The Ethnic Hoosier��.October 2003

Published by the Nationalities Council of Indiana

 

You can find us on the Internet at

http://www.nationalitiescouncil.org

(information about the International Festival, NCI, Indiana and the world)

 

 

President�s Message�.

 

Well, the time for our annual International Festival is fast approaching! Months of hard work are paying off as long-time members and new groups call for space at the event on 6-9 November!

  

In November, our regular meeting has been moved to the FIRST Monday (3 November), which will also be our last chance before the Festival to fine-tune what we want to do.

 

Now is the time to get those traditional costumes out of mothballs and (speaking for myself) make sure they still fit! We have only a few weeks to go until we have to get into them! And we need to have enough slack in the waistband to "pig out" for four days at the Festival, don't we?

 

At our upcoming October meeting, Bob Bunnell and his nominating committee will announce the names of nominees for officer and board positions for the coming year (which we will vote on in November). If you have been active in the NCI this year, I invite you to let him know now that you are interested in serving on the board in 2004.

 

Thanks to the Indianapolis Business Journal for including us in their "Not-for-Profits of Note" series. I only wish they had asked me for more than two "top volunteers," because we certainly have more than two! 

 

And thanks to Frances Chen Russell for representing us so well in the formative meeting of the Family Strengthening Coalition. Frances is looking for some one of us to take over this position now that she has established our presence there, and I hope someone will step forward.

 

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Did you know�.

 

  • The new Purdue University China Center is intended to strengthen the West Lafayette campus' ties with China by developing exchange programs and sponsoring cultural programs?
  • The Liberian Collections Project at Indiana University in Bloomington includes more than 300 boxes containing the vital records of that war-torn African nation? It's based in IU's Archives of Traditional Music, according to the "Diversity" page of The Indianapolis Star 25 September 2003.
  • Spanish-speaking foster parents are sought by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration?
  • Irina Komarenko, principal dancer with Ballet Internationale, is from Ukraine?
  • Shola Ajiboye, executive director of Indy's African Community International, was profiled on the Diversity Page of The Indianapolis Star on 2 October? He was born in Nigeria.

 

 

  • Indiana State University provided three weeks of training for 20 university officials from Morocco? The effort was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
  • Dr. Mercy Obeime, medical director of the St. Francis Neighborhood Health Center in Indianapolis, has formed the Mercy Foundation to improve health care in her native Nigeria? For information, write to Mercy Foundation, P.O. Box 40081, Indianapolis, IN 46240.
  • At least two Hoosier farm families also till fields in South America? According to The Indianapolis Star, the Howell family of Middletown has 1,200 acres in Brazil and the Toms of Warsaw raise seed corn in Argentina.
  • Indiana State Rep. Vernon Smith (D.-Gary) is collecting textbooks for Books for Africa? If you want to help, call him at 219:887-2046 or 317:232-9731.

 

 

October�s International Calendar for Indy�

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

 

 

2: 15th annual "Celebration of the Flags." University of Indianapolis. Honoring 218 foreign students from 63 countries attending U of Indy.

3: "Ceili" (annual fundraiser for the Irish Dancers of Indianapolis).

4: Middle Eastern Dinner. St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Indy.

4, 11, 25: Latin Dance Party. 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. Mme Walker Theater, Indy.

6: German-American Day. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Indianapolis City Market, downtown. Sponsored by Indiana German Heritage Society.

8: Stammtisch (no-host dinner). 6 p.m. Program. 7:30 p.m. Indiana German Heritage Society. Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street.

8: Regular meeting, Scottish Society of Indianapolis. 6:30 p.m. dinner, program, "History of Golf." Indianapolis Firefighters Union Hall.

9: "A view of Iraq" by Feisal Amin Istrabadi. 5:45 p.m. cocktails, 6:20 p.m. dinner meeting of Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations.

10: Monthly meeting, Circle City Lodge of Sons of Norway. 6:30 p.m. Potluck followed by program. King of Glory Lutheran Church, Carmel.

11: Columbus Day Dinner Dance of Italian Heritage Society of Indiana.

11: Grand Bazaar � Mexico. Indianapolis Marriott. Benefits HealthNet.

13: Regular meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m., Willkie Room, Athen�um, 401 East Michigan Street, Indpls. All are welcome.

15: Presentation on Japan by Yukie Kudo. Regular dinner meeting of Indiana Council on World Affairs. Robertson Hall, Butler University.

17: Reception for new book: The Art and Spirit of K.P. Singh. Sponsored by Asian American Alliance of Indiana. 6-9 p.m. Butler University.

18: Independence Day Celebration, Association of Nigerians in Indpls.

19: John Miller, anti-terrorism expert. Indpls Hebrew Congregation.

22: Presentation by David Horovitz, editor of Jerusalem Report. 7:30 p.m. Laikin Auditorium, Jewish Community Center, 6701 Hoover Road.

25: Evening to benefit Indiana University School of Dentistry's Outreach Program of Dental Care in Haiti. India Community Ctr, Indpls.

6-9 November: International Festival, Expo Hall, Ind. State Fairgrounds

 

 

 

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