Splash Volume 2 October 7, 2012

Dear Students: The Splash is a weekly online newsletter keeping you informed about what’s happening multicultural community here at Tulane.

October will be a busy month for programming, Pride Week and our Annual Diversity Convocation, just to name a few…

SPOTLIGHT

Fall Break Retreat!! Students Organizing Against Racism has organized a Fall Break Retreat for members of the Tulane Community to learn more about SOAR and Undoing Racism. Members of SOAR and Student leaders of the Tulane Community are welcomed to apply. The retreat is composed of a full Undoing Racism Workshop, A community meeting with Organizers from across the Gulf South, and a BBQ. We are asking everyone who is in attending the retreat to attend the full workshop. The activities on Saturday is optional. Click the link to registrar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERTeWtvUmdtM0hNaTFNMXZQRXkxdEE6MQ#gid=0 ***********************************************************************************

In This Issue Spotlight- - Fall Break Undoing Racism Workshop News from the “O” - Let’s Chat - Fall Break: Celebración Latina! - Diversity Convocation - Pride Week On Campus News - Film Screening – “Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights.” - Beyond Nine Lives: Race, Class, & Culture Forum -Why We Are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City- Talk from the authors Career Corner - The ‘O” hosts Teach for America Info Session - Grad Prep Academy Scholars Program - Paid Diversity summer internships at Harvard Medical School in the lab of George Church - Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Off Campus - Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers- SciFi Latino Noir - UNCF 25th ANNUAL 5K WALK/RUN/BIKE

THE “O” UPCOMING EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE

Let’s Chat LBC Reiss Room // Tuesday, October 9 // 9:00pm

Come join us at 9pm in the LBC Reiss room tomorrow night for an amazing presentation and chat about Brazilian culture, music, film and election. Tulane faculty Gwen Murray will be facilitating the discussion and Brazilian snacks will be served!

Fall Break: Celebración Latina! Audubon Zoo // Sunday, October 11 // 10:45am

The Division of Student Affairs together with the O at Tulane University is excited to provide 50 students with the opportunity to attend Celebración Latina at the Audubon Zoo. Celebración Latina at the Zoo's Capital One Stage and Field will offer a true taste of the Latin American culture with live music, children’s activities and authentic Latin cuisine prepared and sold by local restaurants. Local artisans will sell handmade crafts, and local social service, health and education organizations will offer wellness, education and social service information. Enjoy food prepared by local Latin American restaurants! http://www.auduboninstitute.org/celebracion-latina Date: Sunday, October 14, 2012 Time: Meet at the LBC Suite G04 (The O) at 10:45am Return time: Whenever you like Register at the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/DoSAPrograms

Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity

Happy LGBTIQA History Month Tulane University! This past Friday, in the long and colorful tradition of drag balls, the Fabulous Blanche Debris crowned Hanson Cider and Rosie Petals Mr. Sophie Newcomb and Miss Paul Tulane. In its sixteenth year, the drag contest drew hundreds of students who enthusiastically raised money for the NO/AIDS Taskforce.

To keep the ball rolling, tomorrow, Tuesday October 2, the Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity (OGSD) and the Gender Exploration Society (GES) will screen Susan Stryker’s Screaming Queens, which documents the 1966 transgender riot against police harassment. The Compton Cafeteria in San Francisco took place three years before the Stone Wall Inn riot and was the first of its kind in recorded history. The documentary examines transgender history to make sense of the events and features the women, police officer, and religious minister who led the fight against state repression.

This month we will also celebrate PRIDE WEEK (October 15-19) with a lecture on the history of gay New Orleans; a BBQueer on the LBC Quad; a day-long campus-wide public art project in which allies show their support by contributing

their words of encouragement; a trip to the City Council for a hearing about police harassment; a good old-fashioned bake sale; a karaoke party; and the comedy of Fortune Feimster.

All month long, OGSD will be holding afternoon gatherings with snacks. Bring your friends, take a break, and stop by

for 5 minutes or an hour.

PRIDE WEEK

MONDAY 9 am-12:30 pm: Free HIV Testing (The Well, weekly). The Well does FREE HIV testing every Monday. No Sticks, or pricks, just a gentle swap of your mouth and in 20 minutes you will know your status! 2-4 pm: Massage Mondays (Reily Student Recreation Center, Room 115, weekly). Free for undergraduate and grad students. 3-4:30 pm: LGBTIQA Students of Color Afternoon Gathering and Snack (LBC Garden Level 05B, Multicultural Resource Center). Please join us for a biweekly informal gathering for LGBTIQA and Questioning Students of Color. Please share this invitation with your friends.

