Events
Black Thriving Initiative
Race and Reconciliation: Accountability Begins with Understanding ♥
ZoomThe conversation will focus on the racial climate for Black people in Orange County. Host Farah N. Khan Mayor, City of Irvine Welcome Remarks Erica Pezold Laguna Hills Councilwoman Moderator Douglas M. Haynes Vice Chancellor of Equity Diversity and Inclusion, UCI Chief Diversity Officer, UCOP Panelists Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia Founder and Director, McLean Hospital's Institute…
Film Screening: Peta Ndaliko, Kapita ★
HG 1030CULTURE AND URBAN FUTURES IN AFRICA MARCH 21-22, 2022 | 10AM-6PM | HG 1030 MARCH 21, 6PM – SCREENING – PETA NDALIKO, KAPITA Join UCI’s School of Humanities, Department of History, and UCI Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation — for a two-day workshop exploring the role of culture in struggles over rights, housing, environmental justice,…
Students Activating Social Innovation Conference 2022: Love Letters to Liberation ♥ ★
Anteater Learning PavilionThe SASI student group, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, is very excited to be hosting its first annual student-led social justice conference on April 2nd, 2022 to highlight the work of students and professors on campus. The conference is called "SASICon22: Love Letters to Liberation"; as the title…
Christopher Carter, “The Spirit of Soul Food”: Book Talk and Food demonstration ♥
ARC Test KitchenSoul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. It is also a response to--and marker of--centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today? Christopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of…
Leading for Change with Dr. Gina Garcia ♥★
VirtualFireside chat with Dr. Gina Garcia, leading expert on Hispanic Serving Institutional framework. This event is for students and is marketed UC-wide and co-hosted with 5 UC Chicanx/Latinx Student Centers: Berkeley, Riverside, Santa Cruz, San Diego & Irvine.
BLACK BRAZILIAN CINEMA – Roots of Afro-Brazilian Cinema ♥
McCormick Screening Room, 1070 Humanities Gateway UCI School of Humanities Irvine, CA 92697Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. About this event Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. A new generation of mostly young filmmakers is changing the historical absence of Afro-descendents in almost all sectors…
BLACK BRAZILIAN CINEMA – Café com Canela ♥
McCormick Screening Room, 1070 Humanities Gateway UCI School of Humanities Irvine, CA 92697Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. About this event Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. A new generation of mostly young filmmakers is changing the historical absence of Afro-descendents in almost all sectors…
The Maternal Negligence Trailer Screening ♥ ✚
Claire Trevor School of the Arts 4002 Mesa Road Irvine, CA 92617Spreading Awareness about Black Maternal and Infant Health Inequities About this event In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, C.A.A.R.E Productions presents Maternal Negligence, a beautifully written screenplay by junior journalism major, Autumn Martin, that creates awareness of the systemic and large-scale issues that Black women face in health settings due to implicit bias and…
BLACK BRAZILIAN CINEMA – Temporada and República ♥
McCormick Screening Room, 1070 Humanities Gateway UCI School of Humanities Irvine, CA 92697Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. About this event Brazil, the country with the largest Black population outside of Africa, is dramatically impacting the film industry. A new generation of mostly young filmmakers is changing the historical absence of Afro-descendents in almost all sectors…
Professor Omayra Ortega Colloquium – Celebrating Black in Physical Sciences Series
ZoomThis is part of the "Celebrating Black in Physical Sciences Colloquium Series" organized by the UCI School of Physical Sciences Office of Access, Outreach and Inclusion where we invite prominent Black physical scientists and mathematicians to share their research with the community and also allows us the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments. The colloquium series…