All Events
Social Justice Workshop Series
Check Yourself: Making a Difference as a White American
MCC Lounge
We live in a racialized society. Every social encounter is tinged by race. Some (mainly White) people experience privilege and others (mostly not White) are penalized on account of race. Many people don't feel comfortable talking about these issues.
In this seminar, we will talk about our experiences of race and seek ways to make things better. Please bring a pen, paper, and a willingness to speak truly.
Open to students, staff, faculty. Must apply by May 2, 2016 via email to Sepideah.Mohsenian-Rahman@sa.ucsb.edu.
Facilitator: Paul Spickard, UCSB Department of History
Urban Dance Workshop with Mix'd Ingrdnts
MCC Lounge
From top rocks, to old school party moves, popping and locking, we welcome you to come learn the foundational movements of Hip hop dance. Taught by 3 company members of Mix'd Ingrdnts, the Urban Dance Workshop will have you moving and grooving to some of their favorite musical tracks throughout the decades.
Creative Writing Workshop Series
Ahua! Honoring the Dishonored: Declaring Who We Are v. Being Told Who We Are
MCC Lounge
This workshop will explore: self-identity vs labeling; the role of witness and giving voice to the forgotten; storytelling as an act of empowerment. Pat Alderete’s short stories are published in Joteria and PEN Center Journal, and anthologized in Hers 2 and 3; Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Latino Arts Anthology 1988-2000; A Geography of Rage; The Afro-Hispanic Review and Love, West Hollywood. She has written two one-act plays, Ghost and the Spirit, produced as a staged reading in 1997, and Love and Fire, produced as a staged reading by the Macha Theater in 2003; her one-woman performance, Tina Gets Married, was produced in 1999.
Registration required, RSVP to Marilou.Razo@sa.ucsb.edu.
Art Exhibition
Paz y Amor: Make Peace
MCC Lounge
Pasadena-based artist Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin honors her Mexican family and culture through art. Her work is vibrant, colorful, and highly personal: “Often I act on what moves me emotionally in an unjust world or in my personal life. Then I play on the canvas.” But not just on the canvas. She employs mixed media and assemblage; she makes altars, installations, etchings, and prints. “Of concern for me are struggling immigrant families and workers, abused women, children, and elders, and the destruction of the environment.
There will also be an Opening Reception for the artist in MCC Lounge: Tues, April 12, 6 pm. Free food, meet the artist, and mingle!
