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2009 Spring Events Sponsored by
The Office of the President - Diversity and Community Affairs
Our mission is to establish Teachers College as an institution that actively attracts, supports and retains diverse students, faculty and staff at all levels, demonstrated through its commitment to social justice, its respectful and vibrant community and its encouragement and support of each individual in the achievement of his or her full potential.
Janice S. Robinson, Esq., Vice President, Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, 128 Zankel,
www.tc.columbia.edu/diversity/
(Below is an initial list of events and programs sponsored and cosponsored by our office.
Please watch for future postings
as more details become available and future events are planned.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE BELOW.)
TC Community Breakfast & Happy Hour
Due to the trimming of the budget and realigning our resources to other programs, grants, and initiative, the Spring TC Happy Hour will not be offered in its traditional form this spring. Please stay tuned for updates on other events offered on a smaller scale. We hope you will remain engaged and attend any of our other worthwhile events!
OBAMA – Is This Really the Post-Racial Era?
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 4:00noon – 5:30pm, Milbank Chapel
The Discussion Will Be Led by Legal and Economic Scholars Including:
Tanya Hernandez – Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School; David Dante Troutt – Professor of Law and Justice, Rutgers Law School; Elaine Chiu – Associate Professor of Law, St. John’s
Book Breakfast: Facts on the Ground
Friday, January 30th, 11:00am – 12:30pm, Library Second Floor Salon
Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (
Book Breakfast: The House at
Saturday, January 31st, 11:00am – 12:30pm, Library Second Floor Salon
Co-Sponsored by The African Studies Working Group & Gottesman Libraries.
The House at
The President's Grant for Student Research in Diversity (SRD)
Request for Proposals: For instructions, go to this website.
Deadline: Monday, February 2, 2008 at 3:00pm (for both paper copies and email copy)
SRD Grant Description and Application 2008 - 2009
Description and Eligibility
The President's Community and Diversity Grant Fund is sponsoring a GRANT FOR STUDENT RESEARCH in Diversity for matriculating Teachers College (TC) students (M.A., M.S., Ed.M., or doctoral).
The $3,000 award provides support for two outstanding student research projects related to diversity. Proposals should be for the initiation or completion of a research project involving diversity-related issues. Upon the completion of a research project, the recipient will be invited to share the results with the TC community either by delivering a lecture or sharing a published report.
The one-year research grant is available for two outstanding projects focusing on diversity in research, teaching, learning, or community building. The goal is to encourage and support students' projects in diversity-related issues that enhance research, teaching, learning, and/or community building.
Diversity in the context of this award program is broadly defined and includes the exploration of multiple perspectives involving for example culture(s), language(s), gender, sexual orientation, race-ethnicity, disabilities.
Graduate Intern
Office of the President,
Room 128 Zankel
(212) 678-8418
TC Community Bookshelf Book Exchange
Wednesday, February 4, 2009; 9:00am – 7pm; Grace Dodge Cafeteria
Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and Programs, Kappa Delta Pi, the President’s Office for Community and Diversity Affairs, TC Bookstore, and Management Network.
COME JOIN US FOR THE
We have been collecting new and used books for several weeks for the TC Community Bookshelf book swap. The exchange will be held on Wednesday, February 4th from 9am – 7pm in the TC Cafeteria.
Refreshments will be served, a raffle for Barnes and Noble gift cards will be held and much more. Please bring in plastic bags to recycle and receive a reusable tote! We have collected books for all ages!! Text books, children’s books, fiction, non-fiction, etc.
A Conversation With Justice Albie Sachs
With An Introduction By Dean Carol Becker.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009, 5:30pm Reception; 6:00pm Program; Room 305Russell Hall
Columbia University School of the Arts, Center for African Education at Teachers College, Co-Sponsored by the President’s Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, and Gottesman Libraries at Teachers College present. Justice Sachs will discuss his latest book on his extraordinary vision to bring together art and justice in the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
rsvp: SoAevents@columbia.edu
The Children of Children Keep Coming
Thursday and Friday, February 5th and 6th, 2009, 7pm, Milbank Chapel
An Epic Griot Song By Russell Goings, With Visual Artwork by Romare Bearden, Directed by Kamilah Forbes.
