Macalester/Cultural House
from the Macalester Public Knowledge Base
The Cultural House, also called the C-House is a grey two-story building located in the outer northwestern corner of the Macalester campus that is dedicated to student-led initiatives on multiculturalism.
Eleven students reside here, and cultural organization meetings, cultural organization events, In The Kitchen With, Fridays After Class, etc take place here.
The Cultural House is a safe space for domestic students of color and allies who are interested in learning from and contributing to a multicultural environment.
The C-House strives to be a symbol of connection for people of color at Macalester and in the Twin Cities. Although the C-House is organized around the dismantling of racism, there is careful attention paid to the intersection of multiple identities, including gender, class, sexual orientation, national origin, age, ability, and religion. Programming and many cultural organizations who utilize the C-House are structured in a diasporic manner that recognizes that race may have variant meanings in an international context.
[edit] Location
[edit] Functionality
The Cutural House is equipped with a Kitchen and a Lounge to support events - during 2003-04, ¡Adelante! used these spaces to host In the Kitchen with.. sessions, the DÃa de la Raza Family Lunch, the Latino Politics: voter registration Panel, Latin American and Latina/o Identities Panel, PoesÃa en Español sessions and Bailé Latino.
In the basement, the Cultural House houses two cultural organization office rooms with a computer on each room and a printer at the larger office. ¡Adelante! shares the larger office with PIPE, B.L.A.C., MIO, Bridges, and ASA. Every year, two officers from each organization receive the keys needed to access these rooms.
[edit] History
The Cultural House has been rearranged in the fall of 2004.
Before the re-arranging:
After re-arranging:
[edit] Ethnic Housing in the 70's
In the 70's, three minority groups had their own houses: the Black House, the Native American House, and the Hispanic House. The current Cultural House was originally the Black House; the others, located on Vernon Street next to the Language Houses, were sold due to lack of funds. ¡Adelante! has advocating in the past, along with other cultural orgs, for the creation of separate ethnic houses.
[edit] Residents
Ten residents and a Community Assistant committed to multiculturalism live in the Cultural House every year. Residents are chosen through an application and interview process with the Cultural House Advisory Board.
- 2005-06 Residents:
- 2004-05 Residents: Christina Robinson, Sheena Paul, Siddharth Akali, Maureen Frank, Grace Awantang, Clara Weinstock, Ana Nájera-Mendoza, Will Clarke, Jessica Masterson
- 2003-04 Residents: Ana Nájera-Mendoza, Maura Shramko, Pakou Vang, Dion Cunningham, Alvin GarcÃa, Jennifer Wright, Ferdinand, Grace Awantang, Faith Cornwall, Yongho Kim
- 2002-03 Residents:
- 2001-02 Residents:
[edit] Multicultural Program Assistants
In 2004, the Department of Multicultural Life created positions called Multicultural Program Assistant to replace Campus Program's programming role in the Cultural House.
- 2005-06
- assistant name
- 2004-05
- Alex Flores
- Eliza Rasheed
- David
[edit] Future
The Department of Multicultural Life (DML) has proposed to open the Cultural House to the student workers of DML for the Fall of 2005 and conversation among DML and Cultural House residents is ongoing.
[edit] Related Links
- Where is the Cultural House?
- C-House from Reslife
- Multicultural Life Initiatives
- ¡Adelante! Office
