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The Luminary The Office of Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter of Emerson College October 2014 A note from Dr. Sylvia Spears Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion Passing By Each May, we say goodbye to graduating seniors and graduate students who have finished their academic programs. Just as we hope they are pos- itively changed by their time as members of our community, we also begin to notice the subtle ways in which we have been changed by their pres- ence. Despite the wonderful sense of accomplishment that fills the entire campus, there is also a pinch of sadness as those students for whom we have cared move on to the next adventure in their lives. We hope they know how amazed we are by who they have become. We hope they know that they have everything they need to be successful as they step out into the world. We hope they know that they have made a difference at Emerson. We hope—because they passed by us, if only for a brief time. Within a few short months, a new group of students arrives. We meet them and greet them. We formally welcome them into the Emerson Community. We even dance in the streets with joy at their arrival. And then we go back to the tasks at hand. We assume that, with a little help, they will adapt to their new community and they will find their way. Sometimes it happens magically, just like that. A first year student who sat alone during orientation fearing she would never fit in is spotted walking down Boylston just a couple weeks later in the middle of a pack of newfound friends. A transfer student who wondered if he made the right decision to come to Emerson suddenly finds his true calling after a brief conversation with a faculty member. He now knows he is in the right place at the right time. A graduate student who sat in her first course wondering if she was smart enough for graduate study discovers that she has something to offer that no one else in her cohort can offer. She brings the lived experience of what it means to work, to study, and to raise a family. Despite moments of doubt, new members of our community find their niche and then they belong. At least, we hope that most of them do. Feeling like you belong and like you matter is not typically on the agenda of department meetings on campus, in the headline news in the Berkeley Beacon, or posted to the Emerson Facebook page. Yet making sure that every member of our community knows that she or he matters is the most important work we can ever do for another human being. I never had an opportunity to meet Jocelyn Amelia Straus 18, but I know deep in my heart that she mattered and that she belonged. So do you.

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The LuminaryThe Office of Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter of Emerson College

October 2014

A note from Dr. Sylvia SpearsVice President of Diversity & Inclusion

Passing By

Each May, we say goodbye to graduating seniors and graduate students who have finished their academic programs. Just as we hope they are pos-itively changed by their time as members of our community, we also begin to notice the subtle ways in which we have been changed by their pres-ence. Despite the wonderful sense of accomplishment that fills the entire campus, there is also a pinch of sadness as those students for whom we have cared move on to the next adventure in their lives. We hope they know how amazed we are by who they have become. We hope they know that they have everything they need to be successful as they step out into the world. We hope they know that they have made a difference at Emerson. We hope—because they passed by us, if only for a brief time.

Within a few short months, a new group of students arrives. We meet them and greet them. We formally welcome them into the Emerson Community. We even dance in the streets with joy at their arrival. And then we go back to the tasks at hand. We assume that, with a little help, they will adapt to their new community and they will find their way. Sometimes it happens magically, just like that.

A first year student who sat alone during orientation fearing she would never fit in is spotted walking down Boylston just a couple weeks later in the middle of a pack of newfound friends. A transfer student who wondered if he made the right decision to come to Emerson suddenly finds his true calling after a brief conversation with a faculty member. He now knows he is in the right place at the right time. A graduate student who sat in her first course wondering if she was smart enough for graduate study discovers that she has something to offer that no one else in her cohort can offer. She brings the lived experience of what it means to work, to study, and to raise a family. Despite moments of doubt, new members of our community find their niche and then they belong. At least, we hope that most of them do.

Feeling like you belong and like you matter is not typically on the agenda of department meetings on campus, in the headline news in the Berkeley Beacon, or posted to the Emerson Facebook page. Yet making sure that every member of our community knows that she or he matters is the most important work we can ever do for another human being.

I never had an opportunity to meet Jocelyn Amelia Straus ’18, but I know deep in my heart that she mattered and that she belonged.

So do you.

