Japanese Language Happy Hour
2016-04-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
[ASB-123]

Portuguese Language Happy Hour
2016-04-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-04-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-04-28 13:00 - 14:00

Catalyst Foundation
2016-04-15 10:00 - 11:00
[Friends Hall] 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 together with key stakeholders (the children, parents, hamlet leaders, caretakers, social workers, and teachers), she and her staff strive to provide communities with basic needs; to recognize and protect individual rights; and to respect their cultural heritage. She will share the personal stories of those families as they begin to realize that the poverty discrimination and dehumanization can change to hope and a future for their children.

French Language Happy Hour
2016-04-18 13:00 - 14:00
[A-108]

Gambling Addiction
2016-04-18 13:00 - 14:00
[SC156] 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.

Cosplay? Admiration? Or Cultural Appropriation? Discussing the Politics of "Borrowing Culture"
2016-04-18 13:00 - 14:00
[A-225] 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 with some concrete examples.

German Language Happy Hours
2016-04-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-04-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2016-05-02 13:00 - 14:00

Italian Language Happy Hour
2016-04-18 13:00 - 14:00
[A-102]

Documentary Showing: Hafu
2016-04-19 21:00 - 22:00
[Laurel Screening Room]
According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, one in forty-nine babies born in Japan today are born into families with one non-Japanese parent. This newly emerging minority in Japan is under-documented and under-explored in both literature and media. This feature-length HD documentary film, “Hafu – the mixed-race experience in Japan” seeks to open this increasingly important dialogue. The film explores race, diversity, multiculturalism, nationality, nationality, and identity within the mixed-race community of Japan. This movie event shed light on the shame pushed onto families and children of mixed race-which is now commonly seen in American culture, living in Asian countries.

World Expo 2016
2016-04-20 12:00 - 15:00

Latin American Career Roundtable
2016-04-20 15:00 - 16:30
[Friends Hall] In honor of Ramapo College’s Year of Latin America, this event will bring alumni an employers to talk with students about careers in and related to Latin America. This is a great opportunity to learn about employers and opportunities in the region and ask questions.

Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change
2016-04-25 16:00 - 17:30
[SC-156]. Linda Farthing, a writer and educator with 25 years experience in Latin America as a study abroad director, film field producer and journalist/independent scholar, will deliver a talk called “Evo’s Bolivia: Continuity and Change.” The talk, Evo’s Bolivia: Continuity and Change, explores the changes underway in one of South America’s lowest income countries, landlocked Bolivia. Since 2006, the western hemisphere’s first contemporary indigenous president, Evo Morales, has led a government committed to favoring indigenous people and the poor. The talk provides a balanced assessment of the nine years of the Morales government. Along with an accompanying powerpoint, it has been presented at 10 universities, including Cornell, UC Berkeley, University of London and Bucknell.

Etiquette Dinner
2016-04-26 17:00 - 19:00
[TBD]. This is a Red Carpet event as you transition to your Senior Year. This event is sponsored by the Third Year Engagement Board

Study Abroad: Dominican Republic
2016-05-04 13:00 - 14:00
[TBD] Explore international opportunities (study, work, volunteer) in Dominican Republic.

Passport Caravan
2016-09-19 09:00 - 16:00
[Friends Hall/SC-219]. Apply early and receive a FREE U.S. Passport. Limited to the first 125 participants. Sponsored by Ramapo College and CIEE. You can pre-register here: http://start.ciee.org/passport-ramapo-college.html

Global Opportunities Fair
2016-09-07 13:00 - 15:30
[Grove]. Come learn about the many international opportunities available to Ramapo College students, including study abroad, service learning and internships.

Book Club: Sub-Saharan Africa
2016-09-19 12:50 - 13:50
[Library Lounge] The George T. Potter Library will be hosting a book club with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Fall Semester Books: Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir AND Weep Not, Child – both books by author Ngugi wa Thiong’o.Books will be provided to the first 15 individuals who sign up. This group is open to faculty, staff and students. First priority of books will go to students. Please contact Katie Maricic Cohen(kcohen1@ramapo.edu) or Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) with questions or to sign up. This program has been supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education. Discussion group will meet monthly from 12:50-1:50pm in the Library Lounge on the following dates (Mondays): September 19th, October 17th, November 14th, December 5th.

KNUST Open Lunch
2016-09-21 12:00 - 14:00
[York Room] Join us for an open lunch with members of the senior leadership at Ramapo’s partner institution, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, in Kumasi, Ghana. Learn about the university, Ghana and opportunities for faculty, staff and students to get involved.

Year of Sub-Saharan Africa: Opening Reception
2016-09-21 18:00 - 22:00
[Friends Hall]. Join in the celebration as we officially open Ramapo’s Year of Sub-Saharan Africa. African food, performers and speakers will all be part of the exciting schedule of activities.

Make India part of your Degree
2016-09-22 12:30 - 14:00
[ASB230] Join us for light refreshments and learn how to make a semester in India part of your Ramapo degree program. This event will be geared towards students in the Environmental Science & Studies programs.

