BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ARCS Project - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ARCS Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arcsproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ARCS Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220312T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220312T113000 DTSTAMP:20260530T131658 CREATED:20230907T022853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T222336Z UID:10000077-1647079200-1647084600@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Space\, New Technologies and Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Celebrate International Women’s Month with us! Join us for this event honoring the work of women scientists and their pioneer spirit. \nOur first workshop features Dr. Ioana Cozmuta\, Romanian American world expert in materials\, microgravity and space. \nThis event inaugurates a special Speakers Series as part of the Heritage Language Program Grant\, awarded by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Migrant/Bilingual Department to the Wenatchee School District and other local organizations\, ARCS among them\, to develop a year-long remote learning program for Heritage Language speakers of Romanian\, Russian\,  Spanish and Ukrainian. Other upcoming events will feature speakers representing the Ukrainian\, Russian and Spanish-speaking communities included in the grant. \nRegister HERE. \nEvent organized in partnership with World Affairs Council -Global Classroom\, the Ethnic Heritage Council\, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Migrant/Bilingual Department and Wenatchee School District. \nMore about This Event: \nSince 1961\, when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to and successfully return from space\, humanity has made unprecedented leaps in the exploration of space such as setting foot on the surface of the Moon through the Apollo missions and permanently inhabiting the International Space Station for the past two decades! \nThe year 2010 marked yet another important transformation with SpaceX’s first successful orbital flight operated by a commercial company set to increase the frequency\, reduce the price and broadening opportunities to access space. Not only has space technology continued to advance rapidly; SpaceX’s success has laid the grounds for a wave of commercial companies and private investments currently building and expanding infrastructure in low earth orbit and beyond. \nThe benefits of space extend well beyond technological advancements. They impact every single aspect of our life on Earth from forecasting natural disasters and sustainable utilization of natural resources to enabling remote healthcare\, climate change monitoring and disaster management to name a few. The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has captured how space is supporting the Sustainable Development Goals under the Space4SDG’s branding. \nAs the New Space movement continues to grow so does its reach and impact on our day-to-day life. Next on the horizon is a new wave of companies developing technologies and manufacturing processes that will ultimately result in moving Earth manufacturing into space. From designing superior materials and products without gravity to leveraging on direct access to space solar power\, vacuum\, and ultra-low temperatures such a shift will be a strong correcting force to counterbalance pollution and greenhouse gas emissions\, severe degradation of Earth ecosystem services\, loss of biodiversity\, climate change\, etc. \nEnabling civil society the experience of flying into space it is foreseen that it will trigger a mass-scale shift in humanity’s own awareness and accelerate the path towards enlightenment through propagating the Overview effect – that miraculous sense of awe and deep respect towards the uniqueness of life on planet Earth\, our only home amongst the stars. \nIoana Cozmuta\n\n\nDr. Ioana Cozmuța is the founder and CEO of G-space Inc (https://www.zerogspace.com)\, a women-owned B-corporations and a reflection of Ioana’s passions: to discover and build opportunities for socio-economic benefit at the confluence of Space and Earth and to mentor and inspire the new generation towards a more prosperous future for humanity. Ioana holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Groningen\, the Netherlands and she is an alumnus of Caltech and Stanford University. During her career at NASA and in the industry spanning two decades\, Ioana has built a legacy on transforming the status quo\, opening new avenues for innovation\, collaboration\, space technology commercialization and public-private partnerships. The current fiber optics manufacturing in space has its origin in a paper published in 2017. Dr. Cozmuța is a TedEx Future Spoiler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlsGhC3G1d8)\, a keynote/speaker and lecturer. She has co/authored over 200 scientific articles\, technical reports and newspaper interviews; webinars and podcasts. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/space-new-technologies-and-sustainability/ CATEGORIES:Education,TALKS (Romanian Explorers) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/302-Speakers_Series_OSPI_HL_Grant_._jpg.