Spring 2017 Lunch on Us Calendar
Monday
Quench | Hosted by the LGBT Resource Center
Location: Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor, Champaign
January 30 (A Quench/Dish It Up Collaboration) :: Screening of “Pink Boy,” Conversation facilitated by Danny Mathews, LGBTRC Assistant Director, and Rachel Storm, Assistant Director, Women’s Resources Center
February 6 :: The Honeymoon Is Over, Dr. Julie Webber Collins, Professor, Political Science, Illinois State University
February 20 :: #BlackTransMagick, J. Mase III and Vita E., Poets and Educators, #BlackTransMagick
March 6 :: Bisexuality, middle sexualities, and non-binary identities, Robyn Ochs, world renowned author and scholar, will discuss her research and writing about bisexuality, middle sexualities, and her thoughts about non-binary identities
April 3 :: Therapeutic Writing and the Healing that Can Come with Self-expression, Kit Yan, award winning slam poet
April 17 :: Living Visibly as an LGBTQ Person in the Greek System, Kate Wehby, Chapter Services Coordinator Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority, national headquarters
May 1 :: Last Lecture: Pat Morey, Director, Women’s Resources Center
Dish It Up | Hosted by the Women’s Resources Center
Location: Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor, Champaign
January 23 :: Types and Tropes: Yellowfacing Asian American Male Identity, Daniel Quock, Resident Director, University Housing
February 13 :: Girls Geek Out, Too!: Gender Equity in Geek Culture, Aurora Cruz-Torres, M.S., Academic Advisor, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
February 27 :: “The Promise of Beauty,” Mimi Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies. Part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week
March 13 :: 7th Annual Campus Ecofeminism Summit Lecture: Seasonal Labor Migration and Gendered Social Change in Rural India, Pronoy Rai, PhD. Candidate, Department of Geography
March 27 :: Navigating Library Resources for Feminist and Social Science Research, Cindy Ingold, Gender Studies and Multicultural Services Librarian, University Library
April 10 :: Prevention Pays: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sexual Assault Prevention Education and Response, Ericka Hamm, Undergraduate Student, Psychology / FYCARE Facilitator, Women’s Resources Center
April 24 :: When You Remember You: Writing and Healing from Sexual Violence Through the Use of Poetic Structure, Molly McLay, Assistant Director, Women’s Resources Center
Tuesday
Food for Thought | Hosted by the Asian American Cultural Center
Location: Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana
January 24 :: Muslims in America Post 2016 Election, Muslim Student Association
January 31 :: Finding Your Voice, Niala Boodhoo, Producer, Illinois Public Media
February 7 :: Perfectionism in the Asian American Community, Counseling Center Asian American Outreach Team
February 14 :: Cameras, Not Violins - Rethinking the Discontents of Asian American Model Creativity for Media Activists, Bing Wang, Program Assistant, AACC
February 21 :: Facing Japanese American Incarceration 75 Years Later: A Next Generation Perspective, Rebecca Ozaki, Youth Co-Chair – Japanese American Citizens League Chicago
February 28 :: Empowering Asian American Women Through Sisterhood, Christina Carpio, Assistant Director, Asian American Cultural Center
March 7 :: UnBroken Glass - Addressing Mental Health in South Asian Community, Dinesh Sabu, Filmmaker
March 14 :: The Martial Law Thingy: Filipino American Activism in the 1970s and the 1980s and Its Importance Today, Mark Sanchez, PhD Candidate, Department of History
March 28 :: The Lives of Tao: A Public Book Reading, Wesley Chu, Author (In conjunction with AACC Book Club)
April 4 :: Holi: The Festival of Colors, ASHA for Education
April 11 :: A Brief History of Tibet: A Tibetan-American Narrative, Passang Gonrong, Students for Free Tibet
April 18 :: A Conversation with CA Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, LOCATION: at the Max L. Rowe Auditorium - Law School Building
April 25 :: Some Life Lessons from Lin Manuel Miranda's Hamilton - one U of I Alum's Take on How to be in the Room Where It Happens, Dennis Mondero, Executive Director - Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Wednesday
Food for the Soul | Hosted by the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Location: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 51 E. Gregory Dr., Champaign
January 25 :: Believe It or Not: Effects of Alcohol and Drug Use on Black Students,
Sankofa Black Student Outreach Committee, Counseling Center
February 1 :: For Us, By Us: Black History Month Kick-Off Celebration, BNAACC Staff
February 8 :: Black Card Revoked, Featured Panelists
February 15 :: Faces and Phases of Black Feminism, Featured Panelists
February 22 :: Kid Cudi to Kanye: Black Masculinity & Mental Health, Featured Panelists
