UAB chapter of Alabama Citizens for Consitutional Reform upcoming meeting

The newly formed UAB chapter of ACCR is holding its second meeting this week.  The ACCR is a group of citizens united in advocacy for a reformed state constitution.  Our allegedly "sweet" home's constitution is thick and sticky with racist, outdated laws, including the foundations of a tax system that regressively and negatively impacts the poor and a stipulation that mandates that statewide votes be counted in order to change legislation.  The student film "It's a Thick Book" demonstrates both the structural violence carried out against already marginalized populations because of our constitution and also the irrelevance of our constitution to the reality of our biologically and culturally diverse state. Watch the film for free here, or here with a free teaching guide.  Details about the UAB ACCR meeting are below:

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all having a great Spring semester and enjoying this gracious weather.  As you will read on the attached flier, we are having our first ACCR event of the semester this Thursday night at 7pm in HHB 106.  This meeting is not only for UAB students, but for the surrounding community as well.  We want these meetings to provide an open forum for discussion and encourage positive action within our city.  Would you mind forwarding the event flier out to friends, students, faculty, staff, and anyone that you think would be interested in actively supporting our struggle for a new state constitution?

We will be viewing a short film, Open Secret, which I had the pleasure of viewing at the American Association of University Women conference this fall.  Using the actual transcripts from the 1901 Constitutional Convention as the basis of script, the film very adequately illustrates the cultural, racial, and political biases that comprise the legislative foundation of our great state.  We will also be discussing the next step in solidifying ACCR's presence on UAB's campus.
Thank you for your support, and I hope to see you all there!  

News and upcoming events from around UAB

1.  The next UAB AnthroClub meeting will be Tuesday, March 1 at 3:30pm in HHB 225.  We will discuss the upcoming Earthweek festivities (post coming soon) and other plans for club activities this semester.

2.  UAB events:

Should religious leaders be held to a higher moral standard?
The next Free Food for Thought meeting, to be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 in HUC 412, will focus on the moral standards of our religious leaders. Free Food for Thought is designed to promote the use of dialogue on a diversity of topics. With the variety of cultures, lifestyle, and personalities at UAB, learning from one another through discussion helps us understand the ideas, and opinions of others.  In exchange for your opinion, we will provide free food.

Sister Souljah to present Black History Month lecture Feb. 24
Sister Souljah, author of The Coldest Winter Ever, will discuss the rise and decline of African-American leadership at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 in Volker Hall Lecture Room A. Free tickets are available. Information about this and other Black History Month events is available from the Office of Student Involvement at 934-8225.

Henry is going the distance for hunger

Six days and 150 miles later, through some of the coldest temperatures yet this winter, UAB employee and alumnus Joe Henry continues his run to Canada to raise awareness for Universities Fighting World Hunger. Learn how Henry prepared for this Hunger 500 journey and why this cause means so much to him in this week's BlazerCast at www.youtube.com/uabnews.

Get your questions answered at the USGA spring student forum 

Ask questions and get answers from President Carol Garrison, Provost Eli Capilouto, deans, department chairs and administration from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 in Blazer Hall RLC.

Commons Chat begins Feb. 28

The USGA and the Office of the Provost are starting a new program, Commons Chat. Beginning Feb. 28 — and continuing the fourth Monday of every month — there will be an informal lunch with Provost Eli Capilouto, Vice Provost Suzanne Austin and Vice Provost Harlan Sands at noon in the Commons side room. 

3.  Exciting news:  a new Undergraduate Journal for student ethnographers - details below:

We are excited to announce the formation of a new online journal for research conducted by undergraduates. The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography (JUE) seeks to distribute original student-produced work from a variety of disciplinary areas. Our goal is to bring readers, especially other undergraduates, insights into subcultures, rituals, and social institutions. We expect crossovers with anthropology, sociology, American studies, urban studies as well as programs in education and marketing.

The JUE encourages current undergraduates or those who have graduated within the past twelve months to submit original ethnographic manuscripts for consideration.  Manuscripts may include research on any subject. We also encourage faculty to recommend promising student work.

Submissions are now welcomed. The deadline is April 15th, 2011. Please check out our website (undergraduateethnography.org) or our Facebook page for details.

For more information contact Jason Patch at editor@undergraduateethnography.org.

4.  Birmingham Archaeological Society Monthly Meeting info:

The next Birmingham Archaeological Society meeting will be held at McWane Science Center on Tuesday, March 8th  at 7PM. 

The evening program will be led by Karen Utz, Curator - Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and Adjunct History Professor, UAB.

Program topic: “Sloss Furnaces: The History of Birmingham's Iron Plantation"

Birmingham Archaeological Society monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at McWane Science Center and are always open to the public. Meeting attendees should park in the deck on "Level C" and enter the doors labeled "Special Events Center." The business meeting begins at 7:00 and is followed by the monthly program. Parking for attendees is free.

