Reproductive Justice Activists Internship

Part time (varies) | Various locations

Are you ready to take ownership of what happens in your community? Sign on to be a Reproductive Justice Activist intern for Planned Parenthood of Indiana. This internship can be done on-campus, as a distance learning internship for course credit or in a volunteer capacity to put on your resume. Get the chance to work collaboratively with other student groups, faculty, community residents, community organizations, volunteers, and the local Planned Parenthood Community Action Board. Log on to http://www.ppin.org/careers.aspx to apply.

Website Manager

The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington is looking for a volunteer to serve as a website manager. Responsibilities include monitoring the website for content and message and uploading staff-generated updates. This is a great way to build on your web skills and experience. Call for
more details. Minimum age is 21. For more information contact: Jeff Baldwin at 332-5311 ext .12 or jbaldwin@bgcbloomington.org (www.bgcbloomington.org).

Christole Volunteers

Christole, Inc. is a local nonprofit organization with group homes in Nashville, Columbus, Ellettsville and Bloomington which provides residential and community living support to children and adults with autism and developmental disabilities. Volunteers are needed in various capacities, including driving for outings, providing assistance to residents with daily household activities such as dinner preparations, helping with yard work, or simply interacting with the clients and
residents. Whatever your area of interest or the time you are able to give, there is a fit for you! Groups and families are welcome to volunteer together. Minimum age varies according to position. For more information contact: Marianne Stemm at (812) 988-1257 ext. 215 or
mstemm@christole.org (www.christole.org).

Therapeutic Riding Program Training

Find out more about People & Animal Learning Services, Inc. (PALS) at their new volunteer training on Saturday, May 10th from 1-4 p.m. PALS volunteers help children and adults with disabilities learn how to ride horses by leading horses & side-walking with riders during lessons.
Volunteers also assist with barn chores such as grooming, saddling, training, cleaning stalls and caring for horses. No horse experience necessary! A commitment of 3-4 hours per week is requested. Minimum age is 14. For more information, to RSVP for the training or request a
volunteer packet contact: Fern Bonchek at 336-2798 or pals@indiana.edu (www.palstherapy.org).

Summer Employment for College Students

Jameson Camp is seeking college students to fill over 20 positions for our residential summer camp in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jameson serves children with minor social and/or emotional challenges. We offer a traditional camping program for 7 - 15 year olds, a camp focused on Wellness (making healthy living choices), a camp for children affected/infected by HIV/AIDS,
and a Youth Leadership program for 13 - 18 year olds. Our counselors facilitate activities such as performing arts, ropes course, arts and crafts, and much more with a focus on inspiring youth to discover their strengths.

The following positions are available:

* Cabin Counselor / Arts & Crafts Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Outdoor Adventure Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Archery Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Culinary Arts Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Journalism Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Challenge Course Instructor

* Cabin Counselor / Performing Arts Instructor

* Pool Director (health supervision or lifeguarding experience
preferred, minimum age of 21)

* Advanced Camping Experience Program Leader (interest in camping or
experience working with teens preferred, minimum age of 21)

* Health Supervisor (RN, LPN, EMT, or licensed physician)

No experience needed, just a desire to work with children. Cabin Counselors must be 18 years old and graduated from high school. Applications are posted on the website. Applications will be accepted until the beginning of May.

All staff provided room and board for the summer!

Summer Dates: May 26 - August 10

Internships available - students must talk with their college advisors for program requirements.

Check out our website, www.jamesoncamp.org for specific job requirements and more information or contact Tim Nowak, Program Director, at tim@jamesoncamp.org.

HHFB Food Drive

Join us for the BIGGEST Food Drive of the Year!

National Association of Letter Carriers Community Food Drive Benefiting Hoosier Hills Food Bank

Saturday, May 10, 2008

All Bloomington residents will find a plastic bag in his/her mailbox the week prior to 5/10 and are asked to fill it with nonperishable food donations to leave for his/her mailperson on the morning of Saturday, May 10.

We need many volunteers to help us PICK UP and/or RECEIVE donations at one of the Post Office Branches.

Serve Your Community.

Feed the Hungry.

Be a part of Change.

Volunteer With HHFB!

For more information, contact Kim at 334-8374 or volunteer@hhfoodbank.org

Promotions & Marketing Assistants

Individuals with public relations, marketing, and promotions experience are needed at My Sister's Closet of Monroe County to develop publicity materials and projects. The time commitment will vary with each project. Minimum age is 18. For more information contact: JoAnne Bunnage at
355-6842 or jbunnage@indiana.edu (www.mysistersclosetofmonroeco.org).

"Stress-less Final Exams"

This event features FREE activities to help students reduce their stress and anxiety for final exams. Activities include: FREE seated chair massages by IU Health Center massage therapists, FREE relaxation classes taught by CAPS Psychologists (classes will teach deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation skills), FREE relaxation CD's, and fun, stress reducing activities. Information will be available to students on stress management, study tips, test anxiety, and Wells Library academic resources. Students can also anonymously complete questionnaires to assess their anxiety symptoms, then receive feedback from a CAPS counselor about their symptoms and treatment resources. Call 855-5711 for more information.

