Grow Old In A Good Way

Next week we have the honor to participate in a Sneak Up Led by Dr. Laura Guillen.  She will be leading a workshop on health and healing.

Please join us in 242 César Chávez from 11-12 as we learn some of the tools necessary to "grow old in a good way."

In that spirit.  I introduce:

The Native Women's Collective is a grassroots nonprofit organization that supports the continued growth of Native American arts and culture through public education, workshops, exhibits, research, cultural preservation projects, programs and technical assistance. The collective works to advance emerging and established artists and creative professionals by providing a network and forum for artists to share their work and exchange ideas with others.


Their website is:  http://www.nativewomenscollective.org/index.html

You can view several videos of featured artist and hear the song that inspired this posting.

Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender and the Murder of Fred Martinez

A wonderful video about survival and place from L. Frank.   "Everybody is Indigenous to somewhere."

Join us on Wednesday 9 November 2011 at the MCC for a special screening of Two Spirits:  Sexuality, Gender and the Murder of Fred Martinez.

We will begin with a welcome and a meal at 5, the film and Q & A will follow.

Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender and the Murder of Fred Martinez

L. Frank Manriquez is a Tongva-Acjachemen artist, writer, tribal scholar, cartoonist, and indigenous language activist.  She was a participant in the filming of Two Spirits and will join us at the screening on Nov. 9.

Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender and the Murder of Fred Martinez

Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender and the Murder of Fred Martinez
Screening and Q&A with
*L. Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Acjachemen), Film Participant
*Dr. Reid Gómez (Diné), Native American Student Development

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
5-7pm
Multicultural Community Center (MCC) - 2nd Floor of MLK, UC Berkeley
Free food!
Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine 
nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was 
one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was 
brutally murdered at 16. 

Two Spirits mourns the young Fred Martinez and the threatened 
disappearance of the two-spirit tradition, but it also brims with hope 
and the belief that we all are enriched by multi-gendered people, and 
that all of us — regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or cultural
heritage — benefit from being free to be our truest selves. 

For more information on the film: 

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/two-spirits/
Students, staff, faculty and community members welcome!

Questions? Contact Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu

This is a drug and alcohol free event.

Cosponsored by Native American Student Development, the Multicultural
Community Center, Native American Recruitment and Retention Center,
Department of Gender & Women's Studies, and the Gender Equity Resource
Center.

For disability-related accommodations see http://geneq.berkeley.edu

Sneak Up: Statement of Purpose

Dopamine Regresssion by Melissa Cody

This Monday 24 October 2011 @ 11 AM in 242 César Chávez our Sneak Up will be lead by Student Learning Center Assistant Director Luisa Giulianetti.

Writing a Statement of Purpose is an art form and the time is at hand for statements:  graduate school applications, fellowships, research opportunities and grants.  Ms. Giulianetti will guide you through the ins and outs of crafting your best statement of self.  Writing these singular documents require vision, patience and creativity.  Join us as we take it one word and one line at a time.

 

Ohlone Indigenous Delegation at Occupy Oakland

Hearing Radmilla: What You Do and What You Don't

WHAT YOU DO and WHAT YOU DON'T 

A Conversation by and about

Black and American Indian Women 

Images and Voices 

African American Studies Conference Room

652 Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley 

Oct. 21st, from 2:30 - 4:30 pm.  

Join us for an afternoon conversation with several scholars

and artists from African Diaspora, African American and 

American Indians Studies.

Christina Bush

African Diaspora Studies Ph.D Student, UC Berkeley
Areas of research include: black masculine performance, 

“authenticity,” and sneakers 

Kim McNair

African Diaspora Studies, Doctoral Student, UC Berkeley
Areas of research include: commodification of Black Protest Culture, 

Remix Theory, performance of race, and t-shirt culture

Ianna Hawkins Owen

PhD student in African Diaspora Studies 
Areas of research include: the racialization of asexuality, desire and
abolition 

Obiamaka Ude 

African American Studies Recent Graduate, UC Berkeley
Areas of research include: women of African descent, identity, and hair
politics; social justice movements from a feminist perspective 

Radmilla Cody

Miss Navajo Nation 1997-1998, activist, and 

One of NPR's 50 Greatest Voices in Recorded History

Angela Webb

Documentary Film Director

Self Portrait by Niki Lee (Arikara/Caddo) 

Hearing Radmilla: The Voice

A Beautiful Dawn by Radmilla Cody.

