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California State University, Long BeachFALL 2007 EVENTSGuest Speakers
Saturday, September 29, 2007"An Evening with Jane Fonda"Lecture 8:00 p.m. Carpenter Performing Arts Center An Oscar-winning actress, activist, author, and fitness guru, Jane Fonda has shared the screen with everyone from Robert Redford, Anthony Perkins, and Katharine Hepburn to Jennifer Lopez, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan. Selected by Barbara Walters as one of the ‘100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century,’ Fonda has committed much of her life to empowering people to reach their full potential while gathering resilience from her own experiences. Share an evening of commentary, questions, and insight into this incomparable icon. $55 Adult; $50 Senior*, Student*, CSULB ID*; $48 Groups of 15 or more, not available online. (*ID required). For tickets click here. (Co-sponsored with the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.) Wednesday, October 3, 2007Sherman Alexie"Without Reservations: An Urban Indian's Comic, Poetic, and Highly Irreverent Look at the World"Lecture and Book Signing 5:30 p.m. University Student Union, Beach Ballrooms (Co-sponsored with the Office of Equity and Diversity, the American Indian Studies Program, and the Department of English)
Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., was born in October 1966. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA, about 50 miles northwest of Spokane, WA. Approximately 1,100 Spokane Tribal members live there. Alexie planned to be a doctor and enrolled in pre-med courses at WSU, but after fainting numerous times in human anatomy class realized he needed to change his career path. That change was fueled when he stumbled into a poetry workshop at WSU. Encouraged by poetry teacher Alex Kuo, Alexie excelled at writing and realized he'd found his new path. Shortly after graduating WSU with a BA in American Studies, Alexie received the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship in 1991 and the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship in 1992. Not long after receiving his second fellowship, and just one year after he left WSU, two of his poetry collections, The Business of Fancydancing and I Would Steal Horses, were published. Alexie continued to write prolifically and his first collection of short stories, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1993. For this collection, he received a PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Book of Fiction, and was awarded a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award. In March 2005, Grove Atlantic Press reissued the collection with the addition of two new stories. Alexie was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists and won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award and the Murray Morgan Prize for his first novel, Reservation Blues, published in 1995 by Atlantic Monthly Press. His second novel, Indian Killer, published in 1996, also by Atlantic Monthly Press, was named one of People's Best of Pages and a New York Times Notable Book. This book was published in paperback by Warner Books in 1998. In 1997, Alexie embarked on another artistic collaboration. Chris Eyre, a Cheyenne/Arapaho Indian, discovered Alexie's writing while doing graduate work at New York University's film school. Through a mutual friend, they agreed to collaborate on a film project inspired by Alexie's work. The basis for the screenplay was "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona," a short story from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Shadow Catcher Entertainment produced the film. Released as Smoke Signals at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1998, the movie won two awards: the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy. After success at Sundance, Smoke Signals found a distributor, Miramax Films, and was released in New York and Los Angeles on June 26 and across the country on July 3, 1998. In 1999, the film received a Christopher Award, an award presented to the creators of artistic works "which affirm the highest values of the human spirit." Alexie was also nominated for the Independent Feature Project/West (now known as Film Independent) 1999 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. (Bio taken from © 2007 FallsApart Productions web site) Monday, October 15, 2007Kathryn FarrRetired Professor of Sociology, Portland State University "Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective "Lecture 3:30-4:45 p.m. PSY-150 Kathryn Farr has produced the first comprehensive, well written, well organized, impeccably researched, and timely treatise on the scourge of global sex trafficking. Unlike many turgid and/or region-specific works on the topic currently available, Farr makes a solid contribution to our understanding of all dimensions of sex trafficking. Moreover, it is readable and accessible to the lay person and well-suited to the classroom, community, or book club. Sex Trafficking should be mandatory reading for all students of international