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Race Matters Series
Mothering is Radical: A Coalitional Feminist Approach to Anti-Imperialism, Abolition, and Immigrant Justice
Nadine Naber
Online
This talk is based upon ethnographic activist-research with mother-survivors of the Muslim-ban, policing/prisons, and anti-immigrant violence. Dr. Naber will address how those responsible for the labor of mothering among communities of color are the lightning-rods through which the ripple effects of state violence can be seen. In this sense, radical mothering, as Dr. Naber argues, is constituted by the radical potential for abolition and solidarity. Dr. Nadine Naber is an award winning author, public speaker, and activist. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is the faculty founder of the first center on a college campus serving the needs of Arab American students in the United States.
Race Matters Series
Mouths of Rain: Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Briona Jones
Online
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought opens with, "Uses of the Erotic," to honor Audre Lorde's description of the erotic as an empowering creative energy and knowledge that creates space for our work, our loving, our language, and our dancing to breathe. We will explore erotic resonances through the voice of the Blues Woman, poet, and essayist, to map the various ways in which Black lesbian writings have constructed capacious hermeneutics of love.
Cup of Culture
Mulan
Director: Niki Caro
Film Screening/Online
When the Emperor mobilizes his troops to fight the onslaught of invaders from the North, a young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to take the place of her ailing father under the name Hua Jun, setting her on an adventure that will transform her into a legendary warrior. 2020. 115 min.
Student led post film discussion to follow.
* NOTE: this event is open to UCSB students for educational purposes only.
Navigating Conflict, Deepening Solidarity: Lessons for Collective Liberation
Gopal Dayaneni
MCC Theater and Lounge
Join longtime educator and organizer, Gopal Dayaneni, for a conversation about the opportunities and challenges of organizing for Collective Liberation and Ecological Justice during these particularly tough times. Organizing broader alliances for collective action requires us to build meaningful relationships; engage in principled struggle; learn to navigate conflict with care; and engage in loving accountability. How can this look in practice? How do we distinguish between “in-fighting,” “principled struggle” and “drama?
Guest Bio: Gopal (he/him) has been involved in working for social, economic, environmental and racial justice through organizing & campaigning, teaching, writing, speaking and direct action since the late 1980’s. He is a co-founder of Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project, which inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture. MG is rooted in vibrant social movements led by low-income communities and Black, Indigenous & communities of color committed to a Just Transition away from profit and pollution and towards healthy, resilient and life-affirming local economies. MG is a founding member of the Climate Justice Alliance. Gopal teaches courses in Climate Justice, organizing, and social movements at San Francisco State University in the Race and Resistance Studies Department.