Radmilla Cody speaks out about what it takes to continue to make art in our languages and on our terms.  This is how "We make a living." 

See:  Pirates of the Navajo Nation- Part 5

Assistant Prof. Kimberly TallBear-October 12 @ Noon

Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues Speaker Series:

From Blood to DNA, From "Tribe" to "Race": Science, Whiteness & Property


Kimberly TallBear, Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley

with Troy Duster, Silver Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University, and Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley, as respondent

This talk will compare symbolic blood as it has been used in 20th and 21st-century U.S. tribal enrollment with the more recent advent of DNA testing for enrollment. I briefly examine both "Indian blood" and "tribe-specific blood" and compare these concepts with that of the "DNA profile" that is increasingly used in enrollment in concert with existing blood rules. How might DNA testing influence how we understand "Native American" as a racial category? I argue that genetic practices are more likely to "racialize" Native American citizenship than are current blood rules alone, and this is more harmful to tribal sovereignty than are blood concepts of identity.
-Wildavsky Conference Room, 2538 Channing Way, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Sociology Department and the Environmental Science and Polcy Management Department.

Hearing Radmilla: Domestic Violence on the Rez

Radmilla Cody and Geraldine Laughter, advocates working to stop domestic violence, discuss domestic violence and the challenges for enforcement and victim support services on the Navajo Nation and other Indian reservations.

"You never know who is listening."

Hearing Radmilla: Domestic Violence on Navajo Nation

Hearing Radmilla features commentary from one of our most important voices, Navajo Times reporter Marley Shebala.  Recently Shebala has written a series of articles about domestic violence for the Times:

PD chief: Domestic violence 'dominant'

By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times

WINDOW ROCK, May 5, 2011

"Domestic violence on the Navajo Reservation is "very dominant," acting Navajo Nation Police Chief Harry Sombrero told U.S. attorneys from Arizona, New Mexico and Utah on April 26.

Sombrero emphasized that in the domestic violence cases he's handled, the perpetrators went on to kill their victims about three years after first threatening them with death. The perpetrators in these cases were male - boyfriends, husbands or ex-husbands, he said.
He and the U.S. attorneys met at the Navajo Nation Museum to discuss how they can improve their efforts to make life safer for tribal members.
Last year tribal police responded to 4,851 domestic violence calls, according to the Division of Public Safety statistics. The number was even higher in the previous three years, peaking at over 6,700 in 2007."

Navajo Co. sets up centers to serve victims of domestic violence 

By Marley Shebala

Navajo Times

WINDOW ROCK, April 7, 201"he Navajo County attorney's office plans to open two family advocacy centers dedicated to help reduce the trauma suffered by victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and child abuse.
They are the latest in a multi-pronged effort by the office to reduce violence against residents in the county, a long narrow stretch of mostly rural land north of the Mogollon Rim.
The first center will open next month in Show Low and the second one will open in Holbrook in August."

Violence Against Family Act revived

By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times

WINDOW ROCK, July 21, 2011
"After it lay dormant for 12 or 14 years, first lady Martha Shelly dusted off the Violence Against Family Act and placed it in the hands of Delegates Katherine Benally and Joshua Butler as part of "Navajo Nation Stop Violence Against Women Day" on Wednesday."

Hallow Promises:  Domestic abuse victim suffers at hands of husband, tribe

Part 1 of 2

By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times

NAGEEZI, N.M., May 12, 2011
"The domestic violence case of 44-year-old Linda Begay began as an appeal to her tribe for protection for herself and her children.  More than two years later, serious lapses in service delivery by tribal agencies mandated to help people like Begay have left her homeless, her children in foster care, and her hopes for rebuilding her life a dim light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel."

