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The purpose of the Multicultural Center is to secure the educational mission of the college through a lens on diversity. The Center offers student services through programs, events, workshops, training, committee and community involvement which focus on areas of diversity such as gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class and religion. These programs and services assist students with transition into college life, provide academic and educational information, counseling, and advising, enhance student leadership and development, and support student co-curricular involvement.

President Schapiro in his address on diversity initiatives in fall 2005 acknowledges that “Williams is seeking ways to make the College as welcoming as possible to members of historically marginalized groups. Doing so is essential to our mission of providing the finest possible liberal arts education. Community members with diverse backgrounds and life experiences add fresh ideas and perspectives to our marketplace of ideas and build a campus community that helps prepare all our students for the increasingly diverse world in which they will live and work.” The Mul- ticultural Center supports the college’s educational mission to acknowl- edge and support the diverse student/faculty body. As a result, the Center offers an array of services and has developed new academic initiatives and educational programming to support the growing and changing Williams community.

Gail Bouknight-Davis, Ph.D. Director

2006-2007 MultiCultural Center Annual Report Created by Elizabeth Pasipanodya ‘09

Photographs taken by Marcela Villada Peacock Stefan Elrington ‘09 Elizabeth Pasipanodya ‘09 Lee Wang ‘08

Front Cover: MCC Logo - “Coloured Spirit” (smoke and paint Man bringing illumina- tion) by Lily Li ‘08 MCC Structure M

I. Academic Programs IV. Workshops & Training cont’d MCC Lecture Series WCBP leaders Bolin Fellows Talk Fall/Spring Training for Canvas Project Bridges leaders Martin Luther King Jr. Day MinCo Leadership Training

II. Student Programs V. Receptions & Ceremonies Bridges MCC First Days Welcome Heritage Programs: Lunch International Heritage Week LGBT Welcome Reception Latin@ Heritage Month Minority Faculty and Staff Black History Month Welcome (co-host w/Office Caribbean Heritage Week for Strategic Planning and Women’s History Week Institutional Diversity) Asian American Heritage Month MCC/MinCo Senior Banquet Queer Pride Days Rainbow Graduation African Heritage Weekend VI. Public Lectures & Forums Other Programs: Community on Campus Coming Out Day Students Promoting Chinese Moonfest Awareness, Respect, and Cinco de Mayo Community (SPARC) Voices Themed Dinners: FreshVoices Buena Vista Social Dinner Soul Food Dinner VII. Committee Service BSU Community Dinner Internal Committees: Indian Dinner Committee on Diversity and Commu- SoCA Caribbean Dinner nity Chinese New Year Dinner Committee on Undergraduate Life Korean Dinner Dively Committee for Human Sex- WASO African Dinner uality and Diversity LGBT Advisory Committee III. Student Advising & Support MCC Advisory Committee WCBP (Williams Community Build- Neighborhood Advisory Committee ing Program) Women’s and Gender Studies Advi- MinCo (Minority Coalition) sory Committee Provides meeting spaces Prepares and oversees budgets External Committee: Assists with planning programs Multicultural Advisory Think Tank Advocates for MinCo organizations Society Organized Against Racism Handles all funding and payments Provides leadership training VIII. Publications Stores information Spectrum (bi-annual) MCC Annual Report IV. Workshops & Training Bias Incident Report Lavender Cow Workshops www.williams.edu/ MCC JA/Baxter Fellows Training Fall/Spring Training, WCBP Contents

Introduction • MultiCultural Center 1 • Minority Coalition 1

MCC Staff and Interns • MCC Staff Gail Bouknight-Davis 2 David Eppel 2 Kareem Khubchandani 2 Marcela Villada Peacock 3 Denise Jacon Church 3 • Student Interns 4

Service and Outreach • Community Service 5 • Community Liaison and Outreach 5

MCC Facilities • Jenness House 6 • Hardy House 6 • Rice House 6

Resource Collections • The Website 7 • The Spectrum Newsletter 7 • The Salem Samir Gafsi Library 7 - 8 • Alanna Haywood Library 8 • Hardy House Library 8

MCC Programs • Bolin Fellow Lectures 9 • The Canvas Project Vivyan Adair 10 Eliza Myrie ‘03 10 Rachel Ko ‘09 10 Jaishri Abichandani 11 Alex Kathilu 11 Jeff Sheng 11 Miguel Payano ‘03 11 • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations 12 • MCC Lecture Series Yareli Arizmendi 12 Miguel Payano 12 Byron Kim 12 • Bridges 13 • Senior Appreciation Banquet 13 -14 • WCBP 15 • Discussions, Receptions and Conferences 15 • SPARC 15 • Voices and Fresh Voices 16 - 19 • Williams in Africa (WiA) 19 - 21

Biases • Yom HaShoash ‘Remember’ Posters 22 - 23

MCC Co-Sponsorship • Lectures and Heritage Weeks 24 - 26

Appendix • MinCo Organizations 27 - 31 • MultiCultural Center Introduction • MinCo

The MultiCultural Center (MCC) The Multicultural Centre (MCC) seeks to secure the educational mission of Williams College in a rap- idly changing environment marked by broad diversity across campus. It seeks to provide for systematic, critical engagement with the claims and promises of diversity. The MCC maintains a staff to assist with all aspects of programming events that include lunch forums, panels, lectures, receptions, and leadership training developed in co-operation with students, faculty and staff as well as outside resource persons held at Hardy House, Jenness House and Rice House. Campus map of the MCC Regular educational programs include the annual MCC Lecture Series, the Bolin Fellow talks, the Canvas Project art installations, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events. Other programs include Bridges, a mid-orientation program for first-year students, theWilliams Community Building Program (WCBP) events such as Voices & SPARC, and awareness weeks/months with participating Minority Coalition groups. The Center also provides welcome receptions for incoming students, faculty/staff, and parents throughout the year. Minority Coalition (MinCo) Minority Coalition Members The Minority Coalition (MinCo) serves as an Asian American Students in Ac- umbrella group for sixteen student organizations af- tion (AASiA) filiated with various minority affairs and interests. The Black Student Union (BSU) MCC’s role in MinCo is essentially an advisory one but also one to provide space and resources for Min- Chinese American Co. With the MCC’s support, the individual groups Organization (CASO) coordinate campus-wide events to promote awareness International Club (IC) and address concerns particular to the issues of race, religion and queer representation on campus. Williams College Jewish Associa- tion (WCJA)

(For more information on MinCo and its subgroups, Koreans of Williams (KOW) please see the Appendix) Muslim Student Union (MSU)

Queer Student Union (QSU)

South Asian Students Association (SASA)

Students of Caribbean Ancestry (SoCA)

Vista

Williams African Student Organi-

MultiCultural Center zation (WASO)

1 Annual Report Administrative Director Gail Bouknight-Davis will miss Williams dearly! at theendofJuly withaheavyheart,and sense ofadventure.He Rainbow Graduation,andtheQueer Table discussions.Kareemdeparts committee, aswellorganizing theQueer Welcome Reception, with theDivelyCommittee,meeting withtheLGBT Advisory improving thesenseofqueercommunity andresourcesbyprogramming Voices andFreshVoices projects.Hehasput considerableeffort into Williams CommunityBuildingProgram,theCanvasProject,and Coordinator) hasbeenworkingcloselywiththeMCCtodevelop the SincetheSpringof2006,Kareem(previouslyaCampusLife Assistant Director andQueer LifeCoordinator Kareem Khubchandani Africa for Williams College students,staff andfaculty. to create Williams in Africa undertheauspicesof theMCC. WiA runsseveralprogramsinSouth and dance emerging from a post-apartheid generation of South Africans. Professor Eppel has helped student productionsfor Williams Theatre. Hismainarea of interestatthistimeisthenewtheatre New York. At Williams, heteachesactinganddirecting,dramaticliteraturetheory, anddirects Academic Director David Eppel Markers: EastIndiansinJamaica(Maryland:UniversityPressof America, forthcoming). Chinese intheCaribbean(ed. Wilson. Princeton,NJ:Markus Weiner Press,2004)andEthnic Economic DevelopmentandEthnicIdentityFormationinJamaica,” the politicsofmulticulturalism.Herpublicationsinclude“Chinese anthropology, Afro-American studies,race,class,andgender, and and migrationtransnationalidentity. Shehastaughtcoursesin minorities andinterethnicrelations,economicdevelopmentclass, from BrownUniversityinanthropology. Herareasofstudyareethnic Bouknight-Davis earnedherB.A.fromBrandeisUniversityandPh.D. and providesoverallleadershipoperationoftheCenter. Dr. Center. As Director, shesustainsconnectionstothecampuscommunity Gail BouknightDavisisthefull-timeDirectorofMulticultural MCC Staff of Cape Town andanMFA indirectingfromColumbiaUniversity native ofSouth Africa andholdsaB.A.in Theatre fromtheUniversity Eppel hasbeenaprofessorof Theatre at Williams since1986.Heisa the MCCandfacultywillbecomemoreuseful. become acollegepriority, hebelievesthattheacademiclinkbetween at waystofurthereducateourcommunity. As issuesofdiversity various facultycommitteesondiversity, aswelltheCEP inlooking sabbatical leaveinSouth Africa. Eppelhasstartedcollaboratingwith Multicultural Centeronhisreturnto Williams Collegeafteratwo-year David EppelfollowedReginaKunzelas Academic Directorofthe • KareemKhubchandani • DavidEppel • GailBouknight-Davis Annual Report

