In the Community from ACEH January 26

"You just need to be a flea against injustice.  Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation. … Marian Wright Edelman, author and founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund.

 

Herb and Ann

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Tonight, Mon, Jan 26 (also Tues, Jan 27, Wed, Jan 28, and Fri, Jan 30), 7:30 pm: Documentary, "A Man Named Pearl," the inspiring story of Pearl Fryar, an African American man in South Carolina, self-taught gardener and topiary artist who "shows what one person can achieve when he allows himself to share the full expression of his humanity."  Suitable for all ages; $6 regular admission; $5 seniors. At Knickerbocker Theatre, 86 East 8^th St, Holland.

 

Wed, Jan 28, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Asian Food Festival, celebrating Chinese New Year.  $5.  At Phelps and Cook Halls, 10^th St on Hope College campus, Holland.

 

Wed, Jan 28, 7:30 pm: Play, "A Raisin in the Sun."  Tickets $14-25; (616) 222-6650 or Star Tickets (800) 585-3737.  Continues Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm through Feb 8.  At Meijer Majestic Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, 30 N. Division, Grand Rapids.

 

Mon, Feb 2 through Wed, Feb 4; also Fri, Feb 6 and Sat, Feb 7, 7:30 pm: Documentary, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," the story of thousands of Christian and Muslim women of Liberia who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu said the film "captures the power each of us has within our souls to make the world a better, safer, more peaceful place." $6 regular admission, $5 seniors.  At Knickerbocker Theatre, 86 East 8^th St, Holland.

 

Wed, Feb 4, 7 pm: Documentary, "Sentenced Home," about four Vietnamese refugees deported by the US back to Vietnam and their struggle to adjust.  Danny Upton, national program attorney for Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON), will lead a discussion of immigration issues.  At Wealthy Theater-Koning Micro-Cinema, 1130 Wealthy St, SE, Grand Rapids.

 

Mon, Feb 9, noon to 1 pm: "Incredible India" presentation by Elma Mangat and Jima Mangat, graduate students at Grand Valley State University who were born in India and raised in Indian culture in the US.  Includes stories, video, pictures, artifacts, and food samples. Part of the university's Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration 2009.  For more info, call (616) 331-2177 or email Connie Dang at dangc@gvsu.edu At 1240 Kirkhof Center, GVSU, Allendale.

 

Mon, Feb 9, 5 pm: "Adoptees: The Lies We Believe and Truth We Need to Know."

Workshop presented by Carissa Woodwyk, counselor and family therapist.  For info, call (616) 331-2177 or email Connie Dang at dangc@gvsu.edu At GVSU Alumni House, Allendale.

 

Tues, Feb 10, 6 until 9 pm: Asian New Year Festival.  Showcases traditional Asian New Year celebration; samples of Asian cuisines; traditional performances from Asian ethnic groups; Dan Gabriel, Filipino comedian.  At GVSU Grand River Room, Kirkhof Center, Allendale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the Community from ACEH January 19

 

"I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach beyond the divides of race and region, gender and religion that keep us from seeing the best in each other…Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time."

  …President-Elect Barack Obama

 

Herb and Ann

This information is provided by the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony (ACEH).  If you do not wish to receive it in the future, please contact hpweller@comcast.net or editann@aol.com.  Events List is also posted on the ACEH website, www.harmonyalliance.org.

Tonight, Mon, Jan 19, 6 pm: Community Celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by Imagine Fellowship.  Begins with candlelight march from Rosa Parks Green (19^th and College) to the Fellowship.  At 6:30 pm, the film, "I Have a Dream" will be shown, followed by a panel discussion.  Refreshments; everyone is invited. 392-2919.  At Imagine Fellowship, 167 West 20^th, Holland.

 

Wed, Jan 21, 11 am: Civil Rights Commemorative March,  "to celebrate the sacrifices and contributions that people of all backgrounds have made for freedom and equality."  Cosponsored by Hope College Office of Multicultural Education and La Raza Unida.  Begins at the anchor by Graves Hall (College Ave at 11^th St) and ends at Martha Miller Center rotunda (Columbia and 10^th), Holland.

 

Thurs, Jan 22, 12:15 pm: Two of the Lost Boys of Sudan—Deng Deng and Mayom Majok— speak about their lives and how they are helping children in their homeland.  At Herrick District Library, 300 South River, Holland.

 

Thurs, Jan 22, 2 pm until 3:45 pm: "Stirfry" Diversity Seminar: "Cultural Competency for Leaders," for Hope College staff and Holland community members. Led by Lee Mun Wah. At Maas Conference Room, Columbia Ave at 11^th St, Holland.

 

Fri, Jan 23, Sat, Jan 24, and Mon-Wed, Jan 26 to 28, 7:30 pm: "A Man Named Pearl," the "inspiring story of a self-taught topiary artist…shows what one person can achieve when he allows himself to share the full expression of his humanity."  $6 regular admission, $5 seniors.  At Knickerbocker Theatre, 86 East 8^th St, Holland.

 

Fri, Jan 23, 7:30 pm: Opening of the classic play "A Raisin in the Sun," written by Lorraine Hansbury in 1959 about a black family's attempt to buy a home in Chicago; the play was inspired by her father's battle against property covenants that forbade selling a home to African Americans; he took the case to the Supreme Court and won in 1940.  Tickets $14-$25; call (616) 222-6650 or Star Tickets (800) 585-3737; www.startickets.com.  At Meijer Majestic Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, 30 North Division, Grand Rapids.  Continues Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm through Feb 8.

