FREE, ANONYMOUSHIV TESTING
We are proud to announce that the Center for Aids Research (CARES), Education, and Services will now provide FREE, ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING at the Cross-Cultural Center! Services will be offered on the first Thursday of every month from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.; February 5, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4.
For information on additional HIV Testing resources, see the LGBTRC website or the Student Health Services website. |
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VOLUNTEER
FOR THE CCC!
Want to serve the community, learn about different identities, and yet
still have fun? Come volunteer at the Cross-Cultural Center. We promise
that we're fun! Come on by and ask for a volunteer application or
fill one out online and drop it off at the center. Either way, it's a
simple way to get started. We are very flexible with hours. We work
with your schedule. Transcript notation is available!
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The CCC funds these types of requests:
- visits by artists and scholars
- diversity training
presentations at conferences, seminars, and workshops
- cultural performances
For more information, visit the 'Funding' section of the CCC website or stop by the office to pick up an application! |
Contact Information
Web Site:
http://ccc.ucdavis.edu
Email:
ccc@ucdavis.edu
Phone:
(530) 752-4287
Fax:
(530) 752-5067
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Dear friend of the Cross-Cultural Center,
 Saludos!
Welcome to the second edition of "The Cultural Beat"! While Davis has
been blessed with much-needed rain, the CCC has been busy programming
and planning throughout the Winter quarter. Through a partnership with
CARES Clinic, we recently hosted the return of free and anonymous
HIV-testing to the Cross-Cultural Center. We had a full house and even
had to refer some community members to other HIV-testing locations
on-campus. Look out for our next testing date on Thursday, March 5,
2009 from 1PM to 5PM here at the CCC. In the meantime, please take a
moment to browse through this edition of "The Cultural Beat" to read
about upcoming programs that highlight activist voices at UC Davis and
showcase Indigenous strength and beauty through photographs. The CCC
wishes you the best of luck as you round out midterms and begin the
road to final exams; Spring break is just around the corner!
Much CCC-amor.
Manuel A. Pérez
Assistant Director
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Interested in social justice?
Want to actively create a better campus?
The
Peer Education And Cultural Empowerment program at the CCC will train
you to be a peer educator, and how to foster conversations about how to
be an ally, privilege, racism, heterosexism, and many more issues! We are now accepting applications which are available online at ccc.ucdavis.edu.
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Blackout the Walkthru
Feb. 25, 2009 7:00 PM
Segundo DC
Come and join this 2nd annual celebration of the Black community on
campus by attending an interactive museum of black history put on by
the African Diaspora themed floor in Alder 2 in Segundo. We will meet
at the Segundo Dining Commons at 7PM and walk to Alder 2 as a community.
Indigenous Americas: A Guerrilla Projection
March 3-5, 2009 6:00-8:00 PM
South Wall of Death Star (SSH)
Indigenous
Americas will be an outdoor video projection meant to showcase native
and indigenous images of beauty, strength and resistance. We hope to
convey the sense of honor and resilience that characterizes native
populations throughout the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
Come out for some beautiful, non-colonized images of the founders of
this land. Indigenous Americas is sponsored by the Cross-Cultural
Center, Native American Studies and the Native American Student Union.
Our Story of Activism: UC Davis
March 4, 2009 5:00-7:30 PM
MU II
A Program of the Principles of
Community Week
Our Story
of Activism is a series of presentations by the Chican@/Latin@,
African/ African American, Asian/Pacific Islander,
Native/Indigenous, Middle East/South Asian,
Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual- Transgender, Ability and Women's communities. Each
component will share stories of activism, struggle, and
success in achieving acknowledgment, respect, support, and services
here at UC Davis. We will hear about the parallel and overlapping
Stories of Activism by these underrepresented and marginalized
communities.Our story of Activism is sponsored by the
following: Cross-Cultural Center, Student Recruitment & Retention
Center, Office of Campus Community Relations, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender Resource Center, and the Women's Resources and Research
Center.
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My President is Black
Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009
As the African Diaspora intern I want to thank everyone for coming out
to the event and thank the Muslim Student Association for a great
collaboration. The event went very well. Fifty to sixty students filled the
room and focused all of their attention on our thought provoking
speaker, Amir Abdul-Malik. This program focused on subjects such as the Muslim and black
community. The speaker referenced the past and connected to the
present and how many in society act today regarding this matter. Towards the end of the presentation, the discussion shifted to a conversation about President
Barack Obama and his platform. Overall it was a great program. -Momo Newbon
African Diaspora Community Intern
Are You Black Enough?
Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009
I want to thank the African Diaspora
Cultivating Education component in the SRRC for collaborating with me
and making the program one to remember. As they walked in the door they
were asked one question: DO YOU EAT FRIED CHICKEN? This question is
often associated with the African Diaspora community. If the person
said yes, then they were considered black enough and
sent to sit on the left side of the room. If they said no, then
they were considered not black enough and sent
to sit on the right side of the room. With the room split up,
the program began with a silent exercise. Images flashed on the screen.