2 MultiCultural Center MCC Staff • Marcela Villada Peacock • Denise Church

Marcela Villada Peacock Programs Coordinator Organizing the calendar for your Heritage/ Awareness month or week, inviting a speaker or planning an event? Need an expert haggler to represent your organization? Come visit Marcela, our Program Coordinator, on the second floor of Jenness house. Marcela has been the Program Coordinator since the fall of 1994. She immigrated to California from Mexico in 1974 and moved to Williamstown in 1988 when her husband, Enrique, was offered a position in the Chemistry Department here at the college. Marcela taught Spanish for three years at the Buxton School in Williamstown. She has also created and organized the impressive video and photographs Archive at the MCC that represents ten years of student dedication, innovation, talent, and spirit. She is the mother of three talented young ladies: Alexandra, who is 17 years old and entering the class of 2011 at Bowdoin College; Lili, who is 24, graduated from Dartmouth and finished her first year at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle; and Paola, a 25 year old graduate from Dartmouth with a title of Master of Science from the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and living in Lesotho working as a Pediatric Programme Coordinator for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative.

Denise Church Departmental Administrative Assistant

Denise Jacon Church has been at the Multicultural Center for eight years. At the MCC, Denise handles much of the day to day operations. Denise provides a wide range of assistance to the MCC Director and is a liaison to the college and external community. She executes the MCC and Minority Coalition billing processes. She oversees the MinCo student organization accounts, which includes budget assistance and training for the Minority Coalition student officers. Denise also coordinates space reservations for Jenness, Hardy and Rice Houses. Denise and her husband, Tim, live in Petersburgh, New York and are the parents of four wonderful children. Chelsea is a first year at Elmira College. Rebecca, Chris and Jeff all live and work in the New York/Massachusetts area. Denise and Tim are also grandparents to a delightful two year old, Luciano. MultiCultural Center

3 Annual Report Studen t I Every year the MCC hires student interns to

n work on a variety of projects and activities

t that include webpage maintenance, research,

e videotaping during the year and office as-

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n summer and during the year. Below are the s interns for the 2005 -2006 period.

Silvia Jualiana Oloruntosin “Tosin” Adeyanju ‘08 Mantilla ‘09 Bridges Coordinator Program Assistant

Juanita Monslave Juan G. Baena ‘07 Webmaster ‘09 Office Assistant

Nora Wong ‘09 Stefan Elrington Spectrum News- ‘09 letter Editor Annual Report Writer

Nontombi K. Vimonmas ‘Pam’ Kraai ‘09 Vachatimanont‘07 Program Assistant Office Assistant

Annual Report 4 • Committee Services Affiliated Committees • Community Liason and and Community Service Outreach

Committee Services The MCC is involved with different Williams College groups to promote productive dia- logues on race, sexuality and gender. Committees to address these issues are typically chaired by a faculty head and have student and staff representatives. Other teams are concerned with the well- being of students and are headed by specialized staff. The MCC has worked closely with various committees and teams including: • The Committee on Diversity and Community (CDC), chaired by Wendy Raymond, seeks to sustain and encourage dialogue and to open an exchange of ideas about race, culture, and identity. • The Committee on Undergraduate Life (CUL), chaired by Professor Stewart Johnson, exam- ines the quality of residential life and of extracurricular student experience on campus. • The Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), chaired by Professor Dave Zimmerman, evalu- ates and implements changes in the curriculum. • The Dively Committee for Human Sexuality and Diversity, funded by Michael Dively ’61 and chaired by Professor Chris Walters this academic year, sponsors programming on campus to promote understanding of and support for human sexuality and diversity. • The Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Committee, chaired by Lynda Buntzen (Fall) and Kathryn Kent (Spring), advises those students interested in a concentration or contract major in women’s and gender studies. • The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), responds to calls from victims of sexual assault, offering counseling, support and help services. • The Eating Disorders Team, a confidential treatment and education program for students that struggle with eating disorders. • The Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Advisors Group, a trained team of advisors available for consultation for incidents that could be a form of sexual harassment or discrimination. • The LGBT Advisory Committee, chaired by Kareem Khubchandani is a committee of students and staff that works together to make the campus a safer place for LGBTQ students. • MCC Advisory Committee, chaired by Gail Bouknight-Davis Community Liaison and Outreach The MCC is also involved with various groups on and off campus as a form of service to the community that Williams College is a part of. These groups include: • A Better Chance (ABC), operates a residence for minority high school students who relocate to Williamstown to attend the Mount Greylock High School. • Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition, a community outreach program for LGBT youth based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. • Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, an umbrella group for social and non-profit groups that promotes collaboration between groups in the area. • The Western Massachusetts LGBTQ Youth Coalition, a local movement that aims to defend the rights of LGBTQ youth within their schools and communities. Memberships • Multicultural Affairs Think Tank (MATT) • Society Organized Against Racism (SOAR) • National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) •Berkshire Immigrant Center

MultiCultural Center • National Consortium of LGBT Campus Directors

5 Annual Report owners, theJennessfamily.

with a TV andaDVD/VCR. The build There isalsoakitchenetteandlounge Collection andtheMCCvideoarchive. Library carriestheCarlosEgan Video and meetings. The SalemSamirGafsi equipped witha VCR, isusedforclasses as thoseof AASiA. The seminarroom, It containsMCCstaff officesaswell MCC Facilities student use. equipped withfouronline-computersfor and theLibrary/ResourceRoomis ing isconnectedtothewirelessnetwork Rice House with a TV andDVD/VCRalivingroom. house alsocontainsakitchen,lounge equipped is afavoriteplaceforsocialevents andparties. The available formeetings,workshops andseminars a multipurposeroom. The multipurposeroomis library, akitchen,loungewithtwocomputersand offices forbothorganizations, the AlannaHaywood Students ofCaribbean Ancestry (SoCA).Insideare quarters fortheBlackStudent’s Union(BSU)and Department at Williams. Itservesasthehead Rice, aformerprofessorandfounderofthe Art Jenness House wasnamedafterRichard Austin , theheadquartersofMCC,takesitsname from itsformerprivate-home - - Hardy House located onthe2ndFloor. The OfficeofSpecial AcademicPrograms(OSAP)is sions, meetings,smallgatheringsorforstudyingin. a TV andDVD/VCRcanbeusedfordiscus- collections. The loungedownstairsisequippedwith tion intheRobertE.JonesandJ.Galipeau holding ofliteratureongenderandsexualorienta contains fouron-linecomputersandasubstantial room, akitchenandlibraryresourceroomwhich Queer StudentUnion(QSU).Ithasamultipurpose the InternationalClub, The Women’s Centerandthe rent. The houseservesasameeting placefor Vista, served asfacultyaccommodationwithapartmentsfor student activityandstaff administrationthatinitially • RiceHouse • HardyHouse • JennessHouse is amixed-usebuildingfor Annual Report -

6 MultiCultural Center • The Website Resource Collections • The Spectrum • Salem Samir Gafsi Library

The Website The MCC website (www.williams.edu/MCC/) features information on the various MCC and MinCo programs hosted throughout the year and in recent years as well. The website has a frequently updated calendar of the various MinCo and MCC events and it posts updated progress of MCC programs and funding request forms. The Website conveniently keeps the MCC and MinCo connected to the rest of the campus.

The Spectrum The first issue of Spectrum came out in February 1990 after the MCC’s first winter study. Students, faculty and staff contribute to this semi-annual newsletter, which contains personal reflections, opinions, updates on campus and local events as well as the program calendars of the MCC and MinCo. The newsletter also includes updates on minority alumni networks in conjunction with the Office of Alumni Affairs. Today it continues with the same goal it was created to achieve 18 years ago; a newsletter within the Multicultural community and the college campus.