Location: Wells Library Foyer
Tuesday April 22nd
12-3pm - Stress Relief Activities, Anxiety Screenings, & Relaxation CD giveaways
7:15-8:15pm-Relaxation Class (deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation)
7-9pm-FREE seated chair Massages; Stress Relief Activities, Anxiety Screenings & Relaxation CD Giveaways

Wednesday April 23rd
12-3pm-Stress Relief Activities & Anxiety Screenings, Relaxation CD giveaways
1-2pm-Relaxation Class (deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation)

Thursday April 24th
3-5pm-Stress Relief Activities, Anxiety Screenings, & Relaxation CD giveaways
7-9pm-FREE seated chair Massages; Stress Relief Activities, Anxiety Screenings & Relaxation CD Giveaways

IUB Upward Bound Project - Summer Jobs!!

Summer Resident Assistant and Summer Residence Hall Coordinator/Head R.A.
Please send all inquiries to:
Flo Oluka
www.indiana.edu/~upbound
uoluka@indiana.edu

Computer Consultant Openings Fall 2008

The Best Job on Campus STConsulting is currently accepting applications for Fall 2008 openings. We provide an opportunity for professional and educational growth.
Qualifications:
*A WOW Customer Service Attitude
*Friendly, Knowledgeable, Professional
*A passion for troubleshooting & problem solving.
*Computing skills across the Windows and Macintosh Platforms.
*Strong Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite although
Specialized software experience is a plus!
*Previous work experience that includes customer interaction.
*Ability to work a minimum of 12 hours per week
*Prefer Sophomore or higher standing
To learn more about STConsulting and to apply for a consultant position, please go to the following URL: http://uits.iu.edu/scripts/ose.cgi?atfa.ose.help
*Please fill out the application in its entirety and be professional in all responses.

Greenpeace Global Warming Field Organizer Job

Greenpeace, the world's leading international environmental organization, is seeking passionate organizers who are ready to stop global warming. Scientists say we must act now to stop the worst effects of climate change: more severe hurricanes, heat waves, droughts, floods, and sea level rise. We have the solutions and the technology to solve global warming, but the political will is lacking. Greenpeace's cutting-edge Project Hot Seat (www.projecthotseat.org) is leading the charge to convince Congress to take significant action to stop global warming. Our field team is mobilizing thousands of citizens to make global warming a key issue in the 2008 elections. Greenpeace Field Organizers will make sure that Congress pays attention to the people they represent instead of powerful corporate interests. Apply on-line at: http://members.greenpeace.org/survey/start/41/. Final application deadline April 28th; 2008 Two start dates: Mid-April 2008 or Mid-June 2008. Campaign expected to end December 2008.

Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

The Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence is pleased to announce the Free "New Horizons Training" as part of the BCAP program, Bilingual Counseling and Advocacy Program". The purpose for this training is to discuss mental health effects of domestic and sexual violence, programs and services available to victims, cultural competence, law enforcement and immigration to many service providers and community leaders/members that want to improve services for Latinos. The Martinsville training will be held on Wednesday, April 23 2008 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at Morgan County Administration Building "Lucille Sadler Room" 180 S. Main Street Martinsville, IN 46151. We are trying to reach out as many professionals who work with the community. Contact for more information or registration is rbonilla@indianalatinocoalition.org.)'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';">

Information Session in the Field of Psychology

April 25 ~ 2:30pm to 3:00pm, at La Casa (715 E. 7th Street)

If you are considering a career in the field of psychology, you don't want to miss the opportunity to talk with Dr. Eli Finkel, a professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the cultural richness of Chicago. For more information on the University, please visit: http://www.northwestern.edu/. Dr. Finkel will be visiting the Indiana University to deliver a talk on his research and to talk with students about opportunities for graduate study in Psychology. Dr. Finkel's research talk (The Social Psychology of Intimate Partner Violence) will take place after the information session from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, in room 128 the psychology building on 10th Street. This talk will be open to the general campus community.

HIV Testing

April 23 ~ 6-8pm at La Casa

Free, anonymous and confidential HIV tests that only take 20 minutes! To protect yourself from HIV and know your status to help your partner. Do you have questions about HIV? The second Friday of every month, Positive Link will be on Hola Bloomington! WFHB 91.3 answering your questions about HIV. Call 812-353-3249 to leave an anonymous question that will be answered confidentially on the radio. You don't have a question? It doesn't matter! Listen the second Friday of every month to learn about a new HIV topic.

Auction to Benefit Martha's House

April 19th at 10 a.m.
American Legion Post 18, 1800 W. 3rd

Auction will included: household items, furniture, collectibles, antiques, jewelry, art pieces, water plane rides, misc. items, and boxes of stuff.