Upcoming cultural events at UAB

This week UAB celebrates Community and Cultural Diversity with different activities on and off campus.
International Bazaar to feature taste of the world 
Art, jewelry, crafts and food from more than a dozen countries will be on display at UAB's 10th annual International Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26 in the Hill University Center Great Hall. The free, public event is part of the campus Community Week, a celebration of cultural diversity.
Sterne Library to exhibit Tibetan art
The Mervyn H. Sterne Library hosts a photographic exhibition of featuring a wide variety of spectacular Buddhist art and vibrant aspects of traditional culture in the Tibetan regions of Asia. It includes images from many areas of the Tibetan-influenced cultural sphere, including Central Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Tibetan communities in India at Dharmsala and Bodh Gaya. The show features some 20+ large-scale photographs on display on all three levels of Sterne Library through February.
See matinees at LHL during for Community Week 
Lister Hill Library will be showing two movies that present different cultural perspectives during UAB Community Week at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 and Thursday, Jan. 27 in the Electronic Classroom. Call 975-HUB1 for more information.
Foreign Film Series to present “Sunflower”
The Foreign Film Series presents "Sunflower," a powerful, touching look at the compelling inner dynamics of one post-Cultural Revolution family in Beijing at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 in Hulsey Recital Hall. See their struggle over 30 years to adjust to each other as the fabric, politics and social mores of Chinese society change ever so rapidly. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Outcasts United coach to deliver public lecture
Luma Mufleh, the inspirational coach and founder of the Fugees Soccer Team, comprising young refugees from war-torn nations, will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 in the HUC Alumni Auditorium. Mufleh's experiences are told in the national bestseller Outcasts United, which is the 2010-11 campus Discussion Book. Mufleh will discuss the importance of community and teamwork in bringing about positive social change and the role of athletics in empowering historically oppressed groups and bringing together people from diverse backgrounds.
Fox News commentator Juan Williams to speak during Community Week
American journalist and political commentator Juan Williams will deliver a free public lecture during Community Week, UAB's annual celebration of campus diversity, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 in the HUC Alumni Auditorium.

Upcoming Cultural Events at UAB

UAB in Nepal to host free screening of “Himalaya” Nov. 19
"Himalaya" is a story set against the backdrop of the Nepalese Himalayas. At an altitude of five thousand meters in the remote mountain region of Dolpo, this is the story of villagers who take a caravan of yaks across the mountains, carrying rock salt from the high plateau down to the lowlands to trade for grain. An annual event, the caravan provides the grain that the villagers depend on to survive the winter. 

Hello everyone!

Don't forget about the WSA Game Night tomorrow!

Date: Thursday Nov. 18th

6:00 PM

Place: I - House

 

FREE DELICIOUS FOOD!

AWESOME PEOPLE!

Come and Join us :)

--
World Student Association

Upcoming Cultural events at UAB

Some interesting events happening around campus in the next two weeks for those not interested in homecoming festivities...

How can you help UAB stamp out hunger? 
The UAB Hunger and Food Security Initiative will host a luncheon lecture with David Beckmann, the 2010 World Food Prize Laureate, on from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 in the School of Nursing Rooms 1023-1024. All are invited to attend the event, "Every Student Has a Role in the Fight Against Hunger." A light lunch will be served. Event space is limited ,and registration is required at beckmann.eventbrite.com.

Camacho to discuss Freedom to Thrive Nov. 10
On Nov. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. the Global and Community Honors Program, the UAB Interculture Committee and the UAB Leadership and Service Council will present a lecture from Sarah Camacho, the director of Freedom to Thrive, and a film screening of "Demand," a film from Shared Hope International. Freedom to Thrive is an organization that from a passion during her college years, Camacho started with the mission to eliminate human trafficking in the Greater Birmingham area through raising awareness, increasing collaborative service, and advocating for needed policies and resources.

Attend a free screening of “The Drummer”
Join the InterCulture Committee during International Education Week to view the Hong-Kong film "The Drummer" on Monday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. in HUC Alumni Auditorium. Free Asian-inspired foods will be available.

Harlem Nights to be held Nov. 17
Join BSAC for an evening of poetry, music and free food on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the HUC Great Hall. This event will feature poems written by UAB students and readings of poetry and works by Harlem Renaissance-era writers.

Contemporary artists and exile topic of next dialogues
Jessica Dallow, Ph.D., and associate professor of Art and Art History, will present "Contemporary Artists and Exile" at the UAB Discussion Book Dialogues at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in Heritage Hall Building Room 549. For more information contact Juanita Sizemore atjsizemor@uab.edu. This event is free and open to the public. A complete listing of UAB Discussion Book activities can be found online.

Foreign film screening and fundraiser to be held Nov. 9
UAB's Le Club F will host a free foreign-film screening and scholarship fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the Hulsey Recital Hall. The film is director Jean Renoir's 1937 "La Grande Illusion," considered to be one of the first prison-break movies ever made. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the film will begin at 7:45 p.m. Club F will sell raffle tickets starting at 6:30 for $1 each and proceeds will be used to create a study-abroad scholarship for French students.