Salem Samir Gafsi Library The Salem Samir Gafsi Library, located on the first floor of Jenness, houses the MCC Video Archives and a wide array of literature and arts and crafts from around the world donated by the Gafsi family. Salem Gafsi ’92 died during winter break of his freshman year (1988) and following his death the Gafsi family, along with the MCC, worked to compile the library. It was officiated and dedicated in his honor on the 5th of January in 1991. Salem Samir Gafsi MultiCultural Center 1971-1988

7 Annual Report women’s liberationandfeminism. The Feminist Alliance Collectionisaconglomerate ofliteraturefocusing onissuesthatpertainto Feminist Alliance Collection of the Williamstown community. The RobertJ.GalpeauCollection dealswithqueerissuesandwasdonatedinthenameofamember RobertJ.GalipeauCollection lifelong friendandonceEnglish instructor PaulBarstow‘48. The collectionwasagiftofanassemblagebooks,documents etc. inmemoryofDr. Jones, by Robert E.Jones’52Collection queer andfeministissues. The threecollectionshousedwithinHardyare: built withcontributionsfromstaff, facultyandstudentsaffiliatedwiththeMCCthatdeal The HardyHouseLibrary, locatedonthefirstfloorofHardy House,containsthreecollections Hardy HouseLibrary Feminist Movementin America. Movement. The libraryalsocontainsliteratureonthe history, African-American historyandtheCivilRights America such as Native American history, Asian-American Salem SamirGafsiLibrarytouchesaspectsofcultural 1982 to1989. The bodyofliteraturewhichmakesupthe Carlos Egan, Assistant ProfessorofPoliticalSciencefrom Collection; abodyofliteraturedonatedinmemory The SalemSamirGafsilibraryfeaturestheCarlosEgan (continued) Resource Collections Alanna’s passing was officiallyreopenedonFebruary7,2003followingthe10th anniversary memorialserviceof audio recordingsonissuespertainingtotheBlackStudentUnionand African American history. It Alanna HaywoodLibrary, locatedonthesecondfloorofRiceholdsbooks,photos,andvideo/ Alanna Haywood’93wasanactiveBSUmemberwhodiedofmeningitisin1992. The Alanna HaywoodLibrary Awareness/Heritage Days. that takeplaceduring events, particularlythose keynote speakersat shows andlecturesfrom These includecultural MinCo sponsoredevents. books fromMCCand recordings andsigned Library, consistsofvideo the SalemSamirGafsi which isalsoapartof The MCC Video Archive, • HardyHouseLibrary • • SalemSamir Alanna HaywoodLibrary Gafsi Library Annual Report

8 MultiCultural Center • Bolin Fellow Lectures MCC Programs • The Canvas Project

Bolin Fellow Lectures In 1985 Williams College established the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging able minority students to complete the doctoral degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships are one- year residencies at Williams and at least two graduate students from underrepresented groups are appointed each year. Fellows devote the bulk of their residency to the completion of dissertation work and teach one course Gaius Charles Bolin as a faculty member in one of the College’s academic departments or programs. This year’s fellows were Robert P. Alcala, Denise Khor and Karin Velez.

The Bolin Fellows

Robert P. Alcala, Gaius Bolin Denise Khor, Gaius Bolin Karin Velez, Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in Philosophy, received Fellow in American Studies is a Fellow in History, received her B.A. his B.A. in philosophy from Ph.D. candidate at the University in history from Williams in 1996 and Williams in 1998 and his J.D. of California, San Diego. Her her Ph.D. from Princeton University from Harvard Law School in dissertation is titled “Asian in 2006. Her doctoral dissertation is 2004. His doctoral dissertation Americans at the Movies: Race, titled “The Forging of a Transatlantic is titled “Law as Education: A Labor, and Migration in the Devotion, 1650-1750: The Virgin of Jurisprudence of Democratic Transpacific West, 1900-1945.” Loreto, the Jesuits, and the Miracle of

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9 Annual Report structures, shedetailsthelivesof theaverageCapetonian. Using simpleshotsofeveryday people, activitiesand Rachel KoinandaroundCape Town’s lesstouristyareas. This exhibitionconsistedofaseries ofpicturestakenby and publicpolicy. welfare, andanalyzingtheimpactofwelfarereform,education research interestsincludetherepresentationsofwomenon work andhighereducationintheUnitedStatestoday. Adair’s reframe ourculturalunderstandingsofpoorparents,families, of povertyfromaninsider’s perspective. The collectionaims to photographs andessays. This installationpresentsauniqueview Vivyan Adair’s exhibitionkickedoff theCanvasProject and recognizingourfierceperseverance.” of historicallyunderrepresentedcommunities:exposingouroppression,celebratingcultures, that the fantastic power of art and creativity can turn our walls into a canvas that will tell the stories story ofacommunity, andadancer’s bodycanexpresstheunspeakable. At theMCC,werecognize human beings. A brushstrokecancaptureathousandyearsofhistory, acameralens cantellthe identity. “Whenidentityintersectswithart,weareallowedglimpsesintotherealitieslivedby others includingthe Alumni RelationsOfficeandSpencerCluster, theseriesinvestigatespersonal The CanvasProject Fall/ Winter Installations The CanvasProject “The MissingStoryofOurselves:PovertyandthePromise of The CanvasProjectisanewendeavorthisyear. SponsoredbytheMCC,inpartnershipwith September 8-23.JennessHouse. March 2.HardyHouse “Crossing theLine” by RachelKo‘09 Higher Education” by Vivyan Adair

without atrace.” it isfurthercomplicatedbyitsinabilitytobeerased origins, theworks,makers,aswellsubjects, permanency, andwhenlookedatthrough thescopeof “Charcoal isimprecise.Itnotamaterialof describing someofthetoolssheuses,Elizasaid, of photography, drawingsandartist’s books.In Eliza Myrie’s workinJennessHousewascomposed November 18–December23.JennessHouse • RachelKo‘09 • ElizaMyrie‘03 • Vivyan Adair Untitled (Intervention) by ElizaMyrie‘03 Annual Report

10 MultiCultural Center . • Jaishri Abichandani The Canvas Project • Alex Kathilu Spring Installations • Jeff Sheng • Miguel Payano ‘03

“Signs of The Times” by Jaishri Abichandani. April 13 - May 11. Hardy House In “Signs of the Times” Jaishri explores current events and issues of political identity with the integration of the multiple aesthetics of feminist and traditional South Asian art. Anuradha Kristina Bhagwati, lead of Jaishri’s “Interview with a reluctant veteran”, made a special guest appearance.

“Soul of Jazz” by Alex Kathilu April 17 - May 18. Jenness House Alex Kathilu’s work poses the question; if you could see “The Soul of Jazz,” what would it look like? He delves into the world of jazz in oil with thick, layered paintings and makes a cultural connection as an African artist focusing on a definitively American genre.

“Fearless” by Jeff Sheng April. Paresky. For years Jeff Sheng has been photographing and interviewing high school and collegiate athletes across the United States who openly self-identify with the lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer community. His photographs give them salience because “they exemplify a particular courage and self-confidence in being “out” at a very young age while also competitively participating in the homophobic world of sports”. The individuals exhibit fearlessness because they do not let fear

stand in the way of being true to themselves.

“Timeline”: an excerpt from “Enveloped” by Miguel Payano ‘03 May 15 – June 10. Hardy House Miguel Payano Jr. was born in New York City in 1980 to immigrants from the Dominican Republic. As an emerging artist, he is currently living and working in Beijing, China, where he is also pursuing his MFA at China’s prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been shown in Beijing and Milan and he is in preparation for his second solo show in Beijing at Red T Space in 798 Da Shanzi. His recent body of work is an investigation into the collapse of script,

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11 Annual Report . were: conjunction withheritageprogrammingbythevariousMinCostudentgroups. This year’s lectures presentations foramulticulturaleducations.Lecturesintheseriesareoftenpresented The MCCLectureSeries bringsscholarsanddistinguishedartiststocampusgive MCC Lecture Series Celebrations wereheldonthe15 The DrMartinLutherKing,Jr. Day Dr MartinLuther King,Jr. DayCelebrations MCC Programs communities. faculty aswellmembersofthesurrounding her community. Itwasattendedbystudents, potential toeffect positivechangeinhis/ the powerofindividualandhis/her and readingsreflectingoncivilrights commemoration observedthroughmusic Memorial Chapelwithreflectionsand a multifaithserviceheldinthe Thompson January. The celebrationscommencedwith VISTA Invisible, Visible? You Take 2006. Yareli Arizmendi and It Away.” November15, “How Do You Makethe Sergio Arau, th and16 BSU “Legacy of Torture: The Liberation Movement.” War Against theBlack February 17,2007. th of of theoccasion. School withreadingsofessaysattunedtothespirit in theauditoriumat Williamstown Elementary Celebrations wereofficiallyendedbyanassembly Chapin Hall. The followingafternoonMLKDay celebrations culminatedwithacandlelightvigilby the HurricaneKatrina Victims. The night’s from thedinnerticketswereusedtobenefit after themultifaithserviceat6pm. The proceeds at theCongregationalChurch,startedshortly The third Annual CommunityDinner, held • • MCC LectureSeries MLK Celebrations AASiA “More thanthe Whole April 17,2007. Artist Byron Kim. Annual Report World.”