The epic poem, “The Children of Children Keep Coming” is a Griot Song, presented as a live theatrical event that incorporates poetry, live music, song, and video to illustrate the complexities, and the celebrations of Black life in
Community Building Focus Groups.
What Kind of Community Do We Want TC to BE?
We are offering opportunities for continued dialogue in the spirit of moving forward to a better community.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at 12:30pm, 273A Grace Dodge Hall. This group will be facilitated for individuals who share the identity as People of Color.
Wednesday, February 12, 2009, at 12:30pm, 273A Grace Dodge Hall. This group will be facilitated for individuals who share the identity as White Allies.
Wednesday, February 24, 2009, at 12:30pm, location TBD. This group will be facilitated for individuals who identify with any particular religious affiliation.
Wednesday, March 3, 2009, at 12:30pm, location TBD. This group will be facilitated for individuals with disabilities and those who are entitled to access and services from OASID.
TC Community Senior Administration Discussion Series
Take a Break from the Books and Chat with the Senior Administration at TC!
Thursday, February 5, 2009, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, 138 Horace Mann Hall
Harvey Spector, VP for Finance and Administration
TC’S FINANCES.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, 138 Horace Mann Hall
COMMUNITY AND DIVERSITY AT TC.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, 138 Horace Mann Hall
Susan Fuhrman, President
THINK GLOBALLY, TC’S INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, 138 Horace Mann Hall
Suzanne Murphy, Vice President for Development and External Affairs
ENGAGING IN DEVELOPMENT.
Including Individuals with Disabilities in TC Activities and Events
A Workshop for all TC Community Members
Two sessions to choose from: Monday, February 23, 12:00 – 1:00pm, location TBA
Tuesday, March 31, 1:00 – 2:00pm, location TBA
Lunch provided to the first 20 attendees!
Co-Sponsored by the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities and the Office of the President for Diversity and Community Affairs.
Learn how to make your TC-related conferences, seminars, workshops, and meetings accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Contact jaech@tc.edu, (212) 678-3853, or (212) 678-3854 video phone to:
· RSVP
· Get further information
· Request reasonable accommodations (e.g., interpreters, alternate text materials, campus map of accessible features)
Professional Development for Management Network with Warner Burke and Debra Noumair
Thursday, February 26th, 10am – 12noon, 138 Horace Mann
Please Save the Date for Professional Development on the topic of Conflict Resolution and Retaliation.
Community Building Event! FOR STUDENTS ONLY:
What Kind of Community Do We Want TC to BE?
Lessons from When the Levees Broke; Offered for Students at Teachers College
Wednesday, March 4, 2008, 3:00 – 5:00pm, 179 Grace Dodge Hall
Please attend this session of Lessons from When the Levees Broke. Using portions of the documentary When the Levees Broke as a spring board for discussion, the facilitated dialogue fosters community-building. The continued dialogue is intended for all TC Community. We hope to engage in meaningful conversation to encourage strengthening the kind of community we envision at Teachers College. The event demonstrates the philosophy of our office – that all constituencies of the college should be engaged in enhancing diversity academically and socially, and in achieving a supportive community. Please plan to attend and to invite someone personally from across the boundaries of a department, ethnic background, or student program status. The first two events, co-sponsored by Management Network and the President’s Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, were held June 19th and October 15th for TC staff and faculty and were vastly successful.
Hate Crimes: From Nazi
Co-Sponsored with Queer TC
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7pm, Milbank Chapel
As part of the Intersecting Identities Series, this panel discussions will include viewing of excerpt from the documentary film Paragraph 175, which chronicles the lives of several men and women who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the sodomy provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871. Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested under Paragraph 175. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. Only about 4,000 survived. The panelists will include Tom Shanahan, Deputy Commissioner for External Relations for the New York State Division of Human Rights. The presentation will be held in Milbank Chapel at 7pm, to be followed by reception in the Everett Lounge.
New Employee & Faculty Orientation Program: An Introduction to Teachers College
Date, Time & Location TBD
This is the Introductory Session of the New Employee Orientation Program, Open to all TC faculty and staff who have not attended a training.
