Office Of Multicultural Affairs

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) was established in 2002 to support the College’s efforts to attract, recruit, and serve both students of color and international students. Our mission is to create and sustain an environment that encourages and embraces the contributions of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Monday, November 16, 2009

ALANA NETWORK MEETING MINUTES- NOVEMBER 12, 2009

November 13, 2009

Sleep Out

- Reach out Center is hosting this event.
- Opportunity to experience what it's like to be homeless.
- Make sure you bring a sleeping bag, blanket, bottle of water, and a deck of cards.
- For more information Contact Kim Cohen at kcohen@assumption.edu
- 25,000 people are homeless every night in Worcester
- It is a great opportunity and I encourage all to attend thanks.

HIV/AIDS Week

- Screening of the movie Rent
- Promotes awareness of HIV
- 1 in 5 people have HIV and don't even know it
- Social Health and Responsibility Education(SHARE) is hosting this event
- Free HIV testing on Tuesday, December 2, 2009 from 10:30AM-2:00PM AIDS Project Worcester will be administering the test. I encourage all to come out and support the cause.
- Info Booth be on the lookout for that. They will be handing out red candy and red ribbons
- Painting Charlie's red with different statistics from different countries with people living with HIV/AIDS
- General Meetings Every other Monday at 6PM in Student Health Services
Open Forum

- Feedback about the ALANA Network
- Racial Healing Discussion to address the issue
- Supporting each other by reading articles in the Provoc by E-board members
- Advocate the mission and telling others what we do to promote cultural awareness

Miscellaneous Info:

- Sign up for the Fashion Show is next week
- 70 Spots are available for models make sure you sign up in the Office of
Multicultural Affairs because spots do fill up fast
- E-mail will be sent out regarding more information on the Fashion Show be on the lookout for that
- You don't want to miss out on this spectacular event I encourage all to attend thank you.

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