Lecture on Cultural Centers February 2, 2011

The UIC Centers for Diversity are sponsoring the following lecture:

"A Sense of Place: Exploring the Transition of Black Cultural Centers to
Multicultural Centers"

Date: 2 February 2011

Time: 3:30p.m. until 5:00p.m.

Location: African-American Cultural Center, 830 S. Halsted Street, Addams Hall Room 207

Lecturer: Belinda J. Carr, Director, Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center, Western
Illinois University

Attracting and retaining a diverse campus community requires having a nurturing and
supportive institutional culture. To that end this session will explore the nature
and purpose of specific cultural centers and the evolution of multicultural centers.
During this exploration we will examine issues such as funding, staffing, inadequate
facilities, the challenges of transitioning from a specific center to sharing
occupancy in a multicultural center, and the administration's impact on the success
of the transition. Also information will be shared on the background and rationale
for constructing the Multicultural Center at Western Illinois University.

The Centers for Diversity include: African-American Cultural Center, Asian American
Resource and Cultural Center, Gender and Sexuality Center, Rafael Cintron-Ortiz
Latino Cultural Center, Women's Leadership and Resource Center

This event is free and open to the university community and the public.  Please call
312-996-9549 for more information.

If you have a disability that needs accommodation in order to participate in this
event, please call prior to the event.  The African-American Cultural Center is
serviced by the elevator in Burnham Hall.  A ramp on the second floor connects the
two buildings