There is Something You can do about Child Abuse

The Monroe County Department of Child Services Invites You to Participate in Events of Remembrance.

April 25th at 6:00 p.m. at the Wilkie Auditorium, 150 North Rose Ave.

Donations of new unwrapped diapers and formula and food will be accepted from 4-6p.m at Wilkie Auditorium. Donations will be distributed to community resources and local families.

Celebrate the FNECC's One-Year Birthday!

We hope you will join us in celebrating the FNECC's one-year birthday!
The Native American Graduate Students' Association, American Indian Student Association, and First Nations Educational and Cultural Center cordially invite you to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the opening of the First Nations Educational & Cultural Center.
April 12, 2008
IMU Georgian Room
3:00-7:30, with remarks at 3:30
We hope you will join us for refreshments, recognition of those who have helped the center grow, and, most of all, community.
To RSVP or for more information, please contact us at fnecc@indiana.edu.
We hope you will join us in celebrating the center's existence and future growth!

Diversity seder

Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30pm there will be a Diversity seder at the Collins Coffee House (located on Woodlawn between 7th and 10th). This will be a dessert seder in preparation for Passover. The diversity seder is an opportunity to look at the themes of Passover-moving from slavery to freedom, and helping to overcome oppression. How are these themes seen through the eyes of other religious, cultural and ethnic communities? Co-sponsored by Episcopal Campus Ministry and the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center. Any questions? Call Hillel at 336-3824 or email hillel@indiana.edu

IU Day of Silence - Wednesday, April 23rd

http://www.indiana.edu/~iudos/

This year the date set by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) for the National Day of Silencehttp://www.dayofsilence.org/is Friday, April 25th. This date is much later in April than past years and also the first time it's been set for a Friday. These changes work well for the many of the high schools that participate but as it falls this year on the very last day of classes at IU, the local committee decided to commemorate the day on Wednesday, April 23th.
T-Shirts and "Today I Choose to be Silent" lanyards
· We are again giving out 1000 FREE T-shirts. This year the t-shirts will say "Embrace Diversity."
· T-Shirts and lanyards will be distributed at the following locations as supplies last:
o Thursday, April 17th, 7:00 PM Read Formal Lounge
o Friday, April 18th, 7:00 PM Miss Gay IU
o Monday, April 21st, 8:00 AM GLBT Student Support Service Office
o Monday, April 21st, 11:00 - 1:00 Literature Desk IMU
o Monday, April 21st, 5:45 PM Gresham Dining Hall

Silent March/Breaking of the Silence
Wednesday, April 23rd
Students are encourage to take a vow of silence for all or part of the day (Wednesday, April 23rd). If you do or even if you don't we hope you will join others wearing your t-shirt for our silent march later that day. The march has 4 starting points and all will meet up at the Arboretum at the corner of Fee and 10th. From there the group will march together to gather in Dunn Meadow. Here are the starting locations and times:
5:00 Showalter Fountain
5:00 Jacobs School of Music Fountain
5:15 Teter in the grassy quad on 10th Street
5:15 McNutt circle drive

Film Screening and Response Panel - The Indiana premier of "For the Bible Tells Me So" -
Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 PM, Whittenberg Auditorium IMU
http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org co-sponsored by the IU Day of Silence Committee and Union Board will be screened Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 PM, Whittenberg Auditorium IMU. Following the screening there will be responses by Sue Shifron (HILLEL), Pat Efiom (Bethel AME), and Jeff Schacht (Lutheran Campus Ministry) and audience discussion.

Sharlene Toney

University Division is proud to announce that Sharlene Toney, one of our advisors, has been selected as a Staff Member Award Winner by the Commission on Multicultural Understanding (COMU) as one who, “by her actions has significantly contributed to improving campus climate and promoting understanding with regard to a wide range of diversity issues.”

The awards will be presented at a reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at 275 North Jordan Avenue.

Please join us in congratulating Sharlene.

Frank Reiter

Director of Advising

University Division

IUB

We're in the IDS!

Transgender Panel
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=50327&comview=1

IU social work students protest against law

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=50255&comview=1

Scholar's Inn and Shalom

The second Sunday of every month the Scholar’s Inn will donate ten percent of food and nonalcoholic beverage sales to Shalom Community Center beginning this Sunday, April 13. Tell the server that you want to participate. Come back each month to help support Shalom.

2008 “PALETTE TO PALATE” SILENT ART AUCTION AND BENEFIT CONCERT

Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Inc.

2008 “PALETTE TO PALATE” SILENT ART AUCTION AND BENEFIT CONCERT

This Saturday, April 12, 7 -10 p.m.,

at The Clubhouse at The Fields, 1333 S. Fenbrook Lane, Bloomington.

Over 100 artists are donating works for auction and many of Bloomington’s top restaurants will provide food.

