Host Organization: The Baobob Cultural Center

Cost: donations accepted

World AIDS Day has become an annual day of recognition of AIDS???to remember those who have died, to acknowledge the need for continued commitment to care for those who are HIV/AIDS positive and to support the research to find a cure.

Johanna Almiron, FDI Pre-Doctoral Fellow, presents "Defacement: Portraits of Racial Violence in the Age of Graffiti by Jean-Michael Basquiat."

This event is free and open to the public. For information, contact the Frederick Douglass Institute for African & African-American Studies at (585) 275-7235 or visit www.rochester.edu/College/AAS.

Paige Lawrence, PhD on ?The Impact of Dioxin on Mammary Gland Development and Lactation: Implications for Women?s Health and Disease?

Co-Sponsored with Sustainability UCIS

Faculty Research Seminar by Prof. Douglas Crimp, Art and Art History

Douglas Crimp, Department of Art and Art History, gives a presentation. Sponsored by the Susan B Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the event page.

Lunch Provided

Host Organization: Office of Faculty Development, Women and Diversity

Cost: free

Speaker: Moka Lantum, MP, PhD

Shanna Swan. "The Effect of Enviromental Chemicals on Sexually-Dimorphic Development" Discover How Phthalates (common plasticizers) Effect a Developing Fetus, & How this Results in Differences in Males & Females."

Swan is professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and of Environmental Medicine. Director, Center for Reproductive Epidemiology, URMC .

Sponsored by Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies. This event is free and open to the public. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit event site.

Dr. Shanna Swan on ?The Effect of Environmental Chemicals on Sexually-Dimorphic Development? Discover how phthalates (common plasticizers) affect a developing fetus, and how this results in differences in males and females.

Host Organization: The Baobob Cultural Center

Cost: donations accepted

Christmas (Christian) is the day associated with Jesus' birth. It is celebrated on December 25 by Western churches and on January 7 the following year by Eastern Orthodox churches.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga, an African world scholar, in 1966. It is based on the agricultural celebrations of Africa called "the first fruits" celebrations, which are times of harvest, gathering, reverence, commemoration, and recommitment. Therefore, Kwanzaa is a time for achievements, reverence for the Creator and creation, commemoration of the past, recommitment to cultural ideals, and celebration of the good. Kwanza, a Swahili word, means "first," Kwanzaa, spelled with the double vowel at the end of the word, refers to the holiday. NOTE: Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths.

Lunch Provided

Host Organization: Office of Faculty Development, Women and Diversity

Cost: free

Speaker: Annette Medina-Walpole, MD

Open to the entire University community, this event is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to openly discuss diversity issues. Participants may come and go as they please and can bring their own lunch, or purchase lunch from the Eastman Dining Center.

Note: This event occurs on the following dates:
9/17/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
10/15/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
11/19/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
1/21/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
2/18/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
3/18/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
4/15/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room


Host Organization: Eastman Diversity Committee

Cost: Free

Open to the entire University community, this event is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to openly discuss diversity issues. Participants may come and go as they please and can bring their own lunch, or purchase lunch from the Eastman Dining Center.

Note: This event occurs on the following dates:
9/17/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
10/15/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
11/19/2009 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
1/21/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
2/18/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
3/18/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room
4/15/2010 Thu 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Directors Meeting Room


Host Organization: Eastman Diversity Committee

Cost: Free