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COME TOGETHER: Interethnic Collaborations for Equity and Social Change in the 1970s
MCC LOUNGE
This panel discussion is presented as part of the exhibit of the same title featuring selected 1970s vintage posters by San Francisco Bay Area activist artists who represent a spirit of cultural diversity, social equity/social change, and international human rights from various perspectives. Revealed in the imagery are significant interethnic collaborations in which shared interests of African American, Asian American, Chicano/Latino, and Native American communities are united within individual posters. Artists Juan Fuentes and Nancy Hom, featured in this exhibit, will present their past and current work with communities of color. The posters are drawn from major graphic art collections housed in the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) in the UCSB Library. You can view the exhibit at the College of Creative Studies Gallery from February 7 to March 4, 2011 from 12 noon to 5 pm .
Co-sponsored by CEMA and the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department.
Cup of Culture
State of Aloha
MCC THEATER
This film offers an exhaustive examination of Hawaii’s current struggles to define its culture and sense of identity in the fifty years since statehood in 1959. What emerges is a troubling history dictated by U.S. imperialism and business interests ranging from the development of the sugar cane industry, racist xenophobia, Pearl Harbor and the resulting internment of Japanese Americans.
Anne Misawa, 78 min., English, 2010, USA.
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.
Race Matters Series
The Dilemmas of Anti-Racism: Lessons from California Politics Daniel Martinez HoSang
MCC LOUNGE
The long history of racialized ballot measures in California will serve as a springboard for a discussion on the dilemmas of organizing for racial justice on the ballot and beyond. What lessons can be learned from the (failed) electoral struggles over employment rights (1946), housing discrimination (1964), school desegregation (1972 & 1979), English Only (1984 & 1986), immigrant rights (1994), prison expansion (1994), affirmative action (1996), bilingual education (1998), and other issues? How has the framework of 'political whiteness' come to dominate these debates, and how can it be undone? How can a racial justice framework anchor a broad range of issues, strategies, and political visions for the future?
Daniel Martinez HoSang is an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California. HoSang worked for ten years as a community organizer in California before graduate school and continues to collaborate with social justice organizations in California and the Northwest.
Co-sponsored by the Center for New Racial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.
