Unity Week 2008
Saturday January 19th
Program Name: Domestic Abuse Training
Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Location: TBA
Contact: Terry Morrow at tmorrow@nova.edu
Event Details: The Christian Coalition for Domestic Abuse is facilitating a workshop on spousal abuse and teen dating violence. The workshop is free, but pre-registration is required to tmorrow@nova.edu.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, January 16.
Monday January 21st
Martin Luther King Jr. March/Rally at Dillard High School with Pan-African
Student Association (PASA)
Time: 8:30am
Location: Meet in front of the University Center
Contact: David Perrin at dperrin@nova.edu
Event Details: NSU students are invited to participate in the ‘March for Dignity’ which will begin at Martin Luther King Elementary and end at Dillard High School with the ‘Rally for Dignity.’ Vans will depart from NSU’s main campus. Please contact dperrin@nova.edu for more information!
Tuesday January 22nd
Program Name: Take Back the Night: “See.Hear.Speak”
Time: 7pm
Location: Commons North Lawn
Contact: Gloria Gallegos at ggallego@nova.edu
Event Details: An annual NSU event dedicated to raising awareness about sexual assault and violence, while creating a supportive environment for expression and empowerment with a speak-out and candle light vigil.
Program Name: Clothesline Project
Time: 7pm (In conjunction with Take Back the Night)
Location: Commons North Lawn
Contact: Michelle Manley at mmichell@nova.edu
Event Details: The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with graphic messages and illustrations designed by survivors of violence and their loved ones. The Project serves as a vital means of conveying the enormity of the problem of violence against women.
Program Name: Demand Stand
Time: ALL DAY
Location: NSU Main Campus
Contact: Jennifer Bowman-Wilson at jbowman@nova.edu
Event Details: The Demand Stand represents statistics affiliated with domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or rape. Each participant wears a purple shirt throughout the day as a visual representation of the respective statistics. All of the participants are encouraged to attend Take Back the Night.
Program Name: Shoe Drive
Time: 7pm (In conjunction with Take Back the Night)
Location: Commons North Lawn
Contact: Jennifer Bowman-Wilson at jbowman@nova.edu
Event Details: The Shoe Project represents statewide statistics affiliated with domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or rape. Each pair of shoes donated by our NSU community is used as a visual representation for the victims of domestic violence. The shoes collected will be donated to a local charity after Take Back the Night.
Wednesday January 23rd
Program Name: NSU Hunger Banquet
Time: 6pm
Location: Commons North Lawn
Contact: Meagan Elsberry at Elsberry@nova.edu
Event Details: What’s on your plate? Forty percent of the people on our planet– more than 2.5 billion– live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. In every nation on earth, people go to sleep hungry even though our planet produces enough food to feed every woman, man, and child. Feast or famine – it's the luck of the draw. Food will be provided.
Thursday January 24th
Program Name: Cultural Taste of NSU at Quad Thursday
Time: 11:30 – 1pm
Location: Flight Deck Patio
Contact: Tricia Realbuto at Realbuto@nova.edu
Program Name: Faith through Food
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Location: Spiritual Life Lounge (2nd Floor Rosenthal)
Contact: Sharein Eltourky at eltourky@nova.edu
Event Details: Co- sponsored by IMAN, Hillel, Catholic Life, Spiritual Life Council and IVCF. Together these organizations will present various foods and the stories/religious traditions centered around them. Bring your appetite and an open heart!
Friday January 25th
Program Name: Wall of Hate Project
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Location: Library Quad
Contact: Diane Klein at kdiane@nova.edu
Program Name: Unity Jam
Time: 7 – 10pm
Location: University Center Breezeway
Contact: Andrew Ibrahim at iandrew@nova.edu
Event Details: The brothers of Lambda Theta Phi would like to invite the NSU community to celebrate the closing of Unity Week 2008. This year’s celebration will include cultural food, stepping, dancing, saluting, music and more! Don’t miss out on the fun!