverse classrooms? The Inclusive Classrooms Workgroup, with generous support from the Office for Academic Affairs, is facilitating a series of four Spring 2017 teaching workshops on promoting diversity and inclusion in the classroom.
Register online through Skillport to attend one or all presentations by clicking this link Promoting Diversity and Inclusion to enroll in the presentation(s) of interest. You can also register for individual sessions by clicking the links below the workshops. Note: Please help us manage seating, refreshments and the catering of meals by being timely with your registration.
For questions on Skillport and registering, please see http://hr.ua.edu/learning-development/online-learning/skillport. For questions concerning login access in Skillport, please contact HR Learning & Development at 205-348-9700 or HRLearningandDevelopment@ua.edu.
Lunch - Friday, April 14, 12-1 p.m., 205 Gorgas
"The Other Side of the Lectern: Students on Diversity and Inclusion”
Professor: Norm Baldwin
Student panelists: Katie Jane Childs and Vic Harris
UA Faculty are the target audience for these presentations.
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Evenings at Global Café
Capitol Hall, 413 Bryce Lawn Drive
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Evenings at Global Café are opportunities to relax, visit, and meet leaders from campus and community organizations. Global Café provides a local welcome for world visitors, an international connection for American travelers, and a resource for conversation partners practicing language.
5:00 pm refreshments. 5:30 pm program.
For our semester schedule and directions to Capitol Hall, please check our website
globalcafe.ua.edu
Contact Info:
beverly.hawk@ua.edu
, or call 205-348-7392.
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Alabama Students Without Borders Presents:
Charlas con Cafe
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Every Thursday from 4:00 - 5:00 pm
at the Ferguson Center Starbucks. Drop in for an hour, enjoy a cup of coffee, and practice your Spanish.
The table will be marked with a Latin American Flag.
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UA Crossroads | 205-348-6930 | crossroads@ua.edu | crossroads.ua.edu
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