THE ETHNIC HOOSIER �.�..���. February 2001

��Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana, Inc.

 

�NEXT MEETING is 7 p.m. 12 February in the Athenaeum

 

The India Association has established an EMERGENCY Earthquake Relief Fund. Please make checks payable to India Association of Indianapolis and mail to:

India Association of Indianapolis

c/o Raj Patel, Vice Chairman

10999 Windjammer Trace

Indianapolis, IN� 46256

(contributions are tax deductible)

 

President�s Message:

THANK YOU to all those responsible for the fabulous Winter Gala last month, especially Nelleke Bruyn, Betty Bunnell, Elvia Reyes, Susan Salenda and Chao-Hung Lee. The potluck was (as always) varied and tasty, and the entertainment couldn�t be beat. Performing were the Indianapolis Minyo Dancers, Ballet Fiesta, Minyo Club of Indianapolis and� Earth Music Center of Indiana. A good time was had by all!

��������������� The new year presents many challenges. Please mark your calendars to attend meetings, and don�t forget to send in your dues for 2001. We have the next international festival to plan, participation in the Race Relations Leadership Network to define, and much more, including an �international links� website under development (check out the �draft� at http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~smckee).

����������������������� ����������������������� ����������������������� ����������� ����������� Susan

��������������� ��������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� ��������������� [Susan McKee, President]

 

Here are the election results:

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan McKee

1st Vice President . . . . . . . . .���� Naty Dumaual

2d Vice President . . . . . . . . .���� Bob Bunnell

Secretary/Treasurer. . . . . . .����������� Nelleke Bruyn

Board Members:

Mauvene G. Borton/Member At Large

Adriana deAguiar/Brazilian Association

Cecilia Dickinson/Member At Large

Phil Hu/Member At Large

Charles Lindgren/VASA Order of America

Jose Lucende/African Community International Center

Gene Maresca/Associacion Hondurena

Jane Misko/Polish American Society

Susan Salenda/Barangay Club

Asko Viitaniemi/Ryhma Finlandia

Beth Ann Waltz/Indianapolis Minyo Dancers, Inc

Chuck Workman/Member At Large

Rudy Yung/Indianapolis Association For Chinese Americans

(Remember: we can always use a few new board members at any time during the year!)

 

CALENDAR

6 February: first of eight sessions in Great Decisions 2001, 7:30 p.m., Robertson Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis. Sponsor: Indiana Council on World Affairs.� Information: Alice Gerlach (317:475-1447) or Betty Stratton (317) 856-4831.

 

10 February: �K�lner Karneval�, 6:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. $23 To benefit Athenaeum Foundation. Reservations: (317) 630-4569.

 

12 February: NATIONALITIES COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome to attend.

 

15 February: "African Art: Inspiration and Celebration," lecture by Rosyln Adele Walker, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art; 7:30 p.m., DeBoest Lecture Hall, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 West 38th Street, Indianapolis.

 

21 February:� Dr. Christopher P. Atwood,  assistant professor of Mongolian Studies at Indiana� University will discuss "Can Mongolia Be inner Asia's Post Communist
Success Story?" at the dinner meeting of the Indiana Council on World Affairs. 5:30 p.m. social hour, 6:30 p.m. dinner. Cost for non-members: $21. Reservations: 317:566-2036.

 

24 February: Celebrate Carnaval with a creative coterie of Brazilian-American women from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. in Fountain Square Theater, 1111 Prospect Street, Indianapolis. Cost, including buffet, $40 for adults, $20 for students and $10 for teenagers. Mail checks to Kathy Taurel, PMB 263, 1508 East 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240.

 

25 February: Dans Norden hosts a workshop in Scandinavian dance with Roo Lester of Chicago from 3-8:39 p.m. Cost per participant, including dinner, is $10. Information and reservations: John Seest, 317:251-7789.

 

1-2 March: �Bridges to the World, an educational fair for Indiana youth featuring international opportunities for education, service and work at home and around the world is open during regular hours at the Children�s Museum, 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis. Admission is included in museum admission price.

 

DID YOU KNOW�

Volunteers are needed to help at the 2001 World Police and Fire Games? For details,

Call (317)327-2001 or (888) 542-2001 or log onto http://www.2001wpfg.org.

 

The Greek Islands Restaurant in Carmel garnered four stars (out of five) for food in a review in the 1-8 February 2001 issue of NUVO Newsweekly?

 

Do you have an item for the calendar, or an �international sighting� for the next issue of The Ethnic Hoosier? E-mail it to: [email protected].. Deadline is 1 March 2001.