From a traditional tea ceremony to a dragon dance to civil rights
presentations, numerous events are planned at Grand Valley for the
Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration.
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, events are
planned from February 8-23. All events are free and open to the
public. Details are below; for more information, visit
www.gvsu.edu/oma, or call (616) 331-2217.
• February 8-April 26, Holland Area Arts Council, 150 E. Eighth
St. Holland: "Year of the Tiger Exhibit" features art,
foods, music from the Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese cultures.
• February 9, 3 p.m., Kirkhof Center, room 0072: Japanese Tea
Ceremony, presented by two grand tea masters who will prepare and
serve a green tea for participants.
• February 10, 4 p.m., Cook-DeWitt Center: "Walking the
Talk of Diversity," by Phoebe Eng. Eng, corporate attorney,
author and national lecturer, will discuss cultural fluency and how to
enhance communication to develop a better understanding of cultures.
• February 11, 6 p.m., Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room: Asian
New Year Festival, program highlights the richness of Asia through
food, fashion, dragon dance and martial arts.
• February 16, 4 p.m., Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room:
"Virtual Equality: Mainstreaming Gay and Lesbian
Liberation," by Urvashi Vaid. The civil rights activist and
attorney will discuss the LGBT political movement and suggest that it
is in a state of virtual equality, or seen by many only on the surface.
• February 17, noon, Kirkhof Center, room 2266: Osteoporosis
presentation by Dr. Anu Garg, from Spectrum Health. More than
one-fifth of Asian American women suffer from osteoporosis; Garg’s
presentation will inform participants on diagnosis and treatment of
the disease.
• February 23, noon, Kirkhof Center, room 1240: "Marriage
Equality and LGBT," by Curtis Chin, political activist and movie
producer. Chin and his partner were among the 18,000 couples married
in California before the passage of Proposal 8. He will discuss this
current topic and the recent passage of the anti-discrimination
ordinance in Kalamazoo.
• February 23, 4 p.m., Kirkhof Center, room 2204: "Hate
Hurts — 'Vincent Who?'" The award-winning documentary that
focuses on the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit will be shown.
Curtis Chin will discuss how this murder was the first time Asian
Americans formed a political movement.
Events at Grand Valley celebrate Asian Pacific heritage
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