NSU Hosts Diversity Week 2009

TAHLEQUAH Northeastern State University will host Diversity Week: Open Your Heart to Diversity from Monday, March 30 to Friday, April 3 on the Tahlequah campus.

The week kicks off on Monday, March 30 with a Diversity History Exhibit that will be on display in the University Center Lower Lobby all week. The 22-panel collage traces 3,000 years of seldom-told history of people with developmental and other disabilities. From antiquity to the present, the 40-foot display brings viewers through an illustrated timeline that shows societys attitudes and their effects on the lives of people with disabilities.

The exhibit is provided on loan from Advocating Change Together (ACT), a grassroots disability rights organization run by and for people with developmental and other disabilities. ACTs mission is to help people across disabilities to see themselves as part of a larger disability rights movement and make connections to other civil and human rights struggles. The exhibit will be on display each day through Thursday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On Monday evening, Phenomenal Women will present the Phenomenal Women Talent Show at 7 p.m. in the UC Sen. Herb Rozell Ballroom.

Disability Services will host an Assistive Technology Demonstration on Tuesday, March 31 in the UC Lobby from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a faculty presentation on Sound and Silence: Whats the Difference at 3:30 p.m. in the UC Rosebud Room. Kappa Alpha Psi will host Skate Night at the Tahlequah Skatehouse, 1508 N. Grand, from 8:30-10:30 p.m.

The Association of Black Collegians will host Kwanza Night in the BCM Basement at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1.

On Thursday, April 2, Northeastern Student Government Association will host an Interracial Relationship Discussion featuring Brown Eyes Blue Eyes in the UC Redbud Room at 4 p.m. Campus Christian Fellowship will host a Cultural Potluck Dinner following the discussion at 6 p.m. at the CCF House.

Sodexho will sponsor a Cultural Luncheon each day from Monday, March 30 to Thursday, April 2, in the UC Market Caf from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The week of activities will conclude on Friday, April 3 with a Mix and Match Cultural Luncheon co-sponsored by Sodexho and the Northeastern Activities Board from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Market Caf.

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Published: 2009-03-30 00:00:00