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Prison Podcasting: A Conversation with Nigel Poor and Ear Hustle ♥ ✚
ZoomNigel Poor is a visual artist whose work explores the various ways people make a mark and leave behind evidence of their existence. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and can be found in various museum collections including the SFMOMA, the M.H. deYoung Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. She…
UCI in-prison B.A. program Memorandum of Understanding signing ★
ZoomJoin the University of California, Irvine Chancellor, Howard Gillman, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary, Kathleen Allison, for the ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will extend access to currently incarcerated students, who have successfully completed an A.A. degree, to earn a Bachelor of Arts from UC Irvine. Tuesday, Dec. 15,…
Women, Mass Incarceration, and Criminal Justice ♥
Women, Mass Incarceration, and Criminal Justice About this Event This program is part of a four-part 2021 series: Advancing Women's Equality: Confronting Barriers to Full Inclusion and Progress. In this series, we address women's status in the United States through a civil liberties lens, examining how histories of race, sex, immigration, and LGBTQ discrimination undermine…
Colonialism Today – Cannabis as a Tool of Racial Oppression ♥
ZoomColonialism Today - Cannabis as a Tool of Racial Oppression The UCI Office of Global Engagement hosts a range of events to address timely international topics. The webinar at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 8, will explore a number of topics related to Cannabis including: How racism and colonialism have always been a part of…
Visualizing Abolition ♥ ★
ZoomVisualizing Abolition A conversation on strategies, activism, and liberatory futures with Sora Han, Adrienne Maree Brown and Savannah Shange DATE Tue, 05/11/2021 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm LOCATION Zoom DETAILS Visualizing Abolition, the year-long program featuring artists, activists, scholars, and others united by their commitment to the vital struggle for prison abolition, concludes with a conversation on strategies, activism, and…
Movie Screening and Panel Discussion: The Feminist on Cellblock Y ★
Pacific Ballroom, UCI Student Center 311 W Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA, United StatesMovie Screening and Panel Discussion: The Feminist on Cellblock Y April 7, 2022 | 2-5 pm Pacific Ballroom C, UC Irvine Campus For any questions about this event, contact hcervan1@uci.edu The Feminist on Cellblock Y is an American documentary directed by Contessa Gayles and co-produced with Emma Lacey-Bordeaux for CNN. The titular subject is Richie…
An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration ♥
ZoomThe UCI Center for Medical Humanities hosts a virtual celebration of Dr. Adria L. Imada’s new book, An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration (University of California Press, 2022). We are delighted to convene a convivial gathering with door prizes and reflections by a team of feminist scholars. Dr. Eleana…
International Film Club: The Work (Jairus McCleary, Gethin Aldous, 2017) ♥✚
International Film Club: The Work (Jairus McCleary, Gethin Aldous, 2017) Details This documentary takes us inside Folsom State Prison to attend prisoner run group therapy sessions that twice a year welcome outside attendees. We follow the prisoners and outsiders as they look for healing and catharsis – together. Reception: 6:30 PM Screening: 7:00 PM