Upcoming COMU Programs

Do you or your organization members find that labels about your ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristics are sometimes applied unthinkingly by other members of the campus community? If so, we'd like to invite you to help increase awareness among other leaders & student groups member, as we work to educate the rest of the IU campus, about the labels they (mis)apply to your group at our Respect Identity -- Avoid the Labels event on Wednesday, April 1st @ 6:00pm in the Georgian Room in the IMU.

We are writing on behalf of the Teachable Moments Committee of the Commission on Multicultural Understanding, a university-wide commission charged with furthering diversity and respect on campus.

Respect Identity -- Avoid the Labels is not a lecture or a talk. Rather, we will facilitate students teaching other students about what labels bug or even harm them and why, while sharing methods for redirecting harmful labels into valuable expressions of respect. This is a chance for you to speak for yourself and interact with people and groups you might not otherwise.

Light snacks will be served.

Please e-mail smtoney@indiana.edu or rlriall@indiana.edu if you have questions or to RSVP. RSVPs are encouraged so that we can plan appropriately.  We will reply with a brief form for you to fill out that will help us plan. You can also visit our Facebook Event page, located here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72930929327&ref=nf

Sincerely yours,

Ashleigh Klingman, Co-Convener, Training Committee of the Commission on Multicultural Understanding
Rebecca Riall, Co-Convener, Teachable Moment Committee of the Commission on Multicultural Understanding
Sharlene Toney, Co-Convener, Teachable Moment Committee of the Commission on Multicultural Understanding

COMU Awards Recognition Ceremony, April 6, 2009

Each year, COMU honors five individuals and one program with its COMU Awards. The COMU awards, created in 1986, are given in recognition of those actively supporting, participating in or encouraging the exploration of cultural diversity in and around the Indiana University Bloomington campus. The 2009 COMU Awards Recognition Ceremony will be April 6, 2009 from 4:30pm-6:00pm in the Federal Room at the Indiana Memorial Union.

The following individuals and program will be honored at the 2009 COMU Awards:

Undergraduate Student: Ruchi Shah

Graduate Student: Delphine Criscenzo-Boyer

Staff Member: Debbie Melloan

Faculty Member: Hilary E. Kahn

Community Member: Choonhyun Jeon

Outstanding Program: MLK Unity Summit

Special Merit Award: Richard N. McKaig

For more information, please contact comu@indiana.edu.