Spring 2009 Events
Spring Event Schedule for UNH Durham
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JANUARY 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Events
See University Dialogue related events at http://www.unh.edu/diversity/mlk_celebration2009.html
Green Art and The Growing Divide
Tuesday January 27 at 6PM
Kingsbury S145
Join in this first forum to plan a public art project on The Growing Divide. Artists, engineers, activists, … we will be led by Randy Jewart of Austin Green Art and UNH Art professors Ben Cariens and Jennifer Moses.
This event co-sponsored by the Art & Art History Department and Office of Sustainability Programs
FEBRUARY 2009
A Tour of the Strafford County Jail
Mondays, February 2 and 9
Leave campus 11:30 AM and return by 2 PM
Angela Davis reminds us that 1 in 100 adult Americans is incarcerated. Learn more about the local prison system on this educational tour with Sociology Professor Cesar Rebellon and Philosophy Professor Nick Smith. Space is limited ~ Advance registration required by contacting Discovery.Program@unh.edu .
Co-sponsored by UNH Diversity Initiatives as a part of MLK Day celebration.
Movie and Discussion: The Lost Boys of Sudan
Wednesday, February 4th, 4 - 6PM
Monday, February 16th, 6 -8 PM
MUB Theatre I
The Lost Boys of Sudan follows the lives of a small group of brave teenage boys and young men who depart their worn torn village, optimistically seeking the opportunity and wealth they have heard so much about in America. Upon arrival in the States, they discover many limitations on opportunity in America, as they strive to find housing, automobiles, and schooling. This film and discussion will consider whether or not America is still the land of opportunity that it once was and how we can make life in America more supportive for all living within our borders.
Facilitated by Professor of Education Sarah Stitzlein.
Are Prisons Obsolete? Exploring the growing prison nation in NH
Educational Panel
Thursday, February 5, 12:40 - 2:00 PM
DeMerritt Hall, Room 112
Angela Davis, having helped to popularize the notion of a "prison industrial complex," urges us to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement. While advocating for a shift from punitive to restorative justice in the way our criminal system addresses crime, she asks the question, Are Prisons Obsolete? Through productive conversations, a warden, a social worker and a scholar will examine the social, economic and political implications of answering YES.
This event is co-sponsored by UNH Diversity Initiatives and the Martin Luther King Celebration Committee.
Film: The Rescue of Joeph Kony's Child Soldiers
Wednesday, February 18th, 5pm - MUB Theatre II
Sponsored by UNH STAND
Craig Werth & Friends
Songs of Hope and Hard Times
Thursday, February 19th - 8PM
Hubbard Hall Recreation Lounge
Join Craig Werth and friends for a relaxed evening of song and poetry. Hosted by touring artist and former UNH staff member Craig Werth, this free* concert will feature words and music inspired by hope, hard times and the gap between the haves and the have-nots of the world. Craig will perform some of his own works and host other UNH-affiliated performers for this concert. Coffee, tea, cookies and a warm room… everyone welcome!
* Free - any donations freely given will go to the "Bring Virginia Home Fund," a project of the Waysmeet Center's Flames of Hope program. Any and all donations will go to the support of a former UNH student and beloved community member who has been wrongly incarcerated and detained in Brazil.
Spiritual Cafe
Buying Happiness: Money and Spirituality with Philosophy Professor Nick Smith
Tuesday, February 24 12:30 - 2:00, MUB Strafford Room
Soup & conversation on values
we can hold onto in an economic crisis and roles of spiritual organizations in delivering public/community services.
UNH STAND and a Story of Mission-Related Investing
Tuesday, February 24 at 5 PM
MUB Strafford Room
Last year UNH STAND (Student Anti-Genocide Coalition) worked closely with the UNH Foundation to advocate for divesting from Darfur-related funds. There is much to be learned from both the work of students and a recent publication by Dr. Michael Swack, Research Professor at the Carsey Institute, about mission-related investing. Join us to learn more about UNH STAND and this important opportunity for organizations to consider living their values.
This program co-sponsored by STAND and the UNH Carsey Institute.
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet
Friday, February 27 at 6 PM
MUB Granite State Room
Please join students with UNH Oxfam for a meal, a simulation of wealth and resource divisions and an evening of thinking more about what you can do to make a difference.
This program sponsored by OxFam UNH.
