Events By Quarter
Cup of Culture
Painted Nails
MCC Theater
Painted Nails enters the rich culture of Vietnamese-American Van Hoang’s bustling nail salon in San Francisco. Through the advocacy of nail salon safety groups and the media, the world becomes aware of the toxic chemicals in nail products. She wants the world to care about the dangers she and others, who are largely immigrants from Vietnam and other Asian countries, have been facing from unregulated chemicals. (English, 2015, 57 min)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtMsIYDa3NE
Women's Center Collaboration
Election 2016: How can ethno-racial communities and women’s groups use elections to build power?
MCC Lounge
Presidential elections have always been focal points in American democracy, when people come together to elect a new president. Yet, often, these elections work for certain groups of people more than others. Election 2016 is no different. How can ethno-racial communities and women’s groups organize to build power in the political process? This talk will discuss research and strategies around organizing for social change. Dr. Hahrie Han is Associate Professor in Political Science at UCSB.
Co-presented by the Women’s Center and the Women, Gender, & Sexual Equity Department
DIVERSITY LECTURE
Race and Opportunity: The Limits and Possibilities of Schooling in an Unequal Society
MCC Theater
As social and economic inequality increases the pressure on schools to do more to meet the needs of impoverished children grows. Pervasive school failure in poor communities serves as proof to some that schools can never succeed unless or until inequality is addressed. However, a small number of schools and communities are demonstrating that even under adverse conditions progress can be made in creating schools that meet the needs of students. Drawing upon research in poor communities in the US and several other nations, this presentation will examine the work of these schools and the role of agency in countering oppressive conditions including the political mandates that often obstruct progress. The presentation will also consider what role educational researchers should play in the effort to create just schools during unjust times. Dr. Pedro Noguera is a distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA, and the Director of the Center for the Study of School Transformation.
Co-presented by the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy, and the Office of Equal Opportunity & Discrimination Prevention
Cup of Culture
The Idol
MCC Theater
Gaza. Synonymous to so many with conflict, destruction and despair. To Mohammed Assaf, and his sister Nour, Gaza is their playground. Their band plays on old instruments but their ambitions are sky high. Their dreams are at the Cairo Opera Hall. It might take them a lifetime but some dreams are worth living for as Mohammed travels from the Gaza Strip to Egypt to audition for “Arab Idol.” (English, 2015, 100 min)
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF0Fh3WU5LI