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News

Steven Martin Performs at First Walker 10 Salon of the Semester

On Thursday, September 25, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion held its first Walker 10 Salon of the 2014-2015 academic year. Held in the Common Ground area of the tenth floor of the Walker Building, the Salons are intimate gatherings that celebrate the creative culture of the Emerson College community with performances by students, faculty, and staff. For the first Salon, Steven Martin was invited to sing a collection of songs that have inspired and moved him throughout his life.

Raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, Martin grew up loving to sing in church. (He reminisced to the audience that his mother told him, “Yeah, you’re pretty good at it.”) At the young age of twelve, Martin was cast in an opera at the school that would later become his undergraduate alma mater: the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he graduated with a bachelors degree in vocals. He went on to study at

the Boston Conservatory and received a masters degree in opera.

Martin has held parts in numerous distinguished operas and musicals. The songs he chose to sing for those who gathered in Common Ground were just a small sampling of pieces that he experienced during his time on stage. The music ranged from a piece in Mozart’s classic Italian opera Don Giovanni, to “Pretty Women” from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, composed by Martin’s favorite composer Stephen Sondheim.

After the echoes of his rich voice had faded from the room and all the clapping had subsided, I approached Martin to ask what he listens for when he listens to music. “I listen to melody first,” Martin explained, “and then if the song speaks to me in that regard, I’ll go back and listen to the lyrics.” I went on to ask him if he had any performing arts recommendations for the creatively

inclined students attending our college. His face lit up instantly and he began ticking some of his favorites off his fingers: the Footlight Club, the Lyric Stage of Boston, the Calderwood Pavilion, and the SpeakEasy Stage Company.

Martin knows that Emerson students share with him the same passion for the arts of music and stage. That is why, when asked how reconciles his passion with his “day job,” he just grins and shrugs. “They are very related. There are a talented group of students here, especially in terms of performance art.” He pauses for a second and adds: “And I would rather be happy for you all. I love what I do here.”

By Rebecca RozenbergOffice of Diversity & Inclusion Staff

Photographs courtesy of Suzanne Hinton

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News

Shapiro and Denizet-Lewis Kick Off WLP Reading Series

Emerson College’s Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing held the first event in its reading series for this year on Wednesday, September 24, in the Charles Beard Room in the Little Building. Gregg Shapiro, an alum who earned his BFA in creative writing at Emerson in 1983, and Benoit Denizet-Lewis, an assistant professor in the WLP department, each read selections from their latest books.

Shapiro was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1999 and has worked as an entertainment journalist for such outlets as GoPride.com and OutSmart Magazine. His most recent book, the short story collection Lincoln Avenue, was published by Squares & Rebels last month. The stories pay homage to Shapiro’s Chicago roots, chronicling the experience of growing up gay in the Windy City during the 1970s and ’80s.

Shapiro read the story “Your Father’s Car,” a funny and poignant work about a closeted suburban teenager who takes his father’s car for a spin in the city to check out the Chicago gay bar scene. Shapiro’s voice, coupled with the story’s use of direct

address, lent a particular intimacy to the reading, bringing out tinges of nostalgia, humor, and desire.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis has written for the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Slate, Out, and the New Republic, among other notable publications. His work examines marginalized groups and often focuses on LGBTQ concerns. He has written about middle-schoolers coming out of the closet, the lives of fraternity brothers, addicts trying to get clean, and “ex-gay” Christians, among other subjects. He is the author of two previous books: America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life and American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life.

Denizet-Lewis’s most recent book, Travels with Casey: My Journey through Our Dog-Crazy Country, looks at America’s infatuation with dogs from a distinctly personal standpoint. In 2012, Denizet-Lewis took a cross-country road trip with his Labrador-mix, Casey, to meet dog lovers of all kinds across America. The funny and touching account of the journey became a literary blockbuster this past summer,

making the New York Times Best Seller List. Denizet-Lewis read two passages

from Travels with Casey highlighting some of the quirky characters he met on his trip. He also shared some video footage from the journey. One showed his rescue of a stray dog at a Navajo reservation in Arizona, which he brought on the road with him and named Rezzy. In one particular moving clip, Denizet-Lewis worked with a man in the low-income city of East St. Louis, Missouri, who risks his safety to rescue stray dogs.

