In the Community Sept 24: CIS, Beal Peace Lecture, The Loving Story film

I               In the Community September 24, 2012 A Weekly Calendar of Diversity Events from The Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." ...Dr. Martin Luther King Jr   ACEH was founded in Holland in 1999 and is committed to justice, equal opportunity, cross-cultural understanding, and appreciation for diversity.  Members and friends work together through programs, advocacy, and social events to make West Michigan a place where all people are welcomed and respected. "In the Community" is also on the ACEH website: www.harmonyalliance.org/Events    Please help support ACEH.  Dues are $20 a year ($35/two years) for an individual; $30 a year ($50/two years) for a family; $40 for nonprofits; $75 for businesses. You can pay at the website www.harmonyalliance.org/Join with PayPal, or send a check to ACEH, c/o Treasurer Bin Lim, Box 3007, Holland 49422-3007, or sign up at any ACEH meeting or social event. THANKS! ¡GRACIAS!   Tues, Sept 25, and Wed, Sept 26: Hope College Critical Issues Symposium "Reconciliation: Hope in a Divided World."  www.hope.edu/cis/ for full schedule. Tues: 7 pm keynote: Miroslav Volf, director of Yale Center for Faith and Culture, professor of theology at Yale.  Wed 9 am keynote: Mark Charles, speaker, writer and consultant from Fort Defiance, AZ on the Navajo Reservation.  Both at Dimnent Memorial Chapel, Hope College, College Ave at 12th St, Holland.   Thurs, Sept 27, 7 pm: Beal Memorial Lecture: "Peacemaking in a Violent World: A Christian Perspective," by Dr. Steve Bouma-Prediger, professor of religion at Hope College. Q&A and fellowship time follow.  Open to all. Hosted by Peace with Justice group of First United Methodist Church, with the collaboration of 28 diverse congregations and groups, including ACEH.  Event named for the late Dr. Philip Beal, peace activist, teacher, ACEH member.  At First United Methodist Church, 57 West 10th St, Holland.   Tues, Oct 2, 4 to 6 pm (Grand Haven) or Wed, Oct 3, 4:30-6:30 pm (Martha Miller Center, Room 238, 10th and Columbia, Holland): Training sessions for volunteers at Calling All Colors conferences sponsored by Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance.  Volunteers, in pairs, will facilitate cross-cultural simulation with about 20 students, then encourage dialogue and reflection.  The middle school conference will be Mon, Oct 8, and the high school conference Tues, Oct 9, both at Hope College.  Contact Raechel at admin@ethnicdiversity.org or call (616) 846-9074.   Tues, Oct 2, 7 pm: Award-winning documentary film "The Loving Story," about Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Virginia in the 1950s, and their landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that changed history.  $10 reserved seats; tickets at www.sc4a.org or (269) 857-2399.  Sponsored by ACLU of Michigan.  At Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver St, Saugatuck.   Wed, Oct 3, 6 to 7:30 pm: Hispanic Heritage Month event.  Speaker: Vicente Sanchez, Mexican consul in Detroit.  Sponsored by La Raza Unida in collaboration with the Office of Multicultural Education, Hope College.  At Martha Miller Center Fried-Hemenway Auditorium, Columbia Ave at 10th St, Holland.   Fri, Oct 5, 11 am: Spanish Story Hour: songs, stories, crafts for Spanish-speaking children and family members.  Herrick District Library, 300 S. River, Holland.   Mon, Oct 8. 6:15 pm: Reception and dinner with speaker Vicente Fox, president of Mexico from 2000-2006.  $175 members, $200 non-members; $100 educational partner staff and faculty.  A program of the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan.  Contact: (616) 776-1721 or bw@worldmichigan.org  At JW Marriott Hotel International Ballroom, downtown Grand Rapids.   Wed, Oct 10 - Dec 5, 3 to 5 pm: Eight-week Racial Equity Institute, sponsored by Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance.  Through dialogue and activities, examines internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and structural levels of racial equity. $100; some scholarships available.  Register online at http://www.ethnicdiversity.org/whatwedo/workshops/2012-fall-community or call (616) 846-9074.  At GVSU Meijer Campus, 515 Waverly, Holland.   Thurs, Oct 11, 4:30 to 6:30 pm: Latino Food Festival.  Non-student price $5.  At Phelps and Cook Dining Halls, Hope College, 10th St, Holland.     COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES: Exhibit, through Nov. 3: Obiter Dicta: Contemporary Latino Artists: works by 5 artists from the lakeshore on display at the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 East 8th St, Holland.   Exhibit, through Dec 31: Tenemos una voz ("We have a voice").  Adelante youth art and writings, supported by Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP).  At Holland Museum, 31 West 10th, Holland (closed Tuesdays).    Job Opening:  Perrigo Company of Allegan is seeking a PMH-QC Analyst to perform "routine laboratory analysis on sample and packaging components, raw materials, in-process products, and finished product."  Associates degree of equivalent in a scientific field with lab experience in various tests and fundmental knowledge of organic and inorganic chemistry.  Visit the website www.perrigo.com