12 MultiCultural Center MCC Programs • Bridges • Senior Appreciation Banquet

Bridges is a dynamic EphVentures program that engages the student in conversations of what it means to live in the Purple Valley and in the world. Students ask themselves, “Who am I?” and “Why does difference matter?” They have the opportunity to explore how the intersection of identities informs experiences at Williams and in the world. Bridges recognizes and welcomes the richness of the Williams community. Open to all students, the program explores ways of working toward a stronger diverse community with greater levels of inclusion and particpation in a safe and encouraging environment. We engage in activities to get to know each other and the surrounding areas in Berkshire county which has a history rich in culture and diversity. Senior Appreciation Banquet

The 11th Annual Senior Appreciation Banquet was held on the 6th of May at the Williams Inn. As finals approached, the senior class of 2007 still found time to dress their best and come out on that lovely Sunday morning. The MCC and MinCo groups thanked seniors, faculty, and staff for their accomplishments and contributions towards making Williams College a place where diversity is celebrated. Each MinCo group selected one or two members of the senior class to whom they were most thankful, and valued as community leaders during their time at Williams. Multicultural Center Awards and the award winners were as follows:

QSU endless trivia, enthusiasm and Amanda A. LaSane - “In recognition wisdom to CASO.” of her devotion to queer issues, her Presenter: Kenny S. Yim ’09. careful yet revolutionary leadership SOCA during difficult times, and her Alcia Jackson – “For dedication empowering vision and presence.” to fostering a sense of community Presenter: Raffana C. Donelson ’09. within SoCA.” WASO Presenter: Christine André ‘08. Baafour Otu-Boateng – “For the WCJA loving support that you showed to our Daniel P. Gross - “For your family, WASO.” knowledge, your chutzpah, and your Lawrence Tawanda Madziwa - “In tireless work for what you love.” appreciation of what you brought to Presenter: Danielle C. Selcer ‘10. WASO: Your light, your laugh, your MSU inspiration.” Presenter Olorutosin Mariama A. Massaquoi - “For you Adeyanju ‘08. dedication to the Muslim community CASO at Williams.” Peter Tosirisuk - “For bringing Presenter: Freba Z. Farhat ’09. MultiCultural Center

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14 MultiCultural Center MCC Programs • WCBP • Discussions and Receptions • SPARC

Williams Community Building Program (WCBP) The Williams Community Building Program (WCBP) is comprised of a diverse group of students who work with the Multicultural Center to foster a sense of community and acceptance. The program hosts workshops and discussions to resolve grey areas in diversity, prejudice, racism, sexism and homophobia under the blanket goal of community building. WCBP was first started under the name ‘Community Builders’ by Simeon Stolzberg’92 and Phoenix Wang’92 in 1989. It was originally in partnership with the National Coalition Building Institute, which provided students across the country with training to educate their peers. The Community Builders create and tailor workshops for local high schools and elementary schools in response to incidents of intolerance or to build appreciation of special holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Schools which Williams College Students have facilitated workshops include: • Dury High School, North Adams • Greylock Elementary School, North Adams • Mount Anthony High School, Bennington •Mount Greylock High, Williamstown • Williamstown Elementary School, Williamstown

Discussions, Receptions and Conferences

August 29: MCC Annual Welcome Luncheon. Morley Drive Lawn.

November 10 -12: Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS) Sixth Annual Conference Navigating the Course: Strategies for Individual and Collective Empowerment Working Group on the Retention, Success, and Satisfaction of African American and Latino Male College Students Keynote Speaker: Dr, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Professor of Sociology at Duke University)

September 21: The Annual Welcome Reception for Queer Faculty, Students, Staff, Spouses and their Allies.

May 1: Discussion of “The Namesake”. Sponsored by the Committee on Diversity and Community. Images Cinema.

May 11: Third Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception. Stetson Lounge.

February 27: Queer Town Meeting – “Discussing the perils, pleasures, pitfalls of being Queer and Williams”. The Log.

March 14: “Talk Gay with Kareem K.” Kareem Khubchandani. Paresky.

Students Promoting Awareness, Respect and Community (SPARC) In September, the Community Builders facilitate workshops for each first-year entry to offer a safe space that encourages self-examination and sharing of the cultures, identities, and interests. As part of the WCBP initiatives run during first days, Steve Birdine, conducted two separate diversity education programs during Bridges mid-orientation. MultiCultural Center

15 Annual Report Voices andFresh Voices MCC Programs the 20 about 2weeksIfeltliberated…butremember the pianoinfallofmysophomoreyear. For that after13yearsofstudyingIquit I gotsofrustratedwiththewaythatwasfeeling make mattersworse,Ifeltlikedidn’t fitin. totally overwhelmedwithresponsibilitiesand,to swimming uptonineworkoutsperweek.Iwas was studyingpiano,singingintwogroups,and “I cametocampusreadytakeontheworld.I Steve Spinelli‘07 Voices framework fordiscussioninfirst-yearentries. provides areflectiveinsightintotheuniquenessof Williams studentswhilealsoprovidinga racial demographics. This mightseemblunt,notto was dealingwith the veryobviousdifference in Probably thebiggest adjustmentIhadtomake to Williams lastyearwasahugechange... away fromdowntownLos Angeles, socoming “I goto Williams. ButIgrewup20minutes Sarah Moore here.” of peoplethatfitamold,andthat’s whywe’re none ofyoudo. Williams’s kidsarenot thekind doesn’t matterifIdon’t exactlyfitamoldbecause My experienceshavehelpedmerecognizethatit once againandIwasimmediatelyhappier. apologies tothepianofaculty, Ibeganstudying part ofwhatmakesmewhoIam.So,aftersome I hadmadeahorriblemistake.abandoned th daylikeitwasyesterday... Irealizedthat All ofasuddenI found thatpeoplearoundme Colombian or“American” oraLatinaintheUS. found Ihadnoideawhatthehellit meanttobe When IcametoNewJerseyatthe ageofthirteenI of thefirstworld.Iamagirlwithout acountry. “I amdaughterofthethirdworld. I amadaughter Silvia MantillaOrtiz‘09 girl, that’s sayingquitealot.” 75-degree weather. And comingfromaCalifornia here foranything,including365daysofsunand community. Iwouldn’t tradewhatI’velearned and exploremyinterestsinculture,race at homeand Williams haveled me todiscover bad andthediscrepanciesbetweenmycommunity way Ilook. know whatitfeelsliketonotfitinbecauseofthe them aboutmybackground. Williams’s students areprettysurprisedwhenItell experience canbeveryusefulandpowerful. at Williams, Ilearnedearlyonthatsharingmy legitimacy inthematter. Butinmyfirstyear so sometimesIfeellikedon’t haveverymuch I’m amemberofthe American whitemajority, here! help butnoticethattherearealotofwhitepeople but inmovingtowesternMassachusetts,Icouldn’t mention surprisingcomingfromsomeonelikeme, • Voices andFresh Voices The cultureshockreallywasn’t that student experiencesandit is derivedfromindividual material thetroupeuses semester at Williams. The to vocalizetheirfirstFall freshmen theopportunity this Winter Study, gives while “Fresh Voices”, new class duringFirstDays the incomingfreshman issues ofdiversitywith as ameanstoexplore year uses interactive theater WCBP nowinitssecond “Voices,” anoffshoot of Nobody expectsmeto Annual Report

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didn’t think I was Latina because I JAs call security. Finally, they let didn’t wear my hair a certain way and us back in, and when I get upstairs, didn’t wear a particular set of clothes. campus security is waiting for me in A different set of people thought my room. “Is this your room?” “Yes.” because I was Latina I couldn’t be “We think the smell is coming from smart and that’s how I ended up in the this.” He points to the durian. Another lowest level classes surrounded by man gets closer to the unidentifiable people who weren’t really looking to “this” just to make sure. “God, this go to college. smells awful! What is it?” and I tell By the time high school came around them. “It’s fruit.” things were different. I was in “Has it gone bad?” “No. It’s still honors classes. I was one of the few good.” “You have to throw it out.” immigrants there and definitely the “My mom brought this up for me. only Latina... Can’t I keep it?” “No. At this point, So I came to the small liberal arts you have to throw it out.” They college in the middle of nowhere leave. And for the next few days, I and discovered that for the first time am super-paranoid, feeling like the nobody had grown up their entire life girl who cleared out Mission with the in Williams College with the people strange fruit that smells like propane. they were going to be living with. We It’s the beginning of the year and I’m were all pretty different, came from hanging out with new people. Out of all over and had no friends. I can’t the blue, one guy asks me, “So, are quite say that Williams helped find out you gay?” and I think, “Oh no! What what it means to be a Latina in the US gave it away?” and a second later, or a Colombian or an American but it someone else interjects, “Is it because did help me find a community, that’s of the hair?” And I don’t know how almost as good as finding a country.” to answer the question, because I’m queer, not gay, not straight, just queer, Fresh Voices but I know it has nothing to do with Hnin Hnin ‘10 my hair. And then I think, does he ask “Do you ever meet new people and all the straight girls with short hair the wonder what they think of you? same question? Did I have a special Because I do. And maybe it’s because queer smell? Did difference have a I’m extremely self-conscious… smell? maybe you’re thinking, “Wow, she I look different. And yes, others really is self-conscious.” Are you have noticed. And because I’m thinking that? Don’t answer that. I Asian—specifically Burmese and don’t want to know. Chinese - people think I’m the Actually...I do. Because sometimes authority on all things Asian. And I get scared that just by looking at why are you asking me, of all people, me, people will suddenly know too what to eat at a Japanese restaurant? much... It’s this ignorance, exotification, and Rewind to Family Days. My mom amalgamating of Asian cultures that brings up lots of vegan food. Fast makes it difficult for ethnic minorities forward one day. We’re having snacks like me to assert our individuality. I when some of my entry mates suspect am different. And different isn’t bad, MultiCultural Center a gas leak. And before I know it, my but didn’t they say “You must throw it

