All Events
Race Matters Series
Graduate Students of Color at UC Santa Barbara Domestic Abuse and Communities of Color
MCC LOUNGE
Members of the Graduate Student Association at UC Santa Barbara will lead a discussion on issues related to the experiences of graduate students of color at this campus. They will address the particular challenges they face including isolation and language barriers, lack of diversity on the campus, labeling, peer (mis)perceptions, mentoring, and faculty/graduate student relations. At the same time, presenters will highlight both campus and community resources. Undergraduate students considering graduate school should also attend. Participation is encouraged, so please bring questions and comments!
Student Series
Bordertown
MCC THEATER
Bordertown is based on the tragic account of hundreds of women working in American-owned factories in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where dozens of women working in the maquiladoras have been kidnapped, raped, and murdered; and little, if anything, has been done about it. Eva, a 16-year-old factory worker who was left for dead by the two men who raped her, seeks the help of a local newspaper man. Lauren Adrian, an up-and-coming Chicago newspaper reporter is assigned to the story. What she finds is a corrupt system of unfair labor practices, where workers are offered absolutely no protection from the police, the government agencies, or the companies they slave for. Discussion with Mujeres de Juarez de UCSB following the screening. Gregory Nava, 112 min., English and Spanish, 2006, USA.
Race Matters Series
Does Race Matter? The Henry Louis Gates Case and RaceRelations in America
MCC LOUNGE
The arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 16, 2009 ignited a wide range of legal and social debate as well as a media firestorm worldwide. Mark Sawyer, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at UCLA; Tarika Lewis, community activist and first female recruit of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense; and law enforcement representatives will address topics such as racial profiling, civil rights, incarceration, and other topics on race relations in America.
Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Post-Katrina • Jason Berry
MCC THEATER
Jason Berry, distinguished author, cultural historian, and documentarian will share a video of jazz funerals in New Orleans and discuss the state of music and politics since Hurricane Katrina. He will sign copies of the book Up from the Cradle of Jazz after his presentation.
