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Two big projects aimed at improving life in greater Indianapolis directly involve the Nationalities Council and its member organizations.
����������� The first is the Cultural Diversity Survey of the Race Relations Leadership Network, which is sponsored by the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC).
NCI members will be called upon to help with this process as it develops. The goal is on-going demographic analysis of attitudes, perceptions and resources within Indianapolis.
����������� The second is Destination Indianapolis, a project started last year by Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, the Hudson Institute and the International Center. Advisory group recommendations include many areas of concern, including ESL classes, coordination and expansion of services to immigrants and ways to integrate newcomers into the workforce. Although NCI is concerned with all areas of the project, the one to which we can make the most immediate contribution is listed as #5: �We must create an awareness and appreciation of Indianapolis as an �international� community.� Right on!
����������� In addition, the NCI is working with Charles Bankart of the International Resource Center of Indiana University Bloomington on developing a state-wide assessment of immigration as it affects and is reflected in the Hoosier workforce. And, of course we�re making sure we�re part of Mayor Peterson�s Cultural Tourism project.
����������� All these initiatives � not to mention our own needs -- require a readily available source of information on �international Indy,� and give NCI additional reasons to get our website up and running. While it is in the development stage, please take the time to review it and e-mail suggestions: http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~smckee. For example, expanded calendar listings are included, along with Indiana�s International Links.
����������� There are two new sections via the Nationalities Council link. One gives information on how to join (yes, EVERYONE is eligible for one of our three categories of membership), and the second lists requests for help from, and offers of help to, NCI member organizations. Back issues of the Ethnic Hoosier also are available.
Susan
������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� ��������������� [Susan McKee, President]
An International Calendar for Indianapolis:
1-2: Bridges to the World, Children�s Museum of
Indianapolis.
3: International
Women's Day Celebration of Association of International Women, Scottish Rite
Cathedral, Indianapolis
4 : Aeros/Romanian
Gymnastics Team, Clowes Hall, Indianapolis.
5: "Reimaging
Daoism," Asian Art Society, Indianapolis Museum of Art. 6:
board meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana, 7 p.m. Athenaeum;
International Health Crisis," 5th
session in Great Decisions 2001, Indiana Council on World Affairs, Butler
University, Indianapolis.
10: "The Spirit Travels: Immigrant
Music in America," film, Indianapolis Artsgarden; "The Parting Glass:
A Celebration of Irish Music and Dance," Central Library IMCPL,
Indianapolis.
11: Royal Lippizaner Stallions
of Vienna, Austria, Conseco Fieldhouse.
12: Nationalities Council,
7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All
are welcome.
14: Indiana German Heritage
Society Stammtisch and program, "Liechtenstein, Anachronym
or Prophecy" 6 p.m., Athenaeum.
16-18: Spring Conference, Great
Lakes American Studies Association, Ball State University, Muncie. Sessions on ethnicity, immigration.
17 : St. Patrick Day Parade,
downtown Indianapolis; Annual Fondue Cheese dinner, Swiss Club of
Central Indiana, 4 p.m. Mooresville
20: �Mexico in
Transition," 6th session in Great Decisions 2001, Indiana Council on World
Affairs, Butler University, Indianapolis.
21:"Indonesia: an
island state,� lecture by Philip Forsyth Vandivier. Dinner meeting of Indiana
Council on World Affairs, Butler University.
23-24: "Understanding the
Middle East and Islam," conference sponsored by Midwest Association for
Middle East and Islamic Studies and Indiana Consortium for International
Programs. Brown County State Park.
24:Indiana Chapter of Palatines
to America annual meeting, Athenaeum; Nuestra Musica buffet dinner and
dance, Primo�s; St. Benno (German) Fest, 6 p.m., Athenaeum, 401 East
Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
27: �European
Integration," 7th session in Great Decisions 2001, Indiana
Council on World Affairs, Butler University, Indianapolis
28-April 3:Lotus Blossoms: Nurturing
an Understanding of World Cultures, Bloomington. Information, 812:336-6599.
30-31: Indiana German
Heritage Society annual meeting and conference.
March is �Share-a Legacy� month at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library? Its purpose is to encourage families to discover together the diverse cultures of the world by reading and listening to traditional stories that reflect their country of origin. Register and receive a program kit at any IMCPL branch between 1 and 31 March.
The Queen of Sheba restaurant is �at risk� of closing? According to the �Indy Eats� column by David Hoppe in NUVO Newsweekly for 22 February-1 March 2001, the only Ethiopian eatery in Indianapolis needs more business � and he heartily recommends it.
Dr. Frank Wu, a specialist in allergy, asthma and immunology at St. Vincent Hospital, was profiled by Indianapolis Monthly in March 2001 as one of the top doctors in Indianapolis? He was born in Taiwan.
The series of conferences to be held in Indianapolis 29 June � 1 July, organized by the Islamic Society of North America, includes sessions on Islam among Latino Americans and Muslim Refugees in America? For information, call 317:839-8157, ext. 246.
Families with Chinese Children, a project of the Indianapolis Association of Chinese Americans, sponsored a celebration in honor of the Child Citizenship Act in the Indiana Statehouse on 27 February?
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 April 2001.