17 Annual Report MCC Programs five milesaway from theold.” socially, allwithoutmovingmorethan new lifebothacademicallyand can meetnewpeopleandexperience a ended upcomingtoaplacewhere I Indian cooking.Inotherwords,I family allaboutitovermymother’s hall foodtogohomeandtellmy maybe evenskipoutonthedining with myallofentrymates,and amazing groupofdancers,spendtime dedicated professors,dancewithan great situation.Icantakeaclasswith also remindmethatIactuallyhavea on hiswaytowork..Suchmoments dad drivingbyinhiswhiteminivan to classinthemorningandseemy a realitycheck,namelywhenIwalk other hand,therearetimeswhenIget am inatotallydifferent world.Onthe backgrounds thatIoftenfeellike are fromsomanydifferent placesand very far, butthe people aroundme close tohome.Imaynothavemoved when Iactuallyforget thatIamso To tellyouthetruth,therearetimes spent myentirelife? located rightintheveryplaceIhad I choosetogo Williams, aschool and explorenewplaces,whywould college isanopportunitytogetout “Komal Shah,North Adams…” If Williams? Forme, theanswerswere from? Why didyoudecidetogo What’s yourname? Where areyou where youknowvirtuallynoone. being, definewhoyouareinaplace same threequestionsthat,forthetime goes bywhenyouarenotaskedthe month offreshmanyear, notaday “As mostofusknow, duringthefirst Komal Shah‘10 I goto Williams.” mom hadbroughtitupforme. away.”? Why couldn’t Ikeepit?My

to letmeknowsomething badhas turned outthatmy familyonlycalled least that’s whatIthoughtbefore it really, phonecallsaregreat.Orat as Iam,orsupposeanydistance “When you’reasfarawayfromhome Anthony Coleman‘10 And I(still)goto Williams.” I’m here...,andtryin’. about them. close enoughtothingsreallycare I havehere,andtryingtogetmyself calm, realizingwhatwonderfulfriends will holdtogether. Fornow, I’mbeing if my, uh,transcontinentalrelationship going todowithmylife.Idon’t know next year. Idon’t know whatI’m I don’t knowifI’llstayat Williams I’m back. calmed downwhileIwasthere.Now complaining aboutittothem.I to hideitfrompeoplewhilenot bad shape,althoughIwasstilltrying dancing. SoIwenthomeinpretty through peoplebackhome.andstill ready totransfer. Livingvicariously could abouthowIfelt...wasamess. my girlfriend,andtellinganybodyI I startedcallinghomemore, and youfeellikeit,too. wretched excuseforahumanbeing, and whenyouslip,looklikea are. Ofcourse,nobodycanpullitoff, remarkable tobeseenforwhatyou stop longenoughtoreallytalk,too relationships, projects,neverableto dance inbetweenconversations, but wishwewereliketodance. We Those ofuswhocan’t beFred Astaire the one.Cool,that’s fine... schools I’dgotteninto,yeah,thiswas and aftertakingthebigtourof first place.Iappliedandwasaccepted, didn’t reallywanttocomehereinthe “I guessthefirstthingtosayisthatI Eben Hoffer ‘10 •

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happened. The good phone calls me of course I was scared sitting usually only come from Cameron. there in my dorm trying to finish my He’s a senior in high school and while homework, but I wasn’t surprised. college and this distance has put a Homophobia isn’t something new strain on our relationship, its nothing and it isn’t something I haven’t we can’t handle. However, that’s not experienced even here in the Williams always the case. He calls me once... community, but no matter how “Hey! How ya doing!” “Hey, not too familiar I become with it, its just well” “What’s wrong?” “Well uh… as cruel and just as ugly. Living in my dad put a warrant out for your the South doesn’t make matters any arrest for statutory rape…” better... “Uhhh…” But I suppose the good news is that Apparently his dad had found some I didn’t go to prison, and Cameron’s pictures of us together and didn’t dad is no longer violently enraged and really like them. They were just has gone back to thinking that one day regular old, garden variety pictures, he’s gonna come out of this phase and however his dad decided that I should one day run off and marry a beautiful obviously go to jail... woman and have 10 babies and live To be completely honest, when heterosexually ever-after.” Cameron told

Cape Town is one of the world’s most stunning cities and is characterized by hilltops like Devil’s Peak and Lion’s Head that loom high above the vibrant city’s beautiful beaches and verdant vineyards. WiA students live in the city with local students familiar with the area and enjoy the rich history and culture of South Africa. The WiA program offers students the opportunity to experience and be a part of the metamorphosis in South Africa and have a transformative learning experience through service. Williams students work with NGOs, study at the University of Cape Town, or participate in the various exchanges. WiA provides the opportunity for students to do productive development work in South Africa and return to the US with a broader perspective.

WiA Opportunities

The WiA One-Year Fellowship A one-year fellowship is provided to the HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment support successful postgraduate candidate to work project that uses education and empowerment with the Mothers Program in Cape Town. as tools to prevent mother-to-child transmission The Mothers Program is an innovative of HIV and support for treatment adherence to MultiCultural Center lengthen mothers’ lives. The organization, based

19 Annual Report MCC Programs Institute. (TAC) ortheEconomicPolicyResearch Mothers Program, Treatment Action Campaign student interests.Studentsmayworkwiththe productive relationshipwithanNGOtomatch also assistsinmakingcontactsandsettingupa the Wilmers andthe World Fellowships. WiA Africa, orelsewherecan Africa canapplyfor in pursuingaprojectoverthesummerSouth WiA program.Inaddition,studentsinterested spend thesummerinSouth Africa throughthe Two internshipsareavailableforstudentsto The WiA Summer Internship responsible forgradingthem. week andtheirrespectiveNGOsshallbe put inapproximately15hoursofworkeach will beattachedtooneoftheNGOsand credit willbeanindependentstudy. Students courses eachsemesteratUCT andtheirfourth students willtaketheequivalentofthree Cape Mountain Tours ofexperientiallearning, on thephilosophyofGaudinomodeland Williams studyabroadopportunities.Based WiA willhopefullybecomeapartofthe StudyabroadinSouth Africa through The WiA Study Abroad Program evaluation inthisrapidlygrowingorganization. initiatives andhelpwithmonitoring Program assistintheimplementationofnew a moderatestipend.InternswiththeMothers covers travelandlivingexpensesprovides five provincesofSouth Africa. Thefellowship in Cape Town, runsabout65programsitesin tragic taleofthe infantvictim,who Louisvaleweg in 2001andittellsthe girl inthesmallNorthernCapetown of the horrificrapeofanine-month-old baby to the’62Centre. Tshepang isbasedon South African playbyLaraFoote-Newton InSeptember2006, WiA broughtthe Tshepang Performances • Diploma. Williams graduatetocompletetheMarketLab and thesponsorshipofonefellowshipfora the exchangeofgraduatesbetweentwo Lab willbecomeanongoingrelationshipwith between theCollegeandMarket Theatre WiA hopesthatthecollaborationbegunhere Originality. performance wassponsoredbyStalwart National Arts FestivalinSouth Africa). This (premiered lastJuneattheGrahamstown their seniorproject.“The Very NextBreath” to thisJohannesburg students alsopresented – What happenedinRoomSix?” Inaddition their originalperformanceartwork“Skephani production andinearlyMarchtheyperformed three weekstocontinueworkingontheir South Africans cameto Williamstown for their ownpieceoftheater. InFebruary, the studying withtheMarketLabclassandcreated South Africa. The groupspentthreeweeks laboratory ConservatoryinJohannesburg, Andrew LiebermantotheMarket Theatre Eppel, SandraBurton, Annemarie Beanand 19 studentsaccompaniedbyProfessorDavid January2007sawa Winter Studytripby Market Theatre Lab programs withSouth African institutions. sponsored performancesandinitiatedexchange Initsinauguralyear, WiA andtheMCC WiA Academic Programming WiA Annual Report

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became known worldwide as Baby Tshepang. The story unfolds through the eyes of Alfred, the man who has loved the baby’s mother, Ruth, since childhood and while the town and the characters are not real, they are “based on 20 000 true stories”, the number of child rapes in South Africa each year. Lara and the actors taught classes and hosted post-show discussions. With its difficult subject matter, Tshepang raised awareness and provoked discussion across campus. September 15-16: Tshepang. Adams Memorial Theater at the ’62 CTD.