Part Two:  Linda's Story:  Alone, afraid and sad

"Linda Begay constantly smiles, even as she describes her tortured 16 years with her estranged husband, Wallace Begay, 50."

Navajo Co. sets up centers to serve victims of domestic violence

By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times

WINDOW ROCK, April 7, 2011
 
"The Navajo County attorney's office plans to open two family advocacy centers dedicated to help reduce the trauma suffered by victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and child abuse.
They are the latest in a multi-pronged effort by the office to reduce violence against residents in the county, a long narrow stretch of mostly rural land north of the Mogollon Rim."

Telling her story

Beating victim won't bow to police indifference, lack of action

By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times

GALLUP, March 24, 2011
"After what seemed like a non-stop three-hour beating, 24-year-old Krystal Yazzie's face was a bloody mess.
...
"My 3-year-old son didn't know I was his mother," Yazzie said."

Shebala followed up this story; her follow up piece is available online.  (Navajo Times, WINDOW ROCK, Aapril 14, 2011, System finally responds to beating victim's pleas)

I am not including it here, as the Times chose to run a photo of Ms. Yazzie which feeds the desire to see "proof,"  the erotics and pleasure often derived from seeing images of violence against women, and only serves to turn our attention away from the perpetrators and onto the victims.  


Learn more about Shebala in Dan Kraker's 2006 article in the High Country News:  "How many American journalists can claim that their reporting helped oust two presidents? Navajo Times reporter Marley Shebala can: Her tireless muckraking helped lead to the downfall — and eventual imprisonment — of Navajo Nation Chairman Peter MacDonald in 1989."

Sneak Up Schedule

Today's Sneak Up:  The Elements of Style, Punctuation and Grammar

Sneak Ups meet in 242 César Chávez, every Monday 11-12.

October 3:  Research in the NAS Library with John Berry

Note:  We will meet at the NAS Library @ 11!

October 10:  Mini Grants for the Joe Meyers Research Center

October 24:  Writing a Statement of Purpose

October 31:  Health and Wellness

November 7:  Keeping Your Finances on Track

Hearing Radmilla: About the Film

Hearing Radmilla documents the turbulent reign of Radmilla Cody, Miss Navajo Nation 1997-1998, the Navajo Nation's first biracial Miss Navajo Nation.  The film follows Ms. Cody's development as the goodwill and cultural ambassador of Navajo Nation to her success as an award winning vocal artist.  She shocked her nation when she was sentenced to 21 months in a federal corrections facility.  Upon her release, in 2004, she created the campaign "Strong Spirit - Life is Beautiful Not Abusive'' revealing her passionate activism against domestic violence.  NPR selected her one of the 50 GreatVoices in Recorded History.   (82 Minutes, in English and Navajo with English Subtitles)

From Leo W. Banks, of High Country News: "First-time filmmaker Webb had started out to do a documentary about beauty queens. Her determination to portray all the characters as authentically as possible took the film in unexpected directions. 'Nobody is all good or all bad, and I wanted to show those complications,' says Webb. 'It was a challenge to keep the focus on Radmilla because everyone in the film – Marcus, the dad, Margaret – could have a documentary about them.'"

From Dr. Leonie Pihama, Te Atiawa, Ngā Māhanga a Tairi, Ngati Māhanga (BA, MA Hons, PhD Auck) is a leading Māori academic and filmmaker:  "There is something particularly powerful about Indigenous women who are willing to share incredible depths of pain with the world in the hope that it will bring change for others. Hearing Radmilla is one of those stories. It is one of many that we know in our own lives and so it resonates with even more power for those that have been at the receiving end of, or watched within their own homes, violence perpetuated. Radmilla's story is multilevelled. Domestic violence is one level, living as an Navajo/African American woman is another, maintaining her Navajo language and culture is another. That is the power of this story. its incredible honesty about the many ways in which our communities have internalised the hegemony of violence on many levels and the journey it took for this Indigenous woman to not only survive but to recover. At the centre of recovery is her family, her people, her language, her culture, and her strength to find the healing within herself and those powers of the creator and of love of family. "  

Hearing Radmilla: October 21, 2011

Working Together To End Violence

Native American Student Development

and 

Gender Equity Resource Center's

empowerU

present

Hearing Radmilla

a film by Angela Webb 

Friday, October 21st, 2011

7:00-10:00

doors open at 6:30

seating is limited

155 Dwinelle Hall

University of California, Berkeley

Q & A with Radmilla Cody and Angela Webb to follow

This is a drug and alcohol free event.

