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2010 Shirley Kennedy Lecture
From Watts to Dakar: A View of African American Culture in Los Angeles and in the African Diaspora • Jayne Cortez
MCC THEATER
Jayne Cortez, poet, activist, and founder of the Black Arts Movement in Los Angeles in the 1960s will share her reflections on African American Los Angeles and her travels through the African Diaspora. Her voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic, dynamic innovations in lyricism, Jazz, Blues, and visceral sound. One of the founders of the spoken word movement, she has produced four albums, two films, and her ten books have been translated into 27 languages. She is also the president of the Organization of Women Writers of Africa.
Sponsored by the Center for Black Studies Research.
Town Hall
CORWIN PAVILION
On March 9th, several Student Affairs departments, concerned students, faculty, and community members came together to discuss recent racial incidents in college campuses across the country. At informal small group discussions, attendees shared their feelings and how they have been impacted by recent events. The group also agreed on the need to follow up with a campus-wide meeting to discuss these issues in a larger setting. This Town Hall will focus on the need to instill positive change by brainstorming on how to create safer forums for discussion, to enhance learning through exposure to different perspectives, and to create a safe and respectful climate at UCSB.
Co-sponsored by Associated Students, Educational Opportunity Program, KCSB, Orientation, Office of Student Life, Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, and the Women’s Center.
Tomorrow is Now! Afro-Asian Music and the Revolutionary Imagination • Fred Ho
MCC THEATER
Composer, baritone saxophonist, author, scholar, revolutionary matriarchal socialist and aspiring luddite activist Fred Ho will give a unique talk and solo baritone sax recital inter-connecting music and activism for social-political and cultural transformation to combat the plasticity and toxicity of industrial capitalist existence and to replace it with a new social life that is ecological and matriarchal. Fred Ho is the 16th Harvard Arts Medalist in the nearly 400 years of Harvard University.
Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, Center for Black Studies Research, and the Department of Black Studies.
Art Exhibit
Double Vision: A Opening Reception • Shizue Seigel
MCC Lounge
Japanese American artist Shizue Seigel blurs the boundaries between photography, painting, found objects, and poetry to explore the shifting planes of multicultural identity. In today's evolving world, where minorities are the majority, the complexity of our stories is our American story. Seigel is also a poet and the author of In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans during the Interment (AACP, Inc. 2006).
