Events http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Book Release - Killing with Kindness: Haiti, International aid, and NGOs http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/book-release-killing-with-kindness-haiti-international-aid-and-ngos African American Resource Center presents: Book Release - Killing with Kindness: Haiti, International aid, and NGOs After Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, over half of U.S. households donated to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that country. Yet we continue to hear stories of misery from Haiti. Why have NGOs failed at their mission? Set in Haiti during the 2004 coup and aftermath and enhanced by research conducted after the 2010 earthquake, Killing with Kindness analyzes the impact of official development aid on recipient NGOs and their relationships with local communities. Written like a detective story, the book offers rich enthnographic comparisons of two Haitian women’s NGOs working in HIV/AIDS prevention, one with public funding (including USAID), the other with private European NGO partners. Mark Schuller looks at participation and autonomy, analyzing donor policies that inhibit these goals. He focuses on NGOs’ roles as intermediaries in “gluing” the contemporary world system together and shows how power works within the aid system as these intermediaries impose interpretations of unclear mandates down the chain—a process Schuller calls “trickle-down imperialism.”

MARK SCHULLER is former coordinator of the African American Resource Center at York College, CUNY. A writer for Huffington Post, he is the coeditor of four books, including Tectonic Shifts: Haiti since the Earthquake, and codirector of the documentary film Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy. His scholarly work has been published in twenty peer reviewed articles or book chapters, and he is actively involved in Haiti solidarity efforts.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Student Development African American Resource Center Current Student Student Activities English 2012-10-10T14:45:00Z Event Faculty Talks about Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/faculty-talks-about-research-scholarship-and-creative-works Prof. Shereen Inayatulla will discuss "Redressing Literacy Narratives in Composition," her work in progress, as part of the Department's Series: Faculty Talks about Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works. No publisher Miguel Bernard School of Arts and Sciences English Faculty/Staff Arts and Sciences 2012-10-10T14:57:18Z Event Wanna Write Right? March 29th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Wanna Write Right? April 14th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-apr14 Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Wanna Write Right? April 7th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-apr7 Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Weaver Poetry Reading http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/weaver-poetry-reading Celebrate National Poetry Month with nationally recognized poet Afaa Michael Weaver, who will read his poetry at York College. Mr. Weaver, an African American poet who sometimes writes in Chinese, is the author of ten books of poetry, including The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985-2005 (U of Pittsburgh P), as well of short fiction and plays. In addition to being alumnae professor of English at Simmons College in Boston, Mr. Weaver is also the first Elder of Cave Canem, a NYC literary society devoted to Black poets, and has been both a Pew Fellow and a Fullbright Scholar.

For more information, contact: J. Papa, Dept. of English, York College (CUNY), papa@york.cuny.edu, (718) 262-3720 or the York College department of English at (718) 262-2470.

]]> No publisher Rafael Nunez English 2008-04-07T17:46:16Z Event Evaluating Outcomes in English 200 http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/what-makes-an-a-an-a-in-english-200 "What Makes an "A" an "A" in English 200? What Makes an “A” an “A”?  Assigning Final Grades in English 200

What role does high stakes writing play? What qualities characterize “A” level work? How are these qualities assessed? How do they relate to course content and goals? What might a formal grading rubric contain?
How can grading reinforce consistency  in the General Education curriculum?

All English 200 instructors, as well as all faculty interested in the General Education program at York,  are invited to attend this timely and important exploration.

Refreshments will be served.


]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Writing Program Faculty/Staff English 2008-11-12T17:45:00Z Event Journalism Welcome Breakfast http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism York College's student paper "Pandora's Box" and York's Journalism Program are sponsoring a welcome breakfast for the Journalism Advisory Board. Welcome Breakfast for the Journalism Advisory Board and York's Journalism staff.

]]> No publisher Lesley-Ann Bailey English Faculty/Staff 2010-10-28T16:20:00Z Event Journalism Advisory Board Meeting http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism-advisory-board-meeting No publisher Miguel Bernard English Journalism Program 2011-08-22T21:10:00Z Event Journalism Enrichment Seminar http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism-enrichment-seminar ]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard English Journalism Program 2011-10-12T15:50:00Z Event Journalism Information Session http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism-information-session Information session on Journalism Program. No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English 2011-08-22T20:57:29Z Event Poetry Reading http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-1 Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month with English Department Faculty as they read their poetry. No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Performance Student Development 2011-04-12T16:51:56Z Event Poetry Reading by English Faculty http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-by-english-faculty Come and hear English Department faculty read their original poetry. ]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Faculty/Staff Student Development 2011-11-03T22:20:00Z Event Poetry reading by John A. WIlliams http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-by-john-a.-williams Celebrate National Poetry Month by coming to hear historian and poet John A. Williams read from his recent poetry collection, Skipping Stones: Lyric Essays and Poems. Mr. Williams is Professor Emeritus of History at The State University of New York at Stony Brook.

]]> No publisher James Papa Current Student English Performance 2011-03-24T18:25:00Z Event Commas /Comma Splices Workshop http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-workshops-4 Come and Join the Writing Center as We Host Our Spring 2012 Series of Wanna write right??? Workshops Workshop on commas/ comma splices.

]]> No publisher Jo-Ann Glenn Writing Center Current Student Writing Journalism Program Writing Program English 2012-03-01T15:50:00Z Event