Wheelchair Accessible

Resource Fair Before Screening

 

Opportunity: UCLA Law Fellows Program

Law Fellows Outreach Program

UCLA School of Law Academic Outreach Resource Center

The UCLA School of Law seeks to produce graduates who will be at the forefront of the leadership capable of working across social lines and able to further meaningful democratic values in an increasingly complex and multi-cultural world. To that end, the Academic Outreach Resource Center is committed to aggressively and imaginatively engaging in a wide variety of outreach initiatives designed to encourage students from diverse backgrounds to apply and attend law school at UCLA. Additionally, we have taken the initiative to engage students throughout the educational "pipeline" with the learning tools that will help them take maximum advantage of the opportunities available. By equipping talented and motivated students with an academically-based program, sound counseling, test preparation, and mentorship, we are confident that the Law School will better prepare participants to successfully gain admission to, and succeed at, UCLA School of Law. Recognizing that highly competitive students have a variety of options when making admissions decisions, we are committed to making UCLA School of Law the most attractive first choice by demonstrating to them that we want, and actively seek, their presence at the law school.

Law Fellows Program

To further this goal, UCLA School of Law Academic Outreach Resource Center launched the Law Fellows Program in 1997. This program is designed to encourage and prepare high-potential undergraduate and graduated students for a career in law, increase the diversity of the law school pool, and demystify the law school experience.
The program format is made up of several components, and includes a series of Saturday Academies held at the law school. These Academies offer professional-level instruction by law faculty in which Law Fellows are exposed to cases and a variety of other materials used in law school. In addition to the academic enrichment component, each Fellow is assigned a law student mentor with whom they interact throughout the year. Informative seminars and panel discussions, designed to demystify the law school experience, are led by staff, alumni, and other members of the legal community. Each Fellow who successfully completes the program receives a scholarship for an LSAT preparation course. Finally, participants complete a Juris Doctorate Action Plan and meet with the directors of the Program regularly, often over the course of several years until they matriculate to law school and beyond, receiving continuous academic support, mentoring, counseling, and career guidance.

For additional information please contact the Academic Outreach Resource Center:

Leo Trujillo-Cox, J.D. ‘97
Executive Director of Academic Outreach & Development; Associate Director of Admissions & Recruitment; Instructor, Law Fellows Program

For more information:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/current-students/get-involved/Pages/law-fellows-outreach-program.aspx

Profile: Vanessa May Cisneros

Vanessa May Cisneros
Ojibwe


University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Peace and Conflict Studies 2011

Native American Recruitment and Retention Center
Native American Student Development
Multicultural Community Center
Multicultural Student Development
UCLA Law Fellow 2011 
 

Boozhoo.

I am excited to have the opportunity to stay connected 

to the Cal Native community, even after graduation. 

I am originally from Saginaw, Michigan and my family is 

Saginaw Ojibwe, Swan Creek and Black River Bands. 

I migrated to California after joining Americorps 

in the Summer of 2005. I was placed in Oakland, and 

After a year of service I traveled down to San Diego 

to attend junior college and work. I recieved my associates 

in Cross-Cultural Studies and transferred to UC Berkeley 

where I spent two amazing and grueling years. 

I graduated with a degree in Peace and Conflicts Studies 

and am currently in the process of applying to law school. 

I owe much of my success and ambition to pursue
"higher" higher education to the support 

I received from my community at Cal. 

I am always available to answer any and all questions you have, 

whether they are about Cal or the law school application process, 

or anything else.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Baamaapii.

