Events
September Programs
Sept 19
Salsa has no frontiers
Empire commons
community center 8 pm- 9:30 pm
Our aim is to teach interested UA members the development
of the Salsa genre. The use of facts and cultural
approaches will be used to define Salsa as a musical
genre. Join the discussion lead by CHARGE Assistant
Luis Paredes (University Apartments) and the UAlbany
Salsa Dance Club. A Salsa dance instructional will
follow after discussion.
SEPT 20 JENA 6- CAMPUS CENTER FIRST FLOOR LOBBY, PETITION
SIGNING ALL DAY,LECTURE CENTER 1, 9:04 PM DISCUSSION
Thursday, September 20, 2007 is recognized as “Jena
6 day of action”. As thousands descend on Jena to
press for justice, the CHARGE office as well as many
other UA student groups will take action in our UA
community to support the Jena 6. Please join us as
we discuss the history of the case, as well as inform
UA members how they can lean more and make a difference.
sept 27 charge
open house- montauk hall, 1st floor 7 pm – 9 pm
Come meet the CHARGE Staff. Familiarize yourself with
our resource center & much more. Refreshments
provided.
Raffle drawing
at the open house. Buy your raffle tickets at your
quad office or the CHARGE office. Proceeds benefit
CHARGE’s monthly community service. This month we
are partnering with the Capital District African American
Coalition on AIDS to participate in the AIDS Walk
2007
Raffle prices-
$1 for 1 ticket, $3 for 5 tickets and $5 arms length
(yours). Prizes $15 I-tune card, $15 Barnes &
Noble gift certificate, 2 movie tickets and a CHARGE
filled mug
SEPT 27 HOW TO MAKE SUSHI –CAMPUS CENTER IN
FRONT OF OLO SUSHI 8 PM- 10 PM
Students will
be able to make sushi and learn about Japanese culture
by attending this program.
SEPT 27-OCT
11 CLEAN CANS AND BOTTLES DRIVE
Support CHARGE
as we fundraise for the Capital District AIDSWalk
2007. The walk may be over, but the cause isn’t. Bring
your empty cleaned out soda/water bottles and cans
to your respective Quad can drive designated area.
Each recycling bin will have glitter writing on it
stating "AIDS CAN DRIVE". If you can not
find or do not feel like brining your bottles or cans
to these bins, please feel free to leave it in your
room to make a collection, however, we ask that you
donate these items to your quad office on Friday September
28, Friday October 5, and Thursday October 11 before
5pm.
This can drive
will start September 27th and end on October 11th.
The following are the locations of the Recycling Bins
Indian: Skin Room
State: Quad Office
Colonial: Quad
Office
Dutch: Quad Office
Alumni: Quad Office
Freedom: Office
.
SEPT 30
11th ANNUAL CAPITAL DISTRICT AIDSWalk 2007 WASHINGTON
PARK LAKEHOUSE 2 PM
Please join CHARGE
as we walk with the Capital District African American
Coalition on AIDS (CDAACA)to participate in the 11TH
annual AIDSWalk 2007. AIDSWalk 2007 raises urgently
needed funds for the fight against AIDS. The money
raised through this event will support the efforts
of Capital Region AIDS organizations that provide
AIDS prevention, medical care and support services.
October
Programs
SEPT 27
- OCT 11 Clean Cans & Bottles Drive
Support CHARGE
as we fundraise for the Capital District AIDSWalk
2007. The walk may be over, but the cause isn’t. Bring
your empty cleaned out soda/water bottles and cans
to your respective Quad can drive designated area.
Each recycling bin will have glitter writing on it
stating "AIDS CAN DRIVE". If you can not
find or do not feel like brining your bottles or cans
to these bins, please feel free to leave it in your
room to make a collection, however, we ask that you
donate these items to your quad office on Friday September
28, Friday October 5, and Thursday October 11 before
5pm.
This can drive
will start September 27th and end on October 11th.
The following
are the locations of the Recycling Bins
Indian: Skin Room
State: Quad Office
Colonial: Quad
Office
Dutch: Quad Office
Alumni: Quad Office
Freedom: Office
OCT
7 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND; ALBANY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
WALKING TOUR,
MEET AT STATE
QUAD ARCHWAY AT 12:40 PM Tour begins at 1:30 PM
Only 20 spaces
available. Sign up begins Friday September 28 at 1pm
in the CHARGE OFFICE. Join CHARGE and Academic Outreach
in this engaging tour of downtown Albany.
Participants are
provided with accounts of local Under Ground Railroad
activism, walking where freedom seekers walked and
visiting locations where abolitionist activists lived,
worked, or conducted activities.
OCT 11
Is Gay the new Jordan’s ?
Campus Center
Room 375 3:30pm-5:30pm
Come join the
discussion on National Coming Out Day
Hosted by Dutch
Quad’s C.H.A.R.G.E Assistant Candice and UA Pride
Alliance
OCT
15 Conversations’ & Coffee with a CHARGE Assistant:
Cultu(Red)
CHARGE office,
1st Floor, Montauk Hall, Indian Quad 6pm-8:30pm
Do you know what
the (RED) manifesto is? Do you want to learn what
some people are doing to contribute to the battle
against AIDS in Africa? Come to this discussion of
the (RED) manifesto and learn what it is and how you
can help. Presented by Alumni Quad‘s C.H.A.R.G.E Assistant
Kimberly.
