Human Rights Institute Lunchtime Seminar with Predrag Dojcinovic, Research Affiliate, UConn Human Rights Institute

Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Dodd Center, Room 162, Storrs Campus
**Lunch will be provided

Title and Description TBD

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

PATRICK J. KENNEDY
“Mental Health is Essential Health”

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Konover Auditorium
Dodd Center

Reception to Follow

For more information, visit:
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/2019/08/20/oct-2-2019-patrick-kennedy-on-mental-health-and-addiction-recovery/

Join us for a conversation with University of Connecticut Police Department Officers about what constitutes bias/hate crimes, and how freedom of speech and the people’s right to assembly impact students on our campus.

Food/snacks will be provided. Sponsored by ISSS and McMahon Residence Hall.

Join UConn’s Global Training & Development Institute for a look at how advances in manufacturing such as automation, robotics,and artificial intelligence have led to a skills gap in our 21st century workforce. The panel will discuss the emergence of higher education training programs and public-private partnerships that are helping Connecticut address this phenomenon.

http://s.uconn.edu/4vx

Visit us after hours at the Benton. We will be open until 8pm on the 1st Thursdays during the semesters.

Open house in partnership with the Beanery, and WHUS
5 – 6:30 WHUS DJs live in the galleries
6:30 to 8pm Learn African Hand Drumming (15 minute sessions, drums available, no experience necessary!)

• Giveaways
• Hands-on activities
• Drawing in the galleries
• Scavenger Hunt
• 25% off coffee espresso drinks
• Open Mic

FUN and FREE for all ages!

Bring your dorm mates, friends, co-workers, or family.

Lunchtime Seminar with Sheila Hayre, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University

"Lessons from the T Visa on Protecting Victims of Trafficking: What States Can Learn"

Friday, October 4, 2019, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Dodd Center, Room 162, Storrs Campus
**Lunch will be provided

Sheila is a Visiting Associate Professor and the Waring and Carmen Partridge Faculty Fellow. She joined the faculty at Quinnipiac University School of Law in the fall of 2016 and teaches immigration law and Introduction to Representing Clients. In the Civil Justice Clinic, she supervises students as they represent low-income clients in need of immigration assistance, including asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors, and undocumented victims of domestic violence and other serious crimes such as trafficking. Sheila is also the faculty advisor for the International Human Rights Society and for the Human Trafficking Prevention Project, a program that she helped to create in which law students train employees in the hospitality industry and other “frontline” industries on how to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking. As an educator, Sheila embraces experiential methodologies that bring her students into contact with real-world problems and, often, real clients.

Sheila received an A.B. in psychology and an A.M. in anthropology from Stanford University. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2002, she clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Court and then the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. For the next ten years, she worked as a staff attorney at New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc., where she practiced both family law and immigration law, working primarily with victims of domestic violence and abuse. From 2013 until 2016, Sheila taught in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore.

Sheila currently chairs the Committee on Human Trafficking for the Connecticut Bar Association; she also serves on the Board of Directors of Connecticut Legal Services, the largest legal aid organization in the state; on the Advisory Board for Quinnipiac’s Albert Schweitzer Institute; and on the Grievance Panel for the Judicial District of New Britain and the Judicial District of Hartford (Avon, Bloomsfield, Canton, Farmington, and West Hartford). Sheila was recently chosen as a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

This event is cosponsored by the Human Rights Institute and the Business and Human Rights Initiative

Mandatory meeting for the Fall 2019 student staff of AsACC.

The Pan Asian Council - PAC - meeting is a weekly gathering of affiliated Asian/Asian American student organization representatives that serves as a communication hub for current issues and happenings in the community.

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders from the Hartford and GBLC campuses.

Are you looking for internships off-campus? Does your academic program have a required internship or practicum? You MUST have proper work authorization before you can start any off-campus internships or practicum. This workshop will discuss the difference between CPT and Pre-Completion OPT and the application procedures for both.
Note: If you will be graduating soon and would like information on post-completion practical training, please attend the Post-Completion OPT Workshop instead of this one.


Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Presentation by Olivia Marcus regarding "Doing Psychedelic Anthropology in the Peruvian Amazon"

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders at Stamford campus.