Opportunity: Joeseph A. Meyers Center MINI GRANTS

 

Graduate and Undergraduate Mini-grant Program

The Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students to apply for grants to assist with the development of student research projects on issues affecting Native American communities in the U.S. today.

Eligibility

Full-time UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students who are conducting individual research projects on issues affecting Native American communities in the U.S. are eligible to apply.  Proposals that support undergraduate thesis or graduate dissertation research are strongly encouraged.  Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500.  Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.

For more information:
Link: http://crnai.berkeley.edu/research/mini-grants

AIGSA MIXER! Monday September 19 @ 6:30

A message from AIGSA Co-Chair Peter Nelson:   Hello, The American Indian Graduate Student Association (AIGSA)  is pleased to invite all of you to our Graduate Student Mixer.  Anyone even if not a grad student is welcome to come.  Please feel free to pass on the word to others who you think would be interested or  forward this email to other email lists. What: AIGSA Graduate Student Mixer FREE Food Where: Room 554, Barrows Hall When: Monday, 9/19/11, 6:30pm Why: To network with and get to know other Native American graduate students How: Email Peter Nelson (peteran@berkeley.edu) and/or just show up The American Indian Graduate Student Association (AIGSA)  is holding a mixer to highlight the work that our  Native grad students do. All grad and undergrad students,  faculty, and friends are welcome to come. We would like to first and foremost facilitate networking on campus  between Native grad students from various departments and  get to know one another. We would also like to provide  an opportunity for others on campus to hear about the great work  we are all doing, and promote interest in continuing education in grad school to undergrads that attend. This event will be as formal or casual as you feel comfortable with.  That is to say there is no formal presentation required,  but if you want to give one, please feel free.  The first half of the event will feature introductions and/or  presentations by graduate students wishing to shar from 3 to 5 to 10 minutes in length and include anything  about current or past work that you would like to share. This may include dissertation work,  summer projects, past jobs, etc. The second half of the event will be a casual mixer with FREE food. This is a good time to  introduce yourself casually, talk to someone whose presentation was inspiring or relevant  to your own work, or just to get to know other Native grads better.

Opportunity: 26th Annual California Indian Conference

Sustaining the Circle of Knowledge

This year’s theme will be highlighted through 

an interesting diversity of presentations, workshops, 

and native performances, along with a number of special

events including a California Native basketry exhibit and 

master weavers demonstration at the Chico Museum, 

a Native fine art display at the Anthropology Museum, 

an opportunity to tour the State Archives in Sacramento, 

and a tour of the campus arboretum by Biologist Wes Dempsey.

Organized sessions and presentations include:
 
“Equal Access to Education” 

“Native California Featherwork”
“Who Are We Now? Defining Native Identity”

“Dance the Wheels of Diversity in Education” 

“Karuk Tribal Library: Connecting Collections with the Community” 

“Weaving to Remember: 

Coastal Southern California Indian Basket Weavers and Their Stories” 

Visit the website to register and for the latest updates to the conference schedule.

Welcome Reception for New Professor Shari Huhndorf

Native American Studies 

will host a reception for our newest professor,

Shari Huhndorf.

When:  Monday, Sept. 12, Noon-1:00 pm 

Where: 554 Barrows 

Please join us in welcoming Prof. Huhndorf 

to the Department and to Berkeley. 

Opportunity-New Prof. Shari Huhndorf (course offerings)

TWO NEW COURSES BY PROF. SHARI HUHNDORF

Ethnic Studies 190.3  Displaying Race, Displaying Culture: Exhibitions, Film, Photography
TuTh 12:30-2:00  130 Wheeler
4 Credits
Course Control Number 31212


Native American Studies 190.1  Contemporary Issues in Native America
TuTh 9:30-11:00  106 Mulford
4 Credits
Course Control Number 61224



Prof. Shari Huhndorf, Native Alaskan, is a specialist in Native American literature and cultural
studies.  

She is the author of two books:

Going Native:  Indians in the American Cultural Imagination (Cornell University Press, 2001),
and 
Mapping the Americas:  The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture (Cornell University Press, 2009).  

