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DIVERSITY LECTURE
Writing in the Time of Mexiphobia, or Packing Your Papers: Readings from Unpublished Essays in Writing in My Pajamas. Sandra Cisneros
CAMPBELL HALL
Sandra Cisneros is the founder of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation, the Elvira Cisneros Award and the Macondo Foundation, all of which work on behalf of creative writers. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a MacArthur. Her writings include The House on Mango Street and Caramelo; short stories as Woman Hollering Creek; and the poetry collections My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman. She makes her home in San Antonio, Texas, where she is writer in residence at Our Lady of the Lake University. Co-sponsored by the Center for New Racial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; the Chicano Studies Institute; the College of Creative Studies; the Comparative Literature Program; the departments of Chicana and Chicano Studies; English; Feminist Studies; Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies; Linguistics; and Spanish and Portuguese; Latin American and Iberian Studies; the Luis Leal Endowed Chair in Chicano Studies; the MultiCultural Center; the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor; the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance; and the Writing Program.
Open Mic
MCC THEATER
Whether you’ve got some art to share, a song to sing, poetry or a performance reflecting your identity, you are invited to this open forum for self-expression. Anyone and everyone are welcome to grace the stage in a supportive space.
Art Exhibit
No Human Being is Illegal! Posters on the Myths and Realities of the Immigrant Experience
MCC LOUNGE
Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . . . The disparity between the eloquent promise of the Statue of Liberty and the recent attacks against immigrants is enormous and reasons for immigration to the United States vary broadly. Yet from the Irish and Chinese in the nineteenth century to the Mexicans and Middle Easterners of the twenty-first centuries, discrimination based on race, class, language, and culture has unfortunately been consistent. Whether the reason for migration is to escape war, seek asylum from persecution, or pursue better economic opportunities, leaving one’s family, friends, and home is never easy, and the posters in this exhibition present the human side of this wrenching experience.
Produced by the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
Cup of Culture
Pinjar
MCC THEATER
Based on a novel by Amrita Pritam, Pinjar is a human saga set during the Indo – Pakistani partition. The story reveals many of the types of tragic atrocities committed during this time period, such as incidents of rape that plundered towns along the border. It illustrates the existence of love and victory during a backdrop of hate and violence.
Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, 187 min., Hindi, 2003, India.