Global Climate Activist: Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim
2016-09-23 10:00 - 11:30
[H129] Global Climate Activist Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim
(Free and open to all)
Last April on Earth Day, when the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, the speaker chosen to address the UN representing global civil society was Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim. From the Mbororo pastoralist community of Chad, Hindou is the coordinator of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT), a community based organization, as well Congo Basin regional representative to the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC). She has worked for the inclusion of indigenous peoples on international platforms, including within the Rio Conventions. She is currently a co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change, the indigenous peoples’ caucus to the UNFCCC.
Sponsored by MASS, The Center for Sustainability, the Environmental Studies Program, 1-step and the Roukema Center for International Education.
Note Ramapo’s relationship with Ms. Ibrahim and others included in the 100 leading women in climate change and sustainability stems from work of the Ramapo Institute for Environment Studies to support the 2013 International Women’s Climate and Earth Summit held in Suffern, NY.
For information, medelste@ramapo.edu
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Indigenous Mbororo woman to speak at Paris Agreement signing ceremony on 22 April
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an Indigenous woman from the Mbororo pastoralist community of Chad, is the speaker selected to represent civil society at the 22 April signing ceremony of the historic climate agreement that was reached in Paris last December.
A record number of countries are expected to sign the agreement at a ceremony hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN Headquarters on 22 April, which is also International Mother Earth Day.
“For all Indigenous Peoples, from any corner of the world, livelihoods are linked to natural resources, for our food and medicine, for everything, so if there are floods or droughts, the impact is greater for us,” said Ms. Ibrahim, who is Coordinator of the Association des Femmes Peules Autochtones du Tchad (AFPAT), a community-based organization working for the rights and environmental protection of the indigenous Peule women and people of Chad. “Climate change threatens our basic rights, our cultural values, and the very survival of these communities,” she added.
32 years old, Ms. Ibrahim belongs to the Peule Mbororo people, a group of an estimated 250,000 nomads engaged in subsistence farming in the Sahel region. Having grown up in a pastoralist community, she knows the challenges that climate change poses to indigenous Peoples, but also the contributions that traditional and indigenous knowledge can make to mitigation and adaptation. “Traditional knowledge and climate science are both critically important for building resilience of rural communities to cope with climate change, and Indigenous Peoples are ready to share their knowledge to help to mitigate and adapt,” she explained.
Ms. Ibrahim co-developed a project in Chad on participation of indigenous herders in the national adaptation platforms and other national processes to ensure peace, livelihoods and biological conservation in the face of worsening climate instability. “We developed 3D mapping as tools to manage the environment sustainably and give voice to Indigenous Peoples and local communities,” she highlighted. “This project helps to highlight women’s voices and knowledge on climate adaptation and mitigation. It also helps to solve conflict connected to resource use, as tensions increase when resources disappear.”
For the past ten years, Ms. Ibrahim has been a regular participant at meetings of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) and a Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC). “You cannot talk about climate change without talking about the rights of Indigenous Peoples,” she emphasized. “The Paris Agreement gives hope to all of those who are fighting for these rights, but now it’s time to transform hope into concrete change.”
For the speaking role at the opening session of the 22 April ceremony, the Secretary-General sought applications from individuals in developing countries who could share a compelling story of an innovation or solution that is delivering tangible results on climate change mitigation or adaptation.
The United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) facilitated a transparent process for civil society representatives to apply for a speaking role. The Selection Committee reviewed more than 200 applications.
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New York (CNN)Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a fiery 32-year-old from Chad, took the podium here at the United Nations on Friday morning in front of nearly 200 world leaders.
They’d gathered in record numbers on Earth Day to sign the Paris Agreement, humanity’s best shot to date at fixing climate change and preserving a habitable planet for future generations.
But when she looked out at the crowd, her mind went blank.
Ibrahim didn’t see the diplomats, she told me later.
She only saw her mother — and her nomadic community in the Sahara.
So she felt compelled to tell their story.
In three languages, she spoke about how her mother used to walk 10 kilometers (6 miles) to get water from Lake Chad in North Africa. “Today young mothers are becoming climate refugees” because of drought, she told the assembly. “They cannot walk to Lake Chad because it is vanishing. Our pasture, our livestock, our food, our land — is vanishing.”
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim addresses the United Nations on Friday.
John D. Sutter for CNN April 22 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/opinions/sutter-un-earth-day/
Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim, Coordinator, Indigenous Women and Peoples of Africa CoordinatingCommittee (Chad)
With Leonardo DiCaprio and Ban Ki Moon at the Paris Climate Agreement, UN, April 2016

Presentation by the Rural Development Trust (India)
2016-09-26 14:00 - 15:30
[York Room]. Learn about the work of the Rural Development Trust (RDT) in India by speakers Angelina Klouthis, Executive Director & Moncho Ferrer, President of the Board of Directors. RDT works with over 3,000 villages, mostly from marginalized and underprivileged communities for the past 46 years, supporting them in basic welfare, healthcare, and much more. The presentation will discuss how partners (beneficiaries) are empowered to take ownership of development processes—including financing—and maintain project results and impacts beyond the life of projects. This includes:
-Social sustainability, associated with the effective participation of beneficiary and partner organizations in the formulation and co-funding of projects. This concept is based upon cultural appropriate projects that are based upon local demand and interest for interventions from diverse actors.
-Organizational and institutional sustainability, involving the technical capacity that will need to be in place or developed within organizations and institutions, including systems, policies, and skills. This includes involving local institutions and organizations in the process and promoting direct collaboration among the stakeholders.
-Economic and financial sustainability, related to how funding streams will continue at the end of the project, providing the needed resources to enable continuation of achievement of project results. This dynamic may include improving local industries and connecting them to market opportunities or helping grassroots organizations develop capacity to work with other funding agents.
-Environmental sustainability, comprising the commitment, by partner organizations and beneficiaries, to mitigate environmental impacts and support the protection, restoration and sustainable management of natural resources.
For more information, please contact Professor Ashwani Vasishth (vasishth@ramapo.edu). View more about the organization here: http://rdtfvf.org/.

Portuguese Language Happy Hour
2016-09-27 14:00 - 15:00
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Portuguese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers the Portuguese Language Happy Hour every Tuesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Japanese Language Happy Hour
2016-09-28 14:00 - 15:00
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Japanese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Hindi Language Happy Hour
2016-09-29 13:00 - 14:00
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Hindi language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Hindi Language Happy Hour every Thursday from 1-2pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.
