Actividad cultural/lingüística: Not For Sale Week

Not For Sale Week
Monday, April 28th, 2008 to Friday, May 2nd, 2008
University of San Francisco

Presented by:
Not For Sale Club, The Erasmus Project, Campus Activities Board, Not For Sale Campaign, Alpha Phi Omega and Delta Zeta

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Free to Be Aware Parade
Spread awareness throughout USF’s campus with ORANGE
11am-2pm
Starts in Harney Plaza

Free to Speak Lecture Event sponsored by CAB
Human trafficking survivor shares her reality
6:30pm-8pm
Xavier Chapel

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Free to Be Aware Extravaganza
Awareness about human trafficking through fun activities and music
11am-1pm
Harney Plaza

Free to Learn Researching Workshop
Learn how to map trafficking in San Francisco from Erasmus student researchers
4:30pm-5:30pm
McLaren 252

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Day of Silence for all of those whose own voices are powerless

Free to Express Open Mic
Students and youth using creative outlets to celebrate their freedom to
express
6pm-8pm
Crossroads

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Free to See Movie Showing
“The Jammed” Australian human trafficking film
5:30pm-7:30pm
Cowell 113

Friday, May 2, 2008
*NOT FOR SALE DAY*
The city of San Francisco officially declares Not for Sale Day

Press Conference
Erasmus students present their case studies of human trafficking in San
Francisco
11am-12pm
McLaren 252

Not For Sale Day Carnival
Soccer, mural painting, photography, West African dance, origami, music & food
12pm-2pm
Harney Plaza

Actividad cultural/lingüística: A Series of (Un)Fortunate Events

Eventos organizados por la School of Americas Watch esta semana:

April 28
SOLID(arity)
8:30 PM
McLaren Complex
All student teach-in. Awesome presentations, free bread-n-spread
snacks, and the opportunity to discuss issues of immigration, fair
trade, torture, and the upcoming election with your peers.
We'll be heading over to Ocean Beach afterward for a bonfire.

April 29
Harney Plaza
11:30 AM
Free airbrushed t-shirts! We have some shirts, but first come, first
serve. If you'll be late, you can bring your own shirt to be
graffitied, too.
There will also be hands on mural painting and an immigration display
from USF's chapter of Amnesty International.

April 30
Xavier Chapel
7:00PM
Former Prisoner of Conscience and activist, Father Louie Vitale will
give a speech entitled "A Nonviolent Response to Terrorism." He was
recently released from jail for civil disobedience in protest of Fort
Huachuca. Shortly after, he was again arrested at the March 19
anti-war rally in San Francisco.
Carlos Mauricio, founder of Stop Impunity, will speak about his
experience as a victim and survivor of torture in El Salvador.

May 1
Harney Plaza
10:00 AM
Meet to go as a group to the Immigration Rally downtown. Wear your
white t-shirt from Tuesday!

Crossroads
6:00 PM
CELEBRATION! Wooo.
*Free Food
*Music
*A short talk from Vietnam War Veteran and SOA Watch activist Charles Liteky.
*A panel on student activism featuring Mike Aguilar, Drea Hightower,
Politics Professor James Taylor, USF Invisible Children President
Kimberly Kane, and Mel Hackett. Moderated by former USF student
Spencer Rangitsch.
*Voter Registration Drive by MEChA
*Information from city organizations like the Committee in Solidarity
with the People of El Salvador, Grassroots Campaigns, and the
Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Diario #8: Instrucciones especiales (para el 23 de abril)

Primera entrada:
Vuelve a leer tu primer blog sobre tus puntos fuertes y débiles antes de empezar el curso. Luego escribe una autoevaluación sobre tu progreso este semestre. ¿Cuáles son tus nuevos orgullos, puntos fuertes, habilidades, etc.? ¿Cuáles siguen siendo tus puntos débiles, dificultades y/o miedos en cuanto a la lengua española? ¿Qué quieres aprender y hacer en el futuro (inmediato y lejano) con tu español?


Segunda entrada:
Escribe un resumen sobre lo que has aprendido este semestre sobre tu región geográfica/tema de investigación. ¿Hay otros aspectos de ese tema/esa región que quieras estudiar o investigar en el futuro? ¿Tienes una nueva o diferente opinión ahora? Explica.

Actividad cultural/lingüística: Charla sobre "Plan México"

Whose Security?
“Plan Mexico” and Regional Militarization

Monday, April 14
1:30-2:45pm
Education 301

Laura Carlsen, Director of the Americas Policy Program, will offer an analysis of “Plan Mexico” or the Merida Initiative, a US-led security cooperation initiative with Mexico and Central America to confront drug trafficking, transnational crime, and terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. She will discuss possible parallels to “Plan Columbia” and how the enforcement model of the war on drugs and organized crime that the Plan seeks to extend into Mexico may lead to widespread militarization when democratic institutions are not strong.

Free and open to the public.
For more information, call Latin American Studies Program Office at 422-5122.
Sponsored by Latin American Studies, CELASA, Chican@/Latin@ Studies, International Studies, and Politics

Actividad cultural/lingüística: La inmigración y las pandillas en Centroamérica

Immigration and Gangs in Central America
A discussion with José Luis Rocha

CELASA Visiting Scholar, José Luis Rocha will speak in Salvador Alcantara’s Religion In Latin America Class

Wednesday, April 16
11:30-12:30pm
Education 110

Free and open to the public
For more information, please contact the CELASA Office at 422-5122

Sponsored by the Center for Latino/a Studies in the Americas

Diario #7: Instrucciones especiales (para el miércoles, 16 de abril)

Para Diario #7, otra vez en vez de hacer una nueva investigación sobre sus países o temas de investigación, todos van a leer algunas entradas de otros miembros de nuestra clase y responder a lo que leen. Es necesario hacer lo siguiente:

1) leer por lo menos 2 entradas sobre el tema o país de investigación de otra(s) persona(s)

2) responder a esas entradas

3) leer por lo menos 2 entradas sobre las actividades culturales/lingüísticas de otra(s) persona(s)

4) responder a esas entradas

5) si no tienen títulos específicos para las entradas que ya han escrito, hay que hacerlo (volver a editar)

6) mandarme a mi una lista de las entradas que leyeron y a las que respondieron por correo electronico (kschell@...)

¡Recuerden escoger entradas que les interesen!

Actividad cultural/lingüística: Libro sobre el arte chicana

In association with Center for Latino Studies in the Americas, Latin
American Studies, Theology and Religious Studies, and Visual Arts,

Latin@/Chican@ Studies Presents:

Laura E. Perez, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of
California, Berkeley

April 10, 2008
4pm-5:30pm
McLaren 251

Laura E. Perez will be discussing her new book, Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities, which explores how Chicana artists have created a "culturally hybrid spirituality to challenge racism, bigotry, patriarchy and homophobia." Their work is filled with representations of spirituality and allusions to non-Western visual and cultural traditions, the work of these Chicana artists is a
vital contribution to a more inclusive canon of American arts."

Laura Perez will be in conversations with two of the artists featured in her book, Celia Herrera Rodriguez and Patricia Rodriguez, and with USF Theology and Religious Studies Professor, Jorge Aquino.

This event is free and open to the public.

Questions? Please email hieber@usfca.edu