Events / Diversity and Inclusion at Appalachian / Appalachian State University

Aug 20
Black and Gold Convocation
With guest speaker Judy Shepard
Monday, August 20, 2018
10:00am
Holmes Convocation Center
Judy Shepard, mother of the late Matthew Shepard and president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, will speak at Appalachian’s Black and Gold Convocation. Appalachian’s Common Reading Program selection “The Laramie Project” by Moisés Kaufman is a play about the community of Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, who was a gay student at the University of Wyoming.
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Aug 22
ArtTALKS: Rachel Stevens: Living Sculpture
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
6:00pm
Rachel Stevens is a Professor of Art at New Mexico State University where she has taught sculpture since 1994. She spent the better part of last year (2017-18) on a Fulbright Scholarship in Ukraine where she completed a new exhibition, A Key to the City: Three Ways of Visualizing Jewish Heritage in Lviv.
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Aug 25
Fundraiser to benefit Appalachian’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Saturday, August 25, 2018
7:00pm
Like all Centers in the UNC System, the CJHPS is not eligible for state and UNC System funds and is entirely dependent on donations (and national and international grants). Please join us for a fun evening of dinner, music and dancing.
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Aug 27
Dr. Damon A. Williams on Inclusive Excellence
Monday, August 27, 2018
7:00pm
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Strengthening Appalachian’s diversity commitment by engaging our community in a conversation about diversity, equity, inclusion and change, this one-hour, TED Talk-style presentation features one of the nation’s recognized experts in strategic diversity leadership, youth development, corporate responsibility and organizational change.
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Sep 13
Adolf Hitler and the United States: Views, Plans, and Policies and the ‘Jewish Question’
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Thursday, September 13, 2018
7:00pm
Internationally-noted Holocaust scholar and diplomatic historian Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, will give an evening lecture. Prof. Weinberg escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, served in the U.S. army during the occupation of Japan, and became a prominent specialist in diplomatic and Holocaust history during a long and impressive career.
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Sep 17
Reading and book signing with ‘The Laramie Project’ author Moisés Kaufman
Monday, September 17, 2018
2:00pm
420 Plemmons Student Union (Parkway Ballroom)
Moisés Kaufman — playwright, director and author of the 2018-19 common reading book selection, “The Laramie Project” — will read from his work and sign copies of the play.
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Sep 17
Moisés Kaufman: Theater in 2018 - The Vicinity of Hope
A public address by the author of “The Laramie Project”
Monday, September 17, 2018
7:00pm
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Moisés Kaufman is the founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated director and playwright, and a 2015 recipient of the National Medal of Arts. His play “The Laramie Project” is about the community of Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, who was a gay student at the University of Wyoming. The murder, which was denounced as a hate crime, sparked a national debate.
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Oct 18
Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.: With Justice for All: Human Rights and Civil Rights at Home and Abroad
University Forum Lecture Series
Thursday, October 18, 2018
7:00pm
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America's foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.
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Oct 24
ArtTALKS Panel Presentation: Bringing the World to Boone!
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
6:00pm
In conjunction with the international exhibition, Art from Down Under: Australia to New Zealand, Dr. Vincent Alessi, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Creative Arts and English at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and Julie Humby, Artist, Art Curator and Assistant Librarian at Ara Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand will discuss contemporary practices in their respective countries.
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Nov 5
Prof. Ofer Ashkenazi: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Monday, November 5, 2018
7:00pm
Prof. Ofer Ashkenazi, a UC Berkeley-trained film studies scholar, is the chairman of the Richard Koebner Center for German History at the Hebrew University, Israel.
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Nov 14
Ballet Folklórico de México
The Schaefer Center Presents
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
7:00pm
This world-renowned, folkloric ballet ensemble from Mexico City is beloved for its artistry and ability to captivate audiences. For six decades, the company has presented dances reflecting the cultural traditions of Mexico, featuring authentic music and costumes, combined with inspired dancing that brings audiences to their feet.
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Feb 13
Herbie Hancock
The Schaefer Center Presents
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
7:00pm
Herbie Hancock has defied tradition over the years creating music that expands the possibilities of musical thought. Embracing elements of rock, soul, funk and electronica, Hancock is often described by many as a visionary, an architect in the post-bop sound. With a career spanning more than 50 years, his passion for innovation and creativity remains unparalleled.
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Feb 19
Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Schaefer Center Presents
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
7:00pm
Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem is a globally-acclaimed dance institution that has occupied a distinguished place in the New York City’s cultural landscape and brings innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression to audiences across the country and around the world. The 16-member professional dance ensemble has performed in 41 countries on six continents, in 44 states and more than 250 cities across North America.
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Ongoing events

