You are invited to spend two fascinating hours learning how to cook Indian food properly with Shabnam and Asha in Linden Hall! The objective of this food demo is to educate students about Indian culture but also to feel comfortable about make these simple foods on their own using all the exotic spices.

When it comes to our identity, what do we consider ourselves first? Our ethnicity? Our gender? Our religion? When it comes to the characteristics that comprise our individual individualistic makeup, our lives cannot be pinpointed to single categories. Our lives are multi-dimensional and complex, however an individual can face multiple threats of intersectionality, a concept […]

Catalyst Foundation has had over 16 years of success and struggle in the poorest villages of Vietnam. Their mission, to build communities to fight human trafficking, develops and empowers marginalized communities through education, housing, job training, healthcare, and social services. Caroline Nguyen Ticarro will discuss her multi-pronged approach for restoring dignity to ethnic minorities. Working […]

What does it mean to "borrow culture"? What does it mean to dress up as an "Asian"? What is playful and what is offensive? Who can do it and who cannot? Who owns the culture? Join professor Neriko Doerr to discuss power politics in "borrowing culture" and their effects inn a wide range of contexts […]

This workshop will explore the cultural differences that encourage gambling in Asian cultures and discourage help-seeking behaviors once one has become addicted. We will explore how to get clinical help if you believe that people in your life may be suffering from a gambling addiction.