Outstanding musical entertainment will be provided by

The Craig Brenner Trio, featuring Lori Brenner and Tim Brookshire.

Tickets are $25, with a special student price of $20, and may be purchased at the door or in advance at

The Community Kitchen, 917 S. Rogers.

For more information about the Community Kitchen, visit www.monroecommunitykitchen.com/

Job Fair

All students are invited to join us at our third annual BSW and MSW JOB FAIR on Friday, April 18th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on the second floor corridor of the ES building (our building!). So far, 17 employers have registered, and more are coming in every day. We have employers attending from Indianapolis, Lafayette, Columbus, Logansport and Franklin so far. Employers who attend will have a table display about their agency and materials for you to pick-up (did someone say free pens?). Almost all of the agencies coming have current job openings, so make sure you dress appropriately to meet employers and bring copies of your resume with you.

If you are looking for a job, or want to become familiar with agencies that hire social workers, please plan on attending!

SUMMER READING LIST FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS

Originally posted to BPD Listserve 4-29-04

Posted by: Sau-Fong Siu ssiu@wheelock.edu

NARRATIVES OF HELPING PROESSIONALS

• Cwayna, K. (1993). Knowing where the fountains are: Stories and stark realities of homeless youth. Deaconess Press. (Cwayna shares his unique perspective as a doctor who has dedicated his life to the medical treatment of homeless youth).
• Farman-Farmaian, S. F. (1993). The daughter of Persia. New York: Anchor Books.
  (Social worker teaching during fall of Persia and beginning of Iran)
• Hammerschlag, C. (1988). The dancing healers: A doctor’s journey of healing with Native Americans. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. (Hammerschlag worked as a doctor among Native Americans which made him realize the differences in healing).
• LeRoy, C. W. (2002). The call to social work: Life stories. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (The stories of 34 social workers’ passion, choice of social work as a career, perspectives on life.)
• Parent, M. (1996). Turning stones: My days and nights with children at risk: A caseworker’s story. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
• Richards, K. N. (1999). Tender mercies: Inside the world of a child abuse investigator. New York: Child Welfare League of America.
• Verghese, A. (1995). My own country: A doctor's story (A young Indian physician practicing in a remote town in Tennessee when HIV first emerged there in 1985.)