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210806T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210806T203000 DTSTAMP:20260530T131658 CREATED:20230831T202653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240217T004709Z UID:10000033-1628278200-1628281800@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:OME: Film Screening and Live Discussion DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples\, join us for a live discussion on OME\, a documentary on the life of the Huaorani\, and their struggles defending their ancestral lands\, with director Raúl Paz Pastrana\, co-producer Luminița Cuna (author of "Barefoot in the Amazon")\, and moderators Vivian Hua (Northwest Film Forum) and Otilia Baraboi (ARCS\, The Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest). \nRegister HERE or follow us LIVE on Facebook \nFilmed in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon in the Yasuni biosphere\, “OME: Tales From a Vanishing Homeland” offers incredible access to the unique and ancient way of life of the Huaorani\, one of Ecuador’s most isolated indigenous groups. OME explores the intricacies of the Huaorani way of life\, highlighting their connection to land and family\, while raising questions about their future survival as oil companies encroach upon Ome\, their homeland. “OME” has won multiple awards and was funded by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and the Hispanic Scholarship fund. \nRunning Time: 30\nUSA & Ecuador // Color // HD // Spanish and Waoterero with English subtitles. \nAwards and Screenings:\n\n2019 Earth Day Film Festival\, Chico CA\n2018 Eugene Environmental Film Festival\n2018 The Lyric Theater\, Fort Collins CO\n2018 Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI)\, New York City (QWFF) WINNER “Best Cinematography Award”\n2016 Ethnografilm Festival\, Paris France\n2015 Moscow International Documentary Film Festival\n2015 Cayman Islands International Film Festival\n2015 Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival\, Milwaukee WINNER “2015 Spirit of Activism Award”\n2014 IFFEST Document.Art\, Bucharest\, Romania WINNER Next Generation Award (EX AEQUO)\n2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award WINNER\n2013 International Documentary Association (IDA) Nominee for the DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD\n2013 Louisville’s International Festival of Film SCREEN PREVIEW\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Raúl Paz Pastrana\n \n \n \n Raúl Paz Pastrana is a Mexican immigrant filmmaker\, cinematographer\, and multimedia creator. His work intersects contemporary art\, political documentary\, and visual ethnography to explore themes of belonging\, alienation\, and the concept of “home.” His films have screened at museums and festivals worldwide including at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in the U.K.\, The American Museum of Natural History\, New York City\, MASS MoCA Museum in Massachusetts\, Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI)\, New York City\, and at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) in Mexico among many more.  \n Raúl’s work has received support from the Princess Grace Foundation\, the Ford Foundation-Just Films\, The Perspective Fund\, ITVS\, Catapult Film Fund\, The Jerome Foundation\, New York Council on the Arts\, The Tribeca Film Institute\, The Colorado Humanities\, and the Sundance Institute among others. He is a Camargo Foundation Cassis France Artist Alumni\, an IFP/Gotham Filmmaker Labs fellow\, a Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow\, and a New America National Fellow. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Luminita Cuna\n \n \n \n She is a Cluj-Napoca native and Brooklyn resident who has been traveling extensively to the Amazon region and has been living and working with indigenous communities in the Amazon since 2006. She has been an ally to indigenous peoples for more than 15 years\, supporting their efforts to uphold their human rights and to protect their territory. \n Luminita is the founder of Maloca\, a grassroots support organization that works with indigenous communities living in the Amazon basin. She has been fundraising and campaigning on various indigenous issues\, helping indigenous communities get solar energy\, incorporate technology in their territory defense and become aware of their rights and how to use them in protecting their forest. \n Luminița wanted to bring awareness on the rich cultures of the Amazon indigenous peoples\, as well as to unveil the fascinating world of the rainforest; this is how her book “Barefoot in the Amazon” came to life. Luminița also co-produced the documentary Ome: Tales from a Vanishing Homeland\, winner of the 2017 Queens International Film Festival for best cinematography. The documentary brings forward the fight of an Amazonian community to protect their home\, one of the most biodiverse area in the world. \n When she is not trekking the Amazon\, Luminița is an IT project manager. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Leo Carmona\n \n \n \n \n \n Vivian Hua\n \n \n \n Vivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer\, filmmaker\, and organizer who is fascinated by synthesizing divergent schools of thought. She is the Executive Director at Northwest Film Forum\, a co-founder of the civil rights film series\, The Seventh Art Stand\, and Editor-in-Chief of the socially-conscious long-form arts publication\, REDEFINE. Much of her work unifies her interest in the metaphysical with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Otilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.