Participation in one New Employee & Faculty Orientation training session is REQUIRED for all employees.
Racial Microaggressions
Date, Time & Location TBD
This is in conjunction with the New Employee/Faculty Orientation Session, Presentation by Dr. Derald Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education. Open to all TC faculty and staff who have not attended a training.
Participation in one Microaggressions training session is MANDATORY for all employees.
Federal Information Compliance Training
Date, Time & Location TBD
This is in conjunction with the New Employee/Faculty Orientation Session, FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act), and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act training for all new faculty and staff. Open to all TC faculty and staff who missed last year’s training.
Participation in one FERPA training session is MANDATORY for all employees.
Promoting Mutual Respect and Preventing Workplace Harassment: Sexual Harassment Training—For New Faculty and Staff
Date, Time & Location TBD
In an effort to increase the College’s awareness of the federal and state laws and institutional procedures surrounding sexual harassment and other forms of bias and harassment, we are providing this session for new faculty and staff. The session is OPEN TO ALL who missed the sessions last year. Participation in one workplace harassment session is MANDATORY.
The Promoting Mutual Respect and Preventing Workplace Harassment workshop is designed as a two hour interactive session created to help engage and educate everyone on the importance of understanding the laws, policies, avenues of institutional support for appropriate corrective action and protection against retaliation; and, in addition, to identify behaviors that contribute to bias, stereotyping, and harassment. The program will enlighten you and reinforce your obligations to conduct yourself in a manner that contributes to the well-being of the TC community. We have engaged KC Wagner, Director of Workplace Issues at the Cornell School of Labor Relations, to lead the training.
***Please RSVP via this website (http://www.tc.columbia.edu/calendar/?EventID=3804&m=9&y=2007), the College Calendar of Events. Failure to attend may render the College unable to indemnify or defend you if you are involved in a complaint leading to legal action. ***
These efforts are in response to the many TC voices requesting professional development. Professional Development, an institution-wide effort underway since September 2005, will strengthen the College’s integrity in its internal processes and enhance the community. The initiative sponsors the Information Privacy Compliance Trainings, addressing the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and piloted the New Employee Orientation program for faculty and staff. The Promoting Mutual Respect and Preventing Workplace Harassment training is a continuation of designed programs that will ultimately enhance productive working and community relationships and increase awareness and surrounding these pressing issues.
The Vice President’s Office for Diversity and Community Affairs
Two Information Gathering Meetings for Students Who Are Parents/Guardians
We would like to hear your ideas and concerns!
Monday, April 13th at 5pm in Grace Dodge Private Dining Room
Wednesday, April 15th at 3pm in Grace Dodge 177.
College Conversation Series: Dialogue with Ombudsman Erwin Flaxman
Date and Time TBD
As a part of the College Conversation Series from the Office of the President for Diversity and Community Affairs, College Ombudsman Erwin Flaxman will meet with TC students, faculty, and staff members, an informal afternoon of dialogue. Please RSVP for the event with the Office of the President for Diversity and Community Affairs in 128 Zankel Hall. For more information, call 212-678-4164 or e-mail ws_div-comm@tc.columbia.edu
Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, Diversity Film Series
Dates and Times TBD
The Office for Diversity and Community Affairs will sponsor a Diversity Film Series, and we invite you to attend the screening of an interesting collection of films.
TC African Diaspora Cine Club
Dates and Times TBD
The Office for Diversity and Community Affairs, The Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation, The Center for African Education, The African Diaspora Film Festival invite you to the screening of an an eclectic mix of foreign, independent, urban and classic films that depict the Global Black Experience
Weaving the Community Together.
Visit our website to learn more about our office and Open Office Hours
Open Office Hours on Mondays 4:00pm – 5:30pm!
Beginning 9 February though 11 May 2009
For more information about events listed please contact our office, Zankel 128, x3391.
Come and meet with us!
We welcome your thoughts, ideas for additional programming, concerns and opportunities for collaboration.
Please contact
Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable accommodations. Address these requests to the Office of Access and Services for Individuals with Disabilities at (212) 678-3689, keller@tc.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at (212) 678-3853 V/TTY, jaech@tc.edu.