Opportunity- Writing and Study Strategies for Success

 Need Help with:

Note-Making for Lectures and Reading Are you unsure what to write down when your instructors are speaking? Do you have difficulty finding important points or quotes in your texts when you are writing your papers? In this workshop, you will learn to apply active reading and listening strategies to take notes effectively from your lectures and course texts.

Reading Strategies

Want to delve beyond the surface meaning of the texts you’re reading? Want strategies for working with different types of academic texts across disciplines? In this workshop, you will practice strategies to enhance your skills in navigating and interpreting academic texts.

Speaking and Participating in Academic Settings

Not sure how to jump into class discussions? Nervous about approaching your instructors with questions? In this workshop, you will learn more about the characteristics of an academic audience and effective ways to approach office hours, speak up in class, and achieve confidence in your public speaking and class participation.

Time Management

Does it seem that you are always rushing to meet deadlines? Do you feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day? In this workshop, you will learn strategies that will help you plan your academic work schedule more effectively, and you will learn how to formulate an action plan to help you prevent procrastination and achieve a more balanced life.

Writing Research Papers

Are you writing a research paper this semester? Are you wondering about how to approach writing research papers at Berkeley? In this workshop, you will review the steps involved in narrowing down a topic and writing a focused, well-researched, and appropriately-documented paper.

Scholarly Collaboration In- and Out-of-Class

Has your instructor assigned your class a group project? Are you seeking effective strategies for learning with other Cal students? In this workshop, you will learn strategies for collaborating effectively with other students both in and outside of your classes at Berkeley.

Revising Your Own Writing for Grammar and Content

Is editing your own writing a stressful process? Are you unsure whether your writing is clear to your audience? In this workshop, you will learn strategies for proofreading and editing your own papers to ensure that your content is presented clearly to your reader.

We have been invited to join Student Learning Center staff Gonzalo Arrizon and Alberto Ledesma for a series of workshops every Tuesday 5-7, location TBA. 

Workshop Series:  Writing and Study Strategies for Success.

These workshops will supplement the work we're doing at our Sneak Ups.

Opportunity- ISHI Conference

 For more information and to register for this FREE conference sign up below.

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=ueoawbeab&oeidk=a07e4apkb1i4dd4ed0f

 Sign up now!  Last Day to register is August 31, 2011

AIGP/NASD Mentor Program

Announcing:  AIGP/NASD Mentor Program

 We are inviting all Graduate and Undergraduate students to participate in this, our first, mentorship program.  This is an excellent opportunity to develop and strengthen connections across the academic generations.  Cal can be a maze and we all need an extra hand to make it through.   Working with someone can be the key to a successful paper, semester, and degree experience. 

Our strength has always come from our intergenerational relations.  This is an opportunity to put that into practice.

If you'd like to have or be a mentor please send me the following information:

Name:

Affiliation (Tribe, Pueblo, Nation, Village, etc., ):

Year at Cal:

Major or Department:

Area of interest, or specialty:

One sentence describing your style:

One sentence describing the style of your ideal mentoring partner:

We will have mentors and mentees matched up as soon as possible—we are aiming to introduce folks at the Welcome. 

We will continue to match people up through out the semester.

What the program involves: 

1.  Meeting informally to discuss academics, Cal, interests, navigating the campus terrain, art, music, food etc.,  The program is what you make it!   Try it and see what works, what doesn't.

2.  Additional hosted events during the fall semester, where everyone participating in the program can gather, connect and share.

Send your information to:

reidgomez(at)berkeley.edu

Subject Line:  Mentor

Photo Credit:  The Making of Oneself by Roxanne Swentzell

Opportunity-Student Learning Center Open House SCHEDULE

Greetings and Welcome Back. 

Student Learning Center (SLC) Events
The Student Learning Center (SLC) Bears All: Welcome Week Open House: August 24, 10AM until 4:15PM

For the complete schedule:

http://welcome.berkeley.edu/slc.html

Each workshop is 45 minutes!

Stop by and say hello to Gonzalo Arrizon, Cara Stanley,  Luisa Giulianetti, Liz Keithley, and Alberto Ledesma.

