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Diversity Awareness Week at Georgia: D.A.W.G. Days

Diversity Awareness Week at Georgia is an annual celebration of the diversity in our world and on the University of Georgia campus. This week-long series of events and activities was created in the hope of fostering a positive atmosphere in which students, staff and other members of the community could acknowledge differences in people, to learn about those differences, and to gain an appreciation of the benefits these differences bring into our lives. By focusing on and exploring of issues such as prejudice, disabilities, International student cultures, racial and cultural groups, diverse dating, and religious organizations, University Housing seeks to broaden the horizons of its residents and the student body at large.

D.A.W.G. Days Events - RESCHEDULED

The D.A.W.G. Days Committee is pleased to announce that the two programs that were canceled due to inclement weather, have been rescheduled as follows:

Monday, April 6, 2009, at 6:00 PM, in MLC 171
"It's All About Love. Eradicating Hate," facilitated by Dr. Dawn Bennett-Alexander

This discussion forum will explore cross-cultural dating. Specifically, we will explore Southern views of inter-racial dating and how they impact views that people date interracially because there is dissatisfaction with dating within one's race. We will also discuss racial stigmas associated with interracial dating and the influence of gender and culture on views of interracial dating. We will explore cultural differences in couples including religion, differences in family of origin, and differences in family traditions and practices.
Additionally, we will talk about knowing one's self as a cultural being and recommendations for healthy relationships.
Objectives: 1. Explore and challenge existing views of interracial dating.
2. Gain a broader understanding of cultural differences including family of origin, religion, and traditions/practices.
3. Gain a better understanding of the our cultural selves in relationships and how to be a healthy person in a relationship.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 6:00 PM, in MLC 102
"What is Love? Baby Don't Hurt Me," facilitated by Dr. Deenie Tarver and Reverend Richard A. Washington

We will discuss the avenues and ways to empower students on the UGA campus to find ways to fight and eradicate hate on campus. Through this program, Dr. Bennett-Alexander will have an open discussion with several different ways to addressing hate and how to overcome it on our campus. We will come to a fun, positive, interactive exploration of our attitudes, biases and actions and discuss ways to assist students in becoming positive student activist when it comes to addressing hate.

We will be serving food and handing out D.A.W.G. Days cups and drawstring sacks to attendees.

D.A.W.G. Days 2009

In 2009, D.A.W.G. Days will take place between March 1 – 4.

1. Calendar of Events

• March 1, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Miller Learning Center, Room 101
• What is Love? Baby don't hurt me..
  Exploring Dating Myths

• March 2, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Miller Learning Center, Room 101
• It's All About Love: Eradicating Hate

• March 3, 2009, 4:30 p.m., Brumby Rotunda
• Patchwork of Cultures, Passport to the World: See it, Stamp it, Explore it.

• March 4, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Miller Learning Center, Room 101
• Darius Goes West
• Pedro Zamora Award Presentation

Click here to see more details of the program.

All D.A.W.G. Days programs are BLUE CARD EVENTS! 

2.  The 2009 Pedro Zamora Horizons Award

A centerpiece of D.A.W.G. Days at Georgia is the presentation of the Pedro Zamora Horizons Award, which was created in 1995 to acknowledge a public figure or figures who exemplify a strong commitment to the spirit of diversity through their work in his or her community.  This award is named in honor of Mr. Pedro Zamora, who challenged the status quo by serving as a living example of reason, understanding and change.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Pedro Zamora Horizons Award.   Do you know a community leader who carries the torch of diversity awareness?   If so, please complete and submit the nomination form, located here.   A complete description of the award is available here.

The nomination deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2009.  Your form may be submitted electronically to dawgdays@uga.edu or via campus mail to the Hill Community Office, attention Anthony Johnson."

Past recipients of the Pedro Zamora Horizons Award have been:

       1995  Mr. Judd Winick, Real World MTV
       1996  Mrs. Nancy MacNair,
                  University Health Service, UGA
       1997  Mr. Vernon A. Wall,
                  University Housing, UGA
       1998  Dr. Dawn Bennett-Alexander,
                  Terry College of Business, UGA
       1999  Mrs. Vanessa Williams-Smith,
                  Minority Services & Programs, UGA
       2000  Mr. Tony Kearney,
                  University Housing, UGA
       2001  The African-American Chorale Ensemble,
                  UGA
       2002  Dr. William A. Kretzschmar,
                  English Department, UGA
       2003  Dr. Louis Castenell,
                  College of Education, UGA
       2004  Ms. Trudy Bradley,
                  Clarke County Mentor Program
       2005  Dr. Rodney Bennett, Vice President for
                  Student Affairs, UGA
       2006  Ms. Leigh Poole, Coordinator of
                  International Student Life, UGA
       2007  Dr. Michael Shutt,
                  Director of LGBT Center, UGA
       2008  Mama Lily, Community Member &
                  Homeless Person Advocate

University Housing would like to offer a special thanks to the Residence Hall Association, the Community/Hall Councils and Residence Hall Education and Services for helping bring D.A.W.G. Days 2009 to life!    

For more information about D.A.W.G. Days at Georgia, please contact us via email at:  dawgdays@uga.edu, or via telephone at: 706-542-5934.