affairs. Utilizing prominent, albeit somewhat dated, research sources from the United States and from other leading criminology institutes in Australia and the Netherlands, Farr treats every aspect of sex trafficking in an equally thorough and clear manner. Her chapters include the scale and scope of the problem, the illegal profits obtained, criminal networks and organized crime, the economic status of countries involved, and the demand for sex trafficking over the decades, particularly by military personnel. She illustrates and defines concepts such as debt bondage, describes the gritty and violent conditions in which women and children work, and demonstrates who is involved in the ‘trafficking chain’ and how it operates. The placement of information about the UN Protocol and national anti-trafficking laws at the end, rather than the beginning, of the book is a welcome change from government-generated reports and monographs. (This review was written by Sally W. Stoecker, Shared Hope International, Washington, DC, in Oxford Journals, Law & Social Sciences, British Journal of Criminology, Volume 46, Number 2, Pp. 373-374) Wednesday, October 24, 2007(Rescheduled from Monday, October 22, 2007) Imelda BuncabThe Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, Los Angeles "Human Trafficking Comes Home: The Role of Los Angeles in the Global Trafficking Network "Lecture 3:30-4:45 p.m. AS-235 Imelda Buncab is the Outreach & Training Director for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) in Los Angeles, a non-government human rights organization exclusively dedicated to serving survivors of trafficking.
Ms. Buncab’s duties include program management, training, outreach, technical assistance, mentoring, and capacity building to other anti-trafficking projects. She has conducted trainings and presentations locally, nationally, and internationally. Ms. Buncab is also the Western Region Coordinator for the Freedom Network Institute on Human Trafficking, a national training project presented by CAST and six nation-wide Freedom Network USA collaborative partners. Ms. Buncab is a member of the Los Angeles Metro Task Force on Human Trafficking and chairs the Law Enforcement Training Committee.
Prior to joining CAST, Ms. Buncab was the Project Coordinator for Project Safe Haven, an anti-trafficking program in San Diego. Her primary responsibilities included the provision of comprehensive victim services to trafficked persons as well as training and outreach. She actively participated in the Stop Trafficking & Slavery Speaker’s Bureau, conducting training and outreach to various non-government organizations (NGOs), the community, law enforcement and governmental agencies. Ms. Buncab has also contributed to the development of Stop Trafficking & Slavery, a resource manual and protocols guide in effectively responding to trafficking cases in San Diego County.
Ms. Buncab has trained various law enforcement agencies, NGOs, faith-based groups, and communities on violence against women issues and trafficking. She has extensive experience in providing victim services to sexual assault, domestic violence, and trafficking survivors as well as working in collaborative settings.
Ms. Buncab holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with an emphasis in ethnicity, inequality, and gender from the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Source: the SART Conference web site.) Wednesday, October 31, 2007Becky Kuhn, M.D."Beyond Medicalization: Community and HIV/AIDS in Africa"Lecture 3:30-4:45 p.m. PSY-150 Dr. Kuhn calls the HIV epidemic "a psychosocial earthquake." "It’s shaking us at our very core," she says. Dr. Rebecca Kuhn, one of the city's most visible faces in the war on AIDS, has stepped down as a physician at the Comprehensive AIDS Resource Education program to approach the disease from another angle. In 2005, she launched a non-profit group called Global Lifeworks. Headed by a seven-member board and fueled by private funding, the group has lofty goals. Among them is an aim to challenge racial and homophobic stereotypes, break the HIV community free from its stigma, and bring the community-at-large together in a relationship based on commonality, she said. And, at its foundation, is an aim to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV and AIDS. "That's why I went to med school," Kuhn says. "I wanted to change the world." (by Jenny Marder, from the Long Beach Press Telegram, Long Beach, August 2005) Monday, November 5, 2007Helen DolasCollege of Performing Arts, Chapman University "Art Therapy and Children"Lecture 3:30-4:45 p.m. PSY-150 Helen G. Dolas, M.S., B.A., MT-BC, is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach. She is the Chief Executive Director and Co-Founder of Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc. (ASD, est. 1982), a unique private, non-profit organization that provides quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities through the creative art therapies (music, dance/movement, drama, visual and language arts). As one of two founders of ASD, Helen assisted in the development and implementation of five adult