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Dec 8

Art from Down Under: Australia to New Zealand

July 6-December 8, 2018

12:00pm

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Each of the Turchin Center's international biennial exhibitions reveal the importance of the visual arts in bearing witness to other cultures, other places, and, often, other racial and ethnic groups not typically represented in our local communities across the Appalachian region. What unites all peoples is the fundamental instinct to tell stories.

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Feb 2

The Broken Fragments of My Heart: Rachel Stevens

September 7, 2018-February 2, 2019

12:00pm

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

During the Holocaust in western Ukraine, Rachel Stevens’ cousin, Lorenz Kleiner, fought the Nazis as a partisan in the forest. His Polish comrades did not know that he was Jewish. Lorenz hid his identity, as he surely would have been killed by the men who served with him. When Stevens conceived of this series of sculptures she imagined the forest as a sanctuary.

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Annual activities

Diversity Celebration

The Diversity Celebration features a wide array of local and international music, eclectic dancing, delectable food, and imaginative crafts. Appalachian students, faculty, staff, K-12 schools, and members of the local community are all invited to join us in this celebration of cultures through art and entertainment.

The Diversity Celebration supports and enhances Appalachian State University's mission of "accepting the responsibility to be actively involved in addressing the educational, economic, cultural, and societal needs of the changing region, state, nation, and world," by providing a venue where diverse perspectives, cultures and values are accepted, appreciated and celebrated.

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Diversity Lecture Series

The Diversity Lecture Series serves the Appalachian campus and surrounding communities by providing free opportunities to learn about a wide array of social issues and cultural topics through an interdisciplinary lens.

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Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust

The Symposium provides public and private school teachers, university faculty, students, and community members information and insights about the victims, perpetrators, and consequences of the Nazi Holocaust.

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International Education Week

International Education Week (IEW) at Appalachian State University is a celebration of transformational global experiences at home and abroad. Everyone is encouraged to participate in these free events, which take place throughout the week!

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Global Film Series

The Global Film Series is a cooperative campus effort to provide a blend of cinema from around the world in various languages representing a variety of cinematic genres. It provides a platform for student groups, faculty and staff to share their international experience, knowledge and extracurricular opportunities through a variety of associated activities.

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American Indian Film Series

The American Indian Film Series is part of Appalachian State University’s Gadugi program—a partnership between Appalachian State University and Cherokee Central Schools designed to serve Cherokee students and the Eastern Band of Cherokee community. The Gadugi program made a conscious decision that the films would highlight American Indian issues, biographies and stories from the late twentieth century until today. The film series seeks to show the vibrant, living modern communities of Indian Country and to proudly proclaim, as did the American Indian Movement, “We Remain.”

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The Schaefer Center Presents

The Schaefer Center’s performance series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, offers students, faculty, staff and the community a diverse array of music, theatre and dance designed to enrich the cultural landscape of the campus and surrounding area. By creating memorable performance experiences and related educational and outreach activities, the series promotes the power and excitement of the live performance experience; provides a "window on the world" through the artistry of nationally and internationally renowned artists and showcases some of the finest artists of our nation and our region.

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