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.