The next author in the Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing’s reading series, Jeffery Renard Allen, will be visiting campus on October 21, to discuss his craft and read from his latest novel, Song of the Shank, which was inspired by the life of the nineteenth-century African American entertainer Thomas Wiggins. For more information about the reading, please refer to the events listings at the back of this issue.

By Blake CampbellOffice of Diversity & Inclusion Staff

Photo from amazon.com Photo from benoitdenizetlewis.com

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Dr. Melanie Matson STANDS for Emerson

Melanie Matson, Ph.D. joined the Emerson community last May as the college’s Director of Violence Prevention and Response. The role was created to provide a support system for survivors of sexual assault as well as to maintain a safe campus climate for all students. Sexual harassment and assault remain serious and pervasive issues on college campuses, and Dr. Matson’s work will put Emerson at the forefront of institutions who are working to eradicate them. The Luminary recently sat down with Dr. Matson to discuss this work, and what Emerson students can do to foster a culture of consent on campus.

Dr. Matson’s work stems from a desire to combine her interest in the field of higher education with her passion for social justice issues. As she points out, there are many people on Emerson’s campus engaged in similar issues of social justice, providing an excellent support system and a range of opportunities for prevention and response efforts.

“I wanted to make a difference in making sure that whatever community I was in was safe for everyone,” Dr. Matson explained in an interview with The Luminary.

Dr. Matson is currently at work on the Emerson STANDS initiative, which stands for Stand Together, Act Now, Do Something. This violence prevention strategy consists of three major components. The first focuses on social marketing efforts, such as the purple Emerson STANDS wristbands that were distributed to on-campus students at the beginning of the semester and are available for free across campus. The second component consists of active bystander intervention training, which prepares participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources to respond to acts of violence safely and effectively. The last component works on promoting ongoing engagement with violence prevention efforts among the members of the Emerson community, regardless of each individual’s experience.

Civic Engagement

“So often [violence prevention] is seen as a scary issue or something that people don’t want to talk about,” Dr. Matson said. The third component of Emerson STANDS seeks to reverse this attitude and provide opportunities for engagement for community members who would like to get involved in prevention efforts.

Indeed, Dr. Matson’s ultimate goal for Emerson is “community ownership of this issue.” Survivors of sexual assault often feel isolated and experience feelings of guilt and shame, so establishing a community support system is of vital importance. A survivor advocate will be joining the Emerson community this month to help Dr. Matson put these supports in place.

Opening up dialogues with peers is also a crucial part of the solution. Dr. Matson says that such conversations can begin with a simple question like “What do you look for in a relationship?” or “How do you show that you’re against violence?” Such questions can spark important discussions about setting boundaries and showing respect in relationships, romantic or otherwise. Current events related to violence can also provide opportunities for talk.

Dr. Matson sees Emerson’s engagement with the media as one of the community’s major strengths. Emerson students play a role in shaping what messages the media is sending to the masses and how those messages are being transmitted. In a world where much of our film and television is saturated with violence, this is a valuable position to be in, as Dr. Matson explains.

“As catalysts or change agents, students can say, why is it that our films are conveying this message, and is there a different message they can convey?”

By Blake CampbellOffice of Diversity & Inclusion Staff

Photograph courtesy of Emerson College’s Photoshelter

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Civic Engagement

Changing the Conversation about Immigration

In honor of Latin American Heritage Month, the Bright Lights screening series featured the documentary Documented: A Film By An Illegal Immigrant Undocumented American on Tuesday, September 30, in the Paramount Center’s Bright Family Screening Room. The writer, director, producer, and subject of the film is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. In 2011, Vargas “outed” himself in a New York Times Magazine article as an immigrant without papers. He knew that if he spoke up, he had real potential to be a catalyst for change. And by recording his journey in this documentary, he has created an essential narrative urging those who call this country home to consider the question: how do you define American?

