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Cup of Culture-Remembering Our Struggles
Broken Rainbow
MCC Theater
This award-winning documentary presents a moving account of the U.S. government’s forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Indians in Northern Arizona. The government claims that it is settling a long-standing territorial dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes, but the traditional Navajo and Hopi believe relocation was designed to facilitate energy development. 1986 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature. Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, 70 min., English, 1985, USA. Co-sponsored by the Department of History
Race Matters Series
Using the Critical Race Tool of Racial Microaggressions to Examine Everyday Racism Daniel Solorzano
MCC Lounge
Daniel Solorzano will provide an overview of the current research on racial microaggressions and discuss the implications for teaching, classroom interaction and learning. Solorzano will share various forms of data and a working model to examine racial microaggressions, exploring the frontiers of this research and the questions yet unanswered. He will engage the audience in a dialogue about how we can improve the learning environment to maximize engagement, learning and discovery for our increasingly diverse community. Daniel Solorzano is Professor of Social Science and Comparative Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Co-sponsored by the Center for Black Studies Research; the Center for New Racial Studies; and the Department of Asian American Studies.
Cup of Culture
A Band Called Death
MCC Theater
Now being credited as the first black punk band, three teenage brothers in the early ‘70s formed a band in their spare bedroom. They began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. This electrifying rockumentary chronicles the incredible journey of what happened when a dusty 1974 punk demo made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. SXSW 24 Beats Per Second, Audience Award. Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino, 96 min., English, 2012, USA. Co-sponsored by the Art, Design, & Architecture Museum.
Which Way Forward For The Immigrant Rights Struggle?
MCC Theater
A spate of repressive anti-immigrant laws passed in the last few years has made an estimated 11-12 million undocumented immigrant workers more vulnerable to civil and human rights violations. With the likelihood that Congress will pass some sort of immigrant reform legislation this fall, the immigrant rights movement stands at the crossroads. Panelists Angelica Salas (Executive Director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles), Roberto Lovato (Co-Founder of Presente.Org and former Executive Director of the Central American Resource Center), DREAM scholar Gloria Campos (Co-Chair of UCSB IDEAS), and Moderator Professor William Robinson (Sociology and Global and International Studies) will debate the prospects of reform legislation and discuss the challenges and prospects for the immigrant rights struggle. Co-sponsored by the Center for New Racial Studies; the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies; the Department of Political Science; the Department of Sociology; El Congreso; Improving Dreams, Equality Access, and Success; the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; and Radio Xicana.