OCT
24 Conversations & Cocoa with a CA: “She’s an
athlete, oh she must be gay”
CHARGE office,
1st Floor, Montauk Hall, Indian Quad 6pm-8pm
"She's on
a athletic team? Well, then she is probably gay"
This stereotype and more have haunted women in athletics
for years. Join Dutch Quad's C.H.A.R.G.E Assistant
Candice for a cup of coffee, tea and so forth as she
discusses how these stereotypes affect not only straight
female athletes, but gay female athletes as well.
OCT
28 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND; UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WALKING
TOUR
MEET AT STATE
QUAD ARCHWAY AT 12:15 PM Tour begins at 1:30 PM
Only 20 spaces
available. Sign up NOW in the State Quad Information
Center (1st floor, Tower lobby) Join CHARGE and Academic
Outreach in this engaging tour of downtown Albany.
Participants are
provided with accounts of local Under Ground Railroad
activism, walking where freedom seekers walked and
visiting locations where abolitionist activists lived,
worked, or conducted activities.
OCT 29
My Life in Pink
Colonial Quadrangle
Penthouse 7:45pm
At six years old
did you ever feel that your biological sex did not
match how you felt? Director Alain Berliner Film,
his six years old main character Ludoic believes he
is supposed to be a girl. Presented by Colonial Quad’s
CHARGE Assistant Jamila.
OCT 30 Carnivale
de los Muertos
Dutch Quadrangle
Penthouse 8pm-10pm
Are you afraid
of the dark? How about things that go bumb in the
night? Find out the true meanings behind Gate Night,
Halloween and the Day of the Dead at Dutch Quad's
CARNIVALE DE LOS MUERTOS! Sponsored by RA Carly Mancuso,
C.H.A.R.G.E. Assistants Candice Mann of Dutch Quad
and Luis Paredes of University Apartments. COSTUMES
WANTED!! Join the fun and games including-: Best Costume
Contest, Scariest Mask Contest & Halloween Trivia
and more!!!! Prizes will be given to the winners!!
All are welcome, if you dare.
Oct 31 Be Bold,
Be Brave, Be Red: Stop the Violence and Ending the
Silence About Violence Against Women of Color.
7 pm Campus Center
Room 364- Organized by the New York State Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
Be Bold, Be Brave,
Be Red is part of a National Campaign to end the silence
about violence against women of color. Many acts of
violence against women of color (especially African/African
American women) often goes unnoticed, not discussed
and easily dismissed by all systems. When women of
color (especially African/African American women)
do report and disclose acts of violence, they are
subjected to more interrogation and scrutiny.
Come show your
support on Wednesday evening.
It should be a
really interesting discussion about media, music and
popular culture and how that contributes to perceptions
of women of color.
NOVEMBER
Programs
Nov
1 Drop Knowledge not Bombs
8pm
Want to know what’s
going on in the world? Come recap and discuss some
major events that have occurred recently. Bring your
evens for discussion Presented by Alumni’s Quad CHARGE
Assistant Kimberly.
NOV 5-Dec
3 call for CHARGE T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETION BEGINS
NOV 8 Excuse Me?
8pm
Ever been offended
by a question? Ever asked someone a question and regretted
it? Come for an evening of role playing and discussion
addressing these issues. We will discuss how we can
work to resolve these issues. Presented by Alumni’s
Quad CHARGE Assistant Kimberly.
NOV
13 Boys Don’t Cry
Dutch Quadrangle
Penthouse 7:30pm
Join Dutch Quad's
Resident Assistant Allie Wisker and Dutch Quad’s C.H.A.R.G.E
Assistant Candice Mann during Transrememberance Week,
as they present the movie Boy's Don't Cry, a depiction
of the life of Brendan Teena, a young transgendered
person murdered for being transgendered. A discussion
will be held afterwards of the movie and how it impacts
transgendered people.
NOV 15 2007 Africana Women’s Forum: A Woman’s Worth
University Hall
Room 110 4pm-9pm
The 2007 Africana
Women's Forum celebrates the collective progress of
the African Diasporic Woman by tapping into her reality
and encouraging participants to take a closer look
at their own interactions with one another. The main
theme for this year is to engage discussion around
compassion, the need for greater social justice as
well as collective healing. Presented by C.H.A.R.G.E
Office and Women’s Resource Center.
Light Dinner will
be served.
NOV 27
Tag it! Diverse Door Tags
Waterbury Basement,
Alumni Quadrangle 7pm
Come down and
make some nice, bright, and unique door tags. Show
your personality by adding flags, symbols, or holiday
decoration to your tag!!! Presented by Alumni’s Quad
C.H.A.R.G.E Assistant Kimberly.
