UCSF Celebrates Diversity with Series of Events

UCSF will commemorate diversity with film, discussions, music and activities designed to build an understanding and appreciation of differences in race, culture, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation and other characteristics. The event is coordinated by 2005 Diversity Celebration Planning Committee, chaired by Michael Adams, Nola Hylton and Clifton Louie. Awards Luncheon UCSF kicks off its celebration on Oct. 24 with its Diversity Awards Luncheon, scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. in the Millberry Union Gym. The invitation-only event will honor those units that are to receive an award from Chancellor Mike Bishop for "best practices" in planning for or achieving faculty and staff diversity. Faculty Diversity A panel presentation to explore the topic "Faculty Diversity at UCSF: How We All Can Play a Role" is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Millberry Union Conference Center, Golden Gate Room. Breakfast will be provided. Executive Vice Chancellor Eugene Washington will convene this important session. Moderators will be Sally Marshall, associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Michael Adams, director of the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Presenters will include Rosina M. Becerra, associate vice chancellor of Faculty Diversity at UCLA; Harvey Brody, director of the UCSF Faculty Ambassador Program; and Francis G. Lu, chair of the Equal Opportunity Committee, UCSF Academic Senate.

Steve Chaney

Teaching Children UCSF Child Care Centers also will commemorate Diversity Week on Oct. 25. Ventriloquist Steve Chaney and his pal Cornelius Crowe will visit children from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at University Child Care Center at Laurel Heights and from 11 a.m. to noon at Marilyn Reed Lucia Child Care Study Center on the Parnassus campus. As the children learn Chaney's message, they will get involved, clapping their hands to wake up a blue, furry puppet. They will also be amused as Chaney goofs around with a rubber chicken and a pink sock puppet. All in all, the kids will come away feeling that differences should be respected, admired and valued rather than feared or ignored. Keynote Address Christopher J. Edley, dean and professor of law in the School of Law, Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley, is this year's Diversity Week keynote speaker. Edley will talk on the topic "Civil Rights Models, Past and Future" on Oct. 25 from noon to 1 p.m. in the School of Nursing, room N 225. The talk will be simulcast to the UCSF Fresno Auditorium. Edley is founding director of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at UC Berkeley (2005) and founder of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (1996), which helps renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action. Dean Edley will bring his dynamic style and passionate beliefs to a presentation filled with his experience and vision for an inclusive and just society, including solutions for health care disparities.

Hold Your Breath

Documentary UCSF will present a documentary, "Hold Your Breath," a film by Maren Grainger-Monsen. This film reveals the complexities of cross-cultural communication in contemporary America through the dramatic journey of Mohammad Kochi, a refugee from Afghanistan. Kochi fled his country after the Soviet invasion in 1979, made his way to the United States and established himself in Fremont, California, where he raised his family. His struggles seemed over when, suddenly in his late fifties, he had to face another life-threatening hurdle: cancer. The film will be shown on Oct. 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Health Sciences West, room 300. A question-and-answer session with the filmmaker and a reception will follow the film. For directions to HSW 300, go here (pdf). The film also will be shown on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Carr Auditorium at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Building 3, 1001 Potrero Ave. A question-and-answer session with the filmmaker and a reception will follow the film. For directions to Carr Auditorium, go here (pdf). Co-sponsors of this film screening are the Multicultural LEARN Program, Working Group on Health Disparities Curriculum and the Associate Dean's Office at SFGH. For more information, contact Beth Wilson. Same-Sex Marriage UCSF presents a panel discussion on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute Auditorium, room 190, 401 Parnassus Ave. from noon to 1:00 p.m. Topics include the mental health aspects of same-sex civil marriage, the relationship between emotion theory and homophobia, and personal perspectives on the experience of marriage from four different gay and lesbian psychiatrists. Presenters are Gene Nakajima, Dan Karasic, John Kruse and Ellen Haller. Chancellor's Concert Series The free concert on Thursday, Oct. 27, features a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet in C Minor, Op.18, No. 4, from noon to 1 p.m. in Cole Hall, 513 Parnassus Ave. Musicians include Sarn Oliver and Mariko Smiley on violin, Adam Smyla on viola and Barbara Bogatin on cello. This concert, sponsored by Campus Life Services' Arts & Events, is dedicated to "Celebrating Diversity at UCSF."

