In the Community October 2, 2012 A Weekly Calendar of Diversity Events from The Is "In the Community" useful in helping you find out about diversity and multicultural events around here? We hope so…and we're asking you to consider joining ACEH or renewing your membership as our current fiscal year gets under way. Memberships help support this email and all the other ACEH activities. The 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. Here's how to join or renew: --You can pay through the secure Pay Pal system at this updated link http://www.harmonyalliance.org/join.html -- Or you can send a check to ACEH, c/o Treasurer Bin Lim, Box 3007, Holland 49422-3007, --Or you can sign up any ACEH meeting or social event. THANKS! GRACIAS! ACEH was founded in ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 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. The middle school conference is Mon, Oct 8, and the high school, Tues, Oct 9, both at Tues, Oct 2, 7 pm: Award-winning documentary film "The Loving Story": Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple living in Wed, Oct 3, 6 to 7:30 pm: Hispanic Heritage Month event. Speaker Vicente Sanchez, Mexican consul in Thurs, Oct 4, 7 pm: Community Conversation: Free Speech or Racial Bias. Discussion of a recent incident in which a Grand Haven homeowner hung chairs by ropes in trees above a politically-based sign; the home is near an elementary school and the situation "caused discomfort to staff and children began asking what it meant." Sponsored by Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Fri, Oct 5, 11 am: Spanish Story Hour: songs, stories, crafts for Spanish-speaking children and family members. Herrick District Library, 300 S. River, Mon, Oct 8. 6:15 pm: Reception and dinner with speaker Vicente Fox, president of Tues, Oct 9, 8 am to 11:30 am: "Beyond Diversity: Committing to an Inclusive Workplace Environment," workshop by David Barrett of Cascade Engineering and Chris Macon, diversity and inclusion consultant. $40 includes breakfast. Sponsored by Partners for a Racism-Free Community. Contact staff@prfc-gr.org to register. At Domincan Center at Marywood, 2025 East Fulton (parking & entrance off Lakeside), Wed, Oct 10 – Dec 5, 3 to 5 pm: Eight-week Racial Equity Institute, sponsored by Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance. Examines internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and structural levels of racial equity. $100; some scholarships available. Register at http://www.ethnicdiversity.org/whatwedo/workshops/2012-fall-community or call (616) 846-9074. At GVSU Meijer Campus, 515 Waverly, Thurs, Oct 11, 4:30 to 6:30 pm: Latino Food Festival. Non-student price $5. At Phelps and Cook Dining Halls, Thurs, Oct 11, 7 pm: "Understanding Borders and Government in the Fri, Oct 12, 7 pm: "Coming to 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, 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 EMPLOYMENT: 1) Account clerk-cashier: Part-time for City of 2) Program coordinator: Part-time (20-24 hours per week for 10 ½ months) for CASA (Children's After School Achievement), a community program of
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The Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony serves the greater Holland Michigan area.
