through performance

AWAR

ENES

Sleave

your leg

acy. We are Awareness

through Performance.

We come together to

promote greater consciousness around social

justice, diversity, and climate issues

on the UW-L campus and

beyond. Using the stage as our forum, we creatively

challenge systems of privilege and

oppression and strive to plant

seeds of social responsibility, inspire critical thought, and

spark a campus-wide conversation.

On our campus, we are not only

students, but also change agents and leaders.

We are committed.

We are passionate. We are both learners and

teachers. We are diverse in

our identities and experiences

and most importantly,

we are willing to share our stories.

October 15, 20127:00 P.M.

GMH Auditorium

This event is sponsored by the

Research and Resource Center for Campus Climate.

PERFORMERS Richard Allenby | Cody Babcock | Danny Bero | Bobby Black

Lejia Dongzhu | Stephanie Fletcher | Fatima GuledMichaela Habberley | Jazzma Holland | Stephanie Holt

Alexis Klas | Angela Marinello | Paige McKibben | Ari OiumCaleb Roberts | Sarah Schmidt | Zach Shannon | Jon Terry

Cheyenne Todd | Valerie Wilmink

ADVISORSNizam Arain | Angela Birrittella | Matt Evensen

Amanda Goodenough| Lucas Graff | Natalie MagnusWillem Van Roosenbeek

SPECIAL THANKS TOOur Cross Cultural Guides for their valued

and different perspectives.

Barbara Stewart for her leadership and support.

Jason Bertrand, Bridgette Hensley, Angie Lee, Tom Link, and Ingrid Peterson for sharing their time and expertise with us.

Brant Mayer, Heather Holm, Richard Allenby, Brent Bankes & Nizam Arain for their technical assistance.

Kate Oganowski for her prop skills.

Michael Slevin for his assistance and patience with our scheduling needs.

The OMSS staff for allowing us to use their space.

DigiCopy for accommodating our quick printing needs.

Sodexo for their wonderful catering accommodations.

Jeff Kerkman for capturing our message through video.

Our excellent custodial staff for their understanding and help with our performance space.

Former ATP performers for their past contributions and ongoing support with helping to build a sustainable peer education program.

And to all of the many other family members, friends, and partners of the cast and crew for understanding,

supporting, encouraging, and believing in our performance production, Awareness through Performance.

DON’T MISS OUR OPEN MIC NIGHT!Wednesday, Oct. 31 in the Cellar!

AWARENESS IS A STEPDirected by: Jazzma Holland, Jon Terry, Richard Allenby, Valerie Wilmink

[All Cast]

SHOESWritten by: Steff Fletcher, Michaela Habberley

[Fatima, Cody, Steff, Michaela]

PLACEBOWritten by: Richard Allenby • [Richard]

IT’S NOT FUNNYWritten by: Ari Oium, Lejia Dongzhu, Caleb Roberts, Jon Terry, Angela Marinello

[Paige, Ari, Michaela]

PARTY CULTUREWritten by: Paige McKibben, Lejia Dongzhu, Jazzma Holland,

Michaela Habberley, Angela Marinello[Danny, Bobby, Zach, Stephanie, Jazzma, Fatima, Sarah, Ang, Valerie]

F-A-TWritten by: Valerie Wilmink • [Valerie]

MAN UPWritten by: Paige McKibben, Fatima Guled, Lejia Dongzhu, Zach Shannon,

Caleb Roberts, Jon Terry, Danny Bero, Richard Allenby, Alexis Klas[Lejia, Caleb, Jon, Danny]

VOTING - IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITYWritten by: Sarah Schmidt, Caleb Roberts, Jon Terry, Richard Allenby

[Michaela, Valerie]

HERE I STANDWritten by: Michaela Habberley, Angela Marinello • [Michaela, Paige, Lejia]

TOOLBOXWritten by: Paige McKibben, Fatima Guled, Cody Babcock, Zach Shannon,

Sarah Schmidt • [Fatima, Cody, Lejia, Steff, Sarah, Alexis, Valerie]

STICKS AND STONESProduced by: Amanda Goodenough

WHAT YOU CAN’T SEEWritten by: Cody Babcock • [Cody]

RACIAL STEERINGWritten by: Ari Oium, Paige McKibben, Caleb Roberts, Jon Terry, Alexis Klas

[Bobby, Paige, Zach, Steff, Caleb, Michaela]

IT’S MY ISSUEWritten by: Steff Fletcher, Michaela Habberley, Angela Marinello,

Bobby Black • [Bobby, Zach, Valerie, Ang]

SMOKING WORDSWritten by: Ari Oium • [Ari]

THE HOLY HOTELWritten by: Ari Oium, Zach Shannon, Stephanie Holt, Jazzma Holland,

Valerie Wilmink, Caleb Roberts • [Cheyenne, Ari, Danny, Stephanie, Caleb, Richard]

PARTS AND PIECESWritten by: Paige McKibben, Ari Oium, Cody Babcock, Zach Shannon, Steff

Fletcher, Sarah Schmidt • [Cheyenne, Cody, Richard]

HANDSWritten by: Zach Shannon • [Zach]

SHADEISMWritten by: Fatima Guled, Zach Shannon, Lejia Dongzhu, Stephanie Holt, Jon Terry, Angela Marinello • [Fatima, Ari, Zach, Lejia, Cody, Stephanie,

Danny, Jazzma, Jon, Alexis, Ang]

WHO I AMProduced by: Sarah Schmidt, Cody Babcock, Danny Bero, Alexis Klas

[Bobby, Paige, Fatima, Ari, Zach, Cody, Steff, Sarah, Jazzma, Caleb, Jon, Danny, Alexis, Ang]

