May 8, 2009: Student Research Symposium

11 a.m.-2 p.m., Founders Room

Forum for students to come together and share work over the past year on topics including but not limited to:
- Global/Local Senior Thesis Research
- Pitzer in Ontario Projects
- NRS Screening of Obama Inauguration documentary

April 29, 2009: Borrowed Voices
6 pm, Founders Room

Borrowed Voices will showcase poetry, short stories, writings, and other works created by incarcerated young men (ages 13-18) from the juvenile detention Camps Afflerbaugh and Paige. The young men will be allowed to visit Pitzer College to perform their work for the Colleges and Claremont community.

April 21, 2009: Food Not Bombs

4 p.m. GSC Multipurpose Room

April 3-5, 2009: Activism through Arts: Theater for Social Change

April 3, 2009
Soul of Justice Workshop - Isoke Femi
1-6 p.m. Gold Student Center, Multipurpose Room

This workshop employs dramatic enactments, song and movement, and small and large group inquiries in order to provide a context for the exploration of multi-cultural differences. The learning objectives include increased capacity for listening to and expressing difference, enhanced empathy; and a stronger sense of community among participants. Isoke Femi is founding director of the Todos Institute, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support multicultural alliance building and community making. Isoke is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Imaginal Studies in Petaluma, California. Her dissertation explores the role of ritual in supporting the creative expression and engagement of difference. Isoke brings to her leadership a strong connection to African American cultural style. She is mother of six, grandmother of six and shares her life with her partner, Anne, of over 20 years.

April 4, 2009
Healing the Wounds of History - Armand Volkas
9:30 a.m.-1p.m. Scripps College, Vita Nova 100

This workshop involves the telling of personal stories and different drama therapy structures. The philosophy behind the work is that historical trauma needs to be retold and experienced in a personal way in order to put ghosts of history to rest and to build a more peaceful society. Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT, is a psychotherapist and registered drama therapist and clinical director of the Living Arts Counseling Center in Oakland, California www.livingartscenter.org. He is a board certified trainer for The National Association for Drama Therapy, and a professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at California Institute of Integral Studies and at John F. Kennedy University.

April 5, 2009
Playback Theater Workshop - Roni Alperin
10 a.m.- 1p.m. Gold Student Center, Multipurpose Room

This training is for actors, teachers, therapists and anyone interest in creating art from the specific and universal in our experience. Workshop participants will learn the subtleties of the Playback Theater form, refine acting and improvisation skills, and share in the often profound experience of hearing each other's stories and bringing them to life. The playback process develops intuition, insight, creativity and effective communication. It also creates community and connection among people by honoring the dignity, drama and universality in their stories. Roni Alperin is a professional actor and director. He is a former member of the Tel Aviv Playback Theatre Company, and is a current member of the Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble. Roni also directs New Beginnings Playback Theatre Company at the California Institute of Integral Studies where he is completing his Masters Degree in counseling psychology with a concentration in drama therapy.

Playback Theater Performance
4-6 p.m. Pomona College, Allen Theatre

April 1, 2009: Changemakers Skills-Based Workshop Series

An Analysis of Power: Who Has It and How Do You Get More?

Frederick Douglass affirmed, "Power concedes nothing without a demand." Analyze who holds power, both visibly and not, in the Pitzer community. Explore questions of agency and find your own power to achieve your goals. Understanding the power structure lets us know how things get done and how to build power for our efforts to make change.

Hosted by Pitzer in Ontario faculty member Tom Dolan, Pitzer College student organizers and Inland Congregations United for Change. For the past five years Professor Dolan has organized local high school students to struggle for change in their community. These student organizers will share their stories of power and will be joined by Pitzer student organizers who will lead workshop participants in a discussion and analysis of power at Pitzer College.

