Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans Join the Korea Law Center and panelists including Professors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and Claire Jean Kim for a discussion on how the Asian American community can take moments of community suffering as opportunities to better understand the conflicts affecting our communities and how [...]

Dramatic readings of scenes from Aeschylus' The Suppliants as a catalyst for powerful discussions about immigration and the refugee crisis. About this Event The Suppliants Project presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of scenes from Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants—an ancient tragedy about fifty female refugees who seek asylum in the ancient city of Argos, and [...]

Proposals are due from deans’ offices by 5 p.m. PT, on Thursday, April 15, at: https://inclusion.uci.edu/uci-black-thriving-initiative/bti-term-chairs/. Click here for more information.

Perfecting Your Pitch: Tips From Editors Thursday, April 15, 11:00 a.m. PT REGISTER HERE   Learn how to pitch personal essays, journalism and other nonfiction stories to magazines and other publications. Our expert guest panel of writers and editors will share pitches that worked, stories they've edited, and tips for amplifying your voice. This event [...]

Join the Center for Excellence in Writing & Communication for the Spring quarter presentation of our Politics of Language Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison! Dr. Morrison’s talk will take place on Friday, April 16th from 10 am-11 am (Pacific Time). Registration for the event is required; access the Zoom registration at our Campus [...]

Kirk Davis Jr. Public Shakespeare Lecture In this public conversation, Jeremie Harris will discuss his role as Claudio in New York Public Theatre’s 2019 production of Much Ado About Nothing, which featured an all-Black cast and was set in Atlanta during Stacy Abrams’ campaign for governor of Georgia. We will share clips from the production. Mr. [...]

AICRE + PHILOSOPHY Rather than remain silent on race, Western philosophy has often situated African and Black life particularly as degraded, an exception, or outside life itself. What genealogies have enabled and continue this history? What genealogies, both within the academy and without, offer us tools for resistance? Aiming to cultivate vocabularies at precisely this [...]

SQUASH THE BIASES presents the Black Lives Matter & Cultural Awareness Workshop UCI students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to engage with Pure Praxis Theater Group in a theatrical kinesthetic-based performance that challenges the way you think about unconscious and implicit biases. This performance will challenge, educate, and provide you with solutions that [...]

1st Annual BMA Conference: Empowered to Lead, Equipped to Succeed May 1, 2021 9:00-3:00 p.m. Leaders—current and aspiring—know the value of networks. Join us for the first annual Merage School Black Management Association Conference. This year’s conference theme is Empowered to Lead, Equipped to Succeed. There will be four focused sessions to bring this theme to [...]

You're Invited! Celebration of Teaching Featuring: Richard Milner IV Vanderbilt University & President-Elect, AERA   Thursday, May 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Virtual Zoom Event Registration is free and required REGISTER NOW! Note: This event will not be recorded or redistributed. The UCI Celebration of Teaching, presented by the UCI School of Education's [...]