Crash

Film UCSF will present the film "Crash" on Oct. 27 in Cole Hall, 513 Parnassus Ave. Admission and the popcorn will be free Thursday only. Show times are 5:45 and 8 p.m. "Crash" is a movie written and directed by Paul Haggis that explores the role of race in everyday life. Although set in Los Angeles, it is a metaphor for the tensions and stresses of living in multicultural America and even the world at this time. It lays bare some of the most painful aspects of race relations between whites, blacks, Asians, Latinos and people from the Middle East in today's society. Film critic Roger Ebert has commented: "One thing that happens, again and again, is that people's assumptions prevent them from seeing the actual person standing before them. It shows the way we all leap to conclusions based on race - yes, all of us, of all races, and however fair-minded we may try to be - and we pay a price for that. If there is hope in the story, it comes because as the characters crash into one another, they learn things, mostly about themselves. Almost all of them are still alive at the end, and are better people because of what has happened to them. Not happier, not calmer, not even wiser, but better." This film will stimulate discussion about issues such as race relations as they arise in interactions with patients. A panel discussion will follow the 5:45 movie in Medical Sciences Building, room 157. Faculty panelists include Heather Hall, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF; Jane Goldman, Olivia Flores-Bevineau and James Shepard, all from the Department of Psychiatry at SFGH; and Francis Lu, professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSF. Hall, Flores-Bevineau and Goldman are leaders of the Diversity Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry at SFGH. Cultural Celebration The Mission Center Building will host a cultural celebration on Friday, Oct. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the main floor. This event will feature ethnic foods, music, informational displays and other cultural activities. This event is co-sponsored by Campus Life Services' Arts & Events.

Robert Carter

Visiting Scholar Lecture Robert T. Carter, a forensic and organizational consultant, a licensed psychologist, and professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, will be the First Annual Evelyn Lee Visiting Scholar on Cultural Competence and Diversity. Carter will visit UCSF to address "Race and Racial Identity in Psychotherapy: Practical Applications" on Oct. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in the auditorium, room LP 190, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, 401 Parnassus Ave. A reception will follow in LP 169. Carter is known internationally for his work on race, culture and racial identity. He has been retained to consult on organizational, legal and educational issues associated with race and diversity, such as organizational development, teacher training, desegregation, racial discrimination and harassment, cross-racial adoption and biracial custody. The visiting scholar is sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry through the support of the American Psychiatric Association/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program.

Marcus Shelby

Marcus Shelby Jazz Concert Diversity festivities also feature a Marcus Shelby jazz concert titled "Remembering the Port Chicago Disaster," on Monday, Oct, 31, from noon to 1 p.m. in Cole Hall. Marc Jacobs, clinical professor of psychiatry and director of residency training in the Department of Psychiatry, will introduce Shelby. Composed by Shelby with a libretto by Val Hendrickson, "Port Chicago" is a ballet for jazz orchestra. Based on the book "The Port Chicago Mutiny" by Robert Allen, the music draws from traditional swing, Afro-Hispanic rhythms, 12-tone serial concepts and European waltz. Written for a 15-piece jazz orchestra, "Port Chicago" features a dynamic range of soloists and explores the hopeful, comical and romantic elements of a tragic story. The production is produced by The Equal Justice Society and co-produced by Joy and Magic. Co-sponsors of this concert are the Department of Psychiatry through the support of the American Psychiatric Association/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program and Campus Life Services' Arts & Events. Shelby is an award-winning composer, arranger, educator and bassist working and residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied under James Newton and Charlie Haden, and his credits include original scoring for film, theater and dance as well as jazz composition for his own groups, the 15-piece Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, the Marcus Shelby Trio and the Marcus Shelby Septet. He is nationally recognized for his innovative and collaborative approach to composing and arranging for text, the visual arts, dance and theater. "Remembering the Port Chicago Disaster" premiered at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland on July 31, 2004, and was performed by the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra. The composition tells the story of how young African American men stationed at the Naval Weapons Site near Port Chicago during World War II were inadequately trained, yet forced to only load ammunition without the possibility of promotion. An explosion on one of the Liberty ships being loaded on the night of July 17, 1944, which took the lives of more than 320 black men, was one of the biggest homeland accidents during the war. Three weeks after the explosion, those that survived were forced to go back to loading ammunition without any sick leave or proper training. A work stoppage by these men in protest of these conditions led to a court martial and conviction of mutiny by the military. In the aftermath of this tragedy, the Armed Services were forced to desegregate. None of these men have been exonerated of these wrongful convictions. Upcoming Event UCSF also will host a panel discussion with a Hmong family and UCSF faculty about the book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by author Anne Fadiman in November at the Parnassus and Mount Zion campuses. A Spring Book Project also will be announced early next year. For more information, please call 415/502-5666 or contact any of the committee members below.

2005 Diversity Celebration Planning Committee Chairs: Michael Adams, Nola Hylton and Clifton Louie. Committee Members: Sandra Avila, Rita Balian, David Bell, Harvey Brody, Linda Centore, Maureen Conway, Vanessa George, Ellen Haller, Claudette Johnson, Anthea Lim, Francis Lu, Karen Newhouse, Mark Paschal, Rosalyn Pillars, Jerry Ulmer, Diane Wara and Ira Wilson-Butler representing the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Diversity; Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity; Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Disability Issues; Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues; Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women; Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Childcare; Academic Senate Equal Opportunity Committee; Campus Life Services; Center for Gender Equity; Human Resources; Office of Academic Affairs; Office of Student Relations; SFGH Dean's Office; and Supportive Work Environment. Committee Staff: Karen Newhouse. Co-sponsor: Chancellor's Executive Diversity Committee.

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