NARRATIVES OF POVERTYAND HOMELESSNESS

• Agee, J.(1960). Let us now praise famous men: Three tenant families. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Agee spent four weeks living with a poor white tenant family)
• Ayala, V. (1996). Falling through the cracks: AIDS and the urban poor. Bayside, NY: Social Change Press. (Ayala provides us with an insight of what it is like to be poor and have AIDS).
• Berck, J. (1992). No place to be: Voices of homeless children. New York: Houghton Mifflin. (Over 30 homeless children in New York City were interviewed asking why and how they became homeless).
• Byerly, V. (1986). Hard times cotton mill girls: Personal histories of womanhood and poverty in the South. Ithaca, NY: IIR Press, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. (Oral histories of women workers in N.C. cotton mill villages).
• Crow Dog, M. (1990). Lakota woman. New York: G. Weidenfeld. (Mary Crow Dog tells of her youth, when her heritage was discouraged by her mother).
• Dodson, L.. (1998.) Don’t call us out of name: The untold lives of women and girls in poor America. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. (Dodson is speaking to girls on such subjects as poverty, romance, sex, race, class, pregnancy, domestic violence, and more).
• Edin, K. & Lein, L. (1997). Making ends meet: How single mothers survive welfare and low-wage work. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. (A study of the myth “that if people would just get jobs they could pull themselves out of poverty”).
• Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York: Henry Holt & Company. (Ehrenreich brings the poor out of hiding and reveals a place where civil liberties are ignored and hard work fails to be the ticket out of poverty).
• Giardina, D. (1987). Storming heaven. New York: Ivy Books. (A recreation of the turbulent events in the coal fields during the early decades of this century).
• Glasser, I. (1988). More than bread: Ethnography of a soup kitchen. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
• Good, P. (1968). The American serfs: A report on poverty in the rural south. New York: Ballantine Books.
• Hancock, L. (2002). Hands to work: The stories of three families racing the welfare clock. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. (Hancock describes the lives of three women as they grapple with this new welfare world).
• Harrington, M. (1964). The other America: Poverty in the United States. New York: Macmillan Company. (It is a scathing critique and analysis of the war on poverty, where bold rhetoric and political grandstanding have often supplanted action).
• Harrington, M. (1984). The new American poverty. New York: Penguin Books. (Harrington debunks some of the myths about poverty and analyzes how changes in the American and world economy pose new challenges in the war on poverty).
• Kotlowitz, A. (1991). There are no children here: The story of two boys growing up in the other America. New York: Anchor Books. (The story of kids living in a ghetto that is tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders and shootings often occur).
• Kozol, J. (1995). Amazing grace: The lives of children and the conscience of a nation. New York: Crown Publishers. (Kozol shows a world where babies are born to drug-using mothers with AIDS, where kids are murdered, and many of the men are in prison).
• Kozol, J. (1991). Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s schools. New York: Crown Publishers. (Kozol wrote an important report of the neglect that has fostered a ghetto school system in America while diminishing the poor children's aspirations).
• Kozol, J. (1988). Rachel and her children: Homeless families in America. New York: Fawcett Columbine. (Kozol spent months among the homeless whose depressing stories tell of infant deaths, malnutrition, hunger, loss of dignity and desperation).
• Kozol, J. (2000). Ordinary resurrections: Children in the years of hope. New York: Perennial. (These are schoolchildren where social struggles with poverty and imprisoned fathers rate just under AIDS and asthma as the greatest threats to young lives).
• Lewis, O. (1959). Five families: Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty. New York: Basic Books. (Lewis gives an examination into the lives of extreme poverty while giving details of the homes, lifestyles, and characteristics of the poor in Mexico). This work and the concept of “culture of poverty” have been criticized for ethnic stereotyping.
• Liebow, E. (1993). Tell them who I am: The lives of homeless women. New York: Free Press. (He observes women who live in shelters and how they interact with others, pass their days; and struggle to retain their dignity in the face of rejection).
• McCourt, F. (1996). Angela's ashes. New York: Touchstone. (growing up poor)
• Nasaw, D. (1985). Children of the city: At work and at play. New York: Oxford University Press. (Nasaw deals with the abuses of child labor and child exploitation that still pervade the U.S. and the globe).
• Nietzke, A. (1994). Natalie on the street. Corvallis, OR: Calyx Books. (Nietzke worked at a psychiatric shelter when she met a 74-year-old homeless woman, who violates "every conventional notion of 'femininity' and forces us to remember death)”.
• Polakow, V. (1993). Lives on the edge: Single mothers and their children in the other America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (An in-depth look at female-headed families in poverty and the American welfare system).
• Rank, M. (1994). Living on the edge: The realities of welfare in America. New York: Columbia University Press. (Rank provides a representation of the bleak and desperate conditions that the typical welfare recipient endures).
• Riis, J. A. (1971). How the other half lives: Studies among the tenements of New York. New York: Dover. (Riis tours the reader through the nightmare existence in the New York City slums of the 1800's).
• Rosier, K. B. (2000). Mothering inner city children. New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers
• University Press. (Fights the stereotype of African American "welfare mothers"
• who have low-income and are raising children in the inner city).
• Rubin, L. (1976). Worlds of pain: Life in the working class family. New York: Basic Books. (Rubin writes about the working-class family in the early 70s).
• Schein, V. (1995). Working from the margins: Voices of mothers in poverty. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. (Schein interviews welfare mothers to find out who the people behind the stereotype are, why they need help, and what they need).
• Sheehan, S. (1975). A welfare mother. New York: Mentor Book, New American Library.
• Smith, B. (?). A tree grows in Brooklyn (growing up poor)
• Terkel, S. (1986). Hard times: An oral history of the great depression. New York: Pantheon Books. (First published in 1970, this classic of oral history features the voices of men and women who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s).
• Toth, J. (1993). The mole people: Life in the tunnels beneath New York City. Chicago: Chicago Review. (Toth describes the underground community that lived in a maze carrying gas and sewer lines and abandoned subway tunnels and stations).
• Wagner, D. (1993). Checkerboard Square: Culture and resistance in a homeless community. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (Wagner accurately portrays a homelessness community and the less known aspects of homeless).
• Zucchino, D. (1997). Myth of the welfare queen. New York: Scribner. (Zucchino spent a year sharing the lives of two "welfare mothers to gain an intimate look at their day-to-day existence)

OTHER NARRATIVES: ETHNICITY, CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, GLBT, AGING, WAR, PRISON, AND DISABILITIES