December
3 DEF POETRY JAM FEATURING DEF POET GEMINEYE
Let your voice be heard on Monday December 3rd 2007
at 7:30 pm as C.H.A.R.G.E Assistant Candice from Dutch
Quad hosts DEF POETRY SLAM Featuring Def Poet GEMINEYE.
ALL ARE WELCOME, artists, students and faculty alike
to one of the biggest slams this year. Contact Candice
at lefthanded2005@yahoo.com for further information.
Gemineye is one of the hottest poets to ever hit Russel
Simmon's Def Poetry on HBO. Grand Slam Champion in
New Jersey in 2002 and 2003 are just some of his many
accomplishments in the Poetry Circuit. Gemineye is
an Alum of the University at Albany and will be laying
down his slams on Monday December 3rd DefPoetry Slam.
Location: Campus Center room 375
Time 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm
March
2 " Yo You from the Boondocks"
6:30pm CHARGE Office
Join CA's Gifty and Jamila to discuss the controversies
surrounding a TV show that takes of look at extreme
stereotypes associated with the African American community.
Mar 3/3-3/7 Islam Awareness Week
"Forget what you think you know..."
All 7:30 pm LC 20
Monday "Pillars of faith" (Intro to faith)
Tuesday "The Qur'an: A timeless message, Wednesday:
"What is Shia Islam? (LC21) Thursday: "Status
of Men and Women, Friday: Islamic Jeopardy and Jum'ah
prayer. Presented by Dutch Quad's CA Rania Elzameamy.
March 4th "How do you live?"
7:30pm State Quad Penthouse
Students will learn and compare the differences between
social classes, the stereotypes and most the living
standards of many families across country. In addition,
discuss the negative aspects of such and how we based
stereotypes to judge and view others. Presented by
the Apartments CA Luis Paredes, Sigma Iota Alpha &
Lambda sigma epsilon
Mar 10 UAlbany Belly Dancing Club
7:30pm Empire commons Community building
Come learn and appreciate the ancestral dances of
the Middle east, Through teaching and learning the
basic steps pf belly dancing students will be able
to learn more about the origins of the dance and how
society accepts rejects, this form of dance. Presented
by the Apartments CA Luis Paredes.
March 16 "A class divided"
7pm Colonial Quad Penthouse
Come to an interactive workshop
will bring awareness of the negative connotations
they hold when meeting diverse peoples, i.e. Jewish,
African American, Asian. through skits, discussion
and interactive exercises.
March 18 Conversations
with a CA: Girls talk to much
7pm C.H.A.R.GE Office
Who talk more men or women?
Join Alumni’s CA Adetoro Addy“ in this conversation
to explore this topic and many more.
March 17 “Thanks Mom”
6:30pm C.H.A.R.G.E
Office
Join CHARGE Assistant Gifty
in discussing the positive impacts that these everyday
role models have on us while enjoying some refreshments
March 19 “The Essential
Blue Eyed “ by Jane Elliott
7pm Indian Penthouse
Race is a concept that humans
created, as well as many other concepts. How would
you react if someone treated you differently because
of your eye color. Join the
discussion
April
3 Conversation with a CA: Music from around the world.
8pm C.H.A.R.G.E Office
Join Dutch CA Rania as we listen
and discuss Arabic music and other music from around
the globe
April 7 Unveiling the Hips
8pm Location TBA
Come learn and appreciate the ancestral dances of
the Middle east, Through teaching and learning the
basic steps pf belly dancing students will be able
to learn more about the origins of the dance and how
society accepts rejects, this form of dance. Presented
by the Apartments CA Luis Paredes.
April 9 Talk to the hand
8pm Colonial Penthouse
Join Colonial's CA Jamila and
State's CA Gifty to an educational workshop on deaf
culture and learn basic sign language. Guest Speaker
Carrie Synder.
April 9 Karma Sutra/Tantric Sex
8pm LC 18
Come learn and ask question
about this eastern sexual practice. Presented by Alumni
CA Adetoro “Addy ”
April 10 Middle Eastern Nights
7:30pm Dutch Penthouse
Can you identify who is Middle
Eastern? Come expand your knowledge about the Middle
East and its different cultural practices and sample
some its foods. Presented by Dutch CA Rania
April 11 A blast from the past : Invisible
Children Benefit Dance
9pm-2am Indian Quad
Dining Hall $5.00 (all proceeds to the Invisible Children)
The 2008 Blast from the Past:
Invisible Children Fundraiser is a program designed
to raise awareness about the injustice that is happening
in Northern Uganda today. This benefit dance is our
way as students here at the University at Albany,
to make a difference in another person’s life. This
is an important time in Uganda’s history, and we want
to make a difference for children of the future.
We hope you will join with
us and other participating student groups in our efforts
to invest in peace with Invisible Children.
Join Dutch CA Rania as we listen
to music from the globe and learn fun facts associated
with it.
CHARGE Programs are free unless
otherwise specified. All are welcome ..light refreshments
served
Want more
information? Curious to check out our resource library?
Interested in volunteering with CHARGE?
Visit the CHARGE Office: 1st Floor Montauk Hall (Indian
Quad)…442-5840