Are you looking for internships off-campus? Does your academic program have a required internship or practicum? You MUST have proper work authorization before you can start any off-campus internships or practicum. ISSS Stamford will hold a workshop on Oct. 8, 2019 at DWTN 134, from 1 to 2 pm. This workshop will discuss the difference between CPT and Pre-Completion OPT and the application procedures for both.
Note: If you will be graduating soon and would like information on post-completion practical training, please attend the Post-Completion OPT Workshop instead of this one.


Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

Screening of an Episode of Vida, a television series about two Mexican-American siblings from East Los Angeles. Followed by a screening of an episode of Pose, a television show that explores the intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. We will juxtapose these two episodes together in order to discuss the issues affecting the Latinx LGBTQ+ community.

Please join us for El Instituto’s second Tertulia luncheon colloquium of the year:

Professor Rosa Luz Durán, “More educated, more empowered? Complementarity between schooling and employment in the probability of domestic violence against women in Peru.”

Wednesday 9 October 2019, 12:00-1:30PM, Ryan Building El Instituto Conference Room

Lunch will be served.

Rosa Luz Durán is Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad de Lima, Perú, and holds a Ph.D. in Economics for the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include domestic violence, intra-household decision making, women’s empowerment, and gender equality. She will be a visiting scholar at El Instituto and the Department of Economics in October 2019.

Enjoy Chai Time at AsACC! We're brewing up the most authentic and delicious chai on campus and invite you to join an open and engaging discussion on contemporary issues in the South Asian community.

Today's discussion will focus on skin bleaching.

Sponsored with Delta Epsilon Psi, a South Asian fraternity, chartered at UConn in 2011. Free and open to all.

Teaching and Learning Through Campus Collections
WORKSHOP
Thursday, October 10, noon – 1:00 pm

Join the Benton Museum and UConn Archives & Special Collections for the first in a series of brown bag workshops on Teaching and Learning Through Campus Collections.

George Matheou, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/Academic Liaison at The Benton, will discuss the exhibition Fluid Dynamics in Art and Nature. Learn how Dr. Matheou is using visual art to teach the Fluid Dynamics I course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

RSVP requested: 860.486.4520 or benton@uconn.edu

The next workshop in the series on teaching and learning through campus collections will take place on November 7 at UConn Archives & Special Collections.

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders at Stamford campus.

Are you graduating this year? Do you want to look for an internship or job in the U.S. after you finish your degree? If yes, you should attend a Post-Completion OPT workshop. ISSS Stamford will hold a workshop on Oct. 10, 2019 at DWTN 134, from 1 to 2 pm. The workshop will cover the basics of post-completion OPT application procedures, work authorization, work requirements and OPT extension opportunities.

Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

This workshop is for F-1 visa students who are currently studying in Masters or Doctoral program that has a thesis/dissertation requirement (Plan A Masters and PhD).

Are you interested in working in the U.S. after you graduate? You should attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how you can use this benefit to legally work or intern in the United States after you graduate.

This program is offered at the UConn Storrs campus.

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu. Contact international@uconn.edu with any questions you may have.

Please join the Human Rights Institute and the Business and Human Rights Initiative for a book launch reception for "Tethered Fates Companies, Communities, and Rights at Stake" by Shareen Hertel, Associate Professor of Political Science and Human Rights.

Thursday, October 10,2019, 4:00pm, Dodd Center Lounge, Storrs Campus

Since the 1990s, human rights advocates, business leaders, and consumers have become increasingly attuned to mitigating sweatshop labor and other abuses in global supply chains But we know surprisingly little about how companies interact with people in the communities beyond the factory’s walls. In many cases, community members are left out of the process of identifying both risks and solutions to pervasive problems.

Tethered Fates draws on quantitative data (including the 7,000-company database of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre) and original qualitative data to analyze regional and industry-specific trends in stakeholder dialogue globally and at the local level. The book features original interviews with community members in two factory towns in the Dominican Republic, whose perspectives shed light on the prospects for dialogue with companies and the challenges of everyday life in towns where light manufacturing takes place. Tethered Fates does more than simply explain why stakeholder dialogue often falls short as a vehicle for safeguarding economic rights and promoting community development. It also assesses emerging policy alternatives for moving beyond the current state of practice.

Shareen Hertel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, jointly appointed with the Human Rights Institute at UConn. Her research focuses on changes in transnational human rights advocacy, with a focus on labor and economic rights issues. Hertel has served as a consultant to foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations agencies in the United States, Latin America and South Asia. She has conducted fieldwork in factory zones along the US-Mexico border, in Bangladesh’s garment manufacturing export sector, among NGO networks in India, and in the multilateral trade arena. Hertel is editor of The Journal of Human Rights, serves on the editorial boards of Human Rights Review as well as Human Rights and Human Welfare, and is co-editor of the International Studies Intensives book series of Routledge.