REwind - - A Cantata September also saw the first stage in a year-long collaboration with the celebrated South African composer, Paul Miller, and Professor Brad Wells of the Williams College Department of Music. South African composer Phillip Miller‘s “Rewind -- A Cantata” was inspired by and based on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proceedings, which transitioned South Africa from apartheid to democracy. His work incorporated audio recordings taken directly from the TRC hearings with testimonies from victims of apartheid, lawyers, torturers, soldiers and government officials on trial and through these testimonies the collective memory of South Africans was built. MASS MoCA and the theatre of Celebrate Brooklyn hosted work-in-progress showings that featured South Africa’s Sontonga Quartet and 60 Williams College choral students. “REwind - - A Cantata” debuted in December 2006 at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town represented by Professor Brad Wells, Dr. Mitch Besser, Mr. Gene Falk, Rachel Chanoff, Professor Carol Ockman, Marcela Villada-Peacock and the current Williams in Africa fellows. REwind will make its American premier in the spring of 2007 at Williams College in a co-presentation by MASS MoCA and the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival funded in part by the Centre Series of the ’62 Centre for Theatre and Dance.

February 18: South African Night. Performance Space, Paresky, 9pm 20: “The Very Next Breath” Adams Memorial Theater ’62 CTD. March 1: “Skhephani Room Six”. Adams Memorial Theater ‘62 CTD, 8pm 2: “The Quiet Silence”. Thabiso Phetla. Perry Goat Room, 9:30pm MultiCultural Center

21 Annual Report Biases everyone, Jewand non-Jewalike. date ontheJewishcalendar, ithastodowith Hashoah (HolocaustRemembrance Day)isa tradition recognizingthatwhile Yom Jewish community, continuedaCollege distributed bymembersofthe Williams The originalposter, Remember, public forum. some thoughtsthatI’dliketoshareinthis shared overthelasttwoweekscallforth The teachablemomentsthat wehave “ReachingtheLimitsof Tolerance” College responds: Cantor BobScherr, JewishChaplainofthe raising constructivedialogue. such astodetractfromthesaidintentionof the boundariesoffreedomspeechwere argument alongwithothersrevolvingaround doors asaninvasionofprivatespace. This posters invasive,withtheirtaggingon some studentsfoundtheinitialHolocaust appropriateness ofthefirstones.Sheclaimed her righttoprovokediscussionaboutthe that herdoingsowasintendedasauseof produced andhungthesecondposterssaid The studentwhoadmittedthatshehad marijuana leaf. that insteadofhavingaStarDavidhad pro-Hitler postersalsoonstudentdoors parodied byastudentthatplacedsimilar but unfortunatelytheyweremimickedand to consciousnessthemeaningofday were putupwiththeintentionofbringing of thiseffort tonotforget. These posters were scatteredacrosscampusasapart posters ofsomevictimstheHolocaust of theHolocaustandinSpring‘07, This dayissetasidetorememberthevictims translates to“theDayofRemembrance”. commemorates Yom HaShoashwhich other peopleofJewishheritageandfaith, Association (WCJA),alongwithmany Everyyearthe Williams CollegeJewish parodied. ‘Remember’ posters: realand Posters • Yom HaShoah‘Remember’ Annual Report

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What does it mean to the history of the and can’t we put this event in world history world that in possibly the most sophisticated behind us already? That’s precisely the culture of the world in the first half of the reason Yom HaShoah is on the calendar. century, the Third Reich under Hitler spared no resource in engineering the brutal deaths Especially because it happened the same of millions of Jews? Can one of any faith week, mimicking the Jewish Association’s not find it essential to reflect that religious Remember flyer by posting a message about identity alone caused millions of adults, Hitler’s birthday provoked fear, sadness and children and even infants to die cruelly? disgust among those of us whose personal stories are horrifyingly intertwined with Too few of those who lived through that Hitler. It is insensitive and simply cruel to horror survive today to tell us about this glibly link this horror in Jewish history to the tragedy in person. But every Jewish person coincidence of the birthday of a murderer of knows this horror as a personal story, a millions of Jews. The second poster, far from family story. We know it is our responsibility instigating discussions of ideas, provoked to bear witness, even against the absurd deep angst and pain in the Jewish community. attempts to deny that the horror of the Holocaust really happened. It is very important that at Williams, we learn how to take on discussions of ideas The writer/philosopher Eli Wiesel, who that are difficult to handle. We must not shy coined the word Holocaust (Shoah in away from disagreement or wrestling with Hebrew), has said that he sometimes regrets uncomfortable ideas. Civility doesn’t mean the popular use of this word, for how can backing away from one another, or avoiding we describe such unspeakable horror with a a clash between ideologies. But civility and single word? The Nazis murdered six million intellectual honesty demand that context be Jews, and millions more because they were appreciated and humane consideration of homosexuals, physically disabled, non- feelings be accounted. Aryans, political opponents of the state and others considered less-than-human. I have We understand that open exchanges of ideas appreciated the tradition on this campus that and free speech itself demand these civil each year, many from outside the Jewish rules of engagement. One cannot, as it were, community have joined with us in this cry Hitler in a crowded theater, imagining meaningful day of remembering. From that that this would lead to historical inquiry, tradition, the Jewish community this year a discussion of private space or even an took a different approach to letting people understanding of why an historic period, know that the observance of Yom HaShoah seemingly long ago and far away, might be would begin that Sunday evening. highly relevant within the Purple Bubble. We must be sure that our hearts and minds are I know that some objected to the posters open to the many histories and meanings that because they felt that it was an unsolicited we share together in our community, and help physical posting on a place, one’s dorm one another to learn and be sensitive to the room, where the posting had not been invited. many colors in that broad rainbow of human I expect that there are those who found the experience. posting uncomfortable because the subject was distasteful; Williams Record May 2, 2007 MultiCultural Center

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24 MCC Co-Sponsorship 2: SaidiyaHartman Lecture(Partofthe2006- November 6. 21: “TheSpook Who SatbytheDoor”.Griffin Panther PartyandBeyond”.Griffin 6. 21: “AllPowertothePeople! The Black Determination”. Griffin6. 20: SelfRespect,Defenseand 19: “A HueyP. NewtonStory”.Griffin6. House. by the Africana Studies faculty. SterlingBrown Community”. A studentdiscussionfacilitated 19: “Race,Sex,Power:Dialogueson 6. Mark Anthony Neal,DukeUniversity. Griffin Masculinities”. ThugNiggaIntellectuals and‘Queer’ Black 19: “LookingforLeroy: Film Forum.GriffinHall 19-21 “RevisitingBlackPower” Chapin Hall. Kitagawa andsaxophonistBruce Williams. Studies andMusic,Fall2006),bassistKiyoshi Bryant (Visiting Artist inResidence Africana saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, guitaristFreddie 6: BenRiley’s MonkLegacySeptet.Featuring Studies, Spring2007).GriffinHall. Visiting ProfessorofEnglishand Africana Grant Farred,DukeUniversity(SterlingBrown Australis” inherited”: The Politizenof“Terror in 4: “We donotknowyetwhatwehave October “Terror”). Director’s Studio,’62CTD. 2006-7 Critical Theory ClusterExaminationof 30: SusanaCookPerformance(Partofthe Williams, Fall2006).GriffinHall. Visiting Professorof Africana Studiesat Edmund Gordon,UT-Austin (SterlingBrown Racism”. 25: “The Triumph ofPatriarchicChristian September Africana Studies • LecturesandHeritage Weeks Studies, SarahLawrenceCollege.Griffin7. of History, PublicPolicyand Africana Black Power”.Komozi Woodard. Professor 8: “WhoBuriedtheNew Ark: Unearthing February Studies andMusic,Fall20062007). Visiting Artist inResidence Africana Improvisation I(Instructor:FreddieBryant, and CubaMus212(F):Jazz Theory and 220(F): RhythmandJazzin America, Brazil 6: ClassConcert-Studentsfrom AFR December Gordon. Griffin7. (Sterling BrownLectureSeries).Dr. Edmund 16: “TheInventionofBlackCulture” Dartmouth College.GriffinHall. City’s ModelPublicSchool”.Craig Wilder, 15: “TheHigh: The Tragic FateofNew York Griffin 7. of Africana Studiesat Williams, Fall2006. Austin. SterlingBrown Visiting Professor of Race”.Dr. Edmund“Ted” Gordon,UT- 13: “MomentaryEssentialismandthePolitics Women andGender. GriffinHall. Literature andtheInstituteofResearchon at UC-BerkeleyinEnglishandComparative English atColumbiaUniversityandProfessor “Terror”). Visiting Associate Professorof 7 Critical Theory Clusterexaminationof Rogers. 13: KoreanDrumming Performance.Brooks- Jaishri Abichandani. HardyHouse. 13: Art Exhibition–“Signsofthe Times”. Performance Space. Professor GaryOkihiro.Paresky 12: Talk –“Toward aBlackPacific”. Paresky PerformanceSpace. 8: APA FilmSeries–“FirstPersonPlural”. 7: JohnnyHi-FiConcert.Goodrich. 5: Convocation.Goodrich. Asian-American HeritageMonth(April) AASiA Annual Report