Vargas came to the United States at the age of 12 in 1993 to live with his grandparents in California. Years went by before Vargas discovered he was in the United States “illegally.” After that revelation, Vargas’s whole conception of his life turned upside down, and he became

angry at the situation that he felt he was trapped in: invalidated as an American citizen, even though he felt so American.

Vargas understood that his story is “only a microcosm of the whole issue of immigration.” He continually reminded his audience that he is only one of eleven million others in the country who do not have documents, and the difficulties the audience saw him experience are a daily reality for all of them. When not actively fighting for immigration reform, Vargas tries to change the conception of what Americans view as “an American.” Just because someone does not have papers, Vargas argued, does not make that person any less of an American than someone whose ancestors stepped off Ellis Island. He believes that by changing the conversation in this regard, changes in immigration law may come more easily thereafter.

The speakers on the panel that followed after the screening of Documented all nodded their heads in agreement. The three people on this panel, Matthew

Cameron of Cameron Law Offices, Justin Nguyen Phuoc of the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM), and Emerson College’s Senior Journalist-In-Residence Cindy Rodriguez are experts in different fields of the immigration reform movement.

Working at an immigration law office, Cameron finds it frustrating that a majority of Americans do not understand the way immigration actually works. In his work, he speaks to people everyday that believe there is “a line” in every country for individuals to immigrate to America. “There is no line!” he yelled to the audience during the panel, and Nguyen Phuoc laughed in response. As a leader of SIM (an organization of young people making powerful strides in the fight for changes within immigration law) and an immigrant himself, Nguyen Phuoc understands the hardships young immigrants and their families must go through and believes that holding rallies and demonstrations will allow youth like him to make a difference by being heard.

Photograph courtesy of Suzanne Hinton

Kelly Bates introduces the panelists. From left: Matt Cameron, Justin Nguyen Phuoc, and Cindy Rodriguez.

Photo from socialjusticefilmfestival.com

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The Office of Diversity & Inclusion invites you to take part in the upcoming Emerson360: Community Climate Survey. The survey will look at Emerson’s overall campus climate, including such factors as leadership, mission and

values, communication and collaboration, diversity and inclusion, and safety and interpersonal violence. The provider ModernThink, which has worked on the

Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Places to Work” survey for many years, will produce the survey, and the Campus Climate Committee, which consists of staff, faculty, and students and is chaired by Director of Diversity Education & Human

Relations, Robert Amelio, will oversee it. The survey will run from November 3–21. Please take this valuable opportunity to make your voice heard on campus.

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Civic Engagement

To this, Rodriguez added that making a real push for change, and then trying “to push even a little bit farther” can set an idea in motion. For example, she stated, she and a team of her colleagues were able to convince the Associated Press to stop using the term “illegals” and have them completely take it out of their vocabulary and usage. She urged others to do the same, to monitor and be aware of the media they are consuming regarding immigration, and to keep informed on everything that is going on in immigration news.

As the panel drew to a close, the conversation turned to what Emerson is doing to help in the field of immigration reform, particularly in education. It is exceedingly difficult for undocumented citizens to receive a college education, as some schools do not accept those without documents or do not give enough financial aid to help with tuition.

Kelly Bates, Executive Director of the Elma Lewis Center, spoke up during this segment, announcing that the College definitely accepts those without documents, and that she and a team of faculty recently compiled and submitted a list of recommendations to President Pelton on how to help make Emerson more financially accessible to these students. The college is also holding SIM’s second annual Dare to Dream Conference on campus on Saturday, October 11, and is sending students to the border in Palo Alto, Texas, for the Alternative Spring Break program to learn about the reality of immigration.

