LOCAL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• other international clubs

• festivals / events

• local resources
  recursos en la comunidad

• becas
   

International Student Fellowships and Clubs:

• UIM: International fellowship
  for all International Students & Faculty ... and friends 
  Next dinner? call for info:
  Where: 620 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill (Across from Winthrop Univ.)
  Call or email Pat Courtney at 803.327.1608 or dpcourtney@RHTC.NET for info.  
  
• Friends WorldWide (International fellowship of UNCC/CPCC students, but 
  YTC students/faculty are welcome)
  Next dinner or event: Click here for info
  at 5722 Painted Fern Court, Charlotte NC 
  (Phone: 704-598-2755)
  
• Use an address to make a map:
  http://www.mapquest.com/ or http://maps.yahoo.com/ 
  
  To receive announcements and info:
  email friends_worldwide-subscribe@yahoogroups.com,
  or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friends_worldwide to sign up.
  Call Will Faires at 704.573.0795 for info/directions.

Both of the above groups have dinners monthly  and also provide tours and excursions for internationals (some of these trips are free).  

Contact them for information.  

• Winthrop University Chinese (Martial Arts) Association: Learn about Chinese culture and Language here!
  (old page: http://www.birdnest.org/csa/
  current page: http://www.birdnest.org/cma/)

Festivals and Events:

• "Cinco de Mayo Latino Festival"
  (yearly around the 5th of may)
  Lowe's Motor Speedway
  Phone: 704-455-3200
  http://mayocinco.com/   
• Yearly, date TBA, Sunday in June
  Carnaval Carolina: for more info (in Spanish) see: http://www.aleksisritmo.com/webCarnaval/carnaval.html 
• Charlotte International House has various events throughout the year & Conversation Groups for several languages:
  http://www.ihclt.org/ - for calendar
• (Annually, in September): UNCC International Festival:
  http://www.uncc.edu/ifest/ - dates, info & schedule
• (Annually in October) Winthrop University’s International Week:
  (Tickets available at the door if you have not already purchased them)
  For more info call or email the International Center:
  803.323.3440 or internationalcenter@winthrop.edu
• Indian Magazine of Charlotte: links to lots of events and cultural associations! http://www.saathee.com/
• Columbia SC Film Society often shows foreign films: http://nickelodeon.org/ and http://nickelodeon.org/calend.html  
• Charlotte Film Society sometimes shows foreign films:
  http://www.charlottefilmsociety.com/
• Manor Theatre in Charlotte often shows foreign films:
  http://www.easternfederal.com/movies.asp?ID=2

Becas para hispanos (y otros) :

Haga clic aquí: Becas para indocumentados (ver http://www.maldef.org/)
Becas en general

International/Resource Organizations in/near Rock Hill: 

(thanks to Jason Cato at The Herald for this list)

• International Center of York County (Centro Internacional del Condado de York)
217 Orange St., 980-2079.

•Multi-Cultural Information Center (Centro Multicultural Informativo)
 914 W. Meeting St., Lancaster , 283-8409.

•ParentSmart
1446 Russell St.; 981-1557.

•Hispanic Task Force (Junta Comunitaria Latina)
Barbara Guidry, 325-2537.

•Family Resource Center (Centro de Recursos para la Familia) 
Rock Hill, 217 Orange St., 980-2079; Fort Mill, 513 Banks St., 548-1754; York, 37 Pinkney St., 684-2381.

Education/English classes (Educaciòn/Clases de inglès):

•Rock Hill school district (Distrito escolar de Rock Hill)
 981-1018 or 981-1048.

•Clover school district, Distrito escolar de Clover
222-7191.

•Fort Mill school district, Distrito escolar de Fort Mill
548-8217.

•York school district, Distrito escolar de York
684-9916.

•Life Builders/ESL Ministries, 434 Museum Road
327-6144.

•York Technical College
www.yorktech.com 
452 S. Anderson Road
981-7335

•Winthrop University
www.winthrop.edu 
professor Richard Chacon, 323-4656.

Churches, religious congregations (Iglesias, Congregaciones religiosas)

•Hispanic Missionary of the York Baptist Association (Ministerios Hispanos de la Asociaciòn Bautista de York)
Flor Morales, 327-6274

•The Oratory, (El Oratorio Comunidad Catòlica Hispana)
 327-2315.

Do you have suggestions of resources we have missed?
Email to: lermentrout@yorktech.com

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