The Ethnic Hoosier��..��.. November 2002

Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana

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and

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(for everything about the International Festival)

NCI Update��

�� This is it! The International Festival is underway in the Exposition Hall of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1300 East 38^th Street, Indianapolis.

�� Hours on Thursday, 31 October, are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 and 2 November, the festival is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, 3 November, the hours are noon to 6 p.m.

�� There�s continuous entertainment on two stages, including Opening Ceremonies with Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson at 10:30 a.m. Thursday,� 31 October. The Naturalization Ceremony, when 150 people from around the world will become the newest Americans, takes place at 3 p.m. Friday, 1 November.

�� The International Festival is hosted by the Nationalities Council of Indiana, managed by the Promotion Company and presented by Key Bank. Thanks also go to Indiana Arts Commission, WTPI-107.9 FM, WRTV-Channel 6, Indianapolis Public Schools, Sherck Hussey Johnson CPAs and Eli Lilly and Company � and to the hundreds of volunteers in four dozen ethnic organizations who make this event possible each year.

�� We hope to see YOU at the International Festival this year!

Susan

�� [Susan McKee, NCI President � and individual member of NCI]

Did you know�.

� Diversity is the focus in the City & State Section of The Indianapolis Star on Thursdays? Send ethnic group news to Jennifer O�Malley, assistant city editor for social issues, 317:444-6018 or [email protected].

� Tamra Lewis, founder of Pangea Lingua (offering foreign language translations and cultural training), was featured on the cover of Indianapolis Woman magazine in September?

� Jacqueline Drexler, a firefighter and paramedic with the Pike Township Fire Department, recently returned from six months of work with Doctors Without Borders in Sri Lanka?

� MiSang Han, who was born in Korea, received a National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation along with a $25,000 prize? She teaches fifth grade in Wayne Township, Marion County.

� Ballet Internationale will tour� China? Plans call for a six-week journey beginning 23 December, with performances in Beijing and Shanghai.

November�s International Calendar for Indy�

(for more details about these and many other events see the complete calendar at http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org)

31 October through 3 November: International Festival 2002, Exposition Hall, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis.

1: Diwali celebration sponsored by India Association of Indianapolis.

2: Celebration of the Mexican holiday, El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), 3-7 p.m. Crown Hill Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Indpls.

4: Meeting, Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Partnership Committee.

6: "The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Burkenau". 7:30-9 p.m. Glick Jewish Community Center, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis.

6:"Afghanistan, Terrorism and Current Foreign Policy," by Phyllis E. Oakley, former Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research. Dinner meeting of Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations.

7: �Breaking Silence: Forgotten Voices from the Korean War", 7 p.m. Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis.

7-9: "Foreign Language Education: The Door to Cultural Understanding." Annual conference, Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association.

8: "Lifting the Veil: Music, Spirituality and World Religions." 7:30 p.m. Christian Theological Seminary, 1000 West 42nd Street, Indpls.

8: Ballet Hispanico, 8 p.m. Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis.

9 : Workshop on composing a family history book. 9 a.m. - Noon. Willkie Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Joint sponsors: Indiana German Heritage Society and Palatines to America in Indiana.

10: "Remembrance & Renewal: (Punjabi) Sikh-Jewish Experience," by Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis and Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.

10: "Komungo Muse and Permutations" by Jin Hi Kim, musician from Korea. 3 p.m. concert, University of Indianapolis, 1200 East Hanna Avenue.

11: Meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana, 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. All are welcome. Information, Susan McKee, 317:297-0502.

13: "Transatlantic Relations After the German Election" by Karsten Voigt, the German Foreign Ministry's coordinator of American-German relations. Sponsored by Hudson Institute and the Erick M. Warburg Indianapolis Chapter of the American Council on Germany.

13: "The Terre Haute German-Americans," by Ron Dunbar. Sponsored by Indiana German Heritage Society. Athen�um, Indianapolis.

14: Michael F. Kergin, Canadian Ambassador to U.S. Guest speaker, Economic Club of Indianapolis. Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis. 14: Meeting, International Tibet Independence Movement.

16: Annual meeting and Founders' Dinner, Scottish Society of Indpls.

16: Annual dinner-dance celebrating the independence of Cartagena sponsored by Sociedad Amigos de Colombia.

16, 17: Christkindlmarkt (German-style Christmas market). Ferdinand.

17: (Scottish) "Kirkin' o' the Tartans."� Zion Evangelical UCC.

17: Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians, Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indpls.

20: International Citizen of the Year dinner honoring Rev. Boniface Hardin, president, Martin University, Indianapolis.

26: "Preemption of Rogue States and Terrorists: Good Law? Good Policy?" by Robert Turner. Meeting of Indpls Committee on Foreign Relations.

Do you have an item for the next issue of The Ethnic Hoosier?

E-mail: [email protected]. Deadline: 30 Nov. 2002.