LEAVE YOUR LEGACYProduced by: Cheyenne Todd, Bobby Black, Michaela Habberley,

Angela Marinello • [All Cast]

MUSICAL SELECTIONS“Wake Up” by The Arcade Fire

“Beautiful” by Eminem“Crucify” by Tori Amos

“Take a Minute” by K’naan“I am Women” by Jordin Sparks

“Perfect” by Pink“Excuse Me Mr.” by Ben Harper

“Freedom of Choice” by A Perfect Circle“Diamonds on the Inside” by Ben Harper

“With a Little Help from My Friends” by Joe Cocker“The Fighter” by Gym Class Heroes, Featuring Ryan Tedder

“Changes” by 2Pac“Jeremy” by Pearl Jam

“Man, I Feel Like a Woman” by Shania Twain“I Love You and Buddha Too” by Mason Jennings

“Lola” by The Kinks“Unity” by Trevor Hall

“Blood Brothers” by Ingrid Michaelson“Same Love” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

“Amazing” by One Eskimo“Nuvole Bianche” by Ludovico Einaudi

REFERENCESBlack or White Something to Think About. Retrieved August 28, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSFqnUFOns

Fair n Lovely Ad India Female. Retrieved August 28, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbufbkbovY

Shadeism Part 1. Retrieved August 28, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=T6oaEHsdhOs

U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from:http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ socdemo/voting/

Willoughby, B. (2004). 10 ways to fight hate on campus: A response guide for college activists. Tolerance.org, A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Wisconsin State Government, Government Accountability Board. Voter Public Access. Retrieved from https://vpa.wi.gov/.

ADDITIONAL THANKS TOTaTa Lovicious for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us all

to be better people.

Peppa for being a symbol of unconditional love and furriness. You will forever be our unofficial ATP mascot.

SIGN THE PLEDGE AT UWLAX.EDU/UNITED!

HOW IT ALL STARTED.. . .Awareness through Performance (ATP) first debuted on the UW-L campus in the spring of 2006. With its essence largely rooted in the concept of performance studies, where the message is placed above the delivery, ATP exists as an alternative outlet for social activism on campus. Cur-rently, the Research and Resource Center for Campus Climate supports the development and delivery of 6 performances during the academic year on the UW-L campus.

A new ATP Troupe is carefully selected each semester, and is always comprised of 15-20 students who share a passion for diversity and social justice issues and a desire to further explore the dynamics of how these issues shape our world. Because of their commitment to gaining a greater understanding of the institutional oppressions and “isms” that affect all members of our community, these students come together for an accelerated journey to dialogue, research, reflect, write, and even-tually perform real life experiences that touch on topics of racism, sex-ism, ageism, ableism, classism, heterosexism, gender expression and identity, privilege, hate, cultural differences, and more. Using the stage as their forum for educating, the performers creatively explore, examine and dissect issues that are present in today’s society.

The program you are about to experience was created in just 8 days. It is hoped that by watching this show, audience members will increase their cross-cultural awareness, embrace a journey towards greater understanding, and become committed to tearing down barriers and building more inclusive communities. The performance is designed to begin or continue the dialogue about difficult social issues even after the performance concludes.

ATP is indeed changing the world… one performance at a time.

To learn more, please visit www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.

VOTED 2012 PROGRA M OF THE YEAR BY WISCONSIN COLLEGE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (WCPA)

VOTED “2010-11 BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR” BY RHAC

PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE 2009 PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE STATE COUNCIL ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE OFFICE

OF STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

NOMINATED FOR THE 2009 REGENTS DIVERSITY AWARD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE

NOMINATED FOR THE 2008 REGENTS EXCELLENCE AWARD BY UW-L‘S ACADEMIC STAFF COUNCIL

VOTED “2006-07 BEST ALL-CAMPUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE YEAR” BY UW-L’S RHAC

HISTORY OF STEPThe roots of the “STEPPING” dance dates as far back as the ancestral tribes of Africa.

It has been written that rival tribes would settle disputes by challenging each other to dance. However, “STEPPING” was probably most heav-ily influenced by an African American dance called Juba. The Juba Dance came from Africa to the West Indies via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Juba eventually made it to the United States where it evolved into a rhythmic stomping, patting, and tapping of the body dance style.

During Slavery, Juba was more commonly known as Hambone. At the turn of the nineteenth century, an African American founded fraternity- Alpha Phi Alpha- would sophisticate the Hambone Dance by adding synchronized chanting and beats from the hands and feet. This unified rhythm sport is what we now call “STEPPING.”

The roots of “STEPPING” are also heavily connected and influenced by African American college students and Greek organizations. “STEP-PING” is practiced at almost every college campus where Black Greek-Letter organizations are represented. This art form allows fraternities and sororities a way of building a deeper and closer bond with each other across different college campuses in the nation, as well as pro-vide an opportunity to connect with common history.

Today youth and adult organizations across America embrace this art form because of how it unifies people through rhythm and dialogue.

Go to: www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate, click on “Hate/Bias Incident Form.”

Educational Programming/Training (Intercultural Sensitivity Awareness, Diversity, Work/Life Balance, etc.)

Hate Response Team/Hate & Bias Incident FormAwareness through PerformanceAssessment of Campus Climate

Safe Space & Home for DialogueCommunity Outreach

Research, Resources & Other Information

Matt Evensen • Amanda Goodenough • Barbara Stewart • Will Van Roosenbeekwww.uwlax.edu/campusclimate

1120 Centennial Hall • 608.785.5094

...building commUNITY to enhance our campus climate.

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AWARENESSthrough performance.

Some people want you to save the world. All we ask is that you save the date.

January 27 | March 4

Ready to be a change agent?!

Apply to be a part of thespring 2013 ATP Troupe.

For more information, visit: www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.

(Applications accepted October 26-November 9, 2012)