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NCI Update�
����������� Wow! Issue an invitation to NCI members and the result is a standing room only crowd! We had more than 150 at the Winter Gala on 19 January, and we kept having to add buffet tables to accommodate all the yummy pitch-in dishes, from Congolese chicken and okra to Swedish meatballs to Chinese pot stickers. The entertainment by the Minyo Club of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Minyo Dancers and the was wonderful, and the conversations around the room were lively and spirited.
A big thank you to Cecelia Dickinson for chairing the event, and to Betty Bunnell, Nelleke Bruyn and all the others who helped, including the Minyo Club members who came early to set up, and all the guys who stayed late and helped us take down the tables and chairs and clean up the kitchen. A good time was had by all.
We were pleased to be among just 21 nominees for Mayor Peterson�s Celebration of Diversity awards in January � even though we didn�t win this year. Wait�ll next time!
����������� Plans are already underway for the next festival. Mark your calendars for 31 October � 3 November. We�ll be in the Exposition Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds again. Send details on potential vendors, food booths, etc., to Yvonne Oomkes, The Promotion Company, [email protected] or 317:236-6519 (fax).�
We resume our regular meetings at 7 p.m. Monday, 11 February 2002, in the Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Guest speaker will be Emma Hulse, who�ll present the Y-Press 2002 cultural diversity calendar, �Piece by Piece�.
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David Williams Russell, attorney at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP,� was f�ted as Global Businessperson of the Year by the World Trade Club at its 15 January dinner meeting? He also received letters from Sen. Richard G. Lugar and Sen. Evan Bayh, a proclamation from Mayor Bart Peterson and a Sagamore of the Wabash from Gov. Frank O�Bannon!
Una Okonkwo Osili, assistant professor of economics and philanthropic studies in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis has recently studied patterns of giving in ethnically diverse communities in Indonesia? According to Philanthropy Matters, �ethnic diversity can increase the probability of contributions and total amount contributed when communities� ethnic groups form their own organizations.�
Dan Carpenter�s fine report on Indiana�s ethnic Chinese community can be found in the December 2001 issue of The Hoosier Genealogist of the Indiana Historical Society?
Sambusa Hut has an African drumming session every
Wednesday night at 3961 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis? Starting at 7 p.m., you
can enjoy the music (or join in!) while dining on African specialties from the
menu, including Dodo (fried plantain), Moin Moin (bean cakes),
Peanut Butter Stew and more.
There are not one but two Latino dance parties with DJs each week in Indianapolis? On Wednesday nights,� Dick Clark�s American Bandstand is the place to be from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. On Thursdays, it�s the Jazz Kitchen from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The International Center of Indianapolis received a grant from Kroger Company Foundation to support its �Bridges to the World� program in March?
Rachel Stewart, daughter of NCI volunteer Barbara Stewart of Columbus, was featured in an The Indianapolis Star article on Thai cooking on 16 January 2002? Rachel, who lives in San Anselmo, Calif., is known as the Kitchen Magician.
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Bonnie Lindgren, wife of Charles A. Lindgren, immediate past president of Nationalities Council of Indiana, died 25 January 2002.
February�s
International Calendar for Indy� (for more on these and many
other events see http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org)
7: �Ethical and Legal Issues
in International Genomics: A UNESCO Perspective," by Prof. Ryuichi
Ida, chairperson, International Bioethics Committee, UNESCO. IU Medical
Sciences Building at IUPUI.
9: German-style Karneval
celebration. Athen�um, Indianapolis.
11: Meeting, Nationalities
Council of Indiana, 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan
Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome.
11: Chinese New Year
Imperial Banquet, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
13: Stammtisch and
program on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Slaughterhouse Five, sponsored by
Indiana German Heritage Society, Athen�um.
14: "From Colonial
Pacification to Indigenous Activism: Poetry, Politics, and Ethnography in
Kabylia (Algeria)", IUPUI.
16-15 March: �Cologne
Art meets Indianapolis" exhibit, IUPUI.
16: Brazilian Carnaval
celebration, Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis.
16: Chinese New Year
Party, Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans.
20: "Governing Afghanistan
after the conflict" by M. Nazif Sharani, Dinner meeting of Indiana Council
on World Affairs, Marten House.
26: �Terrorism and National
Security: by Lilia Shevtsova. Dinner meeting of Indianapolis Committee on Foreign
Relations.
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 3 March 2002.