Sidney Cheung, professor of anthopology at Chinese University of Hong Kong; Wei Ying Wong, Mellon postdoctoral fellow at Connecticut College Eating Chinese: Comestibles, Cuisine, Commerce and Culture (LECTURE SERIES)
As Executive Director of the Weeksville Heritage Center, Pamela Green is responsible for the management and expansion of this unique historic African American preservation and education organization. Ms. Green's current focus is on the construction a new multimillion dollar education and cultural arts building. Prior to the Weeksville Heritage Center, Ms.
John Nicholas Brown Center, Library 357 Benefit Street, Providence
What is AmeriCorps doing in Providence? What difference does it make? And how can you get involved? Come hear Brown alumni, AmeriCorps members, and those who work with them talking about the important work taking place in Providence. Panelists will talk about their opportunities and experiences as Corps members and about some of the projects underway at schools, environmental organizations, and cultural institutions.
John Nicholas Brown Center, Library 357 Benefit Street, Providence
Mary Marshall Clark, Director of the Columbia Center for Oral History, will be at Brown to discuss themes and read from her new book, After the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years That Followed.
Meredith Stern will discuss her portfolio project: "This is an Emergency!: A Reproductive Rights and Gender Justice Portfolio", exhibit on display at the Sarah Doyle Womens Center lounge from September 19-October 22. The portfolio is a newly released collection of art and writing on the subject of reproductive rights and gender justice.
Nightingale Brown House, 357 Benefit Street, Providence RI
a Roundtable Discussion with Paolo Rosa, founder of Studio Azzurro, Fitt Artist in Residence, Brown Creative Arts Council, Luigi Di Corato, director, Siena Museums Foundation, and John Smith, Director of the RISD Museum
Facilitated by Valerie Cooley, PhD, MSW , Lecturer, Director of Graduate Studies, Taubman Center for Public Policy, this seminar will provide an introduction to the key issues involved in the evaluation of social and cultural programs. We will briefly review the purpose and types of evaluation strategies. The emphasis of the seminar will focus on the articulation of program theory, distinguishing between program outputs and outcomes, and the challenge of determining program impact.
Dr. Kerill O'Neill, Director, Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colby College will discuss the new center, how it connects to the academic departments at the College and how it engages students. A Mellon proposal to fund the new Center will be circulated in advance.
