September 2016 Volume 18 Issue 9 Page 1 of 4

September 2016
Volume 18 Issue 9
Page 1 of 4
The Alliance
ACEH Sponsors Film “Endgame”
At Tulipanes September 18
The Alliance for Cultural
and Ethnic Harmony is
dedicated to promoting
unity, justice, equal
opportunity, ethnic
awareness, cross-cultural
understanding, and
appreciation for diversity
Inside This
The Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival is now 16 years old in
Holland! This year it opens Thursday, September 15, with a
mariachi concert, and runs through September 25.
Issue:
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Jim Crow Events
Memberships
2
Potluck in the Park
3
Peace Pole
4
Diversity, Unity, and
Justice Are at the Heart
of ACEH
A 501c3 organization
Board of Directors
Bobbie Brown
Rodrigo De Grau
Chris C.J. Kingdom Grier
H. Bin Lim
Eleanor Lopez
Al Minert
Lori Joseph Shaw
John Yelding
Past president: Marvin
Younger
Board advisor: Al Serrano
On Sunday, September 18, at 2 pm, the Alliance for Cultural
and Ethnic Harmony (ACEH) will sponsor “Endgame” at the
Holland Civic Theater, 50 West 9th St in Holland. The
showing is free and everyone is invited. “Endgame” is 90
minutes long; not rated. (There will not be a general ACEH
meeting in September.)
Produced in 2015 and based on real events, “Endgame” is the story
of Jose, a student in Texas whose grandmother taught him to play
chess, at age 5; his grandfather was a chess champion in Mexico.
Film information says: “As part of the Brownsville, Texas, school
team, Jose has the chance to use his skills and for once in his life
finds himself in the spotlight as he tries to help his team make it to
the Texas state finals. As their coach, Mr. Alvarado, teaches his
students the meaning of perseverance and team effort in the face of
adversity, Jose discovers his own strengths and uses them to bring
his broken family together.”
Vice president C. J. Grier said, “ACEH works for cross-cultural
understanding, and we look for ways to partner with diverse
organizations in the community. Tulipanes has been a gift to West
Michigan for many years, and we are glad to sponsor this inspiring
film—a story that will appeal to both young people and adults.”
For information on 2016 Tulipanes events, go to www.tulipanes.org
Hope College Hosts Jim Crow Exhibit, Related Events
Items from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia will be exhibited at the Hope College De
Pree Art Museum from August 26 to October 7. The gallery on Columbia Ave at 11th Street is
open 10 am to 5 pm, Mon-Sat, and 1 to 5 pm on Sundays.
The 39-piece traveling exhibition, titled “Hateful Things,” is from the museum at Ferris State
University in Big Rapids and includes items of popular and commercial culture from the late 19th
century to the present, “embodying the terrible effects of the Jim Crow legacy.” The traveling
exhibit also has images of violence against African Americans as well as the civil rights struggle
for racial equality.
Events related to the exhibit
--Fri, Sept 9, 4 to 7:30 pm: Film (4 to 6:30 pm) “From Jim Crow to Barack Obama,” followed
by discussion with filmmaker Denise Ward-Brown of Washington University, St. Louis. Opening
reception. 6 to 7:30 pm. Both events at De Pree Art Museum (see address above).
--Tues, Sept 13, 7:30 pm: Thirty-minute performance by The Ebony Road Players, an ensemble
of five women: “A Simple Question” “celebrates landmark court case that overturned
miscegenation laws” through stories about interracial love and marriage in the U.S., beginning
with Richard and Mildred Loving and continuing until the present day. At DeWitt Studio Theater,
Columbia Ave at 11th St.
--Wed, Sept 21, 4 pm: Lecture, “The Most Laughable Things I Had Ever Seen”: Currier & Ives’
“Darktown Comics,” by Marcy Sachs of Albion College. At Fried-Hemenway Auditorium, Martha
Miller Center, Columbia Ave at 10th St.
--Wed, Sept 28, 2:30 pm: Presentation by Temporary Services, the collaboration of Brett
Bloom and Marc Fischer, artists who have initiated social actions, DIY projects, publications, and
public intervention to raise awareness and create dialogue about social, economic,
environmental, and political inequalities. At De Pree Art Gallery.
--Fri, Sept 30, 1 to 4 pm: Arts & Humanities Symposium: “Am I Not Human?: Racial Identities
in Modern America.” At De Pree Art Gallery, Cook Auditorium.
Who Was Jim Crow?
