Office of Diversity, CSU, Chico

Calendar of Events

September 2 - 15
Multicultural Welcome Receptions (pdf)
See individual reception details below.
September 2
Pride Welcome Reception
BMU 210, 5:00 p.m.
September 4
Asian Welcome Reception
Student Services Center 304, 3:30 p.m.
September 9
Veterans Welcome Reception
Alumni Glen, 3:30 p.m.
September 10
Nome Cult: Chico's Trail of Tears (doc)
Ayres Hall 120, 4:00 p.m.
September 14 - 19
Black Welcome Week
September 14
Black Welcome Reception
CCLC (MLIB 172), 5:00 p.m.
September 15
Bienvenida Reception
Kendall Hall Lawn, 3:30 p.m.
September 23
Conversations on Diversity: When the Border Crosses You (pdf)
BMU 210, 1:00 p.m.
September 25
Native American Day, Continuation of Culture: Honoring Sacred Sites & the Environment (pdf)
State Capitol Building, Sacramento, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

October 5 - 10
Queer Week (pdf)
October 7
Conversations on Diversity: DNA: Do Not Assume: Personal Stories about life and strategies from students with disabilities (pdf)
BMU 210, noon to 1:00 p.m.
October 10
Gender Revolutionaries
Common Grounds Coffee Shop, 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
October 11
Diabetes Walk
Chico State Track, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
October 13
University Film Series: Call Me Troy (2007, U.S.A.), 100 min.
AYRS 106, 7:30 p.m.
A documentary about Reverend Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church — the first church to recognize the spiritual needs of the gay community. He was the first openly gay person to serve on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. In 1969, Perry performed the first public same-sex wedding in the U.S., and in 1970 he filed the first-ever lawsuit seeking legal recognition for same-gender marriages. $3 donation appreciated
October 21
Conversations on Diversity: How much is [your] health care worth? (pdf)
BMU 210, noon to 1:00 p.m.
October 23
An Evening with Nikki Giovanni (pdf)
BMU Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
October 26
Multicultural Night (pdf)
BMU Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
October 28
Got Diversity? Exploring Culture Within Yourself & Others (pdf)
Student Services Center (SSC) 427, noon to 12:50 p.m.

November, all month
National American Indian Heritage Month, 2009 (pdf)
November 3
Turning Away From Hate: A White Supremacist’s Story (pdf)
PAC 144, 7:00 p.m.
November 3
Native American Banner Project Recognition Ceremony
Mechoopda and Konkow Hall Lawn Area, 4:00 p.m.

You are invited to a recognition ceremony celebrating the Native American Banner Project for California State University, Chico in collaboration with Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, Tyme Maidu Tribe of Berry Creek Rancheria, Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria, Konkow Band of Maidu Indians and Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California.

This ceremony will take place on Nov. 3, 2009 at 4pm on the which is located behind the CSU, Chico Soccer Stadium. The event comes during National American Indian Heritage Month.

For more information, please contact the Office of Diversity at 530-898-4764
November 9
Dancing for Peace (pdf)
BMU Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
November 13
"Men, Women, Sex, and Violence", Jackson Katz (pdf)
BMU Auditorium, 1:30 p.m.
November 16 & 17
International Transgender Day of Remembrance Events (pdf)
November 18
Conversations on Diversity: Bottom Up Solutions to Top Down Problems (pdf)
BMU 210, noon to 1:00 p.m.

March, all month
Diversity Art Show
Kendall Hall Rotunda
Submissions accepted November 16, 2009 through January 31, 2009
Download submission form (pdf)