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VENUE & TIME CHANGE: Mujer sin vergüenza/Woman Without Shame
Sandra Cisneros and Cherrie Moraga
SBCC West Campus BC Forum
IMPORTANT VENUE AND TIME CHANGE: Please note that the location for this event has changed, and is no longer on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, and has been moved to the Santa Barbara City College Business Communications (BC) Forum (SBCC West Campus): https://maps.app.goo.gl/qjwo4YtQR3uZxarY9.
The event will now begin at 6pm.
SBCC Campus: 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.
A Reading by Sandra Cisneros; in Conversation with Cherríe Moraga
Far from the heart-song of Sandra Cisneros’ 1984 signature “The House on Mango Street,” her new book of poems, “Woman Without Shame,” offers an intimate portrait of full-grown desire - for home, for freedom, for sex, and for laughter. In conversation with Cherríe Moraga, co-founder & co-director Las Maestras Center for Xicanx Indigenous Thought, Art and Social Praxis, the writers will discuss a wide -range of topics, including the binational complexity of la MeXicana's return; the marvel of the body in the age of aging, and the pure pleasure of writing poems.
Livestream registration link: https://www.lasmaestrascenter.ucsb.edu/latinxvoice24
Speaker Bios:
Sandra Cisneros: Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her novel The House on Mango Street Has sold over seven million copies, has been translated into over twenty-five languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and universities across the nation. Her new collection of poetry, Woman Without Shame, was published in 2022 by Knopf Sandals. Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. As a single woman, she chose to have books instead of children. She earns her living by her pen.
Cherríe Moraga: Cherríe Moraga is the co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. A Distinguished Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara, Moraga is the co-founder & co-director Las Maestras Center.
Cup of Culture
The Color Purple (2023)
MCC Theater
A BOLD NEW TAKE ON THE BELOVED CLASSIC
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. (140 minutes)
Building Accountable Communities with creativity IRL
Richie Reseda and JJ'88
MCC Theater and Lounge
The MultiCultural Center and Restorative Justice present an exclusive private screening for the campus community
Private Film Screening + Discussion circles + Performance by JJ’88
Watch SONGS FROM THE HOLE, the visual album-documentary composed in prison. Hosted by Richie Reseda and JJ’88, practice its real-life tools to build self-accountability and accountable communities not based in shame or punishment. Enjoy live music by the film’s writer, music artist, and main character, JJ’88.
Cup of Culture
Coming Around
MCC Theater
COMING AROUND follows 28-year-old second-generation Palestinian-Egyptian Brooklynite Eman as she weighs the decision to come out to her devout Muslim mother. Having grown up in Columbia, Missouri with her mother and sister, the three women share a unique tight-knit bond that Eman desperately wants to maintain. But despite being a scholar and visibly “out” among her queer Muslim friends, Eman sits uncomfortably in silence when it comes to her mother. To postpone coming out, she decides to marry her current boyfriend, Q, to give the appearance of strictly hetero relationship interests. The story captures how she struggles with this decision and consequently navigates the opposing expectations of her multiple identities. This is a new kind of “coming out” movie with a mother-daughter love story at its core, and it reveals the often unseen intricacies of seeking common ground and family, especially in religious and marginalized communities of color. The film also has a unique opportunity to broaden the discussion around pansexuality and bisexuality, which often gets lost in the larger discussion of queerness and sexuality. English & Arabic with English subtitles. (75 minutes)