\n \n \n \n Before coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS' brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/ome-film-screening-and-live-discussion/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Film,TALKS (Romanian Explorers) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/282-EHC_Newsletter_-2-jpg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210612T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210612T120000 DTSTAMP:20260530T131658 CREATED:20230907T035159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T185501Z UID:10000082-1623495600-1623499200@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:The Sky is the Limit: Romanian Women Explorers DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about courage\, resilience\, and the importance of role modelling in education\, with Romanian explorers Diana Dragomir (Astronomer and Physics & Astronomy Professor) and Gina Bădescu (Anesthesiologist and Mountain Climber). \nPlease register in advance at this link or join us on our FB channels. \nEvent organized in partnership with Romanians of DC. \nInstructors\nCredits: Sarah Ballard \nDiana Dragomir\nDr. Diana Dragomir is an astronomer and a Physics & Astronomy professor at the University of New Mexico. Diana often wonders what the view and sky look like on planets around other stars\, and whether anyone over there might be wondering the same thing. She spends a lot of her time and research getting a little bit closer to answering these questions. \n\nGina Bădescu\nDr. Gina C. Bădescu is an anesthesiologist from Everett in Washington State. She received her medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. She discovered her passion for mountain climbing later on in life\, after a bicycle accident that left her severely injured. In 2018 she climbed Lhotse (8\,516 m)\, the 4th highest mountain in the world. She is now training for another expedition in the Himalayas. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-romanian-heritage-language-and-culture-school-fall-2022-4/ CATEGORIES:TALKS (Romanian Explorers) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/278-Linkedin_2.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210424T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210424T110000 DTSTAMP:20260530T131658 CREATED:20230907T032550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T130218Z UID:10000081-1619258400-1619262000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Explorers Celebrating Earth Day DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion celebrating Earth Day with our special guests Luminița Cuna (writer\, explorer) and Ioana Cozmuța (researcher at NASA). Find out more about their pioneer spirit\, amazing careers and fascination for uncharted territories on Earth and out of space. \nLuminița Cuna founded Maloca Communities\, a grassroots support organization that supports indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon region to have greater control over the decisions that impact their communities. \nYou can support their activity by making a donation on their website. \n \nWatch Raul Paz Pastrana’s documentary OME\, co-produced by Luminița Cuna\, to find out more about the devastating impact of oil companies on the Amazonian forest. \n \nRegister HERE in advance for this meeting. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nOrganized by ARCS in partnership with Romanians of DC. \nInstructors\nLuminita Cuna\nShe is a Cluj-Napoca native and Brooklyn resident who has been traveling extensively to the Amazon region and has been living and working with indigenous communities in the Amazon since 2006. She has been an ally to indigenous peoples for more than 15 years\, supporting their efforts to uphold their human rights and to protect their territory. \nLuminita is the founder of Maloca\, a grassroots support organization that works with indigenous communities living in the Amazon basin. She has been fundraising and campaigning on various indigenous issues\, helping indigenous communities get solar energy\, incorporate technology in their territory defense and become aware of their rights and how to use them in protecting their forest. \nLuminița wanted to bring awareness on the rich cultures of the Amazon indigenous peoples\, as well as to unveil the fascinating world of the rainforest; this is how her book “Barefoot in the Amazon” came to life. Luminița also co-produced the documentary Ome: Tales from a Vanishing Homeland\, winner of the 2017 Queens International Film Festival for best cinematography. The documentary brings forward the fight of an Amazonian community to protect their home\, one of the most biodiverse area in the world. \nWhen she is not trekking the Amazon\, Luminița is an IT project manager. \n\nIoana Cozmuta\nDr. Ioana Cozmuța is the founder and CEO of G-space Inc (https://www.zerogspace.com)\, a women-owned B-corporations and a reflection of Ioana’s passions: to discover and build opportunities for socio-economic benefit at the confluence of Space and Earth and to mentor and inspire the new generation towards a more prosperous future for humanity. Ioana holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Groningen\, the Netherlands and she is an alumnus of Caltech and Stanford University. During her career at NASA and in the industry spanning two decades\, Ioana has built a legacy on transforming the status quo\, opening new avenues for innovation\, collaboration\, space technology commercialization and public-private partnerships. The current fiber optics manufacturing in space has its origin in a paper published in 2017. Dr. Cozmuța is a TedEx Future Spoiler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlsGhC3G1d8)\, a keynote/speaker and lecturer. She has co/authored over 200 scientific articles\, technical reports and newspaper interviews; webinars and podcasts. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/global-competence-certificate-for-romanian-heritage-speakers-2nd-edition/ CATEGORIES:TALKS (Romanian Explorers) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/275-Copy_of_Copy_of_Red_Poppies_Photo_Anzac_Day_Wishes_Facebook_Post_2.jpg.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR