All Events
MCC in I.V.
An Evening of Self Expression
Crushcakes- 6533 Trigo Rd., Isla Vista
Calling all conscious artists to the stage! The MCC is creating an open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves while educating others on current issues affecting students of color, women, differently abled people, queers, and allies. Come, enjoy and share talents in this safe space for a night of 'edutainment.'
Children’s Event
Kathakali, Indian Dance Theater
MCC Lounge
Radha Carman performs Kathakali, the stylized theater art of India. In Kathakali, the actors do not speak; instead they use an elaborate language of hand gestures called mudras. In a spectacular Kathakali costume, Radha will perform the female character role and present two Kathakali stories. Great for the whole family!
Co-sponsored by UCSB Early Childhood Care and Education.
Cup of Culture-Remembering Our Struggles
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
MCC Theater
Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed a young Chinese-American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder in Detroit, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system. Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena, 87 min., English and Mandarin with English Subtitles, 1987, USA. Co-sponsored by the Department of Asian American Studies.
Race Matters Series
The War on Our Youth Robin Kelley
MCC Lounge
This talk will explore the connections between neoliberalism (the philosophy that free markets, free trade, deregulation, and increased privatization of what used to be public) to mass incarceration, punitive measures against youth of color in public schools, police repression and vigilante violence directed at young people (from Stop and Frisk to the Zimmerman verdict). In addition, Robin Kelley will discuss how policies of subjugation, surveillance, and divestment extend globally. Robin Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA. Co-sponsored by American Cultures & Global Contexts; the Black Student Union; the Center for Black Studies Research; the Center for New Racial Studies; and the Department of Sociology.