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4:30-6:30 p.m., GSC Multipurpose Room

April 1-3, 2009: Celebrating California American Indians

Pitzer College in Claremont, California will be hosting the second annual film and speaker series focusing on American Indians. This year our focus is on California Indians who are often ignored. Centrally involved this year will be the Ohlone Nation, based in Pomona. The event will include drumming, speakers, and films.

Wednesday April 1, 5:30pm - Tony Cerda, tribal chair and Robert John, spiritual leader of the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel (Ohlone) Tribe will talk about the tribe's migration from the Bay Area to Pomona. We will be showcasing Ishi: Last of the Yahi, "Gold,Greed, and Genocide" and a short comedy, Pogo Love.

Thursday April 2, 5:30pm - James Lujan of the Southern California Indian Center and director of Inter Tribal Entertainment will be talking about Native Americans making and acting in films. We will be showcasing seven short films that Inter Tribal Entertainment has produced.

Friday April 3, 5:30pm - Charlene Teters (Spokane), a national/international anti-mascot activist, artist, and speaker, will speak accompanied by the documentary screening of In Whose Honor? made about her efforts on the issue of mascot characters depicting Native Americans. See also www.charleneteters.com/Welcome.html.

All events will be take place in the McConnell Center Founders Room. For more information: scott_scoggins@pitzer.edu.

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Wednesday, March 25: Social Change and the Mind: Confidence in Chaos

Join Larry Ward, Educator, Philosopher and Social Change Artist for a lecture and dinner.

This talk will explore how states of mind create social patterns and how applying the art of mindful awareness can make a real contribution to personal/social wellness.

RSVP to Deborah Lieberman, 909.607.8183 or DeborahL@pitzer.edu

5:00-7:00 pm, Founders Room, McConnell Center.

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March 6, 2009: Teaching ESL

Hosted by Professor Jenifer Onstott

1-3 p.m. Broad Performance Space, Broad Center

February 17, 2009: Teaching Skills & Learning Theories

Come learn some basic classroom skills, teaching theories and the strategies, tools and resources for teaching and interacting effectively with our community sites. This is a valuable and free workshop for those interested in teaching, in careers in education or with an interest in working with CCCSI education-based community sites.

Facilitated by DeLacy Ganley, a faculty member of Claremont Graudate University's School of Educational Studies and co-director of its Teacher Education Internship Program since 2004.

3-5 p.m. Gold Center Multipurpose Room

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Dec. 12, 2008: Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration Dinnner and Research Symposium

Honoring our founders, engaged faculty, staff, alumni, students and community partners.

Borrowed Voices Performance

Borrowed Voices will showcase poetry, short stories, writings, and a recreation of Shakespeare's Othello created by incarcerated young men (ages 13-18) from the juvenile detention Camps Afflerbaugh and Paige. The young men will be allowed to visit Pitzer College to perform their work for the Colleges and Claremont community.

Photographs from Pitzer In Ontario trip to Tijuana

Each semester students explore border issues on a 3-day excursion.

Spanish Language Tables with Pomona Day Laborers

Brought to you by CCCSI and sponsored by Student Senate.

September 16, 2008: Hungry Planet: A Food Justice Event

Changemakers is proud to present photojournalist Peter Menzel and author and editor Faith D'Aluisio and their groundbreaking work, Hungry Planet. This couple travelled the world to research and photograph the critical issues of food justice, and now they are coming to you!

Presentation: Peter Menzel is a freelance photojournalist whose award-winning photographs have been published in National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, and Time among others. Faith D'Aluisio is the editor and lead writer for the book-publishing imprint Material World Books.

Menzel and D'Aluisio's latest book is another around-the-world exploration of average daily life in 24 countries—focusing on food. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, details each family's weekly food purchases and average daily life. The centerpiece of each chapter is a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries accompanied by interviews and detailed grocery lists. The book received the coveted James Beard Best Book Award in 2006 and was awarded Book of the Year from the Harry Chapin World Hunger Media Foundation.