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Saul Williams. Paresky Performance Space. 14: Holi Celebration – Hindu Festival of the Colors. Sawyer Lawn. International Club (IC) 15: APA Film Series – “The Slanted Screen”. Paresky Performance Space. International Week (week in October) 17: MCC lecture Series Talk – “More Than the 22: Movie: “Snatch”. Bronfman Auditorium. Whole World”. Byron Kim. Griffin 3. Events with Filmmaker Petr Lom 18: KT Tatara Stand Up Comedy Show. 23: “Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan”. Film Goodrich and Question and Answer Session 20: Pan-Asian Drink and Dessert Night. Lawrence 231, 7:30pm. Reception in Currier Paresky Snack Bar. Ballroom. 21: CASO Night Market. Paresky. (with the International Club) 22: Movie Screening – “Passion for Justice”. 24: “Documentary Film as a Weapon in the Paresky Performance Space. Struggle for Human Rights” 24: Lunch Discussion on Virginia Tech International Studies Colloquium. Weston 10. shootings with Professor Scott Wong 24: “On a Tightrope: A film the Uighurs Paresky Meeting Room 220. of Xinjiang”. Work-In-Progress preview 26: Asian Dinner. Paresky. documentary to appear at the International 27: Korean Dinner. Congregational Church. Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam. 29: APA Film Series – “Party”. Paresky Lawrence 231. Performance Space. 30: Guest Talk – “Fearless”. Jeff Sheng. 25: Special Dinner at Dining Halls (Crème Paresky Class of ’58 Lounge. Caramel, Tirimisu, Cannollis, Banana Foster Bites, Ruggalach, Strudel Links and more). BSU 26: CASO’s Moon Festival. Goodrich. February Black History Month (February) 27: International Dinner with Student “Critical Lives: Illuminating Legacies of the Performances. Congregational Church. Resistance” 28: EuroTrash Party. Spencer. 3: Convocation. Keynote Speaker – Tommie Shelby. AMT. 17: MCC Lecture Series Talk - “Legacy of QSU Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Queer Pride Days (April) – “Sexuality and Movement”. Paresky Sports” 17: Movie Screening and Panel Discussion – 8: ConvoGAYtion. Hardy House. “Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black 9: Movie Screening – “Dangerous Living”. Liberation Movement”. The Committee for the 13: Artist Talk – Jaishri Abichandani. Hardy Defense of Human Rights. Images, 5pm. House. (with the Africana Studies Department) 13: Hardy Party. Hardy House. 17: Soul Food Night. Rice House. 13: Queer Bash – “Homo-Coming”. Goodrich. 19: “The Mic and the Cresent: A Historical 15: Alumni Athletes Talk – “Sexuality and Look at Hip Hop”. Adisa Banjoko. Griffin 6. Sports”. Tim Shaw, Michelle Barry, Selma (with MSU, Chaplain’s Office, American Kikic, John Spear and Bevin Harnett. Griffin 3. Studies, MinCo, Lecture Committee and MCC) 15: “Come to the BBQueer”. Frosh Quad. 22: “The Connection of Poetry and Hip Hop”.

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26 MCC Co-Sponsorship Paresky Classof’58Lounge,12pm 30: Artist Talk –“Fearless”.Jeff Sheng, Goodrich. 29: Talk. “ManintheMiddle”,John Amaechi. 24: LavenderCow Workshop. Spencer. Bollywood”. Lasell. 20: DhanceDhamaka-“Brokeback 19: Fighting Tom Riley. Representation inthe21 “All About My(Absent) Mother:Latina 30: Talk featuringDeborahParedez: Studio. 28: LHM:Salsa Workshop. LasellDance October Latin HeritageMonth Vista Dodd LivingRoom. to thePresidentofDiversity, HanerstCollege.) of EnglishandBlackStudiesSpecial Assistant Speaker –RhondaCobham-Sander(Professor 10: Annual ConvocationDinner. Keynote 7: MovieNight 6: Student/FacultyLecture/Discussion 5: Student/FacultyLecture/Discussion 3: Dance Workshop withRitmoLatino Caribbean Heritage Week (weekinMarch) 8: MovieScreening –“A Day Without a Cepeda. MCCClassroom. School butNever Asked”. ProfessorM.E. – “AlltheQuestions You Had About Graduate 6: Opportunities Through Awareness Workshop Liliana Rodriguez’01.Goodrich. Opportunities Through Awareness” 4: LHMConvocation Theme: “Construyendo: 7pm 2: PotluckDinner–Surenos.HardyHouse, 2: LHMConvocation.Goodrich. Pittsfield. 1: Visa Lottery. BerkshireImmigration Center, November SoCA st Century”.Griffin3. • LecturesandHeritage Weeks Church. 28: African HeritageDinner. Congregational Smith. LasellDanceStudio. 27: EthiopianDance Workshop with Arif Shared Studio’62CTD 26: Drumming Workshop withRobMichelin. Halls 26: Samplingof African DessertsinDining Speaker – Thato Mwosa. 25: “Africa:ReelsandReality”.Keynote Business”. Griffin6. 24: MovieScreening–“Africa:Openfor Paresky PerformanceSpace. 23: MovieScreening–“BloodDiamond”. African Heritage Week (weekin April) WASO Dodd. 18: Buena Vista SocialDinnerandDance. 16: PotluckDinner–Mexico.HardyHouse. Griffin 6. 14: MovieScreening–“StandandDeliver”. Auditorium. Alaca, Karen Velez, DeniseKhor. Wege 15: BolinFellowsPanelDiscussion-Rob Fiesta”. Spencer, 10pm 10: Vista Afterparty: “QueComienzela 9: PotluckDinner–Caribenos.HardyHouse. Mexican”. Wege Auditorium. Annual Report

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Minority Coalition (MinCo) MinCo gives a more unified voice against prejudice and discrimination against minority students by serving as a mechanism for minority groups to come together in organizational, social, academic and political spheres. MinCo facilitates co-operation and communication amongst its member organizations and the campus and the community at large and is an active voice in constructing a stronger community more aware of minority concerns. Contact Info: Web Page: www.wso.williams.edu/orgs/minco List Server: [email protected] Office Location: Paresky 2nd Floor. Meetings: Tuesdays, 7:00- 9:00PM, Jenness Classroom MinCo Board: Rowena Ahsan, Amanda LaSane – Co-Chairs; Stefan Elrington – Secretary; Tammy Kim – Treasurer; Fathimath Musthaq (Fall), Jessica Diehl (Spring) – Public Relations; Nontombi Kraai (Fall), Jia Cui (Spring) – Historian; Hannah Cho (Fall), Stephanie Kim (Spring) – College Council Rep. Events: October 4: MinCo Annual Dinner. Williams Inn. February 20: “Inclusion in Diversity in Athletics”. Dodd Living Room. March 12: MMUF and WCURF alumni panel talk on graduate school. Hardy House.

October 20: Movie Screening: Asian-American Students in “Masters of the Pillow”. Hopkins Action (AASiA) Room 108. AASiA, the umbrella organization November 16: iLL-Literacy: of CASO, KoW, SASA and ATP, is Spoken Word Concert. Goodrich. committed to facilitation, interaction, (With the BSU) and communication among these groups. AASiA is also an independent Black Student Union (BSU) group, separate from its subgroups, The BSU serves as an organization with its own goals and activities to assist African-American students working to foster Asian-American in a variety of ways in dealing with awareness within the Williams campus life. Community. Contact Info: Web Page: www. Contact Info: Web Page: www.wso. wso.williams.edu/bsu List Server: williams.edu/orgs/minco List Server: [email protected] [email protected] Office Location: Rice House 2nd Office Location: Paresky 2nd Floor. Floor. Meetings: Tuesdays, 7:00- 9:00 PM, Meetings: Every Sunday, 7 pm, Jenness classroom. Rice House Living Room Board: Wendy Li, Elizabeth Jun – Co- Board: Ashley Brown, Robert Chairs; Patty Liao – Treasurer; Sarah Bland – Co-Chairs; Charles Kwak – MinCo Rep.; Daniel Hong Plaisimond – Treasurer; Shayla – KOW Rep.;Alda Chan – CASO Williams – Secretary; AnneMarie Rep.; Tahsin Kahn – SASA Rep.; McClain – Communications Brian Delmolino – Public Relations; Coordinator; Kevin Dewar – Jefferson Lin – Social Events Political Coordinator; Branden Coordinator; Andrew Jang – Political Lucien – MinCo Rep; Robert Action Coordinator. Walker – Historian; Carleen Carey Events: October 1: AASiA Brunch. – Security and Maintenance; MultiCultural Center Williams Inn.