March 2009
Location, Location, Location: Socioeconomic Status and Health
Discussion with Professor of Health Management and Policy, Dr. John Seavey
Tusday, March 3rd, 6-8PM - MUB Rm 336
A presentation on the importance of socioeconomic status and health and what it means for issue of health care reform.
Sorry for the incovenience, this program has been cancelled:
Teach-In on the Economic Crisis: Political and Community Responses
Wednesday March 4, 4-6PM
Granite State Room
Join faculty across colleges and departments to discuss and learn more about the current economic situation and what political and community responses are in the works.
Nobelity
See the movie, meet filmmaker Turk Pipkin
Wednesday, March 4th at 7pm
MUB Theatre II
A stunning look at the world’s most pressing problems through the eyes of nine Nobel Laureates, Nobelity follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin’s personal journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know. Filmed across the U.S., and in France, England, India, and Africa, Nobelity Combines The Insights of nine distinguished Nobelists with a first-person view of world problems and the children who are most challenged by them.
Nobelity features Nobel Laureates: Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus, Desmond Tutu, Amartya Sen
The Filmmaker Turk Pipkin will introduce the film and have a question and answer session after the movie.
Sponsored by: The MUB and MUSO
Population Stability for a Sustainable Future
March 10th at 12:30
MUB Theatre II
A program with Grassroots Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Harpster from The New England Coalition for Sustainable Population. Harpster works to raise awareness of regional, national and global population and sustainability issues to strengthen regional action on these issues.
Cinderella Project!
Dress drive runs March 22 - 29
Hey, all you ladies out there... Do you have a lonely prom or semi-formal dress hanging in your closet? Want to put them to good use? Bring in your dresses and any other prom-worthy accessories after Spring Break to give to girls in New Hampshire who won't be able to go to prom without you!
The drive will run 3/22-29 at participating locations: Donations can be made at Mills, Fairchild, Stoke, Hetzel, Christenson, SERC C, The Discovery Program Office (Hamilton Smith, Rm 3) and more!
Questions? Email: orvbgirl@comcast.net
UNH Green Art and The Growing Divide – Proposal Presentations
Tuesday, March 24th at 7pm in PCAC A218
Come and join the next phase of planning for the UNH Green Art and the Growing Divide project! Students from the Department of Art and Art History will be presenting working proposals for the public art part of the UNH Green Art and the Growing Divide Project. Afterwards, there will be time for discussion, questions and input. Your participation and input as a member of the University community is essential in this phase of the project planning. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Discovery Program Office at 862-0309 or discovery.program@unh.edu
Are We Growing the Divide at UNH?
This event has been postponed... stay tuned for details.
Tuesday, March 24 at 4-6PM
MUB Strafford Room
To what extent are we living up to our core values at UNH? Join us for a discussion on how we live up to our ideals in any economy, even a challenging one.
March 25 Sidore Lecture on School Choice
Advocacy in a Changing World: Engaging Students in the Fight Against Women's Poverty
Thursday March 26 at 5 PM
MUB Strafford Room
Boston College professor and researcher Lisa Goodman will trace the growing divide for women- between poverty and opportunity. Goodman studies the effects of violence against under-served women as well as the models of mental health intervention for low-income women, including the homeless. Her talk will focus on the long-term repercussions of women’s poverty and will outline the model of her advocacy program. One of her student advocates will speak about her experience in the program.
Facilitated by Professor of Psychology Vicki Banyard. This program co-sponsored by the UNH Women’s Commission.
April 2009
Mark Winne: Closing the Food Gap
Wednesday, April 1 at 4 PM
MUB Theatre II
Mark Winne is the author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the table in the land of plenty. Though a land of opportunity and great fortune for some, we have never been a nation able to fully confront, let alone resolve, our social and economic inequalities and disparities. Food, like air and water, is a basic necessity, but stands as a glaring example of how the gap between this country’s "haves" and "have-nots" remains deep and wide.
This program is co-sponsored by the University Office of Sustainability and the dual major in EcoGastronomy program.
