The Ethnic Hoosier��..����.. March 2003
Published by the Nationalities Council of
You can find us on the Internet at
http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org
(for information about NCI, Indiana and the world)
President�s
Message�.
Even though this
message was drafted only a few days ago, I have no
idea what the world situation will be at the time you read it.
The headlines are
full of evidence of disrespect, distrust, and lack of understanding at the
highest levels of world leadership, all too often abetted by blind obedience
from their followers.
Our mission is, and
has always been, to foster the kind of cultural awareness and acceptance that
prevents this sort of thing.
That�s why our International Festival has always
been about the CULTURES we represent.�
The food and the entertainment and the items
the vendors sell are all representative of certain wonderful parts of those
cultures, and help us to enrich our own lives by enjoyment of them, but on a
deeper level, you�ll also get to know the PEOPLE.
We also do some
outreach, and, by the time you read this, our board will have met to chart our
course in the near term and perhaps beyond. Our website and The Ethnic
Hoosier have been a part of this outreach, as has our participation in the
Race Relations Leadership Network of the Greater Indianapolis Progress
Committee, our support of the Indianapolis Diplomatic Corps, and other efforts
for which we were recently given special recognition
at the Mayor�s Celebration of Diversity Awards luncheon.
If you share our
view that this is an important job for these times, we invite you to join us,
in person or in spirit, and applications for membership are
attached.� It makes all the
difference in the world when you go to the Festival and can say �This is what
WE do !!�
And, just maybe, it
may make all the difference in the world . PERIOD !
����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Gene
����������������������������������������������� Eugene Maresca, President
Did you know�.
Thirty students from Bloomington High School North and South,
and
One hundred teachers from 61 schools in
There are 16,747 items foreign languages on the shelves of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library? Of that total, about half are in Spanish� and � divided between Chinese and Russian.
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March�s International Calendar for Indy�
(for
more details about these and many other events see the complete calendar at http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org)
All
month:
Bridges to the World. Sponsor:
1:
"Creating Connections": the 4th annual conference of Indiana Network
for Early Language Learners,
1: Reception for Bonnie Kwan
Huo, an artist who combines contemporary life with classic Chinese
beauty.
1: "Hungama 2003."
Sponsor: Indo-Pakistan Student Organization, IUPUI.
3-6: International Week
at
3-9: National Foreign
Language Week: �Make Friends: Peace Follows".
4: Discussion with seven European
crime researchers and law enforcement officials.
6: "German Immigrants"
(film) noon-1 p.m., Indiana Historical Society.
6-10: "March for
8: 7th Annual "International
Women's Day Celebration" sponsored by Association of International Women. Radisson Hotel,
10: Regular meeting, Nationalities
Council of Indiana.
11: Regular meeting of Three Sister
Cities initiative,
13: �Irish
Immigrants" (film) Noon-1 p.m. Indiana Historical Society.
15: "Reaching for
Education -- Equality & Economic Development." Sponsored
by Hispanic-Latino Forum.
17: (Irish-American) St.
Patrick's Day Parade,
19: Luncheon in honor of Edward
Chen, president of
22:"Colors of
27: Urbanos Latin Music.
28: Annual meeting,
28-30:
29: Annual symposium,
29: St. Benno Fest (German-style
annual event).
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next issue of The Ethnic Hoosier?
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