A Busy Fall Follows a Busy Summer |

Partners Indiana/Rio Grande do Sul has had a busy summer with three youth exchange programs (two southbound and one northbound) as well as adult southbound visitors on the project developed by the Indiana Farm Bureau. Just as these visitors all return home, we have begun planning for several fall visits.

Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc. Joins Forces With Partners of the Americas |

Pat and Lori Fromme own and operate a turkey and cattle operation in Southwestern Indiana. Dubois County has always been home for these agriculturalists; however, they recently had an opportunity to broaden their horizons by representing Indiana Farm Bureau in the first annual Young Farmer Brazil Exchange.

Youth Agriculture Exchange Completes Third Successful Year |

Seven Hoosier students, three Gauchos and two teachers comprised the 2005 edition of this successful program. The northbound group - Mauricio Coehle from Cavaria, Jean Zibell from Panambi and Volmar Minotto form Vacaria Guided by Renato Franco, a teacher from Nova Petropolis arrived in Indianapolis on August 14 for nineteen day of exposure to Indiana and Hoosier agriculture and hospitality.

Anderson University Nurses tour RGS |

Nurse educator Kathy Kaiser and Clinical Manager Anthony Roberts both enrolled in the Masters of Nursing-Masters of Business Program of Anderson University, traveled to Porto Alegre and Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in March/April of 2005.

RGS Social Worker Stays in Touch |

From January 9 through January 21 Ana Marie Duarte, a Social Worker from Porto Algere and long time member of the RGS Partners visited Indiana to research a project related to Domestic Violence. Indiana Partners hosted and arranged professional contacts for Ana Mary in Terra Haute, Muncie, Lafayette and Indianapolis.

Former Partner Visits Alegrete Projects |

Carol Tharp Perrin, long time member and activist from Indianapolis, recently visited Partners in the far western RS city of Alegrete. Several years ago Carol executed a mural there and its possible restoration was one topic of her visit.

Two Annual Meetings That Should be on Your Calendar |

Indiana Partners' Annual Meeting and the Partners of the Americas' International Convention are now being planned.

Our Indiana Partners' Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 5. Details are being developed. Mark your calendar now and watch our web page and/or an e-mail notice for more information.

21st Century Lusophone Studies
2005-2006 Colloquium of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
In Honor of the Career of Professor Emeritus Heitor Martins

A Busy Fall Follows a Busy Summer |  

Partners Indiana/Rio Grande do Sul has had a busy summer with three youth exchange programs (two southbound and one northbound) as well as adult southbound visitors on the project developed by the Indiana Farm Bureau. Just as these visitors all return home, we have begun planning for several fall visits. During the month of October, Indiana will host three RS members, whose trips will overlap as they each visit three Hoosier cities.

Lisete Menna Barreto Dias and Lucia Helena Ferreira Araujo Lima will arrive on October 10 for a visit to Lafayette, Muncie, and Indianapolis. Lisete and Lucia Helena both run their own language schools (in Alegrete and Gravata respectively), so they will be looking at language teaching here. Lisete is also very involved with the Viva Vila project in her home city and would like to learn more about Character Counts in order to implement it in her language school. Lisete and Lucia Helena will end their stay by participating in the Indiana Teachers of English as a Second Language (INTESOL) Conference in Carmel on October 21. They will return home on October 22.

Nara Faria Finco is coming to Indiana on a travel grant from Partners of the Americas to attend the International Partners Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas and make a Partnership visit to Indiana. Nara will arrive on October 20. As one of her first activities, she will also attend the INTESOL Conference on October 21. Then she will likely visit Terre Haute, Lafayette, and Muncie to discuss language teaching and partnership issues. After her stay in Indiana, Nara will visit friends in St. Louis before traveling to Little Rock on November 10.

If you are interested in participating in the visits of any of our RS Partners, please contact Leslie Barratt. Although each visitor will be here for a short time (about 10 days), we would like as many Partners as possible to meet them.

Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc. Joins Forces With Partners of the Americas |

(The following article is based on one provided by Chris Fenner, Indiana Farm Bureau Director of Young Farmers and Leaders.)

Pat and Lori Fromme own and operate a turkey and cattle operation in Southwestern Indiana. Dubois County has always been home for these agriculturalists; however, they recently had an opportunity to broaden their horizons by representing Indiana Farm Bureau in the first annual Young Farmer Brazil Exchange. The Young Farmers Brazil Exchange is the latest expansion of Indiana Partners of the Americas exchange in the field of agriculture arena beyond their Youth Agriculture Exchange, in cooperation with FFA, which provides exchange opportunities for youths with agricultural interests. This has allowed the Fromme's to study agriculture and as guests of our Brazilian Partners in Rio Do Sul, Brazil.