This event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Institute and the Business and Human Rights Initiative

ORISHA DEVOTION IN BERLIN FOCUSES ON
BERLIN’S BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY THAT
PRACTICES CANDOMBLÉ AT THE FIRST
CANDOMBLÉ HOUSE IN GERMANY
FOUNDED BY MURAH SOARES, AND ON
THEIR COLLABORATION WITH CUBANS. IT
CELEBRATES CUBANS AND BRAZILIANS
KEEPING AFRICAN RITUALS AND
PERFORMANCE ALIVE IN A NEW DIASPORA.
A Q AND A WITH THE DIRECTOR WILL
FOLLOW.

RICARDO BACALLAO IS A CUBAN FILM MAKER
WHO GRADUATED FROM NYU’S FILM PROGRAM.

HE HAS MADE SEVERAL DOCUMENTARIES
INCLUDING SHORT RADIOGRAPHY OF HIP HOP IN CUBA (2004), THE MAJI- MAJI READINGS (2006), CUBANS AT THE EDGE OF
THE BERLIN WALL (2017), AND AMIR VALLE :
LIFE AND COHERENCY (2018). HE RECEIVED
AN EMMY AWARD FOR THE SERIES NUEVA
YORK (CUNY TV) FROM THE CITY OF NEW
YORK. HIS CURRENT FILM PROJECT IS
"RUDOLF DÖRRIER, LIFE AND LEGACY. "

This is a collaborative event of Poetic Release, the Women’s Center, DAMAS, Xi chapter of Latino America Unida, and Lambda Alpha Epsilon to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month through poetry and other art forms.
Email uconnpoeticrelease@gmail.com to perform.

In the current global conjuncture of populism and polarization, political leaders increasingly disregard substantive dialogue and evidence, instead turning to divisive methods to mobilize their base. This symposium will examine how these broader political manifestations arise from the mechanisms of moral decision-making and the powerful role of the emotions and unconscious biases in moral and political judgments. We will also explore proven ways to mediate political discord, inculcate a sense of humility and civility in public discourse, and foster a generation of law students, lawyers, and political leaders equipped to resolve disputes effectively.
RSVP: http://law.uconn.edu/civility19

https://www.law.uconn.edu/civility-symp-19

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders at the Hartford and GBLC campuses.

Are you graduating this year? Do you want to look for an internship or job in the U.S. after you finish your degree? If yes, you should attend a Post-Completion OPT workshop. The workshop will cover the basics of post-completion OPT application procedures, work authorization, work requirements and OPT extension opportunities.

Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Please join us for a Lecture with Catherine Flowers T
Title: TBD
Reception to follow in the Dodd Lounge

Catherine Flowers is a Senior Fellow for the Environmental Justice and Civic Engagement at the Center for Earth Ethics.

She is the founder of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise Community Development Corporation (ACRE) which seeks to address the root causes of poverty by seeking sustainable solutions. She also serves as the Rural Development Manager for the Equal Justice Initiative serving the citizens of Lowndes County, one of the 10 poorest counties in Alabama’s Black Belt.

Catherine has been able to bring significant resources to address its many environmental and social injustices. Specifically, her work at ACRE addresses the lack of sewage disposal infrastructure in Alabama’s rural Black Belt, the legacy of racism and neglect stretching back to the time of slavery. Catherine is also an internationally recognized advocate for the human right to water and sanitation and works to make the UN Sustainable Development Agenda accountable to front-line communities.

Co-Sponsored by The Human Rights Institute

Visit ISSS during UConn Family Weekend to have a cup of coffee/ tea, snack and spend time with other international students carving and painting pumpkins (while supplies last)!

Be sure to stop by the Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC) during this year’s Family Weekend. Take a tour of the center, share a snack with us, and see what the center has to offer. After spending some time with us you will quickly see why students call AsACC their home away from home. Learn about AsACC’s history, mentoring programs, annual events, and the services provided. Our diverse and knowledgeable student staff is ready to share their experiences and tell you about all the amazing opportunities to engage students. We look forward to meeting you!

