<p>ADOCH is coming up in 2 weeks! Who here is going? Is anyone taking the special ADOCH train or staying for TWW too?</p>
<p>I'll be at ADOCH.</p>
<p>My $100 is better spent elsewhere. It's geared more towards you RD admits, so I'm not going to bother.</p>
<p>i'll be at ADOCH and TWW</p>
<p>fun times, fun times :)</p>
<p>can I go to TWW if I'm a minority but wasn't invited?</p>
<p>Eh, what's TWW?</p>
<p>I'm going to ADOCH. This is especially exciting for my sister, a current senior at Brown.</p>
<p>RaboKarabekian, you'd want to call them up and ask them. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of minority are you?</p>
<p>TWW is Third World Welcome, a special program for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and multi-racial students.</p>
<p>I'm Asian-American. I just didn't feel like marking race on my app. Not because I didn't want them to know I was asian, but my brother advised heavily against it because they kept trying to segregate him into Asian clubs and minority groups and flooding him with mail about asian-ness that he wasn't really interested in.</p>
<p>you can definitely go. you could call and ask them to send you info (that way they send things to you for TWTP too) or just show up</p>
<p>dcircle, is it important to go to ADOCH for the PLME reception? what type of stuff do they tell you there?</p>
<p>I'll be there.</p>
<p>i'll probably go to TWW but i'd like to know if the PLME reception's important, too.</p>
<p>I just RSVPed online for ADOCH. I can't wait!! :D</p>
<p>Does it seem like calling it "Third World" Welcome might offend people to anyone else?</p>
<p>hahaha they give a whole explanation behind it, i'll type it up later (When it's not 4:30 in the am lol)</p>
<p>actually, instead of typing i'll just copy and paste lol</p>
<p>from the Third World site:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/TWC/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/TWC/</a></p>
<p>What does Third World Mean?
Students first began using the term "Third World" over "minority" because of the negative connotations of inferiority and powerlessness with which the word "minority" is often associated. Although the term "Third World" may have negative socioeconomic connotations outside of Brown, Third World students here continue to use the term in the context originating form the Civil Rights Movement.</p>
<p>Frantz Fanon, author of The Wretched of the Earth (1961), urged readers to band together against oppression and colonialism, by pioneering a "Third Way" meaning an alternative to the ways of the first world (U.S. & Europe) and also the second world (USSR & Eastern Europe). When students adopt the term "Third World", they use it in the sense of a cultural model of empowerment and liberation. </p>
<p>Brown students of color continue to use the term "Third World" in a similar fashion: to describe a consciousness which recognizes the commonalities and links shared by their diverse communities. Using the term "Third World" reminds students of the power they have in coalescing, communicating, and uniting across marginalized communities to create a safer and more open place for all individuals. This consciousness at Brown also reflects a right, a willingness, and a necessity for people of color and others to define themselves instead of being defined by others.</p>
<p>The concept of "Third World" has special meaning for minority students at Brown. It is not to be confused with the economic definition of the term used commonly in our society today, but understood as a term that celebrates diverse cutures.</p>
<p>so easy for you all in the states to go... i have to fly all the way from hong kong and miss 3 days of school...</p>
<p>I'll be at both ADOCH and TWW.</p>
<p>I booked my ADOCH flight in like january or february. CANT WAIT!!!</p>
<p>plus, its on 4/20...</p>