Our Brazilian Partners set up farm visits, government office visits, Farsul Organization (the Farm Bureau of Brazil), school and university exposure, cultural experiences and host families. "Everything is absolutely great down here, say Pat Fromme. We are learning a lot about the problems they are having with their agriculture and government. I am very excited to share this trip with different County Farm Bureau's."

Indiana Farm Bureau believes this program will greatly benefit Hoosiers. Indiana's largest industry, agriculture, plays a major role in every phase of life in Indiana and the world. Overcoming cultural barriers between different parts of the world can be one of the greatest challenges our industry faces.

Since approximately 40 percent of the dollars received for farm commodities comes from exports, we feel communication between our international partners in agriculture and ourselves is important. Our goal is to help promote more understanding of agriculture and to better understand other cultures.

Youth Agriculture Exchange Completes Third Successful Year |

Seven Hoosier students, three Gauchos and two teachers comprised the 2005 edition of this successful program. The northbound group - Mauricio Coehle from Cavaria, Jean Zibell from Panambi and Volmar Minotto form Vacaria Guided by Renato Franco, a teacher from Nova Petropolis arrived in Indianapolis on August 14 for nineteen day of exposure to Indiana and Hoosier agriculture and hospitality.

Hamburgers and french fries were on the welcome wagon along with an overview of Indiana agriculture on a visit to the Indiana State Fair. They received a more technical treatment from the Purdue Small Animal Clinic and the College of Veterinary Science and the Agronomy Farm. They saw production facilities at the Remington Hybrid Seed Company, at a tomato packing plant and at a farm implement showroom. Visits to high Schools with agriculture programs were also included in their tour

High points of both North- and South-bound groups are farm visits. This year these included the Stowers family in Michigantown and the Hoeing family in Rushville. At the latter they were greeted with a reception from the local FFA Chapter.

To follow their trip in detail, logon to: www.geocities.com/yaenorthbound2005/homepage.html

To participate in the program or for other information logon to www.indianaffa.org.

Nurse educator Kathy Kaiser and Clinical Manager Anthony Roberts both enrolled in the Masters of Nursing-Masters of Business Program of Anderson University, traveled to Porto Alegre and Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil in March/April of 2005. Kathy reports as follows:

Despite a few frayed nerves on both sides of the border due to last minute visa deliveries (literally the day before our departure), Anthony Roberts and I had a very successful whirlwind tour to Rio Grande do Sul from March 29th to April 10th, 2005. Our objective was to learn about the health care delivery system in Brazil, particularly for the poor and disadvantaged. In addition, I explored the possibility of returning with more nursing students in March, 2006.

Partners President, Juliano Streb Nogueira and Vice President, Marlene Lomando, along with many other Partner members, organized a trip that exceeded our wildest expectations. We were also very fortunate to have our trip supported by the State Nursing Council, Conselho Regional de Enfermagem (COREN).

We were welcomed upon our arrival at the Porto Alegre airport by members of Partners and COREN. We spent the first few days visiting the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Hospital de Clinicas, and Pontificia Universidade Catolica (PUCRS), which included a tour of both the University and the hospital. We also visited the Porto Alegre trauma hospital and Moinhos De Vento hospital, both very impressive facilities. At these institutions, we were able to observe the Brazlian system of health care, a system which provides health care coverage for all regardless of their ability to pay- in contrast to the Unites States, the only industrialized nation in the world which does not provide universal health care.

On April 2nd, we traveled to Ijui and were hosted by Partners Local Committee President Rosane Stucky and her family. Rosane facilitated many site visits including a tour of the University of IJUI (UNIJUI), the Hospital of Ijui, Bom Pastor Hospital, and several community clinics of Ijui, and a nearby clinic in Catiube. We learned that the community clinics were modeled after a successful Cuban system. We were very impressed with the health care access the clinics provided and the emphasis on preventative care. We hope to convey this model's concepts of to our health care leaders.

Our visit included a presentation to approximately 300 UNIJUI students by both Anthony and I. We also were interviewed by the UNIJUI radio station. In addition, in Porto Alegre, Anthony presented to PUCRS nursing students, and I made a presentation to UFRGS nursing students. Anthony's topic was Diabetic guidelines in post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft patients. I discussed the nursing shortage in the United States.

Of course, last but NOT least, our visit included many wonderful activities with our host families and Partners members and friends. Anthony stayed with Eugenio and Gislaine Kaufmann and sons in Porto Alegre and had a great time romping with the boys. His stay included attending a game between the International and Gremule soccer teams, and driving go carts with the "children." I think Anthony had a great time pretending to be a kid again! Elmo and Nara Finco were my host family in Porto Alegre. What wonderful people! Nara, Elmo and family were very warm and welcoming and provided a delicious barbeque for the Partners family!