The History of the Jewish Community in Rhodes, Greece: A Commemoration

This joint event is hosted by the Paideia Center, UConn Global, and the UConn Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life. It is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.


Welcome
- Daniel Weiner, Vice President for Global Affairs

Remarks
- Konstantinos Koutras, The Consul General of Greece in New York,
- Carmen Cohen, Director, Rhodes Jewish Community,
- Emanouel Cassotis, The History of the Jewish Community in the Dodecanese Islands,
- Avinoam Patt, Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, and
- Ilias Tomazos, Director, PAIDEIA Study Abroad Programs in Greece.

This talk addresses a recurrent tension in the literature on race and racism in Brazil. On the one hand, we find the so-called myth of racial democracy presented as the dominant racial ideology in Brazil, obscuring enduring racial inequality and thwarting the development of a racial justice mass-movement. On the other hand, we find periodic announcements that the myth of racial democracy has definitively died. Accordingly, I theorize the myth of racial democracy as a paradoxically undead myth and ask what it is about the form of this peculiar myth that allows it to survive its own repeated death. I show how the celebration of racial mixture, or mestiçagem, functions as a mythological signifier of racial democracy that operates beneath and beyond the level of conscious thought, activating powerful affects and desires even in those who “know” better.

Please contact Fred Lee fred.lee@uconn.edu with any questions

Sponsored by El Instituto, Philosophy, Africana Studies, Political Science, Political Theory Workshop, UConn Humanities Institute, Office for the Vice President for Research

This talk addresses a recurrent tension in the literature on race and racism in Brazil. On the one hand, we find the so-called myth of racial democracy presented as the dominant racial ideology in Brazil, obscuring enduring racial inequality and thwarting the development of a racial justice mass-movement. On the other hand, we find periodic announcements that the myth of racial democracy has definitively died. Accordingly, I theorize the myth of racial democracy as a paradoxically undead myth and ask what it is about the form of this peculiar myth that allows it to survive its own repeated death. I show how the celebration of racial mixture, or mestiçagem, functions as a mythological signifier of racial democracy that operates beneath and beyond the level of conscious thought, activating powerful affects and desires even in those who “know” better.

Please contact Fred Lee fred.lee@uconn.edu with any questions

Sponsored by El Instituto, Philosophy, Africana Studies, Political Science, Political Theory Workshop, UConn Humanities Institute, Office for the Vice President for Research

The Pan Asian Council - PAC - meeting is a weekly gathering of affiliated Asian/Asian American student organization representatives that serves as a communication hub for current issues and happenings in the community.

On October 15th the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Center at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain is hosting a one day conference entitled Living in Las Américas: Migration and Communities that will bring together researchers, teachers, activists, students and members of the community. Attached is a poster and a preliminary program. Please pass them on to your networks, students, and alumni. The event is free and open to the public, but we ask that attendees register in advance so that we will have an idea about numbers for food. Lunch and a light breakfast will be provided. Here is the link for registration: https://forms.gle/L5rzFTXyqHA8TWHy5.

If you plan to bring a class to all or part of an event, please let us know. For further information, please contact lalcc@ccsu.edu

CCSU Latin American Studies program: http://lalcc.comm.ccsu.edu/

This workshop is for F-1 visa students who are currently studying in a Bachelor's program, or a Master's program that has no thesis (Plan B Masters). It is also for students in any other degree program that does not include a Thesis/Dissertation as a graduation requirement (e.g. Juris Doctor, PharmD).

Are you interested in working in the U.S. after you graduate? You should attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how you can use this benefit to legally work or intern in the United States after you graduate.

This program is offered at UConn Storrs, Stamford, Graduate Business Learning Center and Law campuses.

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu. Contact international@uconn.edu with any questions you may have.

A CHRONICLE OF HOPE
Revisiting the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Tuesday, October 15, 2019
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Konover Auditorium
Dodd Center

Reception to Follow

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, the Dodd Center welcomes four survivors to share their stories of survival and their message of hope for the world.

For more information, visit:
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/2019/08/20/oct-15-2019-commemorating-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda/

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

Informal graduate and faculty gathering to share research and experiences across disciplines.

Join us to hear from past participants who will talk about their study abroad experience! Regional campus students watch as we stream the presentation and panel. Register here https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=1471&rc=0548605429

Gain tips and strategies from current international students and alums in how they successfully navigated U.S. job and internship search processes, securing OPT, and utilizing CPT for internships. Learn about the role that networking played in getting opportunities and the types of conversations students had with their employers. Ask questions about OPT and CPT. This program is an International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) & Center for Career Development collaboration.

