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NDHRC PAUR Report Programs Announcements Updates Resources November 13, 2002
Programs - Announcements - Updates - Resources
Hello members and friends of the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition!
Thank you to our new members and contributors. Your support is amazing!
A special thank you to Connie M. Hildebrand, President of AAUW-ND for accommodating NDHRC in your agenda this past Saturday.
In this week’s PAUR Report:
1.) Hate Crime/Hate Incident Training Sponsored by the Fargo Human Relations Commission and People Escaping Poverty 2.) First American Indian astronaut blasts off Monday 3.) (Reminder) Nominations Sought For Fargo Human Relations Awards 4.) (Reminder) David Whitcom announces the third annual Safe Connections Workshop: Lets talk about Men, Sex, Communication and Community
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1.) Hate Crime/Hate Incident Response Training:
On Saturday, December 7, the Fargo Human Relations Commission and People Escaping Poverty Program are sponsoring Hate Crime/Hate Incident Response Training. It will be at
Northwest Technical College Commons Area 1900 28th Avenue South Moorhead, MN enter through west door #2 (NEW LOCATION)
It is still scheduled from 9:00 -1:00 (lunch will be provided). Silke Hanson, Mediation Specialist with the US Department of Justice, Community Relations Service will facilitate this free workshop.
(NEW RSVP DEADLINE) Please RSVP to Dan Mahli by November 22 at 476-4144 or dmmahli@ci.fargo.nd.us.
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2.) First American Indian astronaut blasts off Monday
Associated Press Published Nov. 9, 2002
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- When NASA's first American Indian astronaut embarks on his long-awaited journey into space, he will fly with eagle feathers, arrowheads, a handful of sacred ground and the blessings of the Chickasaw Nation.
"I've always imagined what it would be like to be able to go out the hatch and to see the Earth in all its glory," John Herrington said. "I think it's going to fill me with an incredible sense of who I am."
His flight aboard space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for liftoff Monday.
Herrington will conduct a series of spacewalks outside the international space station with Spanish-born astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria. Not long after Columbus Day, the two crewmates -- both 44-year-old U.S. Navy pilots -- discussed the significance of their pairing.
"It would be like having a German and a Jew go out together" on a spacewalk, Lopez-Alegria said.
Bill Anoatubby, governor of the Chickasaw Nation in Ada, Okla., said it is wonderful to see two men whose ancestors may have been enemies on the same spaceflight. "It has come full circle," he said.
Anoatubby traveled to Cape Canaveral for Herrington's launch, along with 200 other members of the 35,000-strong Chickasaw Nation. An Indian ceremony is planned on the eve of his flight.
"It's a source of real pride for all of us," Anoatubby said.
Herrington's great-grandmother on his mother's side was Chickasaw, making the astronaut one-eighth Indian. Although he did not grow up in an Indian environment, his mother made sure he was registered as a member of the Chickasaw tribe. Herrington said there is Choctaw on his father's side, but he cannot document it.
"I take tremendous pride in who I am, where I came from," Herrington said. "I know that the people I meet who are Native American, there's a connection to me, there's an immediate recognition or belonging."
Like many children of the 1960s, Herrington was fascinated with space travel. He and his brother and a friend would lie on their backs in a cardboard box and pretend it was an Apollo spacecraft carrying them to the moon.
By the time he got to college, Herrington wanted to be a forest ranger but flunked out. He and his family were always moving -- 14 times by his count in Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and Texas -- and he lacked ambition.
A fellow rock climber persuaded Herrington to return to school, and he took up math and engineering at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. That led to the Navy, test pilot school and, in 1996, NASA's astronaut corps.
Herrington, who is married to a non-Indian and has two daughters, is considered the first self-identified American Indian bound for space. Robert Crippen, the pilot of the first shuttle flight, had long thought he was part Cherokee but recently discovered he has no Indian blood
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3.) Nominations Sought For Fargo Human Relations Awards:
The City of Fargo, Fargo Human Relations Commission is seeking nominations for its Human Relations Awards to be presented at an annual event honoring the life, work and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 20, 2003. Awards will be presented to individuals (adult and youth) and an organization.
Human Relations Award recipients will be selected on the basis of commitment to human relations, leadership by example in the area of human rights and creative and/or non-traditional methods to improve human relations.
To nominate an individual or organization, please answer the following questions and provide specific examples of the activities and/or programs the person or organization is involved in: * How does this individual or organization demonstrate a commitment to human relations? * How does this individual or organization demonstrate leadership by example in the area of human rights? * How does this individual or organization demonstrate creative and/or creative and/or non-traditional methods to improve human relations?
Nominations should be submitted no later than December 20, 2002 to the Fargo Human Relations Commission, c/o: Dan Mahli, 200 N 3rd Street, Fargo, ND 58102 or e-mail at dmmahli@ci.fargo.nd.us
The Fargo Human Relations Commission's mission is to promote acceptance and respect for diversity and discourage discrimination. For more information or a nomination form, please contact Dan Mahli at 476-4144 or dmmahli@ci.fargo.nd.us. The nomination form is also available on the City's website at www.ci.fargo.nd.us/Planning/HRC/index
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4.) David Whitcom announces the third annual Safe Connections Workshop: Lets talk about Men, Sex, Communication and Community:
We hope you join us for this unique and enjoyable workshop – Saturday, November 16th from 11am to 7pm - held in the privacy of the elegant Avalon Center in downtown Fargo. Lunch and door prizes are provided to all participants. For more information, contact David Whitcomb at (701) 777-0071, david.whitcomb@und.edu or visit www.safeconnections.info
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