Also, check in and sign up for your writing, math, science tutor or social science study group!

Sneak Up

Things sneak up on you:  finals, exams, this and that, without explanation.  When you develop skills and power, you sneak up on them.

Every Monday from 11-12 at 242 César Chavez, Native American Student Development will host a Sneak Up.  Our goal is to help you develop the tools, skills and style you need to achieve the goals you've set.

The first Sneak Up will take place on Monday September 12.

Please feel free to suggest topics you'd like covered.

We will alternate between study skills, research opportunities, grant writing (and getting) and off campus opportunities.

Look for a full schedule to appear soon.  For now check in for the latest.

September 12:  Planning Your Semester (when to get help, where, and procrastination--how not to do it).  What to do with that syllabus (bring yours along!).

September 19:  NERDS

September 26:  The Elements of Style and a Suitable Design (Grammar and Organization) 

Profiles-Gonzalo Arrizon

NASD has the good fortune to have Gonzalo Arrizon with us at the Student Learning Center.  He is passionate, kind and an incredibly gifted teacher.  As an ally he is incomparable.

His specialty is study strategies. 

This semester he will be teaching several Education 98 classes (sections 14 and 15).  He will also be leading a Study Strategies and Writing Workshop at the International House on Thursday evenings (5-7 pm).  I encourage you all to attend.  These sessions will compliment the work we will be doing at our sneak ups.  (Please check the SLC's website for additional information on Gonzalo's workshop.)

Study strategies include but are not limited to:  Time Management & Procrastination, Motivation & Goal-setting, Effective Reading Strategies, Exam Preparation and Performance, Lecture Note taking, Writing and Research, Public Speaking, Studying and Learning, and Campus Resource referrals and information.

For more information about study strategies at the Student Learning Center please visit their site:

http://slc.berkeley.edu/studystrategies/index.htm

Gonzalo's Education 98 Sections:  http://slc.berkeley.edu/courses/index.htm

Ed. 98, Wed 1-3, Section 14

Ed. 98, Thursday 2-4, Section 15

He will also be available for individual consultations on Mondays and Tuesdays.  You can contact him at imp8@berkeley.edu or 642-1330.  His office is located at 144 Chavez.

Opportunity-Student Learning Center Open House

The Student Learning Center offers many services.

Their open house is scheduled for Wednesday, August 24.  There will be workshops all day!

Please check their website for a detailed schedule:  http://slc.berkeley.edu/general/index.htm

Sign up for tutors and register for study groups early, before you even think you need them!  Spaces go fast!

Opportunity-Haas Scholars Program

 If you're looking for a good start in research the Haas Scholars Program is offering these workshops.

For more information:  http://research.berkeley.edu/haas_scholars/

Welcome and Welcome Back!

Our first campus gathering takes place on Tuesday, September 6 (2011) at the Multicultural Community Center (MCC) in the Martin Luther King Student Union.

Please join us for a lovely dinner (tamales, strawberry cake, and refreshments).

We look forward to seeing old friends and making new connections. 

We will open the celebration at 4:30 and share stories, introductions, and information until 6:00.

In the spirit of good relations and our tradition of intergenerational strength and beauty we welcome all students, staff, community members, faculty, and family.

In light and beauty,

Carmen, Cindy and Reid

AIGP will be debuting their latest and greatest T-shirts.

Come early and stay late!

Introducing our Fall 2011 Program

Congratulations!  

The University of California at Berkeley is a highly competitive research institution.  We are dedicated to seeing you flourish and graduate, and strive to support each of you on your personal journey toward excellence and achievement.

 Working together, as scholars, leaders and artists, we can shape the future.

Current Program Schedule for Fall 2011:

Welcome and Welcome Back (September 6)

NASD Leadership Program

American Indian Graduate Program/NASD Mentor Program

a Sneak Up, every Monday from 11-12 (242 César Chavez)

Hearing Radmilla (October 21)

Two Spirits: Sexuality, Gender, and the Murder of Fred Martinez (November 9)

Stay tuned for more information regarding programs and opportunities.

