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Black Vision Conference: Celebrating Black Queer Lives
Conference-Poster-11x17-FINAL2Hello Campus Partners, Faculty, Staff, Administrators, Students and Alumni, UC Irvine will be hosting our inaugural Black Vision Conference: Celebrating Black Queer Lives on April 6th, 2019 from 10am - 5pm at UCI Social Science Plaza. This Conference is a multicampus collaboration between UC Irvine, UCLA, and USC with the goal of creating an environment where…
TROUBLING THE GROUNDS, Global Configurations of Blackness, Nativism, and Indigeneity
Troubling the Grounds: Global Configurations of Blackness, Nativism, and Indigeneity University of California, Irvine 24 – 25 May 2019 Friday, May 24 - 8:00am - 21:30pm Saturday, 25 May - 09:00am - 18:30pm https://troublingthegrounds.wordpress.com/
Suffering “Well” Across Communities of Color: A Comparative Conversation on Race, Ableism, and Disability Studies with Mimi Khúc and Sami Schalk ♥ ★ ✚
Humanities Gateway 1030Suffering “Well” Across Communities of Color: A Comparative Conversation on Race, Ableism, and Disability Studies with Mimi Khúc and Sami Schalk A comparative and intersectional conversation on race, ableism, and disability studies exploring ableism in Asian American and African American communities and how ethnic studies can more fully develop a disability lens. This event is…
Unpacking Ableism in Our Lives: A Workshop on Developing a Disability Studies Lens ♥ ★ ✚
1010 Humanities GatewayUnpacking Ableism in Our Lives: A Workshop on Developing a Disability Studies Lens A workshop on why and how we should develop a disability studies framework for understanding the world around us and our own lives. We ask that participants read the Lateral forum on critical disability studies before the workshop, consisting of three short…
Race to the Future? by Ruha Benjamin ★
Humanities Instructional Building 135Race to the Future? by Ruha Benjamin, Princeton Scholar & Author; Kick-off for The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI Humanities Center Feb 7 2020 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM HIB 135 Share: Race to the Future? Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology and Society Dr. Ruha Benjamin is…
UCI School of Education Brownbag: Racialized Tracking in the United States: Black Students and Trends in Advanced Math Enrollment ★
Yasmiyn Irizarry, Assistant Professor African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin Monday, February 10, 2020 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Education 2010 Abstract: Both scholars and educators have become increasingly concerned with the pervasive under-enrollment of Black youth in advanced math courses and tracks, a phenomenon known as racialized tracking. While there is a…
Slavery’s Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State ♥ ★
UCI School of Law, Room 3500The Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy presents Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State Book Talk with Professor Christopher P. Lehman & Chancellor's Professor Michele Goodwin Join Chancellor's Professor Michele Goodwin and Professor Christopher P. Lehman in conversation about his latest book, Slavery's Reach: Southern…
Contemplative Reflections Upon Race Workshops: Time to Move Part I ♥ ✚
Mesa Office Building 122 Irvine, CA, United StatesPart I: Transforming the Inner Turmoil Around Race and Racism with Valerie Sheppard Valerie understands that "All transformation begins with acknowledgement of what is real and present, and moves through additional stages of acceptance , forgiveness, and commitment." In this experiential, interactive session, attendees will be guided through a process that enables them to move…
Dancing the Diaspora: Exploring the African Diaspora is a Movement with Sakina Ibrahim ♥ ✚
As the second part of the "Contemplative Reflections Upon Race: Time to Move" presented by Africana Institute for Creation Recognition and Elevation and Illuminations, All are welcomed to Mesa office Building 122 On Tuesday, February 18th. Please RSVP at bit.ly/CRUR-2020. This workshop allows us to engage with traditional and cultural movement practices such as West…
Contemplative Reflections Upon Race Workshops: Time to Move Part I ♥ ✚
Mesa Office Building 122 Irvine, CA, United StatesPart I: Transforming the Inner Turmoil Around Race and Racism with Valerie Sheppard Valerie understands that "All transformation begins with acknowledgement of what is real and present, and moves through additional stages of acceptance , forgiveness, and commitment." In this experiential, interactive session, attendees will be guided through a process that enables them to move…