Events

Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil Announced

November 19, 2009 (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Location: King Avenue United Methodist Church, located at 299 King Avenue, Columbus, 43201.

Columbus, Ohio - Local and statewide organizations announce the 11th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held in November each year to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender, each was a victim of violence based on bias or prejudice against transgender people.

The list of deaths available at:

The sites only contains those deaths known to the transgender community or that have been reported to the media. The Day of Remembrance is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder kicked off the /"Remembering Our Dead"/ web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester's murder - like most anti-transgender murder cases - has yet to be solved.

This year's vigil will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at King Avenue United Methodist Church, located at 299 King Avenue, Columbus, 43201.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance is intended to raise public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn't perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of transgender people who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance gives transgender people and their allies a chance to step forward and stand in vigil, memorializing those who have died by anti-transgender violence.

King Avenue United Methodist Church is handicap accessible. The vigil will be ASL interpreted.

TDOR 2009 Community Partners include: TransOhio, Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO), King Avenue United Methodist Church, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, The Center on High - Stonewall Columbus, OSU, GLBT Alumni Association, Equality Ohio, HRC @ OSU, Columbus AIDS Task Force, HRC-Columbus and Outlook.

Contact Information

Contact: TransOhio (TransOhio@gmail.com)

Phone: (614) 441-8167

Native American Heritage Month

November 19, 2009 (All Day)

See individual dates for descriptions (when available):

Week of Nov. 2, 2009 Chalking the Oval with American Indian/Indigenous quotes by the AIC

Nov. 3, 2009 MCC/AIC Movie of the Week

Nov. 4, 2009 AIC Local Speaker

Nov. 10, 2009 MCC/AIC Movie of the Week

Week of Nov. 16, 2009 Chalking the Oval with American Indian/Indigenous quotes by the AIC

Nov. 17, 2009 MCC/AIC Movie of the Week

Nov. 18, 2009 AIC/MCC Dinner with Irene Bedard (RSVP event)

Nov. 18, 2009 Lecture and Concert with Irene Bedard

Nov. 24, 2009 Alternative Thanksgiving.Harvest Dinner (RSVP event)

Contact Information

Contact: Candi Krisch (ckrisch@studentlife.osu.edu)

Phone: (614) 688-8449

Nourish YourSELF

November 19, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)

Location: RPAC (Dave Griner Rm- second floor)

Nourish YourSELF is a monthly lunch series exploring issues of personal identity.  Attend these sessions to laugh, dish and discover some great tools to help you deal. We boast an open and spirited atmosphere for all students.  For more information please contact Kaycee Carson, 614-688-8449.

Contact Information

Contact: Kerra Carson (kcarson@studentlife.osu.edu)

Phone: (614) 688-8449

Becoming Americans

November 19, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)

  Recent Mexican immigrants tend to be healthier than the average American. However, those health advantages erode the longer they're here. What cause health to worsen as immigrants become American. What can we all learn about improved wellbeing from new immigrant communities?

ReadAloud

November 19, 2009 (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

Location: Thojmpson Library (Berry Cafe)

ReadAloud invites the community to join us for our Fall programming in the Thompson Library (ground floor northwest, opposite to the Berry Cafe) beginning October 1, 2009. Stop by and enjoy faculty, staff, students and community members reading from their favorite works. Thursday, November 19, 3-4 pm     Melanie McGurr, University Libraries and readers from her class will share a collection of readings in honor of Jane Austen.

Contact Information

Contact: Juhi Kim (jhkm19@gmail.com)

SUR

November 19, 2009 (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)

Location: Hale Center

The purpose of Strength, Unity, & Respect (SUR) is to increase the retention and graduation rates of Latino males in higher education. The tenets of SUR are to create a network of students, staff, and faculty that share a philosophy of support and brotherhood. Our goals are to: challenge the status quo of apathy and disconnect, establish an academic community, provide support to promote Latino academic success, and the use of mentorship to promote community.

Contact Information

Contact: Indra Leyva-Santiago (ileyvasantiago@studentlife.osu.edu)

Phone: (614) 688-8449