TUESDAY 3-4 pm: Lesbian and Questioning Students Afternoon Gathering and Snack (LBC Garden Level 05B, Multicultural Resource Center). Come to this informal gathering to meet one another and talk about the upcoming year. Please share this invitation with your friends. 6-7:30 pm: Student Women Embracing Equality at Tulane (MOSAIC Lounge, weekly). “Student Women Embracing Equality at Tulane (SWEET) is the Tulane University student organization for lesbian, bisexual, queer, questioning, and trans women. It’s a safe place for queer women to meet and discuss issues, plan fun social and fundraising activities, and volunteer at events to give back to the New Orleans’ LGBTIQA community. New members and Loyola students always welcome.” 7:30-9 pm: Gender Exploration Society. This week GES meets in LBC G04 for a screening of Screaming Queens. “The Gender Exploration Society (GES) is a student-run organization bent on making a safer space for Tulane and Loyola students and educating allies and trans* students alike about what it is to be transgender and gender-nonconforming. All people are welcome at any point throughout the semester.”

7:30-9 pm: LGBTIQA History Month Kick-Off: Film Screening of Screaming Queens (LBC G04). A documentary about transgender people who fought police harassment at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin in 1966, three years before the famous riot at Stonewall Inn bar in NYC.

WEDNESDAY 12-1 pm: Wednesdays at THE O (Pocket Park, adjacent to the LBC, weekly). Join the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity each week during the lunch hour for a variety of informal social events, which may include popcorn, ice cream, music, dancing, etc. 7-8:30 pm: QSA Meeting (Mosaic Lounge, every other Wednesday). Formerly known as MOSAIC, the LGBTQA student organization seeks to improve the lives of LGBTQ students on campus. Queer students and allies are all welcome!

THURSDAY 5pm: Take Back the Night Planning Committee Meeting (Newcomb College Institute) There are lots of ways to be a part of this year’s Take Back the Night event, which is a rally, march, and open mic speak out to raise awareness and help stop gender-based violence: • Attend the next weekly planning committee meeting. Meetings will alternate Wednesday/Thursday every week. • If you are a survivor of sexual assault and would like to find out more about being the keynote speaker at this year’s event, please email smcallis@tulane.edu • Mark your calendar: this year’s Take Back the Night is on Tuesday, October 23 starting at 6 pm at the Loyola “horseshoe” drive on St. Charles Avenue, followed by a march to the Qatar Ballroom in the Lavin-Bernick Center and an open mic speak out and final nondenominational spiritual ceremony. 6:45-8 pm: LGBTIQA Bible Study (MOSAIC Lounge, weekly). “We are a student organization whose primary mission is to make a safe space for those members of the LGBTIQA community who are religious, who are curious about Christianity, or for those members of our community who are feeling lost and need guidance or support at any point in their life. Our primary goal is to bring the word of Christ and the love of Christ to everyone and to show them that the stigma that has consistently been placed on the LGBTIQA community in churches is completely unfounded.” 8-10 pm: Mpowerment Coffee Talk (MOSAIC Lounge, weekly). “The Mpowerment project is a community building project designed specifically to address the needs of young gay, bisexual and questioning/curious men. The Mpowerment project addresses individual, interpersonal, social and structural/environmental issues. The main goal of the Mpowerment project is to create a safer and stronger community at Tulane University where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their own lives, the lives of their peers, and their community. If you would like to share an idea for an event, would like more information about the Mpowerment Project, or simply give us some feedback feel free to call 504-314-7400 or look for us on FACEBOOK!”

FRIDAY

7:30 p.m: Opening Night of the acclaimed documentary United in Anger: A History of ACT UP featuring the filmmaker Jim Hubbard (Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., NOLA). Tickets $8 general admission, $7 students and seniors, $6 members. Will screen at various times from October 5th-11th. United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary by visiting filmmaker Jim Hubbard about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of

members of ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, indifference, and government neglect. More Details: http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/

SATURDAY Varied Times: Screening: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., NOLA). October 5th-11th More Details: http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/

SUNDAY 3pm-8 pm: Study Hall (THE O, LBC G04)

The O-”Titlayecanah” Study Group (The Office of Multicultural Affairs and The Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity) will sponsor a study hall every Sunday from 3:00 PM till 8:00 PM in the THE O, LBC G04 (lower level). Students can join the group at any time during the first hour when causal socializing is encouraged. After the first hour, at 4pm, focused study is encouraged.

