BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:223@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170111T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170111T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084942Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/wm-finding-home-kitchen / SUMMARY:WorldMatters "Finding Home in the Kitchen" An Evening of Food and C ulture DESCRIPTION:\nThe WorldMatters series seeks to inspire participants to lear n about and engage with the world in a affordable and approachable manner. Join us on Wednesday\, January 11th for an evening of Filipino and Domini can food and culture. First\, join us for a social mixer with samples of b oth Filipino and Dominican dishes from 5:30pm to 6:00pm. Next\, join us in the theatre for a conversation on what traditional food means to each of our guest speakers\, what cooking means to their cultural identity\, etc. Questions from the audience will be welcome at the end.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n Speakers:\n\nMaria Victoria Cortina was born in Santo Domingo\, Dominican Republic and has lived in Anchorage\, Alaska since 2002. Since then\, Mari a Victoria along with her Mom have helping the Hispanic and Latino Communi ty in Alaska. Her mom once held an attaché consular position at the Honor ary Consulate of the Dominican Republic in Anchorage\, Alaska.\n\nMaria Vi ctoria is currently the System Development Coordinator for the Alaska Syst em for Early Education Development\, (SEED). She graduated from the Univer sity of Alaska Anchorage\, with a Baccalaureate Degree in Journalism &\ ; Public Communications with a concentration in Telecommunications and Med ia in May of 2012\, and later from the University of London with a Master ’s with Merit Distinction in International Relations in December of 2015 .\n\nAfter her time abroad in the United Kingdom\, Maria moved back to Anc horage\, Alaska\, and started a translating and interpreting business\, In ternational Relation Services\, LLC\, where she works helping the Hispanic and Latino community in Anchorage. She is currently studying to become a certified translator and interpreter with the State of Alaska and continue s to be a strong advocate for the Dominican and Hispanic Community in Alas ka.\n\nDr. Gabriel Garcia is a Philippine-born\, Alaska-grown\, Associate Professor of Public Health at University of Alaska Anchorage with more tha n a decade of experience working with Alaskan communities\, conducting hea lth research among Asians and Pacific Islanders\, developing programs\, an d organizing events. He holds a PhD in Public Health with a focus on commu nity health and cultural anthropology at UCLA. His work with the community has earned him the state’s Excellence in Public Health Award and UAA’ s Excellence in Community Service Award and Community Builder Award. In 20 15\, he was appointed to be one of the Health and Human Services Commissio ners in the Anchorage Municipality. Dr. Garcia loves to cook. He has won t he People’s Choice Award in Los Angeles for his chicken adobo and the Be st Pansit in the Pansit Cooking Contest organized by one of the Filipino o rganizations in Anchorage.\n\nModerator - Dr. Zeynep Kılıç\nZeynep Kıl ıç was born and raised in Turkey. After completing her bachelor’s degr ee in economics at the Middle East Technical University\, she moved to the U.S. to pursue graduate school in 1993. She completed her masters and doc torate degrees in sociology at the Arizona State University. She arrived i n Anchorage in the summer of 2008 after fourteen years in the Arizona dese rt. She is still getting acclimated…\n\nHer earlier work focused on immi gration\, belonging and citizenship. Lately she has been exploring food an d culture as her primary research agenda. Her latest project\, Tables of I stanbul\, has been supported by grants from the TCF\, ITS\, UAA and Fulbri ght. Her next project will be picking up where the movie left off\, writin g a book while on sabbatical in 2016-2017. As an associate professor at th e University of Alaska Anchorage\, besides dabbling in film-making and boo k writing\, she teaches sociology classes\, dances tango\, and adores her husband Wayne who is single handedly renovating her dream home while she t ravels around the world for this fun project.\n\nWatch the trailer for Dr. Kılıç's "Tables of Istanbul" project below and visit the Tables of Ist anbul website to learn about the film and where to view it.\n\n\n\n\nThe W orldMatters series is made possible thanks to the support of BP.\n\n\n\nTh e WorldMatters program series is made possible thanks to the support of ou r community partners. Visit the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner organizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bish to get invol ved! 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