Documented will be released on iTunes October 7. Visit defineamerican.com to learn more about what you can do to change the conversation.

By Rebecca RozenbergOffice of Diveristy & Inclusion Staff

Photograph courtesy of Suzanne Hinton

Proyecto Carrito is a group of Emerson students and maintenance staff who work together to use translingual writing with the goal of overcoming obstacles in workers’ rhetorical mobility. They recenently performed songs in English and Spanish in Common Ground on the 10th floor of the Walker Building.

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Opinion

Teaching the Holocaust

Most people I have met with a Jewish background have some kind of family story from the Holocaust. Many grow up knowing that their grandparents or great-grandparents or other relatives escaped “just in time,” or that there was a reason that they lacked extended family on one of their parents’ sides. Many Jewish children learn about the Holocaust at home as part of their ancestry, often as early as elementary school. In fact, many Jews, myself included, don’t remember a specific time they were “taught” about the Holocaust. Instead, it is background knowledge, something we always knew about.

But for others who do not have a personal connection to this historical event, and who do not live in communities that sometimes still feel the effects of the Holocaust, the topic often seems to come up as late as junior high, or even high school. While the states of Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, California, and New York have laws requiring all state schools to address the Holocaust in their curriculums (elementary through high school), that leaves 45 states where non-Jewish students may never learn more than a surface level amount of information about this aspect of World War II.

Anti-Semitism — the hatred and discrimination of Jews — is still a very present social problem on a global level. It can be seen in the prevalence of Holocaust deniers, in the American Nazi Party, and in the anti-Israel bias at the heart of many current events in the Middle East. Modern anti-Semitism cannot be comprehended without first understanding the context, the history. If this topic is not brought up until well past grade school, and even then is taught without the broader emotional and social relevance of how it relates to the modern Jewish people, then students are missing a key opportunity to gain an appreciation of a minority group and an understanding of a virulent strain of discrimination.

The Holocaust is an event that cannot be allowed to fade out of public consciousness. It is too deeply connected to broad-reaching prejudice, white supremacy, and other contemporary social problems. While the opportunity to study the subject in higher education as an elective class is fantastic, the Holocaust should really be taught as part of any history curriculum starting in elementary school to give young students a chance to learn a key part of our world history.

By Michal GoderezService Learning Correspondent for the Office of Diversity & Inclusion

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Holocaust Education: Emerson is screening Kisses to he Children. See the events listing for more information.

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Events

Emerson Events

WLP Reading Series: Jeffery Renard Allen Q&ATuesday, October 21, 4:00 p.m.Charles Beard RoomLittle BuildingWLP Reading Series: Jeffery Renard Allen ReadingTuesday, October 21, 6:00 pmBill Bordy TheaterUnion Bank BuildingAn essayist, novelist, and poet, Jeffery Renard has won numerous awards for his writing. He is the recipient of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Fiction and a Recognition for Pioneering Achieve-ments in Fiction from the African Ameri-can Literature and Culture Association. Renard will be receiving questions about his work and reading from his latest, criti-cally acclaimed novel, Song of the Shank.

The Magic FluteTuesday, October 21 through Sunday, October 26Cutler Majestic TheaterMozart’s classic opera comes alive in Cape Town. Performed by South Africa’s Isango Ensemble, this is a must-see adaptation of a man’s journey to rescue his beloved. For tickets and more infor-mation, please visit artsemerson.org.

Alone With PeopleThursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.Bright Family Screening RoomParamount CenterCelebrate Queer Awareness Month with a screening of Drew Van Steenbergen’s award-winning film. Starring 2014 Emer-son alum Quinn Marcus, the short film concerns one teenager’s struggle with how to come out as gay to her friends and family. It is the winner for Outstand-ing Narrative Short Film at L.A. Outfest. For more information, please contact Anna Feder at [email protected].