• Baier, S. (1988). Bed number ten. New York: Rinehart & Winston. (a woman who spent 11 months in an Intensive Care Unit of a hospital)
• Beard, J. J., & Gillespie, P. (2002). Nothing to hide: Mental illness in the family . New Press.
• Benedek, E. (1995). Beyond the four corners of the world: A Navajo woman’s journey. New York: Knopf.
• Berstein, N. (2001). The lost children of Wilder. New York: Pantheon Books. (Shirley Wilder’s journey from the New York state foster care system)
• Bibb, W. R. (2003). Rose's story. Waverland Press. (the mental health and child welfare systems)
• Brown, D. (1971). Bury my heart at wounded knee:An Indian history of the American west. New York: Rinehart and Winston.
• Carter, F. (?) The education of Little Tree . (also available as a great family video) The story of a young Native American child during the depression of the 30's. Taken from his grandparents who are raising him, he is sent away to an Indian boarding school, for "assimilation." (in the young adults section at most major bookstores)
• Chandler, K. (1995). Passages of pride. New York: New York Times Books. (Interview with six teenagers as they confront the challenges of coming out).
• Cofer, J. O. (1990). Silent dancing: A partial remembrance of a Puerto Rican childhood. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press. (Cofer's life unfolds through tales set in Mama's room, in Puerto Rican pueblos, and in Paterson, New Jersey apartments).
• Desetta, Al. (Ed.), (1996). The heart knows something different: Teenage voices from the foster care system. New York: Persea Books. (Children tell, throughpoems and personal essays, about the foster care system and how in the end they are left to a world they know nothing about).
• Fadiman, A. (1997). The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. (Lia Lee was born to a family of immigrants, and developed symptoms of epilepsy which led to a cycle of misunderstanding, overmedication, and culture clash).
• Feagin, J. (1996). The agony of education: Black students at White colleges and universities. New York: Routledge. (Interviews of black students and their parents at an unnamed but typical "State University to reveal racial barriers and impediments).
• Feagin, J., & Hernan, V. (1995). White racism: The basics. New York: Routledge. (Two sociologists offer several case studies suggesting that these events could have turned out differently if not for certain individual and social perceptions and reactions).
• Frosh, M. , & Soto, G. (1994). Coming of age in America: A multicultural anthology.
• New York: The New Press. (20-odd short stories and novel excerpts of triumphs and tribulations we all experience during adolescence).
• Hart, E. T.. (1999). Barefoot heart: Stories of a migrant child. Tempe AZ: Bilingual Press. (Hart's memoir concerns her childhood as the daughter of Mexican immigrants who worked as migrant workers to feed their six children).
• Hull, J. (1990). Touching the rock: An experience of blindness. New York: Panthì. (a memoir of a newly blind person).
• Hudley, E. V. P. (2003). Raise up a child: Human development in an African American family.
• Jacobs, Leo. (2000). Deaf adult speaks out. Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University Press. (An account of what it is like to be deaf in a hearing world).
• Kingsolver, B. (1990). Animaldreams. New York: Harper Collins. (Codi Noline returns to the sleepy mining town of Grace, Arizona, to care for her father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease).
• Marr, M.E. (1999). Paper daughter: A memoir. New York, HarperCollins. (Growing up Chinese American and working class in Denver, Colorado.)
• Lee, G.. (1991). China boy. New York: Dutton. (The author is the youngest child but the only son of high-born Chinese parents who had fled China and settled in rough urban neighborhood. Writes about how he copes with bullying by other youths of color.)
• Levine, E. (1994). Freedom’s children: Young civil rights activists tell their own stories. New York: Avon. (This book preserves the stories of children and teenagers who contributed to the civil rights movement).
• Mathabene, M. (1984). Kaffir boy in America: An encounter with Apartheid. New York: Scribner's. (A sequel to Kaffir Boy, the story illustrates a black boy growing in America and vividly details the horrors of growing up black).
• McBride, J. (1997). The color of water: A Black man’s tribute to his White mother. New York: Riverhead Books. (The story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the men she married, and the 12 children she had while battling racism and poverty).
• McCall, N. (1994). Makes me wanna holler: A young black man in America. New York: Vintage Books. (McCall's participation in violent criminal acts, and imprisonment seem to be an expression of the rage of many young people in America's).
• Mean, R. (1995). Where White men fear to tread. New York: St. Martin’s Press. (An epic conveys furious activism, intertwined with Mean’s own life).
• Montejo, Victor. (1987). Testimony: Death of a Guatemalan village. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press. (It’s an eyewitness account by a Guatemalan primary school teacher detailing one instance of violent conflict between the Maya people and the army).
• Morales, A. L. , & Morales, R. (1986). Getting home alive. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books. (The Morales’s express their radical and feminist views in diary-like poetry and prose that echo the rhetoric of the '60s).
• Rubio, G. (1999). Icy Sparks. New York, NY: Penguin Group.( Rubio lets Icy Sparks tell her own story of growing up during the 1950s in a small town where her Tourette’s Syndrome make her an object of fright and scorn.).
• Samuel, W. (date?) German boy: A child in war. (A recently published autobiography of a 10 year old boy and his mother and sister at the end of World War II in Nazi Germany and their lives for the next five years as "war refugees", first in the east and then in the west. If nothing else it is a story of survival and the horror of war from the perspective of the most vulnerable. Women and children. Plenty of lessons for those working with refugee and immigrant populations.)
• St. Jean, Y., & Feagin, J. (1998). Double burden: Black women and everyday racism.
• Armouk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (It shows how powerfully slavery has continued to play out by interviewing women who share the bitter, important truths and personal triumphs).
• Shilts, R. (1988). And the band played on: Politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic. New York: St. Martin’s Press. (AIDS)
• Thomas, P. (1991). Down these mean streets. New York: Vintage Books. (growing up Puerto Rican in New York City. First published in 1967).
• Walker, L.N. (?) A loss for words - The story of deafness in a family. (out of print but was recently still available at Barnes ndNoble.com. -Another autobiography, written by the "hearing" child of deaf parents. A really excellent examination of he issues, prejudices and adaptations of the deaf in a predominantly hearing
• White, M. (1994). Stranger at the gate. New York: Simon & Schuster. (White's account of his attempts to deny or "cure" his homosexuality desires--through life as a husband and father, through prayer and self-denial, and through shock therapy). society.
• Wolff, T. (1990). This boy’s life: a memoir. New York: Perennial Library. (Teenaged Wolff moves with his divorced mother and when she remarries, Wolff finds himself in a bitter battle of wills with his abusive stepfather).

