2009 - 2010 Outreach & Collaboration Activities
2009
Native American film series October 2009
Native film series October 2009 :
- Oct. 6: Apocalypto Hodges Library Room 253 @ 6:00
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate - Oct 22: Skins Hodges Library Room 129 @ 6:00
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. - Oct 26: The New World Hodges Library Room 253 @ 6:00
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Oct. 13 Lecture: Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: Alaska and the Real People
William Hensley will lecture in the Hodges Library Auditorium at 6:30 p.m on Oct. 13. The event is sponsored NASA/AISES, the Libraries Diversity Committee and the English Department. The lecture is titled, “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: Alaska and the Real People”. Mr. Hensley is the author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People.
“Let’s Talk About it” What’s Offensive to an Indian?
Join us Oct 1st at 1:30 in the Hodges Library Mary Greer Room (second floor entrance) for a panel discussion on issues facing Native American’s today. What do natives consider offensive?….. What do “natives” prefer to be called? …. What about team mascots?
The goal is simply to gain a better understanding of the native, Indian, indigenous American culture.
Common Ground Book Club Collaboration
The Diveristy Committee welcomes collaboration with UT Libraries Common Ground Bookclub. This partnership will bring in an additional literacy component as well as provide awareness to intercultural issues.
Check out the UT Common Ground Book Club at our UTK Libguides and on Ning
“Let’s Talk About it”
It's On My Mind - Mental Health Awareness
The Library Diversity Committee Presents:
Connie Briscoe and Caroline Mann
It's On My Mind - Mental Health Awareness
Thursday Sep 17th @ 1:00 605 Hodges Library
Many universities are learning to focus on how diverse identities such as ethnicity, gender, and nationality impact students' learning and experience on campus. Yet, there is an area of diversity that is frequently overlooked: mental health. How does living with a mental illness such as bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety impact students at UT? What resources are available to help? What issues are important for others to understand in working with these students?
This talk will aim to address some of these questions...
For example, Did you know:
- Over 25% of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem in a given year.
- Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds and the 2nd leading cause of death among college students.
- An estimated 1,100 college students die by suicide every year.
This talk will address mental health issues among college students in general, and those at UT in particular.
We'll discuss campus initiatives such as VolAware, which aim to de-stigmatize mental health and educate students, staff, and faculty about suicide prevention and mental health and wellness resources. We'll also talk about what we as a campus community can do to help students who have a mental illness.
Click here to see the VolAware flier
Photo: Katie Hogin
During Thursday’s “Let’s Talk About It,” Dr. Connie
Briscoe and Caroline Mann promote mental health awareness
while addressing illnesses such as bipolar disorder, depression
and anxiety, citing that suicide is the 2nd
leading cause of death among college
Welcome Table
Visit the UT Libraries Welcome Table sponsored by the Diversity Committee
August 25 and 27th at the Melrose entrance of Hodges Library. Volunteers will circulate literature, maps, and water to passers by.
Beverly Watts Visits Hodges Library
"Let's talk about it" Poverty 
Thursday August 20th at 1 pm
Hodges Library, Second Floor, Mary Greer Room.
The UT Libraries Diversity Committee welcomes Beverly Watts, the Executive Director to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, to lead our discussion on poverty. Join us Thursday, August 20th at 1pm in the Mary Greer room at Hodges Library second floor entrance.
International Festival Documentation
Native American Heritage Night
Hosted by the Native American Student Association
April 20th at the McClung Museum 7:00-8:30 pm
Featuring:
Question and answer session with a panel of distinguished Native Americans
Experts in Native drug and alcohol abuse and language preservation
Storytelling by Robert Redhawk
Refreshments will follow the event.
The event is free.
Feb 7th
Black Issue Conference
The Diversity committee is proud to participate in the 2009 Black Issues Conference hosted by Minority Student Affairs . Our presentation on The Future of Information as a Cultural Bridge was a collaborative production. Committee members Marielle VeVe, Thura Mack and Jennine Williamson present Saturday, Feb 7th at the University Center along with co-presenters Peter Fernandez and Allison Bolorizadeh.
Outreach Activities
