September 9, 2013
Newcomb College Institute-affiliated events:
Newcomb Scholars Applications Now Available
Applications
are due by Friday, September 20, no later than 4 pm in the Newcomb
College Institute (Bldg. #26). Late applications will not be
accepted.
Newcomb Film Series Presents Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Tuesday, September 10, 2pm
Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
The film depicts the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial
that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at
the University of California at Los Angeles into a seventies
revolutionary political icon. Nearly forty years later, and for the
first time, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that branded
her as a terrorist and simultaneously spurred a worldwide political
movement for her freedom. Reception to follow.
Sponsored by: the Newcomb College Institute, Newcomb-Tulane College, and the ADST Dept.
Take Back the Night Planning Meetings
Thursday, September 12, 5:15pm
Newcomb College Institute House
Come be a part of the planning team for Take Back the Night! Being a
part of the planning team is a good opportunity for honing your
leadership skills (publicity, planning, communication/outreach,
fundraising, etc.) and participating in a good cause. Here are the
remainder of the meeting dates and places. All meetings start at 5:15pm.
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Wednesday, Sept. 18 - Loyola Marquette Hall Room 315
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Thursday, Sept. 26 - Newcomb College Institute House
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Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Loyola Marquette Hall Room 315
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Wednesday, Oct. 9 - Loyola Marquette Hall Room 315
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Thursday, Oct. 17 - Newcomb College Institute House
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Wednesday Oct. 23 - Take Back the Night Event
Fridays at Newcomb: "Weaving Their World: Maya Women Over the Millennia" with Gabrielle Vail
Friday, September 13, Noon
Anna Many Lounge, Caroline Richardson Building
Dr. Vail examines the role played by prehispanic Maya women at various
times and places and highlights their contributions within the realms of
economics, politics, art, religion, and ritual. The talk concerns the
rituals and sacred stories important to Maya women today and in the
prehispanic past. Vail holds a research and teaching appointment at New
College of Florida in Sarasota.
Film Screening: Miss Representation
Tuesday, September 24
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
Networking 6:30-7pm, screening and panel discussion with local leaders to follow
The Forum For Equality, in association with several local organizations
including Newcomb College Institute, Greater New Orleans NOW and the
Independent Women's Organization, will be hosting a screening of Miss
Representation. The film explores how the media's misrepresentations of
women have led to the under representation of women in positions of
power and influence.
Following the film will be a discussion with several women leaders in
the community who will speak on their experiences as well as ways to
help nurture future women leaders.
Join NCI's Women Reading Women Facebook Group
When you make the time to read something for pleasure, you want to be
sure it's good. Now you can find recommendations for great books from
Newcomb's alumnae, staff, and students, many of which are available at
the Vorhoff Library or in another collection on campus. Share your
recommendations with the group and leave feedback about others'
posts.
Join the group now:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/496861183723421/
For more information about the Vorhoff Library, please visit:
http://tulane.edu/newcomb/vorhoff.cfm
Looking to learn new digital media skills or just need a computer? Visit the Collat Media Lab.
The
Collat Media Lab is a Mac lab stocked with some of the latest digital
media software applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
and Dreamweaver and Final Cut Pro. Digital video cameras are also
available for checkout. Stop by and visit the lab on the second
floor of the Caroline Richardson Building. For more information,
visit us online at http://collatlab.tulane.edu.
Fall Hours (starting September 3)
Monday 9am - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 10pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am – 1:30pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm
POC Zine Project Presents: Race Riot! Tour
Thursday, October 3, 6-8pm
Panel Discussion in Dinwiddie Hall 102, Reception to Follow at Amistad Research Center
The POC Zine Project began in 2010 with a mission to make zines made by
POC (People of Color) easy to find, distribute, and share. The first
stop of the Project's 2013 Race Riot! Tour will be hosted by the Amistad
Research Center and Tulane University's Nadine Vorhoff Library, both
institutions dedicated to collecting, preserving and raising awareness
about zines by women and people of color. The multimedia panel will
begin at 6:00pm in Dinwiddie Hall, Room 102, on the Tulane campus. Those
interested in learning more about the POC Zine Project and its national
tour can visit the Project's website at
http://poczineproject.tumblr.com/.
Other student-interest events:
The Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic
Tuesday, September 17, 6-7:30pm
Alumni House, 6319 Willow St.
Tickets are $10.
Exotic, seductive, and doomed: the antebellum mixed-race free woman of
color has long operated as a metaphor for New Orleans. Commonly known as
a "quadroon," she and the city she represents rest irretrievable
condemned in the popular historical imagination by the inked sins of
slavery and interracial sex. However, as Emily Clark shows, the rich
archives of New Orleans tell a different story. Admission is charged at
this event.
Newday Social Entrepreneurship Distinguished Speaker Series Presents David Bornstein
Thursday, September 26, 6pm
Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center
David Bornstein is a journalist and author who focuses on social innovation. He co-authors the Fixes column in
The New York Times
Opinionator section, which explores and analyzes potential solutions to
major social problems. He is the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism
Network, which supports journalists who report on constructive
responses to social problems. His books include
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas,
The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank, and
Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.
