Events By Quarter
MCC in IV
An Evening of Self-Expression with Abraham Lizama
BIKO Garage, 6612 Sueno Rd, Isla Vista
The MCC hosts a quarterly open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves using all creative outlets – including spoken word, poetry, hip hop, music, and dance. This quarters MC will be Abraham Lizama, a Xicanx Maiza, anti-colonial artivist and scholar, who uses hip hop, poetry, direct action, labor and performance as means for storytelling and as tools for educating people about marginalized communities, dismantling systems of oppression, and creating and fostering new identities and ways of being.
The Wong Street Journal - Kristina Wong
MCC Theater
Part plushy TED lecture, part amateur hip-hop extravaganza, and part travelogue, The Wong Street Journal breaks down the complexities of global poverty, privilege and economic through comedy. In her solo performance, Wong tells the story of how she as a not-so-white savior, became a hip hop star in Northern Uganda. Wong combines self-skewering personal narrative with a hilarious interrogation of America's legacy on the rest of the world. $5 for UCSB students and youth under 12; $15 for general admission.
Buy Tickets Here: https://events.ucsb.edu/event/the-wong-street-journal/
Check her out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwI7uWizgxI
Children’s Event
Chinese Lion Dancers
Music Bowl
In the early 1960's, Jeff Chan informally established the 'Chinese Lion Dancers of Los Angeles.' Jeff took in a group of kids from the L.A. Chinatown neighborhood to train them in martial arts and lion dancing. Please join the Chinese Lion Dancers for performance in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, children of all ages are welcome!
Race Matters Series
Medical Bondage and the Birth of American Gynecology Deirdre Cooper Owens
MCC Lounge
Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens will explore the origins of slavery, immigration, and race within the development of gynecology, documenting how She will also trace the current controversies around the memory of the 'fathers of gynecology' and the enslaved 'mothers' of the field by providing context for how and why physicians denied poor women of color their full humanity, yet valued them as 'medical superbodies' highly suited for medical experimentation. In engaging with the 19th century ideas about so-called racial difference, she will shed light on disadvantages that women of color continue to face within the healthcare system. Deirdre Cooper Owens is an Associate Professor of History at Queens College, CUNY.
