Fwd: Diversity Ambassadors

[Patricia Solis]

Hi all,

 

I just wanted to share with you this nice email that Juli sent, below, to the Indigenous People's Specialty Group.  Destiny also sent a similar note to the Women in Geography group to encourage participation in the AAG Diversity Ambassadors.  Thanks to you both for taking the initiative to share the word!  It occurred to me how important and meaningful it is to reach out to your individual contacts are for continuing to cultivate a supportive network.  If you know of a group or individuals who might be interested, please think about passing a personal note like this along, too.  You can have them contact me and/or Nate for further details if you like.

 

Cheers!

Patricia

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Juli Hazlewood <jah...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 7:45 AM
Subject: Diversity Ambassadors
To: ipsg...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Patricia Solis <pso...@aag.org>


Dear All,

I wanted to bring to your attention the AAG's Diversity Ambassadors, whose primer mission it is highlight and enhance diversity in Geography. Obviously, it is important to the IPSG to increasingly involve Indigenous scholars/activists/community members in Geography, as well as to create a disciplinary specialty space that is welcoming to Native students, professors, and practitioners, who would like to be involved in research with Indigenous communities and conceptualizing Indigenous geographies.

For the last few years I have participated in the diversity ambassador community, and I am happy to continue to do so. Nevertheless, I would like to encourage any of you to participate in AAG Diversity Ambassador activities, and especially those of you who come from an Indigenous communities or other ethnic heritages, who would like to be part of this academic community. As part of the Ambassadors, you will have the opportunity to talk to students and scholars about your experiences throughout your education as a Indigenous person, a person of color, or someone who really cares about diversity in Geography in general. Please know that the ambassadors are a welcoming community to anyone who would like to participate. You can see the link below and/or contact Patricia Solis for more information.

http://www.aag.org/cs/projects_and_programs/enhancing_diversity/people_making_a_difference

Patricia has been CCed on this email. The more IPSG participation, the better, so I really hope some of you go ahead and contact Patricia. See you in Washington.

All the best,

Juli

--
There is a time and place in the ceaseless human endeavor to change the world,
and when alternative visions, no matter how fantastic, provide the grist for shaping
powerful forces for change. I believe we are precisely at such a moment. -David Harvey

Somos el viento que baila y que canta. Si estamos juntos, somos huracán. -Amparanoia
--
Julianne A. Hazlewood, Ph.D.

University Fellow
Department of Geography
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway City, Ireland

E-mail: jah...@gmail.com
or julianne....@nuigalway.ie
Office phone: 011-353-91-494-104 x4104
Skype (U.S.) phone number: 415-868-4247
Skype name: jahaze73

Co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group,
Association of American Geographers

Secretary/treasurer of Estudios Ecuatorianos,
Section of the Latin American Studies Association