UCSF to Celebrate Diversity Week

The campus community is invited to hear former UCSF Chancellor Philip R. Lee, MD, present "Diversity at UCSF: Changing Opportunities and Challenges" on Wednesday, Oct. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Kalmanovitz Library. Lee's lecture reflects his recent conversations with the deans of UCSF schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy about their greatest successes, difficulties and needs related to achieving diversity among faculty, staff and students. Lee headed diversity efforts at UCSF and Stanford's medical schools from the 1960s through the present. For more than 40 years, Lee has been a leader in health policy at the international, national, state and local levels. He has contributed to the health of Californians, especially during his tenure as UCSF Chancellor, from 1969 to 1972, and as director of the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, from 1972 to 1993. As UCSF's third chancellor, Lee had to address the political and social unrest of the times. The speech will be followed by a reception from 1 to 1:30 p.m. in the Lange Reading Room, fifth floor, at the library on the Parnassus campus. Lee's talk is among the various events and activities organized by the 2006 Diversity Celebration Planning Committee, co-chaired by Michael Adams, Nola Hylton and Lisa Gray.

The Kite Runner

The schedule of activities to celebrate diversity at UCSF is as follows: BOOK PROJECT: Sales of the novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini will be on sale at University Store on Parnassus, Millberry Union Plaza East, 500 Parnassus Ave.; and University Store at Mission Bay, Genentech Hall, 600 16th St. This is an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes the reader from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the present. DIVERSITY CONCERT: The John Santos Quartet will perform on Friday, Oct. 20, from noon to 1 p.m. in Cole Hall. One of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today, Santos is known for his innovative use of traditional forms and instruments in combination with contemporary music.

John Santos Quartet.

He has performed, recorded and studied with acknowledged masters of the Afro-Latin and Jazz idioms, including Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and Lazaro Ros, to name just a few. This experience has provided a solid foundation for Santos' ground-breaking work in bringing together styles, rhythms, concepts and artists from different generations. The event is sponsored by Campus Life Services Arts & Events. DIVERSITY AWARDS LUNCHEON: This invitation-only event honors efforts to improve diversity at UCSF. The luncheon is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 23, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Millberry Union Gym, Parnassus campus. UCSF managers and directors will receive an award from the Chancellor for "best practices" planning for or achieving faculty and staff diversity. STUDENT ENRICHMENT: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Outreach And Risk Reduction Wa-a-ay Outside The Box. This event, part of the Student Enrichment Series, is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24, from noon to 1 p.m., in the School of Nursing building, room N 225, on the Parnassus campus. Presenters include Sister Constant Craving and friends who will address how diverse populations need diverse solutions when it comes to promoting health and reducing risk. All across the City, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have worked creatively and using harm reduction and humor to impact even the most entrenched health issues of the day. This is one you don't want to miss!

Gayle Schmitt

DIVERSITY & CHILDREN: The Marilyn Reed Lucia Child Care Study Center will host a performance by Gayle Schmitt on Monday, Oct. 23. Please note that this performance is for children and parents or guardians of the children only. Schmitt will introduce songs of many regions and cultures including Native American, Irish, Spanish, African and Hawaiian as well as songs that show kids how to sing a phrase in many languages. She will lead most songs with guitar and will also bring in the ukulele, drum and penny whistle to explain how these instruments relate to various songs. Movement will be incorporated through simple dance routines. CHANCELLOR'S CONCERT SERIES: A concert, which is dedicated to "Celebrating Diversity at UCSF," is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 26, from noon to 1 p.m., Cole Hall, Medical Sciences Building, Parnassus campus. The free concert features Lawrence London on clarinet, Victor Romasevich on viola and piano and Lena Lubotsky on piano. They will perform Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, K.498 in E-flat "The Kegelstadt" Andriasov: Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op.27. COLE HALL CINEMA: UCSF presents a free screening of "Murderball," on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 5:45 and 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 and 8:15 p.m. Free popcorn and a soda will be given away on Thursday night only while supplies last. Linda Centore, chair, and Alice Wong, vice chair, both of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Disability Issues will make a presentation from 5:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. "Murderball" depicts quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Young men, most with spinal injuries, play this rough and tumble sport in special chairs, seated gladiators. The movie focuses on several players and their families. They talk frankly about their injuries, feelings in public, sex lives, competitiveness, and love of the game. COMMUNITY CULTURAL CELEBRATION: The community at Mission Center celebrates diversity with a video, discounted pizza lunch and free icecream on Friday, Oct. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Monica McGoldrick

VISTING SCHOLAR: Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD, visits UCSF as the Second Annual Evelyn Lee Visiting Scholar on Cultural Competence and Diversity. She will present "Context and Connection: Using Genograms and Family Play Genograms in Assessment and Intervention" on Friday, Oct. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, room 190, Parnassus campus. Director of the Multicultural Family Institute, McGoldrick is a nationally known teacher, author and family therapist. McGoldrick will focus on the use of genograms in helping clinicians understand patient's problems and lives in context of family, friends and community. She will review new developments in genograms and demonstrate the use of family play genograms to facilitate patients' bridging cutoffs and overcoming family conflicts which interfere with their functioning and contribute to depression, addiction, anxiety, behavioral problems and underfunctioning. Videotape clips will illustrate innovative ways to use this tool in therapy, cultural, racial, and spiritual legacies and family play genograms. A reception will follow in room 169. This event is sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry through the support of the American Psychiatric Association/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program

DIVERSITY COMMITTEE: The 2006 Diversity Celebration Planning Committee includes Sandra Avila, Mercedes de Souza, Sederia Badgett, Linda Centore, Maureen Conway, Vanessa George, Silvana Giana, Ellen Haller, Claudette Johnson, Eric Koenig, Elizabeth Macera, Suzanne Murphy, Karen Newhouse, Leila Sharifi, Kevin Souza, Diane Wara, Ira Wilson-Butler and Alice Wong 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, 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, San Francisco General Hospital Dean's Office and Work-life Resource Center. The committee is staffed by Karen Newhouse. The Chancellor's Executive Diversity Committee is a co-sponsor.