Menzel and D'Aluisio's first collaboration, Women in the Material World (Sierra Club Books, 1996), which explored the lives of women around the world, builds upon the documentary work of Menzel'’s first book, Material World: A Global Family Portrait (Sierra Club 1994).

Workshop: This workshop is designed for an in-depth discussion and training on local and global hunger issues. Join Hunger Action LA experts to learn for “Hunger Los Angeles 101” and “Eating Healthy, Not Just for the Wealthy.”

Logistics: Tuesday September 16, 2008
Workshop: 2:30-4:00 pm TBA
Dinner and Presentation: 5-7 pm, Founders Room, McConnell Center

September 19, 2008: Teaching Skills Workshop

This workshop was organized for students who are interning or plan to intern at a site that focuses on tutoring, teaching ESL, mentoring, or working with children. It prepared students for their sites through shared knowledge on teaching theories, practices, and strategies. The Teaching Skills Workshop was not meant to replace years of study at the graduate level but rather to provide students with some basic tools/resources for teaching and interacting effectively with the community partners we have.

This workshop was facilitated by DeLacy Ganley, a faculty member of Claremont Graduate University's School of Educational Studies she has been a co-director of its Teacher Education Internship Program since 2004. She started her profession by teaching English and American Studies in high schools and colleges, both domestically and abroad. After personally witnessing the need for public K-12 systems to better prepare their graduates for life and post-secondary education, she became involved in research related to educational reform and teacher education. Along with Dr. Anita Quintanar, Ganley co-oversees the academic aspects of CGU’s highly integrated multiple- and single-subject teacher credential programs as well as its credential programs for Mild/Moderate and Moderate/Severe Educational Specialists.  The Teacher Education Internship program relies upon DeLacy's background as a K-16 English teacher; her experience working with linguistically and culturally diverse populations; her understanding of how technology can facilitate student learning; and her ability to synthesize and articulate the program's vision and its components.

If you were unable to attend the workshop, view the presentation and the sample lesson plan.

October 28, 2008: Political Justice and Torture

Presentation: Changemakers presents a panel of diverse experts on the pressing issues of political justice and torture. We welcome litigation specialist and former appellate attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Neil Koslowe, who represented detainees of U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with two victories in lead cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. The panel also includes Mr. Clayton Campbell, a renowned political artist whose recent projects include “Words my Son has Learned Since 9-11” and “After Abu Ghraib.” They will be joined by Dr. Jose Quiroga, the current medical director of the Program for Torture Victims, who has treated victims of torture for over 30 years. Please join us and out panel of experts for this important discussion of the pressing political justice issues of today!

Workshop: We invite students and community members with a particular interest in political justice, torture and art for activism to join Clayton Campbell for a private workshop about art for social and political change!

Logistics: Tuesday October 28, 2008
Workshop: 2:30-4:00
Dinner and Presentation: 5-7 pm, Founders Room, McConnell Center

November 6, 2008: Global Public Health and HIV/AIDS

Presentation: Helen Epstein is an independent consultant, writer and research with an extensive background in reproductive and public health and a specialized interest in HIV/AIDS in Africa. She has worked in the effort to develop and AIDS vaccine, and authored the book, “The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa,” an autobiographical account of her 15 years of observing both the epidemic and the reactions to it by Western scientists, humanitarian agencies, and the communities most affected by AIDS deaths. Please join us in this urgent discussion of the largest public health crisis of our generation.

Workshop: TBA

Logistics: Thursday, November 6, 2008

Workshop: TBA
Dinner and Presentation: 5-7 pm, Founders Room, McConnell Center

December: The CCCSI and Pitzer in Ontario 10th Anniversary

Description: Join us for this celebration of community activism and our ten years of social responsibility work! An evening of food, music, performance and partnership! Join former and community partners, current faculty, staff, alumni and current students to hear about the founding and evolution of CCCSI and the Pitzer in Ontario program, past projects and research which have been implemented through CCCSI and our current students' most recent work. Learn about how to get involved!

Logistics: TBA