Listening Party of Residente's titular album released in 2017 followed by a screening of the documentary that served as inspiration. The film touches upon his journey across the globe to connect with populations identified in a DNA test. He travels to the countries mentioned in his ancestry test in hopes of connecting with people through the use of music. We will follow the documentary with a discussion about Latinx identity.

Heide Castañeda, PhD, MPH is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include political and legal anthropology, medical anthropology, borders, migration, and citizenship, focusing on the United States, Mexico, and Germany.

She is author of Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families (Stanford University Press, 2019) and co-editor of Unequal Coverage: The Experience of Health Care Reform in the United States (NYU Press, 2018). Her latest book, Migrant Health: Cross-Disciplinary and Critical Perspectives, is forthcoming from Routledge.

Dr. Castañeda has also published dozens of research articles on migration and health care access for immigrant populations. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Fulbright Program, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.


This event is cosponsored by the
Research Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the Human Rights Institute
and El Instituto.

In "Fighting for Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel's Margins" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), Sarah S. Willen, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UConn, examines the impact of a mass deportation campaign targeting migrant workers in Israel. Drawing on nearly two decades of ethnographic engagement with migrants and human rights activists in Tel Aviv, the book explores migrants' struggles to craft meaningful, flourishing lives despite the exclusions and vulnerabilities they endure.

Join us for a panel discussion followed by a response from the author with migration studies scholars Tally Amir, PhD, LLB (Harvard University); Heide Castañeda, PhD, MPH (University of South Florida); and Jennifer S. Hirsch, PhD (Columbia University).

Light refreshments will be served.

The event is sponsored by the UConn Human Rights Institute, the Humanities Institute, the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, and the Middle East Studies Program.

Hello from UConn's Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry! We are writing to formally invite you to the grand opening of the Ballard Institute's newest exhibit, Immaterial Remains: Can You Preserve A Shadow?, this Thursday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs Center.

Immaterial Remains: Can You Preserve A Shadow? is a thoroughly and thoughtfully comprehensive study of traditional Chinese shadow puppets, curated by researcher, theater artist, and practitioner of Chinese shadow puppetry Dr. Annie Rollins. An extension of earlier conversations, we hope you will feel as enthusiastic as we do in welcoming this awaited exhibit. As the practice of Chinese shadow puppetry navigates survival in situ, the traditional shadow puppets are dying by the thousands: neglected to ruin, strung up, misunderstood or framed in permanent silence in the name of “preservation”. Soon, these static shadow bodies will be the only traces of the living form that remain. Immaterial Remains captures the vision of a ghostly Chinese shadow puppet future with ethnographic documentation, artifact exhibition, video projection, and creative explorations of shadow preservation. The exhibit opening will feature a live performance/lecture by Annie Rollins.

This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with a foremost scholar on this aspect of cultural heritage. Dr. Rollins' collaboration with the Ballard Institute is a rare and exciting coming together of disciplines, embracing research and artistic practice. In particular, Dr. Rollins' perspective on the apprenticeship and the strength of tradition is held at the heart of the exhibit. As we hold creative process up to the light along with these shadow puppets, we hope to find the beauty in preserving the ephemeral.

Annie Rollins is a researcher, theatre artist, and practitioner of Chinese shadow puppetry, studying as a traditional apprentice since 2008. Rollins has received a Fulbright Fellowship, the Confucius Institute Joint PhD Research Fellowship and a Canadian SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship for her research. She completed her dissertation in Concordia University’s Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program on the transmission of traditional Chinese shadow puppet-making methods. Recent venues for exhibitions, lectures and performances include the Art Institute of Chicago, the Montreal Botanical Gardens, the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, the Virginia Fine Arts Museum, the Linden Center in Yunnan, China, and the Rietveld Academie in the Netherlands. Annie has published articles in Puppetry International, Asian Theatre Journal and Anthropology Now. Rollins recently launched the first English-language comprehensive Chinese shadow puppetry site at http://www.chineseshadowpuppetry.com. Annie Rollins will also present her talk Chasing Ghosts: Ten Years with the Shadow Puppeteers of China as part of the 2019 Fall Puppet Forum Series on Dec. 5, 2019 at 7 p.m., an event co-spon

