"It is In You: Health Justice Performance in Tanzania"

Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 2 PM
Place: Education Building 172

California State University-Fresno Department of Communication Presents

"It is In You: Health Justice Performance in Tanzania"
A performance in movement, spoken word and live music exploring the politics of development, HIV, and the body

Come, Watch, Enjoy, and Participate!!

Directed by Joseph Megel
By Marie Garlock
Created in collaboration with, and catalyzed by insight of Tanzanian educators, health justice and artistic activists

Inviting all invested in global and cultural studies, performance, public health, and community development to a performance of critical ethnography.

Marie Garlock comes alive in listening, movement and collaboration; and in art moving for new possibility, for health and for dignity. This has taken shape in modern and African dance, cultural and spiritual storytelling, composition of motion and spoken word, health justice/arts organizing, and the discovery of critical ethnography performance. She enjoys being able to question, envision and journey along with an audience, as part of an experience that breathes, coming alive in the vitality of bodies present with one another. Previously envisioning a career in law and politics, she is learning that performance is perhaps most practical in its humanity - effective and living because of the inextricable body, ever-questioning spirit and mind that yearns for expansion through the company of others. She is drawn to work that is magnetizing as it recognizes the capability of restlessness, goodwill and transferable knowledge in all of us. This is where art makes your heart leap; where the notion of justice compels art. In pursuit, solidarity, as witness, spark, as not just end, but beginning.

Garlock's recent work includes performing in a quartet of African, Balinese and Ballet/Modern Dance fused with Tai Chi, set by powerful South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe; a staged reading of "Trojan Barbie," a feminist car crash encounter with Euripedes' "Trojan Women"; work with an interactive forum theatre group at UNC surrounding issues of sexuality, sexual assault, body image and race; and curation of a regional celebration of dance and best practices in direct-service HIV initiatives co-founded with Dr. Chuck Davis in 2006, the Triangle Dance Festival for AIDS.

GUEST SPEAKER: DR. SHAUNEE L. WALLACE

You are invited to hear Dr. Shaunee L. Wallace speak about her research

Date: April 20, 2009
Time: 11am
Place: California State University, Fresno
AG 102

Dr. Wallace will be speaking to the COMM 168-01 (Communication in Organizations) class. Dr. Wallace earned her Ph.D. at Howard University and currently is the chair of the Communication Department at The College of New Rochelle in Harlem, NY. She has also worked as a public relations consultant since 1998; her clientele include Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Donald Trump, Essence Magazine, and the government of Hong Kong. Her areas of interest are Organizational Communication and Public Relations. She is especially interested in examining Latinas who work in public relations firms.

Marnel N. Niles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
California State University, Fresno
5201 North Maple Avenue M/S SA46
Fresno, CA 93740-8027
Office Phone: 559.278.8804
Email: mnniles@csufresno.edu
Fax: 559.278.4113

"HAVE A HEART" FOOD AND FUND DRIVE

Communication Department Student Group Launches "Have A Heart" Food and Fund Drive Benefiting Community Food Bank

Each year the period right after the Holidays is a difficult time for the Community Food Bank. Food supplies are always low, but the current economy makes the situation worse than ever. As you may know, the Community Food Bank not only supports Fresno but also outlying areas in the San Joaquin Valley that might be in need.

The "Have a Heart" food and fund drive was launched last February near Valentines Day. When the Fresno State community learned that every dollar donated allowed the Food bank to purchase $8 in food, they generously donated. Last year the campus donated over $1,200, allowing the Community Food bank the power to purchase almost $10,000 worth of food for needy families throughout Central California

This year's "Have a Heart" drive will take place from Tuesday, Feb. 17- Friday, Feb.20. Students from the Professional Communication Association will be taking donations in the Free Speech area those 4 days between 11:30 and 1:00. Every donation will make a huge difference!

If you prefer to write a check, please make it out to the Community Food Bank and send it to the Communication Department, Attention Craig Fowler - PCA. If you have questions, please contact Craig Fowler at crfowler@csufresno.edu or Evan Halstead at evan.halstead@gmail.com