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ucsdsaac — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:27:08 +0000

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Week 3 SAAC Newsletter

ucsdsaac — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:05:29 +0000

Let’s work at SPACES!
Applications will only be accepted until positions are filled! Turn in your application soon!
Be part of the beginning of the UCSD Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service at a brand new center in the Price Center expansion! Let’s work to expand the opportunities for high school students around California to access education at UCSD and to build community within our campus to retain our peers already studying here. This is Cycle II of the hiring process when we finally move into the new center. A number of exciting paid internships are available, check them all out at http://spaces.ucsd.edu !

SPEAK OUT Week 2008! THIS WEEK!
ALL of THIS Week!
Speak Out! Tritons for a Hate-Free Campus is an annual event at UCSD featuring a week of exciting events designed to increase awareness of prejudice, hate, and intercultural relations on campus. The week, organized by UCSD Inter-Group Relations will feature events like a rally on Tuesday April 22nd with a performance by trancenDANCE and a film screening of “Walkout!”, the true story of the 1968 L.A. student walkouts. This screening will include a discussion with teacher Sal Castro!

Click for a full list of events for Speak Out week!
SAAC Board 2009!
Members of of the community and of various SAAC organizations meet weekly to discuss how we collaborate to create social justice on campus and in our communities. The group is comprised of members from various organizations as well as members with administrative positions within SAAC (such as SAAC chair and Ourstorian). E-mail Nicole at nmcelroy@ucsd.edu if you are interested in applying!

The Real World San Diego:
DAY 1 – Mindfullness & Breathing Retreat at Deer Park Monestary
April 27 from 830am – 200pm, Transportation will be provided and will leave from the Cross-Cultural Center at 800am.
The Real World Program is a multiple day event that will introduce participants to different areas of San Diego. The goal of this program is not to enhance the participants understanding of social justice, cultural awareness, political issues, or raise activism, but to realize their privileges as an activist, as a student, and as a community member. It is to encourage participants to be self-reflective on their own identity and those who they fight for.
* Note: All participants MUST attend the post-program report held on Thursday, May 22 at 6pm in the Cross-Cultural Center. There is a 30 participant max. A fee of $10.00 per event to aid in subsiding for the food and the donations.
E-mail Joseph Allen Ramirez for information about this and other events following this at josephallenr.ramirez@gmail.com with your Name, Email, Contact #, and Dietary Needs.

InterFaith Coalition for Justice
Come discuss the issues surrounding the intersection of spirituality and justice. Everyone is welcome. Join us on Thursday, April 17 at 6:30pm at the Cross-Cultural Center

Justice in Palestine Week
The UCSD Muslim Student Association is currently planning a week-long awareness effort for Spring 7th week. Join MSA if you are interested in being part of the planning on Thursdays at the Cross-Cultural Center at 7pm. Contact Hashim, the SAAC representative for MSA at hsahmed@ucsd.edu with any questions you may have.

Rally for Immigrant Rights
Wednesday April 23rd, meet at 11:30 at the Cross-Cultural Center
Join the UCSD Southeast Asian Collective (SEAC) in this important state-wide rally against deportations of immigrant families across the country as a result of unjust immigration laws that affect both undocumented and documented families. The rally will take place at the free-speech zones in front of Geisel.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12523216731

BSU High School Conference: Funcilitators and Workshops
Be part of BSU’s high school conference! If you’d like to be a funcilitator or would like to hold a workshop, contact BSU at dritcher@ucsd.edu for more information!

Students with Disabilities Coalition
Get involved with UCSD SDC this quarter! As part of SAAC, SDC aims at providing a space for students wishing to discuss issues of disability on campus. Allies and anyone interested is welcome! Contact ucsd_saac@yahoo.com for more information about when SDC meets!

ACLU San Diego Hiring
UCSD ACLU is hiring an Education & Advocacy Associate. Follow the link if you’re interested in finding out more information!
Click here for more information!