Rising up to 627 feet above mean sea level, West Rock Ridge is one of the most prominent features of the New Haven region. The Regicides Trail is considered one of Connecticut’s most spectacular cliff walks. With 1,722 acres of land, West Rock Ridge is the second largest state park in Connecticut. West Rock affords the visitor a spectacular view; it is estimated that one can see approximately 200 square miles from various locations on the ridge with excellent views of New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound. Join us for an all day hike, marked by beautiful nature, history and lunch in New Haven. FREE transportation and park entrance. Depart from and return to the Storrs campus. Sign up at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu

Monthly gathering for our KUBE (Kids and UConn Bridging Education) youth mentoring program.

With the approaching 30th anniversary of the landmark international Convention on the Rights of the Child, we invite educators and community leaders to join us for a day-long workshop focused on creating opportunities for youth leadership and voice in classrooms and community-based organizations. In recent years, young people all over the world have become more engaged in advocacy and activism on issues such as climate change, gun violence, and migrant and refugee rights. To support their efforts, schools and communities can partner to provide students with the knowledge, values, and skills necessary to create meaningful civic participation and engagement. This workshop will bring together classroom educators, community-based practitioners, and youth leaders to explore centering youth voices in human rights education and advocacy.

For more information, visit:
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/upcoming-events/

The lecture, entitled "De las prolongaciones de lo humano: artefactos culturales y protocolos alternativos de la experiencia," to be conducted in Spanish, will be host by Luis Miguel Isava.

The Pan Asian Council - PAC - meeting is a weekly gathering of affiliated Asian/Asian American student organization representatives that serves as a communication hub for current issues and happenings in the community.

At today's meeting, join members of Asian American Resource Groups at Travelers, Cigna, Sikorsky, The Hartford and Pratt & Whitney to learn more about how cultural diversity is vital to the workforce and how your skills and background are essential to these and other companies...

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders at the Hartford and GBLC campuses.

Are you graduating this year? Do you want to look for an internship or job in the U.S. after you finish your degree? If yes, you should attend a Post-Completion OPT workshop. The workshop will cover the basics of post-completion OPT application procedures, work authorization, work requirements and OPT extension opportunities.

Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Come learn more about the UConn Food and Revolution: The Cuban Experience Summer program from the faculty leading the program!

Join us for In The Thick LIVE from Willimantic, CT at Eastern Connecticut State University at the Fine Arts Concert Hall! Award-winning journalists and In The Thick co-hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela travel to Connecticut for a live show to discuss immigration and the Latino community with an emphasis on undocumented youth movements with guests, with guests, Charles Venator-Santiago, associate professor with the Department of Political Science and El Instituto at University of Connecticut and director of the Puerto Rico Citizenship Archives Project and the Puerto Rico Status Archives Project; Kica Matos, director of the Center on Immigration and Justice at the Vera Institute of Justice and an attorney; and Lucas Codognolla, executive director of Connecticut Students for a Dream.

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

This workshop is for F-1 visa students who would like to do an internship or work off-campus before graduating, or for students who have internships and clinical placements as part of your academic program. All internships, work and placements off-campus must be authorized through CPT or Pre-Completion OPT, even if unpaid and required for your class or program.

Come to this session to learn more about how you can benefit from CPT and pre-completion OPT, and how to apply.

This session is offered at UConn Storrs, Stamford, Graduate Business Learning Center and Law School campuses.

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu. Contact international@uconn.edu with any questions you may have.

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Join us to hear from past participants who will talk about their study abroad experience! Regional campus students watch as we stream the presentation and panel. To register, https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=1528&rc=4442994002

Join us to hear from past participants who will talk about their study abroad experience! Regional campus students watch as we stream the presentation and panel. To register, https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=1527&rc=8972964723

Pang! is an evening of three highly original theater pieces about real families facing challenges of contemporary working class life in America - from hunger and gun violence to foreclosure and anti-immigration bias - with love, humor and intelligence. This "unplugged" presentation of Pang! is staged as a live radio show or podcast: intimate, authentic, and interactive.

This event is co-sponsorship with UConn Hartford, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, School of Social Work, Hartford Public Library and The Autorino Centr for the Arts and Humanities at the University of St. Joseph.

Visit the Dodd Center to watch a screening of Dodd Prize Winner Bryan Stevenson's film, True Justice.