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ON CAMPUS NEWS

TONIGHT Film Screening – “Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights.”

Richardson Hall 117 // Monday, October 8, 2012 // 7:00 pm

On Monday, October 8th, the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race & Politics in the South will be screening the new documentary “Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights.” This documentary focuses on the marginalization of black women between the intersections of Black Power and Feminist ideologies from Civil Rights up to present day. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film's creator and producer, Nev Nnaji.

The Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race & Politics in the South is now accepting applications to be a Cooper Project Research Fellow for the fall 2012 semester. Fellows do 30-40 hours of focused research each month relating to gender, race and politics. This semester's research will include work on Professor Melissa Harris-Perry's new book project and Cooper Project Visiting Scholar Trimiko Melancon's book project. Learn more about this opportunity and download an application at our website at http://cooperproject.org/join-us/.

****************************************************************************************** Why We Are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City- Join us for a talk by the authors, Monday, October 15, 2012 at 7:30 pm, Dixon Auditorium. Presented by Tulane “Studio in the Woods, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and EEOB Department. ***************************************************************************************

Beyond

Nine Lives: Race, Class, & Culture

What we don’t talk about when we talk about New Orleans Tuesday, October 9

Rogers Memorial Chapel Reception @ 6:30pm Program @ 7:00pm

This event is free and open to the public. Please join the Center for Public Service, in collaboration with The O, the 2012 Reading Project, and the Center for Ethical

Living & Social Justice Renewal for Beyond Nine Lives: Race, Class & Culture. The stories of Nine Lives are told in the context of a real place with real systems of power and privilege influencing the individuals and the collective here at

the end of the Mississippi River. Join us for an engaged evening of going deeper together, beyond nine lives, and into the

context of race, class, culture, and New Orleans.

CAREER CORNER

******************************************* SAVE THE DATE-Teach For America-Greater New Orleans is thrilled to partner with Tulane’s Office of Multicultural Affairs/Gender & Sexual Diversity to host a reception for Tulane students on October 22nd at 6pm location, TBA. Teach For America believes firmly that every child should have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. We invite you to come meet with our alumni to discuss issues of education both in New Orleans and, more broadly, across the country. Students of all majors and backgrounds are invited to attend to learn more about the program and educational inequity. *************************************************************************************** Applications are now being accepted for our third cohort of Grad Prep Academy scholars. We aim to identify 10 Black male undergraduates WHO ARE PRESENTLY IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR for participation. The Academy prepares Black men for admission to graduate programs IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. Here is the link to a recent report about the project: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/gradprepreport Please forward this link to Black male juniors on your campus: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/content/grad-prep-academy-apply. Also, feel free to share this announcement with others in your network. All application materials must be submitted via the website by November 5, 2012. Again, the Academy is only for Black men who are presently in their junior year and will graduate with bachelor’s degrees in Spring 2014. All inquiries should be sent to gradprep@gse.upenn.edu. ****************************************************************************************** Princeton University, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University are looking forward to welcoming another high-potential cohort for the 2013 Junior Summer Institutes through the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program (PPIA)! Each year, these outstanding institutions welcome students who are gearing up for their senior year and help prepare them to succeed in Graduate School in the fields of public policy and international affairs. Since the program’s creation, over 4,000 students have had the opportunity to participate and strengthen their academic skills and now form an active alumni network of mentors and friends! Participants benefit from: • Full tuition at a PPIA Junior Summer Institute. • Eligibility to receive assistance with travel expenses. • A stipend of up to $1,500 (funding determined by each JSI). • University housing with a meal plan. • Books and related course materials at your JSI. • Minimum of a one-time $5,000 scholarship at a PPIA graduate school if admitted for a Master's degree. (Note: PPIA Fellows often receive financial offers above and beyond this minimum from their graduate program.) • Access to accomplished leaders as professors and guest speakers.