April is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

We would like to invite you and your students to hear our Keynote Speaker, Cathy Bao Bean's talk on "Living and Laughing by the Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Course in Diversity" on April 4 at 5:00 pm in the School of Journalism. We hope that you can come celebrate APA Heritage Month with us!

Q294 Basic Career Development

Good afternoon. For each of our Q294 sections (Basic Career Development) we formulate panels of upperclassmen to share their experience and wisdom on how to make the most out of their academic, extracurricular and professional involvements while attending IU. It is consistently one of the most powerful classes for our freshman and sophomore level students.

SUBJECT: Get Your 30 Minutes of Fame!

The Career Development Center is looking for experienced juniors and seniors to share their advice with freshmen and sophomores in our Q294 (Basic Career Development) course. If you've had experience with student organizations, volunteer work, internships, and/or study abroad programs, this is a great chance to inspire other students! The dates and times of the Q294 student panel sessions are:

SECTION # DATE TIME LOCATION

12254 Tues. April 8 11:15a Career Development Center

12253 Wed. April 9 11:15a Career Development Center

12259 Wed. April 9 2:30p Career Development Center

12256 Wed. April 9 4:00p Career Development Center

If you would like to participate in a 30-minute panel session, please choose a class section(s) that will work for you and contact Doug Hanvey at dhanvey@indiana.edu. A confirmation email will follow.

Study African languages during summer session 1 – May 6 to June 12, 2008

Intensive elementary Akan/Twi and Swahili will be offered during summer session 1. Students will be able to earn credits equivalent to 2 semesters:

For Akan/Twi, students need to register for both W101/W102 (Undergraduates)

For Swahili, students need to register for both S101/S102 (Sections 5227/5531 – Undergraduates)

Classes meet 5 days a week, 4 hours a day.

Students will be able to complete half of IU’s College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement during summer session 1 and they can continue with regular intermediate level courses during the following academic year.

For more information, please contact:

Alwiya S. Omar, African Language Coordinator

Memorial Hall 326

Tel: 812 855 3323

E-mail: aomar@indiana.edu

African language web page: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrilang

Hire Big Ten Plus Spring Career Fair

Friday, April 11, 2008

LOCATION:

The University of Chicago

Hyde Park Campus
Ida Noyes Hall
1212 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

• Career Fair: 12-4PM

• Networking Reception: 4pm-6pm

For more information and a list of participating employers, visit:

www.hirebig10plus.org

Indiana Collegiate Career Fair

Friday, April 4 - 10am-3pm
Indiana Convention Center, Downtown Indianapolis

• Come early for an employer panel at 9am! Find out what employers really want

• Networking Not Working? Find out how to make the most of a career fair at 11am!

• Meet recruiters in a special networking event for science and liberal arts students at 1:30pm!

Internships, entry-level, and professional positions available

For more information and a list of participating employers, visit:

www.jobfairs.iupui.edu

Find the perfect part-time summer job at the Summer Jobs Fair

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
IMU Alumni Hall
1:00-4:00 p.m.

Computer/Technical Recreation/Youth Programs Retail/Sales/Marketing Administrative/Office Library Research/Lab Teaching/Tutoring General Restaurant/Food Service And Many More!

WORK-STUDY Students

You can claim your work-study authorization card at the Office of Student Financial Assistance (Franklin Hall 208), once you secure a job and see the award on OneStart. IU’s Summer Jobs Fair is an excellent opportunity for students who are staying in the Bloomington area over the summer. Over 75 employers will be on hand to recruit summer employees to fill full- and part-time vacancies ON and OFF campus. If you are looking for a summer job, you will not want to miss this event! Employment experience will enhance and build your skill sets, your resume and your wallet. Come talk to employers and find the perfect part-time job at the SUMMER JOBS FAIR! Visit the IUCareers.com website for a list of employers attending the fair. For more information, contact the Career Development Center, 855-5234. SEE YOU AT THE FAIR !!! Sponsored by the Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services A unit of the Division of Student Affairs

Momentum Worldwide

Interviewing for Campus Ambassador
Interviewing on April 9th
Resume submission deadline April 2
GPA 2.5

US Citizen/Perm Residence

Who is Momentum Worldwide?