"Forced Into Genocide" is the riveting memoir of Yervant Edward Alexanian: an eye-witness to the massacre and dislocation of his family and countrymen in Ottoman Turkey during World War I. Incredibly, Alexanian experienced the Armenian Genocide as a conscript in the Turkish army. His memoir is a one-of-a-kind "insider's account," documenting the Genocide's astonishing cruelty - but also its rare, unexpected acts of humanity.

The event will begin with a reception at 5:00PM followed by a Book Discussion with Editor Adrienne Alexanian at 6:00PM.

AsACC is introducing a new series this semester, with each episode focusing on a different topic in the Asian/Asian American community. We invite you to meet professionals, faculty and staff as they talk about various topics, while participating in fun arts and crafts to engage the audience.

Our first episode focuses on conversations about mental health and the stereotypes that exist within the Asian/Asian American community.

FREE FOOD PROVIDED!

TOPIC: Mental Health Stereotypes within the Asian/Asian American community
ACTIVITY: Origami

This workshop is for F-1 visa holders from the Hartford and GBLC campuses.

Are you looking for internships off-campus? Does your academic program have a required internship or practicum? You MUST have proper work authorization before you can start any off-campus internships or practicum. This workshop will discuss the difference between CPT and Pre-Completion OPT and the application procedures for both.
Note: If you will be graduating soon and would like information on post-completion practical training, please attend the Post-Completion OPT Workshop instead of this one.


Advance registration is required. Please register at: http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Join us to hear from past participants who will talk about their study abroad experience! Regional campus students watch as we stream the presentation and panel. Register here https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=1472&rc=6630829176

This workshop is for F-1 visa students who are currently studying in Masters or Doctoral program that has a thesis/dissertation requirement (Plan A Masters and PhD).

Are you interested in working in the U.S. after you graduate? You should attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how you can use this benefit to legally work or intern in the United States after you graduate.

This program is offered at the UConn Storrs campus.

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu. Contact international@uconn.edu with any questions you may have.

This workshop is for F-1 visa students who are currently studying in a Bachelor's program, or a Master's program that has no thesis (Plan B Masters). It is also for students in any other degree program that does not include a Thesis/Dissertation as a graduation requirement (e.g. Juris Doctor, PharmD).

Are you interested in working in the U.S. after you graduate? You should attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how you can use this benefit to legally work or intern in the United States after you graduate.

This program is offered at UConn Storrs, Stamford, Graduate Business Learning Center and Law campuses.

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session at http://icworkshops.uconn.edu.

Contact international@uconn.edu with any questions you may have.

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

Gain insights into a career outside the academy. Gain tips for navigating your job search and career preparation. Presenter will be announced in September 2019.

The Pan Asian Council - PAC - meeting is a weekly gathering of affiliated Asian/Asian American student organization representatives that serves as a communication hub for current issues and happenings in the community.

Let’s party in the USA on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 from 3:30PM-5PM in McMahon Hall, ISSS Lounge, Room 183
Pass by for American food and a chance to win prizes in a trivia game on U.S. American culture.
Hosted by the International Student and Scholar Services and Huskies International. This is an approved Honors event. All are welcome!

WHAT: From Civil Rights to Human Rights panel discussion on housing in Hartford

WHY: Part of opening reception for the exhibition on African American, West Indian and Puerto Rican Housing Struggles in Hartford County

WHO: Discussion moderated by Fiona Vernal, associate professor of African Studies and History at UConn. Prof. Vernal and her students developed the exhibition. Panelists include:
• Fernando Betancourt, executive director, San Juan Center Inc.
• Joshua Serrano, tenant activist and community organizer, Christian Activities Council
• Pastor AJ Johnson, Urban Hope Refuge Church
• Annette Sanderson, executive director of the Hartford Housing Authority

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 29; exhibition opening at 5:30 p.m.; panel discussion, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Hartford History Center at the Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford

CONTACT: Hartford History Center email: hhc@hplct.org phone: 860-695-6297

The exhibition is supported by UConn, Hartford Public Library, Hartford History Center and CT Humanities

For details about the exhibition see the UConn Today story

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

Enjoy Chai Time at AsACC! We're brewing up the most authentic and delicious chai on campus and invite you to join an open and engaging discussion on contemporary issues in the South Asian community.

Today's discussion TBD.

Sponsored with Delta Epsilon Psi, a South Asian fraternity, chartered at UConn in 2011. Free and open to all.