UNH Green Art and The Growing Divide
(Ongoing event for spring 2009)
Check back on our website for more details:
http://www.unh.edu/academic-affairs/discovery/dialogue/2008/greenart/
Check out: http://www.austingreenart.org/
April 21 Sidore Lecture on Democracy, Education and Equity
Undergraduate Research Conference
Week of April 20 - 24
Parent’s Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research
Friday April 24 Special sessions featuring work focused on poverty and opportunity
Research award winner
To request material in alternative format, an ASL Interpreter or any other form of accommodation, please contact the Discovery Program at (603) 862-0309 or discovery.program@unh.edu
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FALL 2008 Events
September 2008
Funny Money w/James Cunningham
Saturday, 8.30.08
9:00 PM
Granite State Room
James Cunningham's award-winning "Fun"-ancial seminar is radically changing the lives of fiscally challenged students everywhere. Sponsored by the MUB and Health Services.
Academic Convocation
Tuesday, 9.16.08
7:30 – 9:00 AM
Granite State Room
Join Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce Mallory and the 2008-2009 Discovery Authors in a breakfast forum on the issue of poverty and opportunity from many perspectives... including yours!
University Day
Tuesday, 9.16.08
3:00 – 6:00 PM
Stop by our table and find out what it feels like to be 70% of the world's population...
Music in the Mountains: Understanding Music and Emotion in the Lives of Appalachian Individuals
Wednesday, 9.17.08
8:00 PM
Paul Creative Arts Center M-223
A multi-media lecture by junior vocal performance major Caitlin Baummer chronicling fieldwork in West Virginia to investigate the emotional responses of individuals living in poverty to music.
Open Trip to Heifer Project's Overlook Farm
Saturday, 9.20.08
Leave: 6:00 AM - Return: 7:00 PM
To register contact: Kristi Nyhan at 2.0309 or discovery.program@unh.edu
In this unique road trip, UNH students are challenged to examine our own habits, consumption patterns and beliefs to become more responsible global citizens.
StarPower
Monday, 9.22.08
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Granite State Room
StarPower is a real time, face to face, non-computer based simulation. Join us and rethink your assumptions about the use and abuse of power. Facilitated by Discovery Authors Vicki Banyard and John Seavey.
Movie and Discussion: People Like Us: Social Class in America
Wednesday, 9.24.08
3:00 - 6:00 PM
MUB Theatre I
It's the 800-pound gorilla in American life that most Americans don't think about: Class can be harder to spot than racial or ethnic differences, yet in many ways it's the most important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life. Facilitated by Discovery Author Nick Smith and Sociology PhD candidate Chris Colocousis.
October 2008
Movie and Discussion: Born Into Brothels
Wednesday, 10.1.08
5:00 PM
MUB II
A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes. Winner of Academy Award of Best Documentary Feature, 2007. Facilitated by Languages, Literature & Culture Associate Professor Lori Hopkins and Discovery Author Stacy VanDeveer. Cosponsored by Women's Studies Department.
Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice
Wednesday, 10.1.08
7:00 PM
The Strafford Room
This interactive multi-media presentation includes slides, role-playing, and powerful video footage of the month Jim Keady spent in an Indonesian factory workers' slum living on $1.25 a day, a typical wage paid to Nike's subcontracted workers. Sponsored by the MUB Lecture Series.
What is Occupational Justice?
Wednesday, 10.8.08
7:00 - 8:30 PM
DeMeritt Auditorium 112
Dr. Robyn Sladyk, Ph.D., OTR from Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia explores occupational justice. How does who you are and what you do define how healthy you can be?
Student Debt: Financial Aid and the Growing Higher Education Divide
Tuesday, 10.7.08
12:30 – 2:00 PM
DeMeritt Auditorium 112
How did finances influence your decision to come to UNH? Will your student debt change the trajectory of your life and prevent you from pursuing your dream job? Are financial aid awards fair? How do financial aid practices in the U.S. compare to international policies? Nick Smith interviews Provost Bruce Mallory, Director of Financial Aid Suzy Allen, Vice President for Student and Academic Services Mark Rubinstein and UNH student Justin Rondeau on the difficult moral and political questions presented by financial aid at UNH and elsewhere.
Community Service Fair
Tuesday, 10.14.08
11:30 – 2:00 PM
Granite State Room, MUB
Contact: Marianne Fortescue, 862-2197
http://www.unh.edu/serve
Open Trip to Heifer Project's Overlook Farm
Saturday, 10.18.08
Leave: 6:00 AM - Return: 7:00 PM
To register contact: Kristi Nyhan at 2.0309 or discovery.program@unh.edu
In this unique road trip, UNH students are challenged to examine our own habits, consumption patterns and beliefs to become more responsible global citizens.