Momentum Worldwide is widely heralded as the world’s largest and single most geographically extensive global marketing agency specializing in sports sponsorship, promotion, event, and entertainment marketing. Momentum Worldwide leverages the strength of its 2,000+ employees at 77 offices in 51 countries to deliver world-class global marketing programs for its blue-chip clients including American Express, Verizon, Anheuser Busch, Intel and Microsoft. In addition, industry leader PMK/HBH, the firm's public relations and entertainment marketing agency, manages media relations and entertainment strategy for some of the world's most well-known celebrities, athletes and corporations. Momentum Worldwide is part of the McCann Worldgroup, the world’s largest marketing communications network, housed within Interpublic Group

Campus Ambassador

Are you a college Senior looking towards graduation? But you’re not ready to leave your college behind? Why not stay awhile. Momentum Worldwide is looking for recent graduates who are thirsty to get in the marketing game on college campuses throughout the country. This is your chance to work with one of the biggest and best brands in the world. And continue living the good life – the college life. Sound enticing? Then read on….

College Ambassador

Full Time position

Mobility in market required covering Bloomington, West Lafayette and Kalamazoo MI – Reliable transportation with proof of current insurance (will be given a fuel allowance)

• Mandatory training in Atlanta in mid-June

Job Description and Responsibilities:

Relationship Building

• Serves as the face of the brand to all clients and campus contact
• Develops relationships with local client contacts and key influencers on each assigned college campus
• Directs daily communication with field staff while developing events

Promotional Marketing and Event Execution

• Executes retail, promotion and event programs as planned on each assigned campus
• Manages and schedules events for assigned colleges and plans logistical requirements and day to day execution
• Focuses on quality and efficiency of programs
• May be responsible for executing multiple programs at once
• Negotiates event specifics with event contacts and vendors

Financial Management

• Works closely with Account Payables in organizing payroll for field staff, coordinating expense logs and timesheets
• Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures pertaining expenses and travel by screening and processing all purchase requests, travel requests and expense reports
• Is responsive to budget issues in order to help maintain profitability of programs

Reporting

• Assists Regional Manager with reports for management and client detailing program deliverables and progress
  
  Handles all post event details including pictures of events and sample reports
  
  All other duties as assigned

Necessary Experience and credentials:

• Recent college graduate – Undergraduate degree required
• Must have close contacts within at least one major university in their territory
• Must be a self-starter, proactive, dependable, creative and flexible
• Strong time management, organization, communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills as there will be direct interaction with local clients and college personnel
• Must also be capable of innovative problem solving and be very detail oriented
• Knowledge of local market geography
• Knowledge of event industry, public relations, marketing and/or sales promotion discipline desirable
• Knowledge and familiarity of Microsoft Office software
• Tech-savvy – i.e. blogging, WIKIs, newest portable devices, etc.

The Community Justice & Mediation Center invites you to its 2008 Annual Dinner on Monday, April 21st, at 6 p.m.

Come out to support CJAM and share the evening with our guest speaker panel featuring:

• Jim Harvey, MCCSC Superintendent
• Ron Thompson, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau
• Christine McAvie, Juvenile Division Supervisor for the Monroe County Court
• Nancy Lumbley, CJAM School Liaison

The panel will discuss how mediation services can benefit local youth.

The 2008 Herb Kiesling and Haines Turner Awards will also be presented to community members who have made significant contributions to restorative justice and the well-being of children and youth.

As in previous years, Middle Way Food Works will cater the meal.

This event begins at 6 p.m. and will be held in Fellowship Hall at the First United Church (2420 E. 3rd Street, Bloomington IN). The cost for dinner is $15; student tickets are $10. Reservations must be made in advance. Please let us know you will attend by April 15th with an e-mail to cjam@bloomington.in.us or call (812)336-8677.

2008 Midwest Peace and Justice Summit: FRIDAY & SATURDAY

The Fourth Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit will take place in Indianapolis on Friday, April 4, 4:30-9:30 p.m.

at the IUPUI Campus Center, Michigan and University Blvd. and Saturday, April 5, 8:00 a.m -8:00 a.m. at the IUPUI Informatics Building, Michigan and West.

There will be more than a dozen free workshops, panels and lectures as well as three plays, an art exhibition, and a public peace demonstration (see schedule below).

Numerous peace and justice organizations will be tabling about their ongoing activities.

Discussion sessions will include: "Next Steps to End the War in Iraq"

A featured event is Prof. George Wolfe of Ball State University speaking on Saturday at 6:30 pm on "Non-Violence as a Spiritual Path:

How to Become More Dangerous Dead than Alive." Wolfe was the target of Fox news pundit David Horowitz, who accused him and the Ball State Peace Studies program of being anti-American and supporting terrorism.

For more info, visit http://mpjs.org