Events By Quarter
Jeff Milem
Education, Diversity, and Democracy: How Can We Fulfill Higher Education’s Promise to Prepare Citizens for an Increasingly Diverse Democracy?
MCC Theater
Dean Milem of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will discuss the ways in which higher education stakeholders can work together to create equitable, vibrant, engaging institutions that prepare citizens for an increasingly diverse democracy. The lecture will build upon three decades of scholarship regarding race relations and education, the outcomes of diversity in higher education, and the essential components of diverse and equitable learning environments.
This lecture launches the Gevirtz School’s Dean’s Lecture Series on Education, Diversity, and Democracy.
With Terra Sangue Mare
An Evening of Sicilian Folk Music: Tra Terra e Mare / Between the Land and Sea
MCC Theater
Terra Sangue Mare presents a concert of Sicilian Folk and Roots Music - a repertoire of both traditional and contemporary folk music based on the songs from their latest CD, Terra Sangue Mare. Together, Michela Musolino and Fabio Turchetti, famed composer and accordion virtuoso, will lead the audience on a fascinating journey of rediscovering the cultural and musical traditions of Sicily.
$5 for students and youth under 12/$15 for general admission. Buy tickets online or at the door!
https://events.ucsb.edu/event/an-evening-of-sicilian-folk-music-tra-terra-e-marre-between-the-land-and-sea/
The Future of Black Radicalism
MCC Theater
“Cedric Robinson was a towering intellectual and courageous activist in the grand tradition of W.E.B Du Bois. In these bleak times, it is imperative to keep his legacy alive and build on his work and witness. [Futures of Black Radicalism] meets this imperative in a powerful way!”– Cornel West. With racial justice struggles on the rise, the editors of Futures of Black Radicalism will consider the past and future of black radicalism, keeping in mind that Black radical politics are thoroughly internationalist and intentionally redrawing the links between Black resistance and anti-capitalism. The panel will feature co-editors of the book, Professor of African-American Studies and Chicano/a Studies at UCLA, Gaye Therese-Johnson, and Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of New Mexico, Alex Lubin.
Cup of Culture
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
MCC Theater
More people are currently incarcerated than in any other point in history, but the prison has never seemed so far away. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes is about the prison that unfolds as a cinematic journey through a series of landscapes across the USA. From a California mountainside where female prisoners fight raging wildfires, to a Bronx warehouse full of goods destined for the state correctional system, to an Appalachian coal town betting its future on the promise of prison jobs. Dr. Jonathan Gomez will lead a post-film discussion immediately following the film. 90 min.