Climate Change Forum
Tuesday, 10.28.08
7pm, Murkland Auditorium
Why has climate change faded from our political discourse? Why should climate change be at the center of the 2008 election?
Join expert panelists, representatives from campaigns, and fellow members of the public, in an exciting discussion of why climate change should be a major issue in the November election, how it affects energy, the environment, national security, and global justice.
Scott Spradling, formerly of WMUR, and a well-respected expert veteran of many such candidate debates and forums, will serve as event moderator.
Panelists will include: Rev. Roberta Finkelstein of the UU South Church in Portsmouth; Will Abbott, Vice President for Policy and Land Management at the NH Forest Society; Stacy VanDeveer, Associate Professor of Political Science at UNH; and Dr. Cameron Wake, Research Associate Professor at UNH.
This event is co-sponsored by Oxfam America, UUSC Just Democracy, the UNH Campus Ministry, and the UNH Office of Sustainability.
November 2008
A Tour of the Strafford County Jail
Monday, 11.3.08
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Did you know that 1 in 100 adult Americans is incarcerated? Learn more about the local prison system on this educational tour - an experience in anticipation of the 2009 MLK celebration, featuring speaker Angela Davis. Space is limited ~ Advance registration required by contacting Discovery.Program@unh.edu.
Poverty Simulation
Thursday, 11.6.08
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Granite State Room
The Poverty Simulation helps participants better understand the life of a typical low income family. Within the two hour experience, participants assume the roles of various family members living in poverty with the goal of providing for the household's necessities to survive for one "month." Space is limited ~ Advance registration required by contacting Discovery.Program@unh.edu .
Movie and Discussion: Beyond Brown: Pursuing the promise
Monday, 11.10.08
4:00 – 5:30 PM
MUB Theatre I
On May 17, 1954, in its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal," ending legal segregation in American education. The "promise of Brown" is not just about equal schools for all races, but equal opportunity for all students. Fifty years later, how close is America to fulfilling the promise of Brown? Facilitated by Discovery Author Sarah Stitzlein.
The $3.13 A Day Food Challenge
November 15 – November 21, 2008
For more information on this event please visit: http://www.unh.edu/the313foodchallenge
Movie and Discussion: Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick?
Wednesday, 11.19.08
4:00 - 6:00 PM
MUB Theatre I
What are the connections between health and socioeconomic conditions? This one-hour film features the lives of multiple individuals to demonstrate that health is more than a matter of genes and behavior. Children and poverty, racism, and income inequality are explored as well as previous social reforms and their impact on health. Co-sponsored by the pre-med, pre-health care professions honor society, Alpha Epsilon Delta. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Authors Barbara Prudhomme White and John Seavey.
Movie and discussion: Waging a Living
Thursday, 11.20.08
4:00 PM
MUB Theatre I
The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans – one in four workers – are stuck in jobs that do not pay the basics for a decent life. The PBS documentary Waging a Living chronicles the day-to-day battles of four low-wage earners fighting to lift their families out of poverty. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Author Joanne Burke.
A Night Without a Home sponsored by OXFAM UNH
Thursday, 11.20.08 - 5:30 PM
to Friday, 11.21.08 at 10:00 AM
MUB 334/Scott Hall Lawn
Participants will spend one night outside sleeping in cardboard "houses," not because this can in anyway simulate true homelessness, but because it is one night dedicated to inspiring thought and action towards an end to homelessness. Some cardboard will be provided, but please try to bring your own.
The event will begin with a presentation by the Faces of Homelessness Speakers Bureau in MUB Room 334 at 5:30pm
Food Basket Drive
Each fall, winter and spring the Cornucopia Food Pantry in partnership with the Community Leadership Program at the Thompson School of Applied Science, will work to assemble food baskets for friends in our community. All are invited to participate.
For more information go to: http://www.cornucopia.unh.edu/
December 2008
Movie and Discussion: Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick?
12.3.08
6:00 - 8:00 PM
MUB Theatre II
As a follow up to the viewing on 11.19.08, this half-hour segment, "Bad Sugar" covers the Tohono O'odham Indian tribe (outside Tucson, Arizona) which has one of the highest rates of Type II diabetes in the United States --one of the fastest growing chronic diseases in the United States. Co-sponsored by the pre-med, pre-health care professions honor society on campus, Alpha Epsilon Delta. Discussion facilitated by Discovery Authors Barbara Prudhomme White and John Seavey.
