Mar 2013 Latino Cultural Center Events

Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) presents:
Civic Engagement Brown Bag Series

Learn more about how civic engagement can transform democracy

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
“Civic Engagement and the Arts”
Dr. Rosa Cabrera, Director of the Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center.
Talk will be held at the Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
“Participatory Budgeting… What’s all the buzz about?”
Thea Crum, Economic Development Planner with the Great Cities Institute (GCI).
Talk will be held in CUPPA GCI Conference Room 418.

Both events are from 12noon to 1p.m.
Brown bag encouraged.
Light lunch will be served.

IPCE is committed to transforming democracy by creating a more fully engaged community
with more effective leaders. For more information call (312)355-0088 or e-mail neramos@uic.edu
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Are you looking for off-campus housing?

Discover La Casa Student Housing in Pilsen

La Casa is an innovative model in student housing that surrounds

students with many of the benefits and resources of on-campus

living – plus the added advantage of an on-site Resource Center.

When?
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where?
Latino Cultural Center
Lecture Center B2

FREE Admission and Refreshments

Representatives from La Casa will be available to answer your questions.

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Noche de Poetas
Breaking Barriers

Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center, MeSA, SAFEHR, SJP, and UPRS for our second Noche de
Poetas (Poetry Night) of the Spring 2013 semester.

OPEN MIC!

Don’t miss the amazing talented poets as they share their own poetic words on this month’s
theme, “Overcoming barriers by understanding and unifying.”

What is your barrier?
How do you challenge it?
What helped you break your barriers?

Leading the poetry will be our featured poet Ziad Khateeb. He is a UIC student and as social justice activist.
His poetry touches on issues of justice and equality.

when: Thursday, March 14th
time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm
where: Latino Cultural Center
Lecture Center B2

FREE refreshments and admission
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For more info, please call 312-996-3095

If you require any accommodations please contact the number above at least 2 days before the event.
For directions please visit: http://latinocultural.uic.edu/infomaps/

NEXT WEEK (3/18-22)

Civic Cinema

Catching Babies

What does birthing justice mean to you?

What if we could change the world by changing the way babies are born? 

This documentary weaves the stories of mothers and midwives on the journey of bringing  life into the world.  Filmed along the US-Mexico border, this filmfollows four young women as they study midwifery at Maternidad La Luz. Learn about their empowering journey as midwife mothers welcoming healthy babies. Approx. 60min.

Screening followed by facilitated discussion.

when: Wednesday, March 20^th

time: 3:30pm to 5pm

where: Latino Cultural Center

Lecture Center B2

FREE refreshments and admission

This film screening is presented as part of the African American Cultural Center’s Women’s History Month film Series, ” A Woman’s Work: Midwives and Mamas”

This event is co-sponsored by the UIC Honors College, Latin American and Latino Studies Program and Health Oriented Latino Association (HOLA).

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What Do Public Art, Daycare, and Soul Food Have to Do with Climate Change?                                                                                               

Come learn about new multimedia resources that you can use to teach climate change

and engage more people on your campus in climate action.

           

This interactive workshop will introduce climate change education and action materials from the Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit, just released last May. It will be facilitated by applied anthropologists who were part of the team that created the Toolkit.

The Toolkit’s place-based materials, all downloadable free of charge from the Toolkit website, include case studies of community-based climate action from diverse neighborhoods around Chicago as well as over 60 tools to help others engage their communities in climate change conversations and action. The tools present climate change as it relates to Chicago communities and other issues that people care about, like healthy food, youth development, and cultural heritage. Materials are available in English and Spanish.

when: Thursday, March 21^st

time:   3:30pm to 5pm

where: UIC Latino Cultural Center

Lecture Center B2

For map and parking go to: latinocultural.uic.edu/infomaps

FREE Admission and Refreshments