day programs, an inclusive after-school care program, the George V. Deneff Art Gallery, and Accessible Community Art Workshops. These programs serve over 300 individuals with disabilities annually and work with many outside agencies, families, professionals, and funding institutions. Helen supervises 65 employees and continues to develop, direct, and train approximately 200 community volunteers through her successful volunteer program. Helen is also the Clinical Training Director through her approved AMTA music therapy internship program and has been training music therapy students and interns from various music therapy programs throughout the country since 1984. Helen is a renowned public speaker, advocate, and trainer. She has developed staff training in-services and has presented research, development, and implementation of specific collaborative creative arts therapies, music therapy and special education interventions, strategies, and best practices used for quality of life issues of individuals with developmental disabilities at various professional local and national conferences, seminars, and symposiums, including high schools, community colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, and local community service groups. (From the Chapman University web site.) Monday, November 5, 2007Valerie Plame Wilson (former CIA operative)Lecture 7:00 p.m. $35-general public; $20-CSULB faculty/staff; $10-CSULB students Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Co-sponsored with the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Office of the President, the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Division of Student Services, the Division of Administration and Finance, the Division of University Relations and Development, the President's Commission on the Status of Women, Student Life and Development, Associated Students, Inc., the Department of Political Science, and the Women's Resource Center) Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, have served our country for over a combined 43 years. Valerie Plame In July 2003, Ambassador Wilson spoke out against the Bush Administration’s false claim that Iraq had sought nuclear material in Africa, which had been a primary justification for going to war with Iraq. To punish and discredit Wilson and intimidate others who might come forward, senior Bush administration officials leaked to reporters the name of Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, and her classified CIA status – destroying her career and jeopardizing national security. Following the leak, the CIA requested that the Justice Department conduct an investigation into whether the White House violated federal laws by revealing the identity of one of its undercover employees in retaliation against Ambassador Wilson. The Justice Department responded with the appointment of a special counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald. Evidence collected by Mr. Fitzgerald has shown that at least two Bush administration officials, Karl Rove and Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Jr., discussed Mrs. Wilson’s employment at the CIA with reporters. Last October, a grand jury indicted Mr. Libby, former Chief of Staff and assistant for National Security Affairs to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements. (Taken from the Joseph and Valerie Wilson Legal Support Trust web site) Thursday, November 15, 2007Kip FulbeckUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (Author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa) "What Are You? Multiracials Claiming Their Voice Through The Arts"11:00-12:30 p.m. University Student Union, Beach Auditorium (lower level)
The Independent calls him “the epitome of cool.” Author Shawn Wong dubs his style and vision “a marvel.” Mavin Magazine cites “people buzzing long after he has left the building.” All this describes Kip Fulbeck, a tremendously charismatic speaker and the world’s foremost artist exploring Multiracial Asian-American identity.
Performances and FilmsCal Rep Theatre PerformancesSeptember 27-October 20, 2007Assasinsat The Armory (854 7th Street) Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by John Weidman. Directed by Cal Rep Artistic Director and world-renowned Sondheim expert Joanne Gordon. Call (562) 985-5526 for tickets. Latin American Studies Film SeriesTheme “Dreams and Realities,” Thursday, September 13, 2007Cocalero (2006)7:00 p.m. University Theatre The documentary Cocalero (2006), directed by Alejandro Landes, was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize in the world cinema category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film examines the rise of union organizer Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia. There will be Q & A with Aymara international affairs liaison Mayra Gómez.
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joined the Central Intelligence Agency at the age of 22, and it has been widely reported that she worked undercover on several overseas assignments in areas related to counterterrorism and on counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
