Events By Quarter
Resilient Love Series
Self Care: How I learned what it means to Survive
Brandon Wolf
MCC Theater
Audre Lorde said, “caring for myself is not self indulgence, it’s self-preservation”. Following the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, Brandon quickly learned the power – and necessity – of self care. This presentation explores the real life application of self care; the challenges of caring for one’s self in a world that prioritizes productivity; and the incalculable need for community when healing. The truth is, you don’t have to save the world to earn your place in it. This talk will empower the audience to demand the ultimate form of resistance: self care.
Co-Sponsors: UCSB MCC and RCSGD
Brandon Wolf is a nationally recognized LGBTQ civil rights advocate, leader in the movement to end gun violence in America, and survivor of the 2016 shooting at Pulse Nightclub. After narrowly escaping that night, during what was the deadliest mass shooting in US history at the time, Brandon channeled his life into fighting for a safer world for future generations and honoring victims of injustice with action.He is a frequent face on MSNBC, CNN, Black News Channel, and is a featured voice in CNN digital, Newsweek, USA Today, and others. Brandon has graced the cover of Dazed Magazine and LGBTQ publications nationwide, recently being named one of the Logo TV 30.He has been recognized as one of Huffington Post’s 30 LGBTQ Influencers under 30 and Business Equality Magazine’s 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40. Brandon was a national surrogate for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Presidential Campaign and an advisory committee member for President Biden’s General Election bid. He is a co-founder and current Vice President of The Dru Project, a nonprofit organization that empowers safe spaces in schools for LGBTQ youth, and an Advisory Board Member for the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the oldest advocacy organization for victims of crime in the country.Brandon’s work is done through the same lens of intersectionality through which he experiences the world, centering those living at the crossroads of identity and acknowledging that the simple act of caring for oneself is radical in society today.Learn more about Brandon by visiting brandonwolf.us and on social media @bjoewolf.
Cup of Culture
REFUGEE
MCC Theater
Mike Siv has a plan: go to Cambodia with his buddies Paul and David, see the sights, have fun and reunite with his father and younger brother, whom he hasn’t seen in 22 years. Harsh reality sets in before the journey even begins, however, as Mike, Paul and David have never been out of the U.S., and are the first in their families to visit Cambodia since fleeing the bloody regime of Pol Pot in the late 1970s.
REFUGEE, director Spencer Nakasako (AKA DON BONUS, KELLY LOVES TONY) follows these young men from San Francisco’s Tenderloin to Battambang where they reunited with long-separated family members in Cambodia. Mike, the most emotionally invested of the three, supplies the film’s narration and main focus.
For Mike, the reunion is filled with happy, strange moments: calling someone “Dad” for the first time, or seeing a smile of recognition on his brother’s face. He relishes time with his family, yet can’t help doggedly pursuing an impossible question – “Why did I grow up without a father?” – as he struggles to understand his family’s past. A simple reunion becomes a journey of self-discovery, maturation and acceptance, against a backdrop of war, broken families and long separation.
Race Matters Series
**CANCELED**: Forecasting through Anthropology and Theatre For Black Life
Dr. Ugo Edu
*** POSTPONED ***
(11/15) THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS (UAW) UNION STRIKE
-- POSTPONED TO WINTER QUARTER. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN JANUARY FOR OUR WINTER CALENDAR --
A scene of an in-process play about black women, elicits an audience response concerned with female whiteness. A play to be written, foreshadowing a dark future for Black and Muslim women, is anticipated by the present. Another in progress about Black women modifying their clothes and bodies to meet an aesthetic. Drawing on some of my experiences utilizing playwriting to grapple with the historical legacies entangling Blackness and the development of the sciences, medicine, and health that emerged through ethnographic fieldwork, I think about how anthropology and theater can be put together in the service of predicting what is to come and making space for that exploration and galvanization for change and improved black lives. Can it help us make futures that invite, nurture, and sustain Blackness, Black reproduction, Black bodies, Black technologies, Black life? Can it help us create or use technological advancements towards the promotion, celebration, and sustenance of black life?
Student Cultures and Fashion Show
UCen HUB
Celebrate International Education Week 2022 with A Showcase of Culture: Fashion Show. Learn about the various cultures that make up our richly diverse campus through the lens of fashion! Enjoy watching folks take to the stage while sampling music and tasty treats from around the world!
We’re also recruiting models! If you would like to participate by showcasing your traditional clothing or outfits that reflect your culture. Open to all UCSB students, staff and faculty! We hope you will join.
7pm, doors open at 6:45pm
Co-Sponsors: Primary OISS, MCC, UCen Hub, Campus Learning and Assistance Services