Literary Lecture: Vikas Swarup, author of Q&AThursday, October 23, 2:00 p.m.Bright Family Screening RoomParamount CenterThis Oscar-winning Indian diplomat and author, whose novel Q&A was adapted into the acclaimed 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire, visits Emerson College to give a lecture on his literary craft. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session. For more infor-mation, please contact Dr. Gregory Payne at [email protected]

The MahabharataSaturday, October 25, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 26, 2:00 p.m.Paramount Center MainstagePerforming a pared-down adaptation of the ancient Indian epic, renowned story-teller Jean-Claude Carrière takes on the role of a travelling bard to tell the story of the power struggle of two families: the Pandava and the Kaurava. After working, researching, directing, and performing the text for many years, Carrière transforms his knowledge of the literature and its histori-cal importance into a breathtaking piece of performance art. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit artsemerson.org.

Kisses to the ChildrenTuesday, October 28, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Bright Family Screening RoomParamount CenterThis moving documentary tells the story of Shelly, Rosina, Iossif, Marios, and Efty-hia, five Greek-Jewish children whom Christian families saved from the Holo-caust during the German Occupation. A discussion with director Vassilis Loules and special guests will follow the screen-ing. For more information, please contact Anna Feder at [email protected].

Walker 10 Salon: Words ApartThursday, October 30, 4:00 p.m.Common GroundWalker Building, 10th FloorUndergraduate and graduate student writ-ers will be reading their work and engag-ing in discussion with the audience about their online literary magazine Words Apart. One of Emerson’s few organizations of undergraduate and graduate students, Words Apart features work focusing on the subjects of social justice and diversity. For more information, please contact Robert Amelio at [email protected]

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Photograph from mattfigler.com

Photograph from stageandcinema.com

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Events

Boston Events

Charles M. Blow reads from Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A MemoirTuesday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.Harvard Book Store1256 Massachusetts Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow will read from and discuss his new memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The book tells the story of Blow’s upbringing in the traditional Louisiana town where he grew up, a place profoundly affected by the history of slavery, the abuse he suf-fered at the hands of a family member, and coming to terms with his own bisex-uality. This is a free event. For more information, please visit harvard.com.

DreamgirlsTuesday, October 21, 7:30 p.m.Berklee Performance CenterWednesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m.Berklee Performance Center136 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02115Following the career of the fictional R&B group, “The Dreams,” this musical is the winner of six Tony awards. The Berklee Musical Theater Club presents their rendi-tion of about this inspiring trio of women. Tickets are $12 or $17. For tickets and more information, please visit berklee.edu/events/dreamgirls.

Cornel West discusses Black Pro-phetic FireThursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.First Parish Church1446 Massachusetts Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138Cornel West is one of the foremost public intellectuals of our time. His work examines race, gender, and class in contemporary America. His new book, Black Prophetic Fire, was co-written and edited by Christa Buschendorf, and re-examines the legacies of six revolution-ary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. Tickets for this event are $5.00 and may be purchased at harvard.com.

Rodrigo y GabrielaWednesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m.Orpheum Theatre1 Hamilton PlaceBoston, MA 02108Hailing from Mexico City, Rodrigo San-chez and Gabriela Quintero are one of the foremost flamenco duos. Their clas-sical guitar duets incorporate elements of rock and heavy metal as well as tra-ditional flamenco. Advance tickets are $33.50 and may be purchased from cross-roadspresents.com/orpheum-theatre.

Val Wang discusses Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing ChinaThursday, October 30, 7:00 p.m.Harvard Book Store1256 Massachusetts Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138Val Wang is a local author and multime-dia storyteller. A Chinese American raised in the suburbs, Wang decided to live with relatives in Beijing for a time as a young woman. Her new memoir, Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China, details her experience in a radically changing city and her attempts to find her place within the world. This is a free event. For more information, please visit harvard.com.

Dalai LamaHis Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet will be in Boston from Octo-ber 30 to November 1. For details on and tickets for his speaking engage-ments, please visit dalailama.com.

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