Our host family in Ijui was Rosane, JohnAntonio, and Marcel Stucky (another youngster Anthony could play with)! The Stuckys were very gracious and tireless in their hospitality. They took us on a tour to the Missions and serenaded us with the "Tango" (JohnAntonio's favorite). In addition, we were welcomed by many Partners members and friends of the Stuckys. Our socializing included a reception our first day, a barbeque, and pizza party! We gained a few pounds but it was well worth it.

Our trip culminated with a Partners' dinner in Porto Alegre. At the dinner, Anthony and I tried to express our gratitude to the organization (on both sides of the border) for their incredible effort to make our trip enjoyable and productive. Many people donated their time to transport, interpret, guide, and organize our visit. We will be forever grateful for their assistance and friendship. The miles separate us but they are close in our hearts.

The best news is that our relationship continues. Anthony and I are looking forward to our return to Northeast Brazil in October at the request of COREN to present at an International Nursing Conference. In addition, I will return to RGS in March 2006 with 10 nursing students. Furthermore, RGS university officials are working on a visit to Indiana in September or October of 2006. Our Partnership is enduring and growing!

From January 9 through January 21 Ana Marie Duarte, a Social Worker from Porto Algere and long time member of the RGS Partners visited Indiana to research a project related to Domestic Violence. Indiana Partners hosted and arranged professional contacts for Ana Mary in Terra Haute, Muncie, Lafayette and Indianapolis. Since then, she has communicated with us regularly.

Ana Marie returned to Porto Alegre and, in an April e-mail reported: "I returned Wednesday, and yesterday we had our Partners Social Dinner, and I explained for Partners, my schedule and project in Indiana. I think everybody liked it, because many came to ask me for more information, and they congratulated me."

Ana Marie says she was greatly impressed by the many volunteers from Indiana's universities who help with community projects. But this hasn't been a viable option for them so far. They will attempt to get help for a publicity campaign from students at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She also plans to share many ideas she learned in Indiana about ways to create volunteer opportunities. "Many other ideas I brought, like the Monthly Donation List that Cary Home for Children uses, The Julien Center (Vanessa Santos) and Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Resource Center (Celeste Araujo)."

She plans to continue to share ideas about strategies she learned about to deal with domestic violence and the abuse of women, how the law can help women, talking with children about sexual abuse, and many others. "I think that Celeste's work is very important for us, because she works with Hispanic population and needy people."

She writes that she sees how both sides of the "Partnership" benefit from the exchange, because she was able to share her work in RGS in Indiana. "I had chance to explain our work here in the DECA (Policy Department for Child and Adolescent, and I explained about Child Studies Laboratory (LACRI/USP) University of Sao Paulo where I studied my Specialization in Domestic Violence Prevention, and explained about The Petition for a Non-Violent Pedagogy, and showed the Zero Hora (local newspaper) Domestic Violence Campaign with "Little Monsters" from our folklore. I was invited to help with this campaign, and 6 months after this campaign, noticed cases increased 150/day. I talked about my volunteer work in the first Parents School (the first School for Perpetrator in Brasil is here in Porto Alegre - RS, in a poor area (Restinga)."

Former Partner Visits Alegrete Projects |  

Carol Tharp Perrin, long time member and activist from Indianapolis, recently visited Partners in the far western RS city of Alegrete. Several years ago Carol executed a mural there and its possible restoration was one topic of her visit.

During Carol's visit, she was able to learn more about the work of Lisete Dias, operator of the English School - Speak Easy, among low income girls in a section of Alegrete known as Viva Vila, a project that has received the support of Indiana Partners. (See Norma Singley's section of the 2004 Annual Report). Carol reports it very impressive.

Carol also spoke with RS Partners about a proposed, self-financed, visit to Indiana by Lucia Helena de Arauja Lims and Lisete Dias. Lucia Helena was a past President of RS Partners. Both have previously visited Indiana. Lucia Helena also operates an English School n Gravatai. Their visit, proposed for January, 2006, was approved by the Indiana Partners Board of Directors on July 30.

Two Annual Meetings That Should be on Your Calendar |

Indiana Partners' Annual Meeting and the Partners of the Americas' International Convention are now being planned.

Our Indiana Partners' Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 5. Details are being developed. Mark your calendar now and watch our web page and/or an e-mail notice for more information.

The International Convention will be held from November 10 through Novemnber 12 at the Peabody Hotel in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The Convention hotel rate at the Peabody announced on Partners' web page, is $99 for single and double occupancy to which is added 13.6% tax and a facility charge. Reservations are to be made directly with the hotel

Convention Registration fees will be $330 before September 15; $360 between September 15 and October 21. No advanced regustration will be accepted after October 21 and the fee at the door will be $375. The registration fee includes: all conference sessions, Awards lunch Thursday and lunch on Friday, Clinton Library Reception, Historic Arkansas Museum Reception and Saturday dinner dance. Local transportation to Convention events is also included. Additional meal tickets may be purchased at the Registration Desk.