 

Wed, Jan 28, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Asian Food Festival, celebrating Chinese New Year.  $5.  At Phelps and Cook halls, 10^th St, on Hope College campus, Holland.

 

LOOKING AHEAD:  Wed, Feb 4, 7 pm: "Sentenced Home," documentary follows four Vietnamese young-adult refugees facing deportation by the U.S. for crimes committed when they were in their teens; film follows them back to Vietnam to show their struggle to adjust.  Danny Upton, national program attorney for Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) and former attorney for the Grand Rapids and Holland JFON programs, will lead a discussion of current  immigration issues.  Donations requested to cover the event and to benefit JFON, which provides free immigration legal services, education, and advocacy.  Funded by Dyer-Ives Foundation; co-hosted by JFON/United Methodist Committee on Relief and by Common Lens.  At Wealthy Theater-Koning Micro-Cinema, 1130 Wealthy St, SE, Grand Rapids.

 

Thurs, Feb 5, 3 pm: First session of Institute for Healing Racism, which runs through March 26.  Contact Patricia Strachan at the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce for information and registration.  (616) 392-2389, ext. 110.

In the Community from ACEH January 9

"This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind. … We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation."   ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

Herb and Ann

This information is provided by the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony (ACEH).  If you do not wish to receive it in the future, please contact hpweller@comcast.net or editann@aol.com.  Events List is also posted on the ACEH website, www.harmonyalliance.org.

Mon, Jan 12 through February 6: Art exhibit: "A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art," 90 works by Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu, an influential artist of the 70s, and works by contemporary Congolese artists.  Exhibit organized by Museum for African Art, New York.  At De Pree Art Center, Hope College, Columbia Ave at 12^th St, Holland.

 

Mon, Jan 12, 6:30 pm (Spanish speakers) and 7:30 pm (English speakers): Informational meetings for the winter session of the Reciprocal Language Partnership (RLP), which pairs native English speakers who want to learn Spanish with native Spanish speakers who want to learn English.  Classes begin January 19.  Call 772-3356 (English) or 396-2095 (Spanish).  At Rose Park Christian Elementary School, 556 Butternut, Holland.

 

Tues, Jan 13, 6:30 pm (Spanish speakers) and 7:30 pm (English speakers): Informational meetings for winter session of the Reciprocal Language Partnership (see Monday listing above for more information).  At First Presbyterian Church, 659 State St, Holland.

 

Wed, Jan 14, 6:30 pm: "The American Ruling Class," film in which two young Ivy-League graduates tour the corridors of power and must decide: Should they seek to rule the world, or to save it?  The "dramatic-documentary-musical" is part of the Think Sustainable Film Series. At Herrick District Library auditorium, 300 South River, Holland.

 

Thurs, Jan 15, 11:30 am: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon, with speaker Dr. Shirley Malcolm of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Cosponsored by Hope College and underwriter Herman Miller Inc.  Registration (required) continues through Friday, Jan 9, while space is available.  Call Office of Multicultural Education, 395-7867.  At Maas Center, Columbia Ave at 11^th, Holland.

 

Thurs, Jan 15; Fri, Jan 16; Sat, Jan 17, all at 8 pm: Free performances of "Juliet," dramatization by guest artist Melissa Hawkins, based on Hungarian playwright András Visky's parents. Under the Romanian communist regime after World War II, his mother's husband was taken away by the secret police and she was sent to a detention camp with her seven children. One of the "five most promising" plays at the 2007 New York International Film Festival, it dramatizes realities of religious oppression, nationalism, physical and psychological abuse, loss of one's loved ones, and the power of the spirit to survive such trials; it includes unexpected humor.  At Studio Theater, downstairs in Hope College DeWitt Center, Columbia Ave at 12th St, Holland.

 

Fri, Jan 16, 4 pm: Guest lecture by Bogumil Jewsiewicki, guest curator of "A Congo Chronicle" exhibit, followed by reception at 5 pm. Free.  At De Pree Art Center, Hope College, Columbia Ave at 12^th St, Holland.

 

Fri, Jan 16, 7:30 pm: Concert by Chuchito Valdes Quartet.  Jesus "Chuchito" Valdes is recognized as a master of Cuban music, influenced by Afro Cuban rhythms and jazz.  $17 adults, $12 seniors, $6 children.  Call Hope College Ticket Office, (616) 395-7890.  At Dimnent Memorial Chapel, College Ave at 12^th St, Holland.

 

Mon, Jan 19, 6 pm: Community Celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Begins with candlelight march from Rosa Parks Green (College Ave at 19^th St) to Imagine Fellowship.  At 6:30 pm, the film, "I Have a Dream" will be shown, followed by a community panel discussion.  Refreshments will be served.  For information, call 392-2919.  At Imagine Fellowship, 167 West 20^th, Holland.

 

Thurs, Jan 22, 12:15 pm: Presentation by some of the "Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan."  To learn more visit www.lostboysfilm.com  At Herrick District Library, 300 S. River, Holland.

 

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY: Applications are being accepted for the winter session of the Institute for Healing Racism, which begins February 5 and runs through March 26 (Thursdays from 3 to 5 pm) at the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $100. Facilitators are Gail Harrison of the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance and Dr. Fred Johnson, III, associate professor of history, Hope College.  Contact Patricia Strachan at the Chamber, (616) 392-2389, ext. 110.