Events
Black Thriving Initiative
BTI Night at UCI Women’s Basketball Game ♥ ★
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 7:00pm. BTI Night at UCI Women’s Basketball Game. Athletics Director Paula Smith has graciously agreed to designate BTI as the game sponsor for this conference match up against California State University, Fullerton. TICKETS
Making History: The Evolution of Cancer Health Equity through Transdisciplinary Science ★✚
ZoomMaking History: The Evolution of Cancer Health Equity through Transdisciplinary Science Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD February 25, 2022, 3:00 – 4:00 PM Join us for an inaugural Black History month lecture presented by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Hughes-Halbert serves as the Associate Director for Cancer Equity at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.…
BTI Night at UCI Men’s Basketball Game ♥ ★
Saturday, February 26, 2022, 7:00pm. Athletics Director Paula Smith has graciously agreed to designate BTI as the game sponsor for this conference match up against California State University, Long Beach. TICKETS
The Healing Power of Dance, Featuring Dr. S. Ama Way, UCI Associate Professor of Dance ♥★✚
ZoomThe Healing Power of Dance Featuring Dr. S. Ama Way, UCI Associate Professor of Dance Join our schools for a free event that offers an opportunity for phronetic insight; in this instance, heal by doing; and the doing is Dance. The attention to breath with rhythmicity, sensory attunement and cognitive focus will bring you back…
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Speaker Series Featuring Jennifer A. King, PhD ★
Herklotz Conference RoomYou Are Invited Join us on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 3PM PT for this hybrid speaker series event hosted by the UCI School of Biological Sciences Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with guest speaker Jennifer A. King, PhD. Dr. Jennifer King is a Practitioner-Researcher at the Hope Center for Community, College, and Justice.…
Dean’s Equity and Inclusion Series: “The Challenges and Possibilities of Southeast Asian American and Black Solidarity” ♥
ZoomThe UCI School of Education Brown Bag series presents The UCI School of Education Dean’s Equity and Inclusion Series “The Challenges and Possibilities of Southeast Asian American and Black Solidarity” Presented by Stacey J. Lee Associate Dean for Education, School of Education Frederick Erickson WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies University of Wisconsin Monday, March…
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,…
Confusing moral judgment with ethical assessment in addressing racial conflict ♥
ZoomJoin the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing Center for Nursing Philosophy for a presentation by Chancellor’s Professor of UC Irvine African American Studies Department Frank B. Wilderson III titled "Confusing moral judgment with ethical assessment in addressing racial conflict." About the presentation "It is common for Anglo-Americans to confuse moral judgment with…
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…