THE ETHNIC HOOSIER ��..�..���. June 2001

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

For the latest information on the International Festival, log onto http://www.am-biznet.com/intlfest

Nationalities Council update.�

����������� The World Police and Fire Games 2001 are the biggest international news this month. Many of our member groups have banded together to entertain competitors from around the world, and many of our supporters are serving as volunteers. Everyone is invited to watch the events, which will take place throughout Central Indiana 8-16 June. And, plan to drop into the Global Village on Pan Am Plaza in downtown Indianapolis from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 10-12 June for cultural trivia games, exhibits and more free fun.

����������� The numbers from Census 2000 are trickling in, and they confirm what we have known all along: central Indiana is a diverse metropolitan area. The Nationalities Council is considering staging workshops on the topic to be held during the International Festival, and is serving as a resource for groups looking to put faces to multiculturalism.

����������� Remember that all are welcome to attend Council meetings. The next one is 7 p.m. 11 June, in the Willkie Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.

Join us and hear the latest update on International Festival 2001 on 1-4 November!

Susan

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Did you know�.

• The winner of the 500-Mile Race, Helio Castroneves, is from Sao Paulo, Brazil?
• The Indiana University School of Medicine has a partnership with Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya? The program was the cover story in NUVO Newsweekly�s 31 May-7 June 2001 issue.
• Applications are requested for the 2001-2 Robert Bosch Fellowship Program? Candidates for the program are competitively chosen from the fields of Business Administration, Economics, Journalism and Mass Communications, Law, Political Science and Public Affairs/Public Policy. The program runs from September to May.  The application deadline is October 15, and more information can be obtained from the US representative for the Robert Bosch Foundation, CDS International at http://www.cdsintl.org or by e-mail to [email protected]. Young professionals interested in internships in a key German institution or private corporation at the �high executive level� are encouraged to apply.
• Ichiban Noodles, at 8355 Bash Street in Castleton, Indianapolis, was reviewed in the 17-24 May 2001 issue of NUVO Newsweekly? Neil Charles wrote, �For lovers of all things Japanese, this is an excellent little restaurant.�

Did you know�.continued�

• A new Sister City affiliation for Indianapolis is in the works? The Slovenian Society of Indianapolis is setting up links with Piran, Slovenia? Existing Sister City affiliations for Indiana�s capital are with Cologne, Germany; Monza, Italy, and Taipei, Taiwan.
• High school students from the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis will participate in Ecuador 2001, a Youth Mission trip to South America 23 June-1 July?
• The African Children�s Choir performed at Traders� Point Christian Church, Indianapolis, and First Presbyterian Church, Noblesville, in May? The US concert tour raises money for schools and literacy programs in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and southern Sudan.

June�s International Calendar for Indy�.

(for more on these and other events see http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~smckee)

2-3: Thousand Trails Native American Festival, Batesville.

4:Indianapolis-K�ln Sister City Partnership Committee meeting, 4:30 p.m., Max Kade Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.

6:"Asian Wedding Traditions," Asian Culture Center, Bloomington. 8:Pitch-in dinner honoring the 125 German athletes participating in the 2001 World Police and Fire Games. 6 p.m.,German Park,Indianapolis.

8-9: 18th Annual Italian Street Festival, 5-11 p.m., Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 520 Stevens Street, Indianapolis.

8-9: Middle Eastern Festival, 4-11 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday. St. George Orthodox Church, 4020 North Sherman Drive, Indianapolis.

8-16: World Police and Fire Games 2001, various Central Indiana venues.

10-17: German Fest, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne.

11: Nationalities Council of Indiana, 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome.

13: Stammtisch and program of Indiana German Heritage Society, " Grenz Schutz Gruppe" by R�diger Schwinte, 6 p.m., Athenaeum, Indianapolis.

15-17: Ethnic Festival, Howard and East Raceway Parks, South Bend.

16:"Juneteenth: African-American Celebration," Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 North Meridian Street.

19 June through 19 July: Annual Summer Day Camp from 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Asian Culture Center, Bloomington.

20: Peace Corps informational program, Butler University, Indianapolis.

23-24: (Native American)Indian Market,Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Southwestern Art, 500 West Washington Street, Indianapolis. 24:Italian/American Golf Outing of Italian Heritage Society of Indiana.

24: Dragon Boat Festival,Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans.

28-30: Greek Fest, Headwaters Park, Fort Wayne.

29-1 July: Series of conferences hosted in Indianapolis by Islamic Society of North America, including sessions on Islam among Latino Americans and Muslim Refugees in America. Information, 317:839-8157.

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 25 June 2001.