CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
NOON LECTURE SERIES

March 15, 2007

Drafting the Women's Rights Clause for the New Japanese Constitution
Beate Sirota Gordon
Former Director of Performing Arts, Films, and Lectures; The Asia Society, New York
Author, The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir
12 noon ~ 1pm

Thursday, March 15th from 12 noon until 1:30 pm for pizzas, drinks and discussion with representatives from the analytic directorate of the Central Intelligence Agency.

We will hear about how the Agency addresses the issue of looking at political Islam and how that differs from the approach of the academic community.

We will also have the chance to ask representatives of the CIA Recruitment Center about job options and the mechanics of the application process. Additionally, we will have in attendance an Agency manager.

Please RSVP (to Gigi, ) by Monday, March 12.

CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
NOON LECTURE SERIES

March 15, 2007

Drafting the Women's Rights Clause for the New Japanese Constitution

Beate Sirota Gordon

Former Director of Performing Arts, Films, and Lectures; The Asia Society, New York

12 noon ~ 1pm

Intersection ROADs - Race, Orientation, Attraction & Dialogue

Time:
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
Michigan Union
Room:
3909
Type:
Activity

Intersecting ROADs is a safe, open, affirming and empowering space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, same-attractional and same-gender-loving people of color. Food will be provided.

Math and pizza.

Circulo Andino is pleased to present Mandi Bane, doctoral candidate in
Sociology, THIS WEDNESDAY, 14 March.

Please join us from 11.30-1p in West Hall 242 for lunch and Mandi's
talk, entitled "Are you a Pachakutik? Membership and Representation
in the Indigenous Movement of Cotopaxi, Ecuador."

Summary:
The CONAIE (Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador) is
many things: a social movement organization with a demonstrated ability
for mass mobilization; an organization that works inside state
institutions and NGOs; the "government," or official voice of all
indigenous Ecuadorians; and a loose confederation of local
organizations, each with a great degree of autonomy in pursuing its own
agenda. It is so many things, in fact, that one might ask, what or
who, exactly, is the CONAIE?

Drawing on two years of fieldwork in the province of Cotopaxi, we will
explore this question by looking at issues of membership and
representation in the indigenous movement.

Nutrient Loading to Lake Michigan
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: 2024 Dana Bldg., School of Natural Resources and Environment

9th Annual MLK Winter Luncheon & Discussion Series
Description: Solidarity and Coalition Building: Breaking Down Walls, Broadening Horizons Often the most challenging experiences yield the largest rewards; this is especially salient in the decision to pursue international experiences. The past few years have seen a marked increase in the number of students gaining credit in study-abroad programs. Furthermore, there are many opportunities at even the smallest companies to work abroad in the corporate world. How do we strengthen ties between the University of Michigan and universities abroad? What can be done to break any barriers that stand between people and international opportunities?
Location: Johnson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2007 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Sponsor: CoE and Tau Beta Pi
Contact: DebbieTaylor dpoet@umich.edu 734-647-7014

Here a reminder about our Spring Pride Film Festival.

This Wednesday March 14th 6pm
“The Aggressives”
At the McGregor Commons / School of Social Work

*Pizza will be provided*

About the film:

A documentary about the working class African-American young female bodied
people in New York City who identify as “Aggressives”. If forced to choose
from the more widely known descriptions of sexual and gender orientation, the six people whose lives are profiled in “The Aggressives” are almost
impossible to label. They are beyond butch, masculine-identified but not transgender.

“New Trends in Prison Reform”



Jenni Gainsborough

Penal Reform International





Wednesday March 14th

Noon-1:30

3512 Haven Hall



Lunch Provided