The Ethnic Hoosier�..�.August 2004

Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana

 

You can find us on the Internet at

http://nationalitiescouncil.org

(information about the International Festival, NCI, Indiana and the world)

 

President�s Message�����������.Zdravo, prijatelji ! *

 

In autumn, it is traditional to think of�.elections? While the President of the United States is elected every four years, NCI conducts elections every year. You might describe this fact as �democracy to the max.� After reviewing ARTICLE VI (6.2.A.) of the By-Laws, I am proposing the following schedule for our election process:

 

August 9 Meeting: Appointment of Nominating Committee to recruit and evaluate candidates for board of directors and officers.�

October 11 Meeting: Submission of candidates' slate by Nominating Committee.

November 1 Meeting:� Election of officers and members of board of directors.

 

In the NCI spirit of cooperation and communication, I welcome volunteers for the Nominating Committee (only the designated representatives from NCI member organizations whose dues are current are eligible to serve on the Nominating Committee).

 

The featured speaker on August 9 will be Carol Trexler, President of Fiesta Indianapolis. Carol is also President of Trexler Associates, a multi-lingual communications and marketing firm. She will discuss the September 18 annual Fiesta Indianapolis and her business experience. I heard her speak at the Indianapolis Model UN program in March and she achieved a rare feat: keeping the attention of more than 400 high school students!�

 

Diversity fact: �According to the 2000 Census, more than 300 different languages are spoken in the United States. Nationally, nearly 18 percent of the US population � 47 million citizens and non citizens � speak a language other than English at home.��

 

Mir,

Josef

Josef Laposa, President

 

* The heading is �Greetings, friends!� in Slovenian, a mini-exercise in my ancestral language!

 

Did you know�.

 

The Nationalities Council of Indiana received a grant of $10,000 from the Eli Lilly & Company Foundation, and another for $1,504 from the Indiana Arts Commission for Indy's International Festival 2004?

 

Leslie Van Howe, a 1995 graduate of North Central High School in Indianapolis, has been named a Fulbright Scholar? She will study business in Mexico City.

 

The Indianapolis Museum of Art launched "Cycles: African Life Through Art," an online interactive exhibit in May? See it at http://www.ima-art.org/cycles/index.html.

 

The Italian Heritage Society of Indiana sponsors Italian language lessons? For information on the fall series of classes, call Lorella Nardini, 317: 640-0801.

 

According to The Star, businesses, parents and non-profit organizations raised $20,000 to keep Japanese as one of the foreign language options at Shelbyville High School?

 

Soyong Kang Partington, an instructor at the Indianapolis Art Center, studied at Sook Myung Women's University in Seoul, Korea? She was Creative Renewal fellowship winner and a workshop coordinator at the World Ceramic Exposition in Korea in 2001.

 

 

August�s International Calendar for Indy�

 

(for more details about these and many other events, see the website version: http://nationalitiescouncil.org/calendar.html)

 

2-6: German Day Camp session at International School of Indiana.

4: Latvian-Estonian Music Ensemble. Marina, Eagle Creek Park, Indpls.

5: "Gala of the Americas Dinner" sponsored by Hispanic Education Center

7: Summer Festival sponsored by Indianapolis Liederkranz. German Park.

8: Japanese Bon Odori Festival. 6:30 p.m. Ocean World Restaurant, Indy.

9: Meeting, Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee.

9: Meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m. Max Kade Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome. Information, Josef Laposa, [email protected].

11: Cathy Morris and the Brazilian Band. Indiana State Museum, Indpls.

11: Presentation by poet Norbert Krapf. 6 p.m. Stammtisch, 7:15 p.m. program. Indiana German Heritage Society. Athen�um, Indianapolis.

14: 2004 Ambassadair World Tour Travel Show. Grand Hall, Union Station.

14: Philippine Festival 2004. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Free. St. Michael's Gymnasium, 3354 W. 30th, Indpls.� Sponsored by Barangay Club of Indiana.

14: Celebrate India Festival.� Noon - 9 p.m. $2 (under 6, free). Garfield Park, Sponsored by India Association of Indianapolis.

15: Annual Chapel in the Meadow Rosary, Mass and Picnic sponsored by Italian Heritage Society of Ind. and Ind. German Heritage Society.

26: Dinner meeting of Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program Alumni. 28: "Immigration, Migration and More" Workshop. Ind. Historical Society

 

 

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E-mail: [email protected].� Deadline: 31 August 2004