You can sign up at the blogspot to receive information every time the blogspot is updated.  If you prefer, you can simply check in for weekly updates.

I will post opportunities on and off campus at this site, so check in regularly.

If you have any questions please email me at reidgomez[at]berkeley.edu.

The NASD office in César Chavez will be up and running soon.

See you all at the MCC for our Welcome on Tuesday September 6, from 4:30-6!

In light and beauty,

Dr. Reid Gómez

NASD Leadership Program-Application

Native American Leadership Program Application

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Transfer students: 

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Expected date of graduation (month/year)  ______________________________

How many semesters will you be available to work?  __________

Are you eligible for work-study funds? Yes  No      If yes, amount_________________

How many hours a week, on the average, can you work?   _______________________________

Tribal Affiliation(s)__________________________            

EOP:       Yes         No

How did you hear about the Native American Student Development? 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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NASD Leadership Program 2011

Q:  What kind of training will I receive and what other resources are available to me?

A:   NASD will provide hands on assistance will all aspects of your work load.  The weekly seminar will form the core of your leadership training, with those ideals being applied in your weekly assignments.  Additional writing, oral communication and public speaking skills will be address as needed.

Q:  How will I be assigned work?

A:   The majority of work assignments will be decided at the weekly staff meeting.  Additional assignments will be given by program specialist Dr. Reid Gómez (via personal communication and email).

Q:  Where will I work?

A:  Work space will be provided at the Native American Student Development office.  Additional work may take place on campus (including libraries, research and learning centers, and relevant departments).

Q: What other responsibilities might I have?

A:  Responsibilities will include all regular office duties (answering phones, taking messages, writing emails, making and keep appointments).  In addition each student leader will be expected to keep a regular schedule (making and keeping appointments with students, faculty and staff).  Student leaders will be expected to communicate clearly and timely in writing and orally.  Student leaders will also be held accountable for completing all assigned work (web, publicity, programming) on deadline—when difficulties arise student leaders are required to communicate those difficulties as soon as they become apparent.  Student leaders will also be responsible for developing an area of personal expertise (to be discussed and developed during the semester).  

Q: How will seminar participation be assessed?

A:  Student leaders are expected to come prepared to discuss details of the readings.  They should have on their person notes, questions, responses that they can share with fellow leaders.  They should be able and ready to discuss their understanding of the readings, their ideas for further application of the theories, and to raise thoughtful questions during seminar.  Seminar will be a concentrated time to go over ideas already formulated at the student's leisure.  Student leaders will be paid for 1 hour of reading time, each week.  Reading assignments will be gone over at the end of each seminar.  Student leaders are expected to ask questions when they are unclear. 

Q:  How will my work be assessed?

A:   Student leaders are expected to active participants in all areas of the program.  Dr. Gómez will assess work during the semester.  Consequently communication between Dr. Gómez and student leaders is of paramount importance.  If any problems should arise, Dr. Gómez will inform the student leader in writing of inadequacies in performance.  Should further action be needed, CCSD Director, L. Walker will mediate.

Please retain this page for your own information.

Please give your best answer to the following questions:

1.  What is your academic area of interest? (One Paragraph Only)

2.  How do you envision your participation in the NASD Leadership Program enhancing your development, as a scholar and student? (One to Two Paragraphs Only)

3.  What is your area of greatest strength, as a scholar? (One Paragraph Only)

4.  In what area do you need the most development, as scholar? (One Paragraph Only)

5.  Please respond to the following quote:

"Today we see a great revival of traditional practices in many tribes.  Younger people are bringing back crafts, songs and dances, and religious ceremonies to make them the center of their lives.  These restorations are important symbols of a sense of community, but they must be accompanied by hard and clear thinking that can distinguish what is valuable in the old ways from the behavior we are expected to practice as members of the larger American society."  (Vine Deloria, Jr.,)

Please note:

·      Answers should be typed, single space (12 point font) and proofread.

·      Applications will be assessed on levels of content (grammar, style, and analysis).

·      Any questions should be address directly to Dr. Reid Gómez.