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The Diversifieds A publication of the EDRC at Grays Harbor College

Volume 3, Issue 2

Winter 2011

January is Poverty in America Awareness Month

Real Experiences of Diversity Is the Harbor a Multicultural Community?

Project Homeless Connect The Grays Harbor College Human Service Club will be assisting other agencies in the community in collecting donations for the upcoming 3rd annual Project Homeless Connect. At this event, those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless will be informed of resources available to assist them in getting off the streets: DSHS, Work Source, CCAP, Social Security, etc. They will enjoy a hot meal and get to take items to go. We are anticipating a cold winter so we are seeking hats, gloves, scarves, sleeping bags as well as first aid items, dog and cat food, non perishable items and hygiene items: soap, shampoo etc.

You can drop them off at CCAP at 117 E. Third Street or in the donation box located in the HUB here on campus.

Donna Hallock, the executive director of the Mediation and Settlement Center will facilitate a public conversation about the real life impact (physical, psychological and emotional) of living in diversity. All attendees may speak for 1-3 minutes to the audience without interruption. Participants may express themselves freely and honestly. All stories are welcome within the context of no name-calling, inflammatory language or disruptive behavior. The goal of this session is to create a space to articulate, hear and acknowledge many points of view and life experiences. Participants do not have to agree with one other. Mediation is a process of conflict resolution that is all about finding common ground even when people disagree or hold a different point of view.

Please join the EDRC and MSC on January 19, 2011, at 2:00 pm, in Room # 2201

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others — Gandhi

The Diversifieds is a publication of the EDRC of Grays Harbor College. The mission of the EDRC is to promote awareness, respect, and equitable treatment of the diverse individuals and groups that exist within our campus and surrounding communities. The EDRC is open to all!

Please come visit us in the 200 building.

On Wednesday, January 19th at 10:00 in the HUB students and faculty members, including President Brewster, will read a few of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches out loud. Come listen to his powerful words!

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

—- Martin Luther King Jr.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., his famous “I Have A Dream” speech will be shown on Thursday, January 20th in room 1512 at 10am & 2pm.

Everyone is welcome!

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The Origin of Black History Month Each February, Americans celebrate Black History Month with events and activities meant to recognize black history and honor the contributions of black Americans. But there's a lot more that you may not know about Black History Month. Of all the places for Black History Month to get its start, a college fraternity may seem like a long shot. But that's just where Black History Month began. Carter Woodson, the son of former slaves and the second black American to receive a degree from Harvard University, urged the Omega Psi Phi fraternity to create Negro History and Literature Week in February. Woodson went on to found the Association for the Carter G. Woodson Study of Negro Life and History, through which he provided cities and communities materials for black history activities and events. In the 1970s, amid the Black Power Movement, the association changed Negro History Week to Black History Month.

Woodson chose the month of February because both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born in that month. Lincoln was the U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and Douglass was a leading abolitionist of his time. Black History Month is about more than how far America has come as a society from the days of slavery. It's also about recognizing the contributions African-Americans have made through the years.

Source: www.history.com/blackhistorymonth

Voting Rights for Women, Women's Suffrage In the time of the earliest settlers in the Washington Territory, women did not have the right to vote. In 1854, Washington nearly became the first state to grant women's suffrage, but the proposal was defeated by a single vote. In an attempt to crush the woman's suffrage movement, the Territorial Legislature soon after mandated that "no female shall have the right of ballot or vote."

In 1871, Susan B. Anthony and Abigail Scott Duniway led a crusade through the territories of Washington and Oregon and helped to form the Washington Woman Suffrage Association. Due to the group's constant protesting and pushing, full voting rights were given to women in 1883 by a bill that passed through the Territorial Legislature. But in 1887, the Territorial Supreme Court overturned that law. Another was passed in 1888, but was also overturned. This happened because women voters were making sales of liquor more difficult with their votes, and the state's liquor lobby had fought hard to remove their voting rights. In light of this opposition, some activists chose to emphasize the contributions of women workers to the community and finally, in 1910, the Washington State Constitution was permanently amended to grant women the right to vote. It would be ten years before the rest of the country's women had that right.

Source: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/timeline/suffrage Page 3

The 2011 Pride Foundation/GSBA Scholarship

Campus Happenings

This year, $500,000 is available in scholarships to support education and leadership development for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer students of any age; students who have an LGBT parent; and students who are straight allies and are committed to civil rights for the LGBTQ community.

There are fifty different types of scholarships with awards up to $10,000 - but only one web-based application to complete!

Applications can be completed online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org Applications are due by: 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, January 31, 2011.

Club Fair January 18th In the HUB MLK Speech Readings January 19th 10:00 in the HUB Human Services Club Bake Sale & Raffle to benefit Project Homeless Connection January 19th 8 am –1 pm in the HUB “The Impact of Diversity” Open Forum January 19th @ 2:00 Room 2201 Hypnotist January 31st In the HUB

Power of One Conference The Power of One is a northwest student leadership conference designed to encourage and empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning college students, their allies, and the family and staff who support them. The conference content seeks to enrich students’ lives and promote healthy and safe communities on our campuses and in our societies. You must fill out an application and be selected to attend. Applications must be turned into student activities by Thurs, February 10 before 4 pm Questions about either conference? Contact:

Black History Month February GSA Drag Show February 11th 7-9 pm In the HUB

Cal Erwin-Svoboda, Student Activities Coordinator

GSA Dance Feb 11th 9:30– 12am In the HUB

csvoboda@ghc.edu or call 360.538.4078

Students of Color Conference The Students of Color Conference is a two and a half-day conference. Over 550 students from community colleges across the state participate every year. Workshop topics include: Leadership development; ethnic, racial, and cultural sensitivity; academic success; identity development; strategies and skill for promoting social justice; intercultural communication and understanding.

You must fill out an application and be selected to attend. Please have all applications for this conference turned in to Student Activities by Thursday , March 10 before 4 pm.

Presidents Day February 21st No Classes!

Women's History Month March

Calling All Writers!

The Diversifieds is an extension of the GHC campus and our surrounding community. We would like to welcome and encourage students and staff to submit articles for publication in The Diversifieds. This is a quarterly publication. Please contact Erin Frasier at efrasier@ghc.edu to submit articles, poems or artwork.

Diversity Committee Diversifieds Staff: Jessica Lovelady Erin Frasier Rob Hitt Brian Shook

Equity & Diversity Resource Center 360-538-4247 Room 219 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive Aberdeen, WA 98520 edrc@ghc.edu