If participants considered the person
black enough then they held up a "yes" sign
and if they thought the person was not black enough then they held up a "no" sign. Afterwards, we began with explaining identity
as a choice and the idea that many people
only see your skin color and often equate stereotypes with the person.
We informed the students that there is no way of truly defining what is
black and what is not. Black is a socially-constructed term used to
categorize and separate individuals. There is no black enough, there is
only the person.
-Momo Newbon
African Diaspora Community Intern
API Winter Celebration
Wednesday Feb. 11, 2009
 On Wednesday, February 11, members of
the UC Davis community gathered together to appreciate the diversity of
the Asian Pacific Islander culture. There is a huge misconception that
"Asian culture" is homogenous when, in fact, there are many different
backgrounds and histories that make up this community. Many times this
multiplicity can create barriers between the different groups,
especially when one is focused on only advocating for their specific ethnic group. In recognizing this
issue, the Cross Cultural Center, the Asian American Studies
Department, Asian Pacific Culture Week, the Asian Pacific Islander
Leadership Program, and the Asian American Association collaborated
together to find a solution and the planning for the API Winter
Celebration was underway to bridge this gap. This celebration hoped to
foster community-building through the
recognition of the common occurrence of a new year. With an entrée of
storytelling served with a side of cultural enrichment and learning,
attendees were able to appreciate the many unique ways that the new
year is celebrated within the API community, as well as enjoy a great
medley of food from different cultures. If that wasn't enough, karaoke
followed! The event ended with full stomachs, smiles, and a new sense
of awareness and understanding amongst the attendees.
-Connie Bi
Asian Pacific Islander Community Intern
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Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009
I want to thank the Academic Affairs commission on
ASUCD, the African Diaspora Cultivating Education component in the
SRRC, Imani Clinic, and all the advisors and students who sat on the
panel. Students poured in left and right to learn about minimum
progress, qualitative and quantitative ways
of looking at academic probation and subject to dismissal, and how
under represented students are affected by both of these things. This
program was also filled with personal stories of students who had once been on academic probation and had since been doing much better academically.
At the end we allowed time for students to speak individually with
advisors and students.
-Momo Newbon
African Diaspora Community Intern
Interfaith Panel: Sexuality
Wednesd ay Feb. 18, 2009
I would like to thank everyone who
attended the panel and especially the speakers who took the time to
speak on the intersections of faith and sexuality. The topic of faith
and sexuality are very sensitive topics. Thus, we
organized this program to provide a platform for students to hear
conversations and learn how to provide
support, guidance, and counseling for themselves
or to others. We had an amazing turnout with over 70 students!
The 4 speakers who came were Reverend Kristin Stoneking, Director and
Campus Minister of the Cal Aggie Christian Association/CA House; Gurtej
S. Cheema MD, Associate Clinical Prof of Internal Medicine at the UC
Davis Medical Center; Mike Amerikaner, Program Director of the Hillel
House; and Kamran Islam, SAMY Project Director at the SALAM Islamic
Center (Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims). We began the
program with a few specific moderated questions and then opened the
floor to ask questions to all the panelists. Overall, it was a fabulous
program that provided a safe space for dialogue. I hope we can have
more interfaith panels like these in the future!
-Fariha Naveed
Campus Climate and Community Intern
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Each issue, we will be showcasing artists and performers whose work is relevant to social justice. This month, we are proud to feature two pieces from third-year student Tyler Eash.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: TYLER EASH
Tyler Eash is a third-year Landscape Architecture and Dance double major. He attended the Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts before attending UC Davis, wherein his emphasis of study was on the visual arts. Upon arrival, Tyler discovered the realm of contemporary dance and movement. His compositional qualities have been greatly influenced by the limitlessness and spatial relations of movement and architectural studies. He sees his work as a direct translation of everything around him; place, people, cultural connotations, and the imaginary results that they entail.
 "3191 Series, plate 2 & 3, This series is a documentation of my experiences, a sort of visual journal that somehow makes my life seem more profound than it actually is. The score is subject to change as I change, but its phenotype must not be altered as mine cannot be altered. Thus, all pieces in the series are painted in gold and ink (for an iconic effect). The images are comprised of everyday interactions, people of influence, animals, and objects of my decided worth. The above plate is a depiction of my significant other. She is a multi-ethnic individual with a great amount of influence in my life. I decided to depict her in such a way because I often feel that her multi-ethnic identity receives a  sum of exotification, and in an attempt to expose all truths, I assumed its relevance. The lower plate is a depiction of my place of origin. I feel that it is reflective of an objective impoverished rural idea. The house exists as a shell, bare bones, the horse has more significance as an affectionate figure than a home does." -Tyler Eash
If you are a social justice-minded artist, poet, or performer, we'd love to spotlight your work. E-mail Amanda Gonzalez (agonza@ucdavis.edu) or Chrissy Noble (cmnoble@ucdavis.edu), or stop by the Cross-Cultural Center, if you'd like to share your work!
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Learn to question. Discover connections. Engage in social justice.
In solidarity,
Cross-Cultural Center Staff |
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