{"id":649,"date":"2018-03-05T06:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/?p=649"},"modified":"2018-03-05T06:40:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T11:40:29","slug":"diversity-events-this-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/eclectic-chair\/2018\/03\/diversity-events-this-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity events this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the D&amp;I committee, by way of Lauren Forrest, campus events to enhance our understanding of diverse groups. Note that these are posted approximately a week ahead for advance planning purposes and anticipating most blog readers use the weekly digest which publishes Thursday mornings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Telling a People\u2019s Story Museum Exhibition<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: Now through June 30, 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Miami University Art Museum<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: This museum exhibition is devoted to the art found within the pages of African-American children\u2019s picture books. Through 95 books and 130 illustrations, the exhibition emphasizes the strength of the illustrations as visual narrative representations of the African-American experience.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Miami Theatre: We Are Proud to Present<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 10 and March 11 at 2:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Studio 88 Theatre<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: We Are Proud To Present invites us into the rehearsal room with six actors devising a presentation about a little-known genocide in German colonial Africa. Their stormy collaboration questions how histories are written and whose voices are heard.<br \/>\n$12 Adult | $9 Senior | $8 Student<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Closing the Gender Gap in Technology: A STEM Path Forward for Girls Who Code<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 12 at 7:30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Hall Auditorium<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: Girls Who Code, the organization that Reshma Saujani founded, focuses on educating girls between the ages of 7 and 13, with hope that the girls grow up and pursue degrees and careers in STEM. Since 2012, the organization has grown from serving 20 girls in New York City to nearly 40,000 girls across the country. Girls Who Code most recently teamed up with publisher Penguin to release a series of 13 books for girls about computer science and coding.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The Intimacy of Power: Politics and Everyday Life in Russia and Eastern Europe<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 12 from 11:30am-1pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: 202 Harrison Hall<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: Krisztina Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ry, from the University of Michigan, will present a talk entitled \u201cRetro Hungary: Nationalist Re-mattering of the Modern Past.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>A Tale of Two African Hegemons<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 12 from 6-8pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Armstrong Student Center, room 3056<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: This lecture assesses Nigeria\/South Africa relations in the areas of politics, economics, and culture within the context of rivalries and hegemony.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Introducing Rich and Colorful Traditional Chinese Sports<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 12 at 7pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: 415 McGuffey<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: Chen Jielin, a member of the Scientific Research Department in Guangzhou, will give a speech on &#8220;Introducing Rich and Colorful Traditional Chinese Sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Making it Practical<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 12 at 7pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Interfaith Center, 16 S. Campus Ave<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: A talk by famed Rabbi Avtzon dean of the Yeshivah in Cincinnati on the topic of &#8220;Making it practical,\u201d which will provide a new look at important Jewish topics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The Effects of Chinese Medical Treatments on the Recovery of Sport Injuries<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>When<\/strong>: March 13 at 7pm<br \/>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: 322 McGuffey<br \/>\n<strong>Description<\/strong>: Lin Jiaying, a doctor from Guangdong Sports Hospital, and also a team doctor of Guangdong Swimming team, will give a speech on &#8220;The Effects of Chinese Medical Treatments on the Recovery of Sport Injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the D&amp;I committee, by way of Lauren Forrest, campus events to enhance our understanding of diverse groups. 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