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Tikkun Olam and U.S. Jewish Women in Their 20s Cheri Gurse
MCC Lounge
By highlighting the voices of 17 remarkable U.S. Jewish women in their 20s, this presentation will examine certain domains of Jewish identity including the Jewish value of tikkun olam, “repair the world.” If Jews are to advocate for social equity and to partner with other social justice activists and educators, these are the voices that offer vision and promise. Dr. Cheri Gurse is a UCSB alumna whose research suggests the possibility of new and different relationships about structural inequality, diversity, activism, and identity; coinciding between Jewish social justice activists and others who work for justice.
Immortal Technique
The Hub
Felipe Coronel, known as Immortal Technique, is a recording artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist. Hailing from Peru, by way of Harlem, New York, he is one of the highest selling independent artists putting forth a combination of globally themed revolutionary music with a gritty reality based street Hip-Hop. Not only is he an artist, but also a human rights advocate. The President of Viper Records, 4 records deep in the game, with over 250,000 records sold, he has the Hip-Hop community highly anticipating his 5th studio album, The Middle Passage. The Hub is located in the University Center at UC Santa Barbara. Tickets $5 UCSB Students and Children under 12/$15 general. Contact the A.S. Ticket Office at 805-893-2064 or buy online at www.mcc.ucsb.edu (extra fees apply). Co-sponsored by A.S. Program Board and the Hub.
Race Matters Series
Cages Are the New Plantations: Policing, Prisons and Abolition Sights for a New Millennium Paula Ioanide
MCC Lounge
Prisons and jails depend on confining and exploiting the poor, particularly poor people of color. They require divesting from life sustaining economies like education, affordable housing, health care, and environmental protection in order to invest in economies that denigrate and dehumanize. This talk will focus on how to stop the new Jim Crow in your town and the urgency to create new freedom dreaming sights and sites. Paula Ioanide is Assistant Professor for the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College.
Cup of Culture
Jasad and the Queen of Contradictions
MCC Theater
Lebanese poet and writer Joumana Haddad has stirred controversy in the Middle East for having founded Jasad (the Body), an erotic quarterly Arabic-language magazine. Dedicated to the body’s art, science and literature, Jasad is one of the first of its kind in the Arab world and has caused a big debate not only for its explicit images, erotic articles and essays on sex in Arabic, but also for the fact that an Arab woman is behind it all.
Amanda Homsi-Ottosson, 40 min., Arabic with English Subtitles, 2011, UK/Lebanon.