March 1 :: BNAACC Design Feedback Session, Steering Committee
March 8 :: Project 1000: A Black Student Campaign to Fund Black Futures, Black United Front UIUC
March 15 :: Suffering in Silence: Exploring Anxiety in Black Students, National Alliance on Mental Health, UIUC Chapter
March 29 :: Black Folks and Multiple Sclerosis, McKinley Health Center—Special Populations
April 5 :: When Opportunity Meets Preparation: Resume Critique Session, BNAACC & UIUC Faculty/Staff Members
April 12 :: A Conversation with Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate, in collaboration with University Honors Living-Learning Community
April 19 :: Engaging New Voices: Your Role in Preventing Sexual Assault, Featured Panelists. In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April 26 :: Supporting Undocumented Youth, Jorge Mena, Assistant Director, La Casa Cultural Latina
May 3 :: Black Family Reunion, BNAACC Staff & Students
Thursday
Lunch @ La Casa | Hosted by La Casa Cultural Latina
Location: La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada St., Urbana
January 26 :: Special Topic: Summer Program in Costa Rica, Dr. Jose Guillermo Andino, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry
February 2 :: Undocumented & Unafraid, Illinois Coalition Assisting Undocumented Students’ Education(I-CAUSE)
February 9 :: Advocating for Victims of Hate Crime Kusminder Chahal, Senior Research Assistant, Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK
February 16 :: African American Women and Their Role in Student Affairs, Tekita Bankhead, Assistant Director, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, Part of Black History Month Series
February 23 :: Mental Health Stigma in the Latino Community, Arellys Aguinaga, Pre-Doctoral Intern, Counseling Center
March 2 :: Eating Disorders Affect Us All: Looking at Eating Disorders Among Latino Populations, Speaker: Carina Bauer, Psy. D., Clinical Counselor; Yu-Yun Liu, Ph.D., Clinical Counselor; Mahak Lilani, Counseling Center Paraprofessional, Counseling Center
March 9 :: Celebrating Semana de La Mujer, Latina Student Leaders on Campus, La Casa Alliance of Student Organizations
March 16 :: Diabetes and the Latino Community, Special Population Paraprofessionals, McKinley Health Center
March 30 :: The Graduate Employees’ Organization: Building Solidarity and Better Conditions with You, GEO Campus Leaders, Graduate Employee Organization
April 6 :: Closing the Graduation Gap for Illinois Latinx Students, Dr. Gioconda Guerra Pérez, Director, La Casa Cultural Latina
April 13 :: For the Next Generation of Leaders: Emotional Grit, Christina Carpio, Assistant Director, Asian American Cultural Center
April 20 :: Design and Implementation of Community-based Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Interventions in Older Latinos, Dr. Susie Aguiñaga, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
April 27 :: Hip-Hop on the Margins: Brazilian Graffiti Artists Speak Back, Dr. Bryce Henson, Postdoctoral Fellow Associate, African American Studies Department
Friday
Conversation Café | Hosted by Diversity & Social Justice Education
Location: Women’s Resources Center, 703 S. Wright St., 2nd Floor, Champaign
February 10 :: Burn Before Reading: Social Justice and Book Censorship, Dr. Emily Knox, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences
February 24 :: Unleashing Your Everyday Social Justice Advocate, Desiree Djezebel Bote, Alumna & Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago
March 10 :: Ross Wantland
March 31 :: TBD
April 14 :: Dr. Gioconda Guerra Pérez, Director, La Casa Cultural Latina on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
April 28 :: TBD
Chat ’n Chew | Hosted by Native American House
Location: Native American House, 1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana
January 20 :: Debunking the Racial Democracy Myth: Black and Indigenous Hip Hop Critiques of Brazilian Mestiҫagem, Dr. Bryce Henson, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of African American Studies
February 3 :: How I Learned English: Colonization and My Education from Uganda to the United States, Zam (Kendra) Nalubega (Rwandan & Ugandan), Turner Fellow, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & Department of Linguistics
February 17 :: Lines Drawn: Remembering Settler Pennsylvania, Chris Green (Black & Lenape), PhD Student, Department of History
March 3 :: The #NoDAPL Standoff at Standing Rock: Why it is Important for All of Us, Dr. Steven Errede, Professor Emeritus of Physics
March 17 :: From the Womb to the River: Centering Women in the ‘Water Protectors’ Movement, Nicholas Cragoe, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
April 7 :: #NoDAPL: Sexual Assault and Native Women in North Dakota, Patricia Morey, Director, Women’s Resources Center
April 21 :: American Indian Studies Panel, facilitated by Dr. Adrian Burgos, Interim Director, American Indian Studies