NEWS & NOTES
- Have you seen the slide show running at the entrance of the Multicultural Resource Center? It’s a great way to get the word out about multicultural events on campus! Find out how you can get your event included in the show!
OCTOBER EVENTS
- 6 : :
Contemporary Issues Forum
4 pm in the MRC - 11 : : National Coming Out Day
- 26 : : Human Rights Week begins
Get a PDF of week's events
NOVEMBER EVENTS
- 3 : :
Contemporary Issues Forum
4 pm in EUC Joyner Room - 4 : :
Artist Reception
5 to 6:15 pm in the MRC - 10 : :
Kaleidoscope Open Forum
4 pm in EUC Phillips Room - 18 : :
American Indian Cultural Fair
11am to 2pm in Cone Ballroom AB
DECEMBER EVENTS
- 3 : :
Holidays Around the World
7 to 9 pm in EUC Auditorium
JANUARY EVENTS
- 25 : :
Empty Bowls painting all week!
Call us for schedule and locations - 26 : :
MLK Commemoration
Keynote Speaker Mae Jemison
7 to 9 pm in EUC Auditorium - 28 : :
MLK Commemoration
Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
8 am in Campus Ministries Building
FEBRUARY EVENTS
- 2 : : Contemporary Issues Forum
4 pm in EUC Joyner Room - 3 : : Artist Reception
5 to 6:15 pm in the MRC
OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
- Nominations of UNCG students qualified for the 2010 MLK Service Award are now being accepted.
- Click here for the qualifications we are looking for.
- Click here for the online nomination form. Deadline for nominations is December 8, 2009.
- Join us for our Kaleidoscope Open Forum at 4pm in the EUC Phillips Room on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. "WHO CAN SAY WHAT?"
- Don't miss our annual American Indian Cultural Fair in the Cone Ballroom on Wednesday, November 18, 2009
- Craft demonstration, storytelling and flute music from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Dance and drumming performances 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Join us for the Kaleidoscope Open Forum on November 10, 2009, at 4 pm in the EUC Phillips Room.
Our topic will be "Who Can Say What?" We'll be talking about racial slurs, slang, and other terms and figures of speech that may seem derogatory in the mouths of some but are perfectly acceptable in the mouths of others!
What's that about?
How can you know the difference?
Come out on November 10 at 4 pm (in the EUC Phillips Room) and talk about it in a peer-led forum!
The Kaleidoscope Peer Education Program, offered by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, encourages undergraduate students to take an active role in campus education around issues of multiculturalism, equity and social justice. Kaleidoscope was created to afford students opportunities to challenge their peers’ awareness and appreciation of difference. The program challenges student educators and peer participants to think critically about the various communities in which they exist. Like the instrument for which the group is named, Kaleidoscope operates on the foundation that beauty is reflected through the sum of many parts.
SCOPEs — Student Coordinators of Peer Education — are undergraduate students who are selected and trained to facilitate social justice programs. These dynamic students are passionate about issues of multiculturalism, social justice and equity. They are well-equipped to educate their peers about a wide range of topics. SCOPEs are uniquely poised among their peers to raise awareness, promote inclusiveness and prompt genuine understanding and celebration of differences across campus.
Our Mission
Kaleidoscope is an initiative at UNCG to promote social justice. Our goal as peer educators is to spread cultural understanding and raise students' awareness. We hope to promote respect by creating an open, safe and healthy environment where honest dialogue about sensitive topics can take place.
We aim to:
- plant seeds of understanding and genuine respect across cultures;
- promote cultural diversity;
- create an open environment where members of the UNCG campus community can discuss sensitive topics; and
- approach and overcome barriers and boundaries to authentic communication.
Program Goals
For Peer Educators
- To afford peer educators opportunities to clarify individual identities;
- To provide an intellectual space for students who value social justice to unite;
- To enhance leadership skills and multicultural competence of peer educators;
- To inspire peer educators to incorporate social justice ideals into their lives after college.
For Undergraduate Participants
- To offer opportunities for fun, interactive and informative programs related to social justice topics;
- To create safe spaces for students to have honest conversation in the absence of faculty, staff or others perceived to be in positions of power;
- To challenge students to think critically about their world view; and
- To meet students where they are, literally — within residence hall communities, Greek enclaves, club meetings, etc. — and figuratively, in order to maximize their satisfaction with the Kaleidoscope experience.