This year our organization is focusing on the concept of HOME, and with the current shift in campus climate, now feels like an important time to reflect on what that means. What can we do, especially in times of high anxiety, to make Nebraska home for our students as well as one another? How can the relationships we build, through the work that we all do, help to build a sense of safe shelter and compassionate community for all that fall under the University’s vast umbrella? How can we care for ourselves and help care for each other? AAA strives to provide the professional education and overall support our members need in order to carry out the mission of the advising profession, which emphasizes the importance of our responsibility to the individuals we advise. We encourage us all to think about how we will continue learning about the students we serve and how to challenge ourselves to grow.
-Meagan Savage, February 8, 2018
In order to continue learning about the students we serve, to learn about the resources available for students, and to challenge ourselves to grow, the Social Justice and Inclusion Committee continues to compile a list of resources for the AAA community. Below is an updated list of events.
We need your input too! In the next newsletter, we will include a section on courses related to social justice and inclusion and as well as several book suggestions. Please email your course and book suggestions by March 16th to Jen Mostek, jmostek2@unl.edu.
Upcoming Events:
Every Tuesday: Dish It Up | 12-1 p.m. | Jackie Gaughan Student Lounge
Every Wednesday: Unity Day | Wear your t-shirt
Feb 25-Mar 1: Exploring Our Roots Week**
Mar 5-10: Our Nebraska*
Mar 10-17: Women’s Week
May: Asian Pacific American Month
February 24 | 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. | A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer: The Vagina Monologues | Nebraska Union Auditorium (fundraiser for Voices of Hope)
February 25 | 4-7:00 p.m. | Art Showcase** | Nebraska Union Crib
February 26 | 6:30 p.m. | Meet the Patels Movie Screening** | Nebraska Union Auditorium
February 27 | 6:30 p.m. | Movie: Am I Too African to be American?** | Nebraska Union Auditorium
February 27 | 7-9:00 p.m. | OASIS Poetry and Art Lounge | Gaughan, Unity Room
February 28 | 9:00 a.m. | AAA Conference: All Are Welcome: Building Bridges in Unsettled Times | East Campus Union
February 28 | 3:00 p.m. | Lecture: “Zombies are Real: Blackness, Conspiracies and the Post-Truth Wars” | Nebraska Union Heritage
February 28 | 6-9:00 p.m. | “How Did I Get Here? Professionals’ Reflections** | Nebraska Union Ballroom
March 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Wald Lecture “From the Ottoman Empire to Auschwitz: The Sephardic Experience of the Holocaust” | Burnett
March 1 | 7:30 p.m. | Undocumented to Hyperdocumented: The Power of Documentation- An Exploring Our Roots with Dra. Aurora Chang Keynote/Panel** | Nebraska Union Auditorium
March 2 | 7-9:00 p.m. | Lunar New Year | Nebraska Union
March 5 | 11:30 a.m. | World Café Conversation* | Centennial Room, UNL City Campus
March 6 | 11:30 a.m. | Panel: Misconstrued Identities* | Law College Auditorium, East Campus
March 6 | 11:30 a.m. | Robert E. Knoll Lecture: Leigh Gilmore | Bailey Library, Andrews Hall
March 7 | 7:00 p.m. | SciPop Talks: The science of self: how gender bias & mindsets influence the inner scientist | Adele Learning Commons
March 9 | 9-10:30 a.m. | Our Nebraska Faculty/Staff Education Session | Nebraska Union Georgian
March 14 | 6:30 p.m. | Film Screening “Dolores” | Nebraska Union Auditorium
March 14 | 6:30 p.m. | Michael Sam | TBD
March 15 | 1-2:00 p.m. | Archives Afternoons: Women in Agriculture | Adele Learning Commons
March 15 | 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Humanities on the Edge: Tim Dean, “Hatred of Sex” | Sheldon Auditorium
March 26 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Translating Women, Translating Feminism in a Globalized World (part 2 of 3) | Nebraska Union, Regency B
March 28 | 10:30-2:00 p.m. | Czech Days Lunch | Harper Dining
April 12 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Translating Women, Translating Feminism in a Globalized World (part 3 of 3) | Nebraska Union Colonial B
April 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Sommerhauser Lecture on Genocide Education | Burnett
April 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Ethics Center: Panel, Immigration and the New U.S. Regime | Nebraska Union *rsvp for free lunch
April 19 | 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Humanities on the Edge: Bridget R. Cooks, “Black Artists and Activism: Harlem on My Mind, 1969” | Sheldon Auditorium
April 19 | 6:30 p.m. | Film Screening “Look and See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky” | Nebraska Union Auditorium
April 20 | 8:00 p.m. | Kings and Queens Drag Show | Nebraska Union Centennial
Indi Lens Pop-Up Series: : http://netnebraska.org/basic-page/learning-services/community-engagement-educational-outreach
Humanities on the Edge: https://www.facebook.com/humanitiesontheedge/ or https://www.unl.edu/english/humanities-on-the-edge
Diversity and Inclusion calendar: https://events.unl.edu/diversity/upcoming/
Global Nebraska calendar: https://events.unl.edu/internationalengagement/upcoming/
Student Involvement calendar: https://involved.unl.edu/si-events