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BEYOND NOSTALGIA: Impossible Monuments in the Wake of Displacement - Mary Ann Peters
MCC Lounge
Mary Ann Peters is an Arab American artist who makes paintings, drawings and installations that respond to the interplay between contemporary and historical migration narratives out of the Middle East. Her installation series “impossible monuments” identifies seemingly incidental but influential events that deserve reverence yet would never be elevated to the status of a monument.
Living Lives of Resilient Love in a Time of Hate Say Her Name: Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait - Kimberlé Crenshaw
Campbell Hall
Heightening tensions in the US over police killings of Black people have undermined confidence that the election of Barack Obama signaled a new era on race relations in the US. The more lasting legacy may be the one championed by late Justice Scalia whose legal philosophy currently underwrites the central tensions in equality law in the United States. Through a Critical Race Theory prism, Professor Crenshaw will discuss Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name as challenges to contemporary jurisprudence on race, and assess the new openings presented by current events. Kimberlé Crenshaw is a Professor at both the UCLA School of Law and Columbia School of Law, and is the co-founder of the African American Policy Forum.
MCC 30th Anniversary Kick-Off! - The Sh8peshifter
MCC Theater
Sh8peshifter makes music art through ritual. While her music has been compared to the love child of Radiohead + Erykah Badu, this Oakland-based performance artist occupies a world of her own. A soundtrack to #BlackGirlMagic and beyond, her afro-eclectic mix of soul, dance and theater inspire folks to find the divinity within and bounce their booties to the bassline. $5 for UCSB students and youth under 12; $15 for general admission. This concert is open to All Gaucho Reunion Attendees, students, and the community as part of MCC’s 30th Anniversary Celebration.
Buy Tickets Here: https://events.ucsb.edu/event/the-sh8peshifter-mcc-30th-anniversary-kick-off-all-gaucho-reunion/
Check her out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDtUS0k5r9o
Race Matters Series
The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race Neda Maghbouleh
MCC Lounge
Travel bans and other discriminatory policies have become routine features of Iranian American life in the Trump Era. But anti-Iranian, anti-SWANA, and anti-Muslim racism has a hidden history that spans centuries and haunts how Iranian Americans are imagined – and imagine themselves – today. Neda Maghbouleh, UCSB alum (PhD Sociology, 2012) and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto as will discuss and signs copies of her new book The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race.