On-line registration will be available soon through the Partners' web page.

Early arrivals will be able to attend a panel on political, economic and social issues confronting Eastern Bolovia and Arkansas, the host states for this convention, on November 9. Post Comvention
trips to Eureka, Hot Springs and Branson are being planned for those who stay on. Watch the Partners' web page www.partners.net for breaking information on this nearby (590 miles) opportunity.

By recent action of the International Board of Partners of the Americas, future meetings in the U.S. will held every third year; not alternate years, as has been the practice. Read more about this and
other Partners' news in the Apr-Jun 2005 Newsletter.

Keep informed by visiting www.partners.net and www.bsu.edu/web/indpartners.

21st Century Lusophone Studies
2005-2006 Colloquium of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
In Honor of the Career of Professor Emeritus Heitor Martins

Monday, September 19

7pm: Carandiru (Brazil 2003. Hector Babenco, director). Poignant drama about crime, injustice and solidarity in an actual São Paulo house of detention called Carandiru, which was the largest prison in Latin America. Subtitled in English. Wylie 015


Tuesday, September 20

7pm: Fintar o Destino [Dribbling Fate] (Cape Verde 1998. Fernando Vendrell, director). A Cape Verdean's obsession with Portugal's Benfica soccer Mané's experiences in Lisbon include an unsettling encounter with Américo, who emigrated to Portugal to play for Benfica and is a legend back on the island. Subtitled in English. Wylie 015

Wednesday, September 21

Morning Session. Location: Faculty Club/Indiana Memorial Union

9:00-9:30: Continental buffet
9:30-10:00: Opening remarks: Kumble Subbaswamy, Dean of the College of Arts &
Sciences; Consuelo López- Morillas, Chair of Spanish and Portuguese; and Darlene J. Sadlier, Director, Portuguese Program

10:00-11:00: Miguel Magalhães, Consul of Brazil in Chicago: "Brazil in the World Today"

11:30-12:30: Eduardo Brondízio, Anthropology, IUB: "Reflections on the Transformation of
People and Land in the Brazilian Amazon"

Lunch break

Afternoon Session. Location: Faculty Club

2:00-3:00: Muriel Nazzari, History, IUB: "The Profits of Empire: A Study of Revenues and
Expenses of the Portuguese Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century"

3:30-4:30: Lúcia Helena Costigan, Spanish and Portuguese, Ohio State University: "Domingos
Caldas Barbosa (1740-1800): Afro-Brazilian Affirmation in European Court
Society"

5:00-6:00: Keynote Speaker: Silviano Santiago, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil:
"Regionalisms"

Cocktail reception immediately following the Keynote Address

Thursday, September 22

Morning Session. Location: Ballantine Hall 004

9:15-10:00 J. Clancy Clements, IUB: "The Influence of Immigrant Speech on Contact
Varieties of Portuguese"

10:00-11:00: Renato Alvim, Spanish and Portuguese, IUB: "Duas faces do poder em
Guimarães Rosa: "Famigerado" e Grande Sertão: Veredas"
Moraima Mundo Ríos, Spanish and Portuguese IUB: "Dois perfis femininos em
Grande Sertão: Veredas"

11:30-12:30: Darlene J. Sadlier, Spanish and Portuguese, IUB: "Good Neighbor Brazil"

Lunch break

Afternoon Session. Location: Faculty Club

3:00-4:00: Argemiro Ferreira, journalist and UN correspondent for Tribuna da Imprensa and
CNN-Globo (Rio): “Fiction, Nostalgia and Reality in the Good Neighbor Policy: Notes from the Past and Ideas for the Future”

4:30-5:30: Horizons of Knowledge Lecture by K. David Jackson, Spanish and
Portuguese, Yale University: “The Worlds of the Brazilian Short Story”

Closing Remarks

Buffet reception immediately following the Horizons of Knowledge Lecture

Friday, Saturday, September 23, 24

7:30pm Lavoura Arcaica [To the Left of the Father] (Brazil, 2001. Luiz Fernandes Carvalho, director). Based on the novel by Brazilian Raduan Nassar and set in the 1940s, the film focuses on a young man’s forbidden love. (In conjunction with The Ryder Film Series) Subtitled in English. Fine Arts Auditorium.

Special books exhibits located in the Lilly Library (Ball Room) and the Main Library Lobby.

This program was made possible by the generous support from the following:
Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of International Programs, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, West European Studies, American Studies Program, Horizons of Knowledge, Chicano-Riqueño Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies Program, Brazilian Association at Indiana University.