• Mentoring and networking opportunities. • Extra-curricular activities to enrich their world view (These differ at each campus). Applications are now open for the 2013 Summer Institutes. Learn more about these outstanding campuses and apply to be a part of the next fellowship class at www.ppiaprogram.org/programs. ******************************************************************************************

Paid Diversity summer internships at Harvard Medical School in the lab of George Church

http://ccv.med.harvard.edu/diversity_summer_internships.htm The Church Lab (Department of Genetics) at Harvard Medical School is offering paid, 10-week summer undergraduate research internships for underrepresented students interested in research careers in genome sciences. Duration: 10-week internships will begin in mid-June 2013 (exact date TBD). All interns are expected to devote 40 hours per week. Housing: Undergraduate interns who are not residents of the metropolitan Boston area will receive assistance in securing housing in the vicinity of the Medical School. Stipend: $4,000 Eligibility: Undergraduate applicants must be enrolled in a four-year degree granting college or university. Students who have an academic record of marked distinction and who have an interest in research careers in the biological and genomic sciences are encouraged to apply. Students who have finished their sophomore or junior years, and seniors who have not yet earned the bachelor’s degree are eligible for the summer program. Please note that students must be either U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents (green card holder) from an underrepresented minority group. (Click here for NIH guidelines on which minority groups are considered underrepresented in the biological and biomedical sciences.) Application Requirements: Application form (PDF, MS Word), official college transcript, research statement, and two letters of recommendation from professors or other college/university instructors of related science courses in which the applicant has been enrolled. The research statement should directly answer why you are considering the summer internship and how it fits into your current and future academic, research, and career plans. Please also discuss any research or related work you have been involved in which will benefit you as a summer intern at Harvard. Deadline: For full consideration, applicants should submit their complete applications, including letters of reference, by Friday, March 15, 2013. All application materials after this date will be reviewed on a rolling basis. *************************************************************************************** Princeton University, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University are looking forward to welcoming another high-potential cohort for the 2013 Junior Summer Institutes through the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program (PPIA)! Each year, these outstanding institutions welcome students who are gearing up for their senior year and help prepare them to succeed in Graduate School in the fields of public policy and international affairs. Since the program’s creation, over 4,000 students have had the opportunity to participate and strengthen their academic skills and now form an active alumni network of mentors and friends! More details about the program can be found below or at www.ppiaprogram.org/programs Participants benefit from: • Full tuition at a PPIA Junior Summer Institute. • Eligibility to receive assistance with travel expenses. • A stipend of up to $1,500 (funding determined by each JSI).

• University housing with a meal plan. • Books and related course materials at your JSI. • Minimum of a one-time $5,000 scholarship at a PPIA graduate school if admitted for a Master's degree. (Note: PPIA Fellows often receive financial offers above and beyond this minimum from their graduate program.) • Access to accomplished leaders as professors and guest speakers. • Mentoring and networking opportunities. • Extra-curricular activities to enrich their world view (These differ at each campus). Applications are now open for the 2013 Summer Institutes. Learn more about these outstanding campuses and apply to be a part of the next fellowship class at www.ppiaprogram.org/programs. *****************************************************************************************

COMMUNITY NEWS Aliens, Immigrants and Other Evildoers- SciFi Latino Noir- Exploring the persecution of Latino Immigrants and satirizing the Status of immigrants as Alien- Jose’ Torres-Tama- The Sahdowbox theatre- 2400 St. Claude Ave. Thursday- Monday- October 11-15th 9:00 pm $10 General public; $7.00 Students ******************************************************************************************

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Walk For Education UNCF 25th ANNUAL 5K WALK/RUN/BIKE It’s that time of year again—time to gear up for the 25th Annual UNCF Walk for Education! This important event provides scholarship support to students from low-income families, giving them the opportunity to earn a college degree and to help better our community. Please register your entire family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Come be a part of the fun along with thousands of other participants who also believe, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”®!

RACE COURSE The race course begins and ends on the Riverview directly behind Audubon Zoo and winds its way through beautiful Audubon Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. rain or shine, and the 5K Walk/Run/Bike begins at 8:45 a.m. New Orleans Running Systems, Inc., will administer the race and awards will be presented to the top finishers.

KIDS TENT Bring the kids out and let them enjoy all the wonderful activities sponsored by Ronald McDonald, Louisiana Children’s Museum, The

Home Depot, Audubon Zoo Aqua Van, Audubon Zoo Mobile and more. PRE-REGISTRATION KICK-OFF PARTY Wednesday, October 10, 2012 • 5-8 p.m Audubon Tea Room, 6500 Magazine Street, NOLA

http://uncf.org/NewOrleansWalk.