Events

Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking ♥

Zoom

Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking Description Moderator: • Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Speakers: • Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) • Peter Hudson (UCLA) • Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Discussion Facilitators: • Tonya Bradford (Business) • Mrinalini Tankha (Portland State University)This event is 60 minutes. All are welcome to stay for a bonus 30 minute…

Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking ♥ ✚

Zoom

A redlining map of Los Angeles in 1939. Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking October 22, 2020 5:00p.m. - 6:30p.m. Zoom Bill Maurer (UCI Social Sciences), Peter Hudson (UCLA), Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Register: http://socs.ci/1619financiallegacies Moderator: Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Speakers: Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) Peter Hudson (UCLA) Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) This event…

Film Discussion: The Last Black Man in San Francisco ♥

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A24 Films' description: Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct…

African American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey ♥ ✚

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African American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey Description Using the 1619 Project’s “Episode 3: The Birth of American Music” as a launching point, this panel explores innovation in musical expressions from spirituals to jazz and contemporary music, investigating freedom as a process in motion, not as a destination. Speakers: • Dawn Norfleet (Music) and…

The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones ♥

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The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Description Tune in to hear acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about “The 1619 Project,” the groundbreaking study of the role played by slavery in American history and life. Niokle Hannah-Jones will be interviewed by UCI Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, a co-author of “The 1619 Project.” Nikole Hannah-Jones…

Anti-Black Racism, UCI Health Equity Life Partners (UCI-HELPs) seminar ♥ ✚

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Anti-Black Racism, UCI Health Equity Life Partners (UCI-HELPs) seminar on the evening of Thursday, November 5, from 6-7 pm.   Terrance Mayes, EdD, will present on Anti-Black Racism: An American Crisis 400 years in the Making. Candice Taylor-Lucas, MD, UCI Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of LEAD-ABC will facilitate the presentation.   A resident-student…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues with Peniel Joseph ♥

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Join UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2020-2021 Series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues  The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Black Lives Matter by Peniel Joseph Friday, November 20 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM About the Speaker: In Fall…

UAG Presents “The Black Index,” Curated by Bridget R. Cooks ♥ ★

https://uag.arts.uci.edu/exhibit/black-index

The Black Index Curated by Bridget R. Cooks January 14 – March 20, 2021 CAC Gallery *(Online Only) UC Irvine’s University Art Gallery is pleased to present The Black Index, a group exhibition featuring the work of Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas.  The artists featured in The Black…