GRACE NOTES – Sang-Eun Lee Bukaty
Ring Room, Cross-Cultural Center
Tuesday, November 3rd / Noon - 1pm
Grace Notes is a memoir of Sang-Eun Lee Bukaty, a Korean-American mother who grew up in Korea during the Korean war, earned national fame as a cellist, and adjusted to a new life in a foreign land while raising second-generation children as true Americans. Grace Notes describes Korean traditions and culture, including holidays, the art of kimchee-making, the structure of Korean families, the funeral process, and the experience of going to an elite music high school and college. The only book written by a first generation Korean, Grace Notes is a timeless story that spans two cultures, two continents, and two languages as it speaks of the universal love connecting sister to sister, mother to daughter, and wife to husband. A book signing will follow the presentation.
Cultural Fair and Performances
Ring Road
Wednesday, November 4th / 11am - 3pm
Experience the tastes, sights, sounds, and entertainment of the various cultural organizations on campus as they provide displays, cultural performances, and amazing food in celebration of Rainbow Festival 2009. The fair is a Cross-Cultural Center long-standing tradition and highlights the rich diversity that exists on UCI’s campus.
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Dr. Silvia Quadrelli
Dr. Joseph White Conference Room, Cross-Cultural Center
Thursday, November 5th / Noon - 1pm
Dr. Sylvia Quadrelli is an international humanitarian doctor from Buenos Aires who in 1997 co-founded Medicos del Mundo Argentina (Doctors of the World), of which she was President until 2003. For a number of years, she focused her efforts on developing programs of assistance in the underserved regions of Argentina, receiving a Governor's Community Service Award from the American College of Physician's Chest Foundation in the United States. Recently, Dr. Quadrelli is concentrating her energies in education, the humanities, and Pulmonary Medicine. She continues to teach medical students and residents as Chief of training and practice at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. She has served as President of the Argentine Association for Bronchology, and is a cofounder and Vice-President of the World Bronchology Foundation.
Malalai Joya
Crystal Cove Auditorium
Thursday, November 5th / 7 - 8pm
Afghan activist Malalai Joya makes an urgent plea for the world to acknowledge the truths hidden in the corrupt, complex country of Afghanistan. Joya, who states emphatically that the Afghan people view the warlords as no better than the Taliban, made international headlines when she denounced them as criminals at a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003. Gaining an army of supporters and enemies simultaneously, Joya became the youngest-ever member of Afghan parliament. In her newly published political memoir, A Woman Among Warlords, Joya uses her personal experiences to outline the oppressive misrule of the past three decades in Afghanistan. A Women Among Warlords is a chilling, vital memoir that reveals hidden truths about Afghanistan and directly addresses the misguided policies of the United States. A book signing will follow her presentation.
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