{"id":189,"date":"2013-10-22T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=189"},"modified":"2013-10-22T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:39:00","slug":"4th-annual-diversity-week-at-college-of-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/4th-annual-diversity-week-at-college-of-charleston\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Diversity Week at College of Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cofc.edu\/files\/2013\/10\/diversity-week-image-300x232.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-src=\"http:\/\/news.cofc.edu\/files\/2013\/10\/diversity-week-image-300x232.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/232;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The College of Charleston kicked off its 4<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Diversity Week on Monday, October 21, 2013. This year\u2019s Diversity Week is organized around the theme of \u201c<i>Building a United Campus Community.\u201d <\/i>The  program will feature several dynamic educational, cultural, social, and  outreach events hosted by various departments at the College. It will  culminate with Reggae on the Cistern, a free family event for the  community.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Admission to events is free and open to the public.<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>FOR MORE INFO:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/diversity.cofc.edu\/2013-Diversity-Week-Calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Diversity Week 2013 Schedule of Events<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<p>Below is just a sampling of some of the many events scheduled for the Week: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) will set the stage for  the Week by hosting a kick-off continental breakfast for the College  community in Cougar Mall, from 9 a.m. \u201311 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Melissa Ifill of the University of Guyana will give a presentation on <i>The Intersection between Politics, Ethnicity and Crime in Guyana.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Avery Research Center will host the <i>African American History and Culture Resources Tour<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The African American Studies Program will host a screening of <i>The Rosa Parks Story<\/i> under its Black Women Film Directors. The screening will be guided by the film director, Director Julie Dash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>OID, the ROAR Scholars Program, and the Office of Multicultural  Student Programs and Services will jointly host a day-long,  student-centered <i>Social Justice Action Forum<\/i>. As part of the  Forum, professional facilitators from the Generation Wake Up  organization will facilitate a workshop entitled, \u201c<i>The Wake Up<\/i>.\u201d  The College of Charleston students will use the workshop as an  opportunity to create social justice related projects for the Spring  2014 CofC Student Diversity Conference in April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday, October 25, the Jewish Studies Center will hold its weekly <i>Shabbat Celebration<\/i> prayer and dinner. This event is open to the community as part of the Diversity Week celebrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Through teaching, singing, games, and ethnic food, the College of  Charleston Asian Students Association will host a dynamic cultural event  entitled, Let\u2019s<i> Learn an Asian Language<\/i>, in an effort to promote Asian culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Source: http:\/\/news.cofc.edu\/2013\/10\/17\/diversity-week-focuses-on-building-a-united-campus-community\/ <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Charleston kicked off its 4th Annual Diversity Week on Monday, October 21, 2013. 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