Critical Thinking & Information Literacy Across the Curriculum

Event Calendar (Archive, 2003)

Carl Mack, president-elect of the Seattle Branch of the NAACP, spoke at the BCC Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration in Carlson Theater on January 16. Movie viewing and discussion of Longitude on January 24 in the Media Lab of the Library Media Center. Longitude is the 2002-2003 BCC Reads! selection. Bob Santos and Doug Chin presented a history of Seattle's International district in the Library Media Center on January 28. Nawang Dorjee, BCC's first Scholar in Residence, spoke to an enormous group of students, faculty and staff on January 30 in the Library Media Center.

Nawang Dorjee Scholar in Residence

The Spoken Word

Staff night at the movies: the Library Media Center hosted three showings of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" in the Media Lab on February 20. On February 23, the library hosted "Spoken Word: Towanda Smith;" an open-mike poetry event. Towanda Smith was the featured artist, and students were encouraged to share their emotions through poetry. Congressman Jim McDermott spoke on the impending crisis with Iraq on February 25 in the Carlson Theater.

History of the Negro Leagues

Persian New Year

Gary Stroutsos and Vi Hilbert American Indian Film Festival Frank Wu

King County Councilmember Larry Gossett spoke to the BCC community on April 10. Courageous Conversations, a workshop attended by 57 BCC employees on courageous conversations, entitled: "Beyond Diversity: a strategy for de-institutionalizing racism and improving student achievement." These workshops were held April 11, 12 and 18. Denis Hayes, the national coordinator of the first Earth Day, spoke at BCC on April 9 on "Fighting for Survival: The Environmental Movement and the Human Prospect." In celebration of the first American Indian Film Festival, the Library Media Center invited Gary Stroutsos to play the flute and Vi Hilbert to share stories from her Native American heritage. The Library helped celebrate BCC's first American Indian Film Festival April 16, 17, and 18 in the Carlson Theater. Back by extremely popular demand, BCC's Scholar in Resident Nawang Dorjee spoke on April 23 on Tibet and Peaceful Activism. Another "Spoken Word" open-mike poetry reading was held April 23 in the BCC Cafeteria. Frank Wu, law professor at Howard University in Washington D.C. spoke to students on April 24 and then to faculty on Professional Development Day. Professor Wu who spoke about race relations, the myth of the model minority, and affirmative action.

On May 6, author Dava Sobel spoke at BCC's Carlson Theater about her book Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time, which was the BCC Reads! selection for 2002-2003. A 4-hour workshop for 20 faculty entitled "Courageous Teaching: Best Practices in Pluralism" was held May 5. Assignments from this workshop can be viewed by clicking the following link: Best Practices in Pluralism. Under the leadership of Diane Harrison, BCC's First Nations Club brought the community a presentation on the "Evolution of First Nations in the U.S." on May 9. The Taste of BCC, held on May 16, brought together 14 staff and faculty members, who each brought in their own dishes. The event was a great success, serving approximately 75 people. At the Feet of our Elders, an event held May 20 in the Carlson Theater, presented a discussion on community building from many diverse perspectives.

Dava Sobel

Courageous Conversations

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