From www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/traveling/ In the early 1830s, Thomas Dartmouth Rice created the
antebellum character Jim Crow. “Daddy Rice” was a white actor who performed, in blackface, a song-anddance whose exaggerations popularized racially demeaning minstrel shows. The name “Jim Crow” came to
denote segregation in the 19th century when Southern and border states passed “Jim Crow laws,”
legitimizing a racial caste system.
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You Can Help ACEH Work in the Community
Thank you to new member Karen Nelson and to renewing members Patricia Bradford and Charles and
Fonda Green. Please consider joining with these members and others committed to social justice,
appreciation for diversity, and making West Michigan a place where everyone is welcomed and respected.
The dues structure is:
Individual:
$20.00 one year; $35.00 two years;
Family:
$30.00 one year; $50.00 two years
Nonprofit:
$40.00 one year; Business: $75 one year
In lieu of, or in addition to, paying dues, you may make a pledge of service to ACEH. Checks or service
pledges should be made out to ACEH and sent to Treasurer Al Minert, c/o ACEH, at P. O. Box 3007, Holland,
MI 49422-3007. The ACEH membership year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. To pay by credit card,
http://www.harmonyalliance.org/join.html, click on “Join us” and use the Pay Pal system. You may also join
at any ACEH event.
Fun, friends, and food: A great day in the park!
More than 100 people celebrated the diversity of our community
at the 18th annual ACEH Potluck in the Park August 14.
The Tug of Peace
Who will break the piñata?
Chef Shaw grills the “dogs”
When the music stops, jump to a new tile
Special thanks to
musicians Scott
Fallon and Tania
Jarquin; Baby Doll
the Clown; Annie
Olson; Potluck
planners Bobbie
Brown and Lori
Shaw; Bin Lim for
securing the park;
MC Marvin Younger;
and the “generator
crew” of Al Minert,
Dean De Ridder and
Rock Colingsworth.
Lining up for great food
Balloons! Face Painting!
Many thanks to Sponsors: Meijer; Spartan Nash; Target; Dr. Pepper Snapple Group; Walmart;
Pancakes R Us. Donors: Captain Sundae; Dairy Queen; TNT Yogurt; Pizza Hut; Brann’s Steakhouse;
Red Robin; Logan Roadhouse; Applebee’s; Papa Johns; Holland Rescue Mission/Hudsonville Ice Cream;
Mancino’s; Eleanor Lopez, centerpieces; Liz Barveld, piñata and candy; Maple Avenue Ministries, tables;
Taylor Rentals. Volunteers: Carlton Shaw, Peg Minert, CJ Grier, Herb and Ann Weller, Lynette
Holloway, Penny Brown, Phil Olson, Joe and Sheeba Winjoe, Lise Lim, Dave Marckini, Ruby Kickert, Julia
Colingsworth, Leyana Brown, Clarissa Lopez. Appreciation to Mayor Nancy DeBoer and City Manager
Ryan Cotton for their participation, and to folks from the Lakeshore Refugee Resettlement Network and
Third Reformed Church who invited a family originally from Afghanistan to come and enjoy the Potluck:
We were happy to welcome the family to Holland.
THE ALLIANCE FOR
CULTURAL AND
ETHNIC HARMONY
Box 3007
Holland, MI 49422-3007
PHONE: (616) 866-4758
(616) 396-2201
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
WEB ADDRESS:
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and Ethnic Harmony
Bringing People
Together from Worlds Apart
Community Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Of Peace Pole in Smallenburg Park
Lakeshore Women for Peace invite everyone to the 10th
anniversary celebration of the Holland Peace Pole. The theme
is “Building a Peaceful and Compassionate Community.”
The event will take place on Sunday, September 18, from 6:30
pm to 8 pm at Smallenburg Park on Fairbanks Ave north of
16th Street in Holland. Please bring your own lawn chair.
Representatives from local groups, including ACEH, will speak
about their organizations and provide materials to take away
from the celebration. Cookies and conversation will follow.
The current pole, which replaced an earlier one, was
advocated for by the former Holland Peacemakers group and
was dedicated on Sept. 21, 2006, the International Day of
Peace. It has the word “Peace” in English, Spanish, Hebrew,
Dutch, Arabic, Ojibwa, German, Korean, Cambodian, Italian,
Vietnamese, Japanese, Lao, Russian, French, and Chinese.
For information, call (616) 566-8510 or contact Karen at [email protected]
The Alliance for Cultural
and Ethnic Harmony
Box 3007
Holland, MI 49422-3007