Coming Out Group
Tuesdays at 5pm, Cross-Cultural Center
The Coming Out Group is a place to meet and gain support while discussing your sexual and/or gender identities in a confidential setting. This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight or questioning folks who are coming out and who may already be out. Topics are determined by group participants, and can include coming out to yourself, coming out to family, coming out to friends, coming out and the work place, and coming out at school.
For more information, e-mail Mark Kurai at mkurai@ucsd.edu or Sean Boileau at sboileau@ucsd.edu

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ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:12:57 +0000

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KP’s PCC! Pilipino Cultural Celebration 2008: Echoes of Silenced Voices

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:59:11 +0000

Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:00pm – 10:30pm
Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall
Kaibigang Pilipino invites you to our 17th annual Pilipino Cultural Celebration, “Spoken|Heard – Echoes of Silenced Voices”…
Lee, Raymond, and Alfred are the three children of the Kundiman family, a family whose inability to come to terms with the differences that characterize each member leads to internal and external conflict. Luckily for these children, spiritual interventions of the past and present guide them in their endeavors to vocalize their struggles, come to terms with their identities, and strengthen the children to alleviate their respective dysfunctions.
Join us as we celebrate Filipino culture through music, theater, and dance!
April 18th @ 7pm
April 19th @ 4pm
FREE ADMISSION!
To reserve tickets send your info to pcctickets08@gmail.com
+ name
+ email address
+ # of tickets
+ date of the performance
For more information visit www.ucsdkp.org/pcc-2008

The Real World San Diego

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:58:35 +0000

DAY 1 – Mindfullness & Breathing Retreat at Deer Park Monestary
April 27 from 830am – 200pm, Transportation will be provided and will leave from the Cross-Cultural Center at 800am.
The Real World Program is a multiple day event that will introduce participants to different areas of San Diego. The goal of this program is not to enhance the participants understanding of social justice, cultural awareness, political issues, or raise activism, but to realize their privileges as an activist, as a student, and as a community member. It is to encourage participants to be self-reflective on their own identity and those who they fight for.
* Note: All participants MUST attend the post-program report held on Thursday, May 22 at 6pm in the Cross-Cultural Center. There is a 30 participant max. A fee of $10.00 per event to aid in subsiding for the food and the donations.
E-mail Joseph Allen Ramirez for information about this and other events following this at josephallenr.ramirez@gmail.com with your Name, Email, Contact #, and Dietary Needs.

Teatro Chicana

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:57:49 +0000

Thurs., April 17 from 5-7pm
Meet Chicana actors and writers, discussing their new Book, “Teatro Chicana: A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays,” with a musical performance by Chunky Sanchez and Ricardo Felix. For information, email violetag@ucsd.edu

Speak Out Rally featuring trancenDANCE

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:56:18 +0000

April 21-25, 11:00am-1:30pm; Sun God Lawn
Speak out against hate and bias! Speakers including SAAC’s very own Nicole McElroy, entertainment including trancenDANCE (a local youth arts project), FREE community building BBQ (vegetarian friendly), social justice charity give, cultural bead station, wall of prejudice, wall of hope, art exhibit, and resource tables. You will not want to miss it! Presented by the Intergroup Relations Program: irp@ucsd.edu; 858-534-6708.
The Speak Out Rally is part of Tritons for a Hate-Free Campus Week, featuring numerous events and activities April 21-25. Visit http://irp.ucsd.edu/events.htm for a complete calendar.

APSA’s Thai Chicken BBQ Sale!

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:55:49 +0000

Wednesday and Thursday
Come support APSA on Library Walk this Wednesday and Thursday! They’ll be selling Thai Chicken BBQ and drinks! Skip Subway and tell everyone you know!

The Red Light Movement Charity Walk

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:55:11 +0000

Sunday, April 27, 2008, 5:30pm – 9:00pm
contact@redlightmovement.org
The Red Light Movement exists to raise awareness of and encourage action against the global slave trade (ie. Human Trafficking*). Through education, mobilization, and networking, we hope to rally individuals towards a modern day abolitionist movement, beginning with the region of San Diego.
We our having our first annual 3K walk on April 27, 2008. Please come out and encourage your friends to come too! (It’s free!) And if you can’t come, help us out by inviting other people to join us!
Registration on the day of begins at 3:00pm or register online at http://theredlightmovement.org

InterFaith Coalition for Justice

ucsdsaac — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:54:34 +0000

Come discuss the issues surrounding the intersection of spirituality and justice. Everyone is welcome. Join us on Thursday, April 17 at 6:30pm at the Cross-Cultural Center