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The Day After
The MCC and Academic Affairs
Online
Four years ago students, staff, faculty, and community members gathered in Corwin Pavilion to discuss Donald Trump’s election as 45th President of the United States. Four years later the United States is on the brink of civil insurrection, as Covid-19, systemic racism, particularly anti-Black racism, and crippling climate change have devastated the country. In his last book before he was assassinated Dr. King asked “Where do go from here – chaos or community?” What will happen after Election Day? Will the country continue to slide toward racial hostility and authoritarianism or will movements like Black Lives Matter, the Me Too movement, and other social justice movements push for much needed social change? Regardless of who wins, much work will be left to be done after November 3.
Come and share your views about the 2020 election and where we as a nation go from here.
This space welcomes domestic and international community members of UC Santa Barbara.
Speakers:
Lisa Park (Asian American Studies Department Chair), Ingrid Banks (Black Studies Department Chair), Laury Oaks (Feminist Studies Department Chair), and Ralph Armbruster Sandoval (Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Chair).
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
MCC in I.V
Open Mic and An Evening of Self Expression
Online
The MCC hosts a quarterly open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves using all creative outlets including spoken word, poetry, music, and dance. All are welcome to attend and participate!
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Sex Work in the Time of COVID
Organized by Dr. Mireille Miller-Young and Dr. Terrance Wooten
Online
New Sexualities Research Focus Group and The MultiCultural Center presents Sex Work in the Time of COVID. This panel will bring together the insight and expertise of three sex worker activists working and organizing in North America and Europe; including Sinnamon Love, BIPOC Adult Industry Collective, MF Akynos, Black Sex Workers' Collective, and Chiqui, Berlin Strippers Collective.
This will be the first in a multi-part webinar conversation in 2021 focused on sex work and sexual politics in the time of COVID in a global frame.
Organized by Dr. Dr. Mireille Miller-Young and Dr. Terrance Wooten.
Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.
Art Exhibition
Abstractions of Black Citizenship: African American Art from Saint Louis
Dominic Chambers, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, De Nichols, and Katherine Simóne Reynolds
Online
Welcome to the virtual exhibition for Abstractions of Black Citizenship: African American Art from Saint Louis, a group exhibition of works by Dominic Chambers, Damon Davis, Jen Everett, De Nichols, and Katherine Simóne Reynolds, five Black Saint Louis, MO-based artists. Curated by Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud, PhD, this exhibition presents painting, photography, mixed-media, works on paper, sculpture, music, and video. The exhibition runs February 11 - 28, 2021 in partnership with UCSB's Multicultural Center.
Within this online exhibition, there are 54 frames with seven themes, as well as introductory and concluding slides. To fully engage content, aim for at least 25 minutes. You are also welcome to engage within the time that you have available in various ways, such as by theme. For optional engagement, press on the square button at the bottom of the frame to initiate full screen view.
Find the exhibition below or at the following link:
https://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/node/2435
All images, sounds, and videos of the work are courtesy of each artist. All quotes from artists, unless otherwise noted, are from interviews conducted by the curator in 2020. You can find more about this exhibition – including the research guide (with sources cited through the exhibition), studio visit videos with each artist, and education guides – on the exhibition website.
