Events

Native | Non Native | Supernatural: A Conversation with Guillermo Galindo ♥

Native | Non Native | Supernatural: A Conversation with Guillermo Galindamo Fri, Dec 3, 2021 2 PM – 3 PM PST (GMT-8)  Details Art Talk with the post-Mexican artist and composer Guillermo Galindo on his upcoming Native/Non Native/ Supernatural exhibition at the S/A Exhibitions Gallery. Liliana Ramirez, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology, will…

Prioritizing Mental Health in the Hispanic Community ♥ ✚

Prioritizing Mental Health in the Hispanic Community Thursday, Dec. 9 @ 12 p.m. UCI and the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will be hosting an online discussion on Prioritizing Mental Health in the Hispanic Community featuring speakers Dr. Jose Mayorga and Dr. Charles Vega and moderated by Dean Michael J. Stamos from the UCI…

Pilot Awards Funding: Two UNIQUE Opportunities Related to Health Disparities ✚ ★

Pilot Awards Funding: Two UNIQUE Opportunities Related to Health Disparities The National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH/NIMHD) has funded 9 unique Centers for Multiple Chronic Diseases Associated with Health Disparities (P50). Two of these Centers are here in Southern California: UCLA-UCI Center for Eliminating Cardiometabolic Disparities in Multi-Ethnic Populations (UC END-DISPARITIES) PIs:…

Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America | Professors Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor, South Central Dreams ♥

Zoom

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo & Manuel Pastor South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. A virtual presentation of the Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America book talk series Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South Central Dreams, eminent scholars Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor follow its…

Nepantleando in Academia: Engaging with Chicana Feminist Theories to Examine Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x Students ♥★

Zoom

“Nepantleando in Academia: Engaging with Chicana Feminist Theories to Examine Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x Students” Presented by Nancy Acevedo-Gil Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, California State University, San Bernardino Wednesday, February 9, 2022 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (PST) Register to connect via Zoom Description: This talk will focus on the process of acknowledging gaps…

Students Activating Social Innovation Conference 2022: Love Letters to Liberation ♥ ★

Anteater Learning Pavilion

The 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…

Leading for Change with Dr. Gina Garcia ♥★

Virtual

Fireside 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 92697

Brazil, 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 92697

Brazil, 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…