The Ethnic Hoosier��..����.. April 2003

Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana

 

You can find us on the Internet at

http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org

(for information about NCI, Indiana and the world)

 

President�s Message�.

 

Each day's news reminds me about just how important it is that the people of the world learn about each other.

The good news for this month comes not from CNN but from e-mail:

Thanks to Prof. Giles R. Hoyt, Professor of German and Philanthropic Studies and director of the Max Kade German-American Center at IUPUI, our web site (http://nationalitiescouncil.org) now has a permanent home on the School of Liberal Arts server at IUPUI. This will now allow us to publish and publicize it!

Also, we have had a donation of beautiful native dresses from Guinea and from Pakistan. The donor wanted them to be used, and we will make sure that they ARE!! Look for them at the International Festival this year.

SPEAKING OF WHICH: This year's festival dates are November 6-9. (Festival dates through 2007 are on our website, http://nationalitiescouncil.org/calendar.html).

Now is a good time to get these dates into your schedule! See you at the festival!

 

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Did you know�.

 

Irene Sun, who was born in northern China sixteen years ago, scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? A senior at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, she has been accepted at Harvard, Duke and Yale universities, University of Chicago and Indiana University.

 

Manfred Witt, the German-American Klub�s representative to the Nationalities Council, hosts a German music hour each Sunday from noon to 1 p.m. on WICR 88.7 FM?

 

James Morris, head of the United Nations World Food Program, was profiled thrice in March? The first interview with the former head of Lilly Endowment ran in Indianapolis Eye, then came the Indianapolis Business Journal, and, finally, The Indianapolis Star.�

 

One of our reciprocal members, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will now operate without a full-time executive director, according to the Indianpolis Business Journal?

April�s International Calendar for Indy�

(for more details about these and many other events, see the complete calendar at http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org)

 

1: Presentation by Amb. Yang Jiechi, People's Republic of China. 11 a.m. Butler University. Part of Butler Alumni Assn. Speakers Series.

3: Meeting, International Tibet Independence Movement. 7 p.m.

4: Discussion of "Practical Solutions for Africa�s Problems" with �Sabina Stella Santana of �Break the Chains of Tradition, Educate a Woman, Educate Africa�. 3:30 p.m., Hudson Institute, Indianapolis.

5: Volunteer Workshop sponsored by AFS International Programs - USA. Terre Haute. Information, 800:876-2377.

6: The Inaugural "Race for All Races: Indianapolis Diversity Run 2003" sponsored by Asian American Alliance, Inc., a reciprocal member of the Nationalities Council. 9 a.m. start Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. 5-mile run and 5K walk. Proceeds benefit the Indianapolis Public Schools Scholarship Fund of the AAAI. Information, 317:818-6699.

6: USA-Australia Swim Challenge, Indiana University Natatorium, IUPUI.

8: POSTPONED: Luncheon featuring Dan Coats, U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Information, Nancy Clifton-Cripe, 317:549-4144.

8: "Poland and the U.S.: Strange or Natural Allies?" by Amb. Przemysław Grudziński of Poland. 4 p.m. Hudson Institute, Indianapolis.

9: Regular meeting, Trade & Tourism Subcommittee, Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee. 11:30 a.m. Rathskeller, Athen�um.

9: Board meeting, Indiana German Heritage Society. 4:30 p.m. Athen�um.

9: Dinner and program by Dr. Robert Seibel on "The Masons and Mozart". Indiana German Heritage Society. 6 p.m. Athen�um, Indianapolis.

10: Program for junior high school German-language students. German-American Klub, Indianapolis. Information, Charyl Winner, 317:888-5938.

11: Spanish for Pre-schoolers. 10:15 a.m. Wayne Branch library, Indpls.

11: Regular meeting, Sons of Norway Circle City Lodge #5-614. 6:30 p.m. dinner and program on stave churches. King of Glory Lutheran Church.

12: "A Social History of Hesse: Roman Times to 1900" by Dan Heinemeier. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sponsored by Indiana Chapter of Palatines to America. 14: Regular meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information: Gene Maresca, [email protected].

16: "Respecting Ethnic and Cultural Heritage". Crispus Attucks Museum.

16: "Transatlantic Relations: Picking Up the Pieces after Iraq" by Dr. Gary Geipel. 5:30 p.m. dinner meeting, Ind. Council on World Affairs.

18-3 May: Visit by 7 Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, India.

16: Three Sister Cities Initiative meeting(Cologne, Munich, Mainz).

24: "Putinism" by Prof. Marshall Goldman, Harvard University. Dinner meeting, Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations.

26-27: American Indian Council's 12th Spring Pow Wow. Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds and Auditorium, Lebanon.

26 April-1 May: Visit to Indianapolis by Volkmar Schultz, SPD, former member of the German Bundestag. Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Comm.

 

 

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E-mail: [email protected].� Deadline: 30 April 2003.