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Leading the Arts Through a Pandemic: Music with Chair Stephen Tucker ★
YouTubeArtsTalk’s inaugural series Leading the Arts Through a Pandemic will wrap up with two episodes in the Music department. For episode seven, Dean Barker speaks with Chair Stephen Tucker regarding his experience growing up in Jamaica, training as a conductor, Outreach work with Santa Ana High School, and the dynamic landscape of the Music department.…
The Black Index | The Dark Database: Facial Recognition and its “Failure” to Enroll ♥ ★
ZoomThursday, January 21, 2021 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm The Dark Database: Facial Recognition and its "Failure" to Enroll Dennis Delgado, artist, with Calvin John Smiley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hunter College. Hosted by The Hunter College Art Galleries. https://vimeo.com/504982185
Amplify Womxn of UCI: Hearing Our Stories IV ♥ ★
ZoomAbout Amplify Womxn of UCI The Amplify series was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. Erica Turley-De Villa and Tanya Zabalegui, two of our board members for A&PW envisioned a form of storytelling that would provide a space for womxn of UCI to be heard. As Erica and Tanya began sharing their idea with individuals across campus, the…
Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series | “We Charge Genocide!” The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People ♥ ✚
ZoomJoin the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series "We Charge Genocide!" The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People featuring William A. Smith, Professor and Department Chair, Education, Culture and Society, University of Utah Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m.…
SQUASH THE BIASES presents the Black Lives Matter & Cultural Awareness Workshop ♥ ★
ZoomSQUASH 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…
Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans ♥ ✚
ZoomKLC | Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans Wednesday, April 14 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event Please join the UCI Law Korea Law Center for a discussion with esteemed panelists, Professors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Claire Jean Kim, and Sameer Ashar. Our panel will address how Asian Americans can take moments…
The Suppliants Project ♥ ★
ZoomDramatic 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…
Perfecting Your Pitch: Tips From Editors ♥ ★
ZoomPerfecting Your Pitch: Tips From Editors Thursday, April 15, 11:00 a.m. PT 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 is part of…
Politics of Language Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison ♥ ★ ✚
ZoomJoin 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…
Democratic Living in Fascist Time Undoing White supremacy and other lessons from Black feminist praxes ♥
ZoomDemocratic Living in Fascist Time Undoing White supremacy and other lessons from Black feminist praxes DATE Fri, 04/16/2021 - 11:00am to 12:30pm LOCATION Zoom Webinar RSVP https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdeqgqTooGtK_pB2cD_fw0EyTk8cZU410 DETAILS H.L.T. Quan (She/Her), Ph.D. a political theorist, an award-winning filmmaker, and an Associate Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Her research centers on movements for…