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28 Appendix html wso.williams.edu/orgs/aasia/caso. Contact Info:Web Page:www. and Chinese American culture. discuss andcelebratetheChinese for interactionsthateducate, provides asocialspaceoncampus CASO isanorganization that Chinese American Students Dinner. CurrierBallroom. November 19:BSUCommunity Brunch. Williams Inn. Events: September24:BSU Coordinator. Tatiana Fernandez– Activities Floor Office Location: williams.edu List Server:ic_discussion@wso. wso.williams.edu/orgs/i-club Contact Info:Web Page:www. culture at Williams College. into American communityand integration ofInternationalstudents supporting frameworkforthe Club providesanadvisoryand The Williams International International Club(IC) Williamstown”. Paresky. April 21:“A NightMarketin Congregational Church. Chinese New Year Dinner. Events: February23:CASO: Patty Liao–Historian. Theresa Ong–PublicRelations; Rep; Alda Chan– AASiA Rep.; Treasurer; Kenny Yim –MinCo Lee –Secretary; Yvette Wang – Hope Tammany –Co-Chairs;Iris Board: AnnieKae Wen Liang, 6:30pm, Greylock A orC Floor. Meetings: Thursdays, 5:30- Office Location: edu List Server: Organization (CASO) HardyHouse3rd Paresky2nd caso@williams. • MinCoOrganizations friendship andfamilial relationship. students ofIslamic heritagein the purposeofbringingtogether Williams Collegewasfoundedwith The MuslimStudentUnionat Muslim StudentsUnion(MSU) Congregational Church. April 27:KoreanSpringDinner. Hopkins B1964. at NorthKorea”.HyunksikKim. April 25:Lecture-“AnInsideLook Congregational Church. Events: December2:KoW Dinner. Daniel Hong– AASiA Rep. Co-Chairs; JaeyeonPark– Treasurer; Board: ElizabethJun,JeongKim– Goodrich Meetings: EverySunday, 5:00PM, Office Location: Server: [email protected] williams.edu/orgs/aasia/kow.html List Contact Info:Web Page:www.wso. minorities atlarge. issues concerningKoreansand Koreans oncampusandaddress Korean culturetothecampus,unify KoW existstopromoteawarenessof Koreans of Williams (KoW) May: SeniorParty New York November: IC Thanksgiving Trip to Lunch Cookout September: Towne FieldHouse with InternationalFaculty Upperclassmen BarbequeMingle Events: September:Freshman- Officer/MinCo Rep. Milev –CommunityRelations Kraeva –SocialCoordinator;Hristo Secretary; Antonia – Treasurer; ElizabethPasipanodya– – Co-Presidents;DeividasScheferis Board: Andana Streng,MayaLama Dining Hall. Meetings: Sundays,11am, Greylock Paresky2ndFloor. Annual Report

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One of the main goals of the MSU Board: Lily Li (Fall), Raffana is educating others about Islam Donelson – Co-Chairs; Tim Nolen and Muslims in an age where, – Treasurer; Patricia Quinland, unfortunately, these words have John Turriago – Social Chairs; become synonymous with hate. The Alex Ratte – MinCo Rep.; Brian Muslim Student Union promotes Kim – Secretary; Tony Coleman peace and understanding between its – Freshman Rep.; Eric Bautista – members and the greater community Political Education Coordinator. of Williams College. Events: October: National Coming Contact Info: List Server: muslim- Out Days [email protected] 11: National Coming Out Day 2006. Office Location: Prayer Room in “Gay? Fine by Me.” T-shirts at the Thompson Chapel MCC. Meetings: Thursdays at 5:30 in TBA 9pm: Sex Jam. Hardy House. Dining Hall 10pm: Chalkings outside of Board: Fall 06: Uzaib Saya (Fall), Hardy. Fatimath Musthag (Fall), Freba 12: Open Mic Night. The Log. Farhat (Spring) – Co-Chairs; Lina 13: The Kinsey Sicks: Khan – Treasurer; Tahsin Khan – “Condoleezapalooza” (Dively Secretary; Syed Iftikharm, Mohamed Committee). Mainstage, CTD. Musthag (Spring) – MinCo Reps. 14: Queer Bash: “Project Rungay”. Events: September: Fast-a-thon, Fast Goodrich. for Peace. 15: Movie: “Beefcake”. Griffin 6. October 2: “Darfur Diaries”. Movie 16: Guy’s Night. Rice House/ Screening. Bronfman Auditorium. Lady’s Night. Hardy House. (With SSJ) 17: Discussion on Religion and 21: MSU/SASA Diwali Dinner. Queer Identity. Rice House. Congregational Church. South Asian Students Association Queer Student Union (QSU) (SASA) The QSU is a community of queer The purpose of SASA is to promote and queer-friendly people who wish the awareness and appreciation to provide a supportive and fun of South Asian culture within the environment for the consideration and Williams Community through exploration of queer issues, especially meetings, discussions, and events. diversity within the queer community. Contact Info: Web Page: www. The QSU also wishes to promote wso.williams.edu/orgs/aasia/sasa. conversation with the larger Williams html List Server: sasa@williams. community in an effort to make the edu campus a safer place for queers and Office Location: Paresky 203 and those perceived to be queer. the Prayer Room in Thompson Contact Info: Web Page: www.wso. Chapel williams.edu/orgs.bglu List Server: Meetings: Wednesdays at 5:30 pm [email protected] in Greylock Classroom A Office Location: Paresky 2nd Floor. Board: Uzaib Saya, Katya Prakash, Meetings: Wednesdays, 9pm, Hardy Nadira Ramkhelawan – Co-Chairs; House Living Room Aditi Chaturvedi – Secretary; MultiCultural Center

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30 Appendix Contact: ListServer:vista@ College community. College, andthelarger Williams members, allLatinosof Williams outreach andunityamongstits group thatdevelopsasenseof With thisinmind, Vista isasupport genuine interestinLatinoculture. at Williams andthosethatshow learning fortheLatinoDiaspora comfortable andconduciveto environment thatisboth Vista existstocreatean Vista (Latino/aOrganization) Jeopardy. Events: November29:SoCA (Spring) –MinCoRep. (Spring) –Secretaries;JordanKing (Fall), Marie-Christine Andre Brown – Treasurer; Ashley Burrell Buchanan –Co-Chairs;Haniff Board: AlciaJacksonandIan Greylock C Meetings: Every Tuesday, 5:30 PM, Floor Office Location: Server: [email protected] wso.williams.edu/orgs/soca/ List Contact Info: Web Page:www. varied cultures. people tointeractandsharetheir affairs. Italsoservesasaforumfor interested inCaribbeancultureand members ofthecommunity College forallstudentsandother SoCA servesasafocusat Williams Students ofCaribbean Ancestry Living Room. Events: FashionShow. Dodd Activities Coordinator. Reps.; Fida-e Tashfia –Social Prakash, MayaLama–MinCo Tahsin Khan– AASiA Rep.;Katya Shirish Poudyal– Treasurer; (SoCA) Rice House1st • MinCoOrganizations Events: November4:Chill Night. Madziwa –MinCo Rep. Pasipanodya – Treasurer; Lawrence Molosi –Secretary;Elizabeth – Activities Coordinator;Donald Presidents; Olorutosin Adeyanju Annette Quarcoopome–Co- Board: BaafourOtu-Boateng, Living Room Meetings: Saturday4:30pminDodd wso.williams.edu Contact Info:ListServer:waso@ Africa. educate aboutmattersrelatingto issues concerning Africa, andto sustain African traditions,toraise support for African students,to WASO seekstoactamediumof Williams African Students Disinformation” Lourdes Portillo-“Artinan Age of - NaoBustamante and Revolt” Favianna Rodriguez-“Reproduce “Marquilapolis” 7: Artist Talks –Sergio dela Torre Extraviada” 6: MovieScreening–“Senorita Performance” Agitation Through Media Art and Events: April “Trafficking Bodies. Coordinator. Reps; ChanelleDiaz(Fall)–Political (Fall) &SilviaMantilla–MinCo – FreshmanRep.;Leydy Abreu Gomez –Historian;JuanitaMonsalve Santiago –EventsCoordinator;Luz Omar Mendez– Treasurer; Amanda Chairs; Alicia Santiago–Secretary; Rodriguez Lopez(Fall)–Co- Board: MonserratMunoz,Paulette Hardy HouseLivingRoom Meetings: Thursdays,7:00PM, Office Location: williams.edu Organization (WASO) Paresky2ndFloor Annual Report

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Dodd Living Room. November 17: Fashion Show. Dodd Living Room.

Williams College Jewish Association (WCJA) The mission of the WCJA is to provide a space modeling the richness and diversity of Judaism and Jewishness, to foster a community of plurality and acceptance and to provide opportunities for Jewish involvement in the community. Contact Info: Web Page: www.wso. williams.edu/orgs/wcja List Server: [email protected] Office Location and Phone: Jewish Religious Center, x2533 Meetings: Tuesday, 6:00 PM, Jewish Religious Center. Events: Shabat Dinners. Fridays. Board Jarret Nelson (Fall), Hannah Gray – Co-Presidents; Lauren Bloch – Religious Director; Ben Isaac, Alicia Barret – Programming Coordinators; Jennifer Sleeper – MinCo Rep.; Jonathan Berch – Kitchen Coordinators; Jesse Levitt – Communications Coordinator; Peter Nurnberg – Treasurer; Joanna Korman – Community/Charity Organizer; Kallan Wood, Heather Makover – Freshman Reps. MultiCultural Center

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