We’ve got a great lineup of events happening in The Ames Library this week.
Tonight (Monday, 10/27), Beckman Auditorium, 7pm – Undocumented, Unafraid, & Unapologetic w/ Antonio Gutiérrez: Fighting for Immigrant Rights with Dignity in Chicago and Beyond with Antonio Gutierrez of Centro Autónomo de Albany Park, Chicago and Mexico Solidarity Network.
Antonio came to the United States in 2000 when he migrated with his younger sister and mother from Guadalajara, Mexico to reunite with his father. Since 2011, Antonio has been part of the immigration rights movement as an organizer with IYJL, an undocumented-led organization formed in 2009 in Chicago, with both undocumented youth and allies. Antonio recently joined the Centro Autónomo/Mexico Solidarity Network as the lead organizer for the Casas del Pueblo Community Land Trust, a housing rights movement based in the Albany Park, Chicago. He has a professional bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Want to learn more? Check out the event page!
Thursday, 10/30, Beckman Auditorium, 3pm – Travel While Abroad: A Savvy Student’s Guide – Planning to study abroad? Interested in travel? Don’t know where to start? We’ll discuss all the elements of a trip, including choosing a destination, getting there, affordable lodging, how to find activities, and keeping it all on a student budget. This informational meeting is designed and presented by a returned study abroad-er for students who are looking to travel internationally or domestically and want to learn more.
Sunday, 11/2, Beckman Auditorium – German Film Series: Theresienstadt: Der Fuhrer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt/Terezin – The Fuhrer Gives Jews a City (1944) – Hitler commissioned this film with the idea of demonstrating to the Red Cross and the world that his concentration camps were humane. Sponsored by German, Russian and Asian Languages.
Instruction Lab, Room 129
- Monday, 9am, Span. 468, Prof. Flores-Rodriguez
- Tuesday, 9am, Psych. 300
- Tuesday, 11am, Gateway, Prof. Plath
- Thursday, 8am, Gateway, Prof. Green
- Thursday, 10:50am, Hisp. Studies 240
Meeting Room, Room 214
- Monday, 9:30am, Network Group
- Monday, 1pm, IT Meeting
- Monday, 3pm, CUPP
- Tuesday, 4:30pm, Star Literacy
- Wednesday, 3pm, CUPP
- Thursday, 11am, Assessment Committee
- Thursday, 1pm, Web Redesign Workgroup
- Thursday, 4:30pm, Star Literacy
- Friday, 9am, PRC Meeting
Beckman Auditorium
- Monday, 9am, Nursing 217
- Monday, 7pm, Undocumented, Unafraid, & Unapologetic w/ Antonio Gutiérrez: Fighting for Immigrant Rights with Dignity in Chicago and Beyond
- Tuesday, IWU Board of Trustees
- Wednesday, 7pm, Psych. 369
- Thursday, 1:10pm, Inside Job, International Political Economy
- Thursday, 3pm, Travel While Abroad
- Thursday, 4pm, Pembroke Program Information Session – Spend your junior year at Oxford! If you are a sophomore with at least a 3.75 GPA, you are eligible to apply for the